weekend workshop – 22-24/10/2021 Buddhists call it ‘the monkey mind’, this incessant clinging to opinions, observations, ideas, judgments and shopping lists. This busyness that keeps diverting our attention into all different directions at once and keeps it aimlessly wandering through the latest soap stories, news items and petty worries. In this workshop we deal with…

3 WEEKENDS: 24-26/9: The Elements / 29-31/10: Rituals of Loss, Death and Letting Go / 10-12/12/2021: Crafting Rituals The Monastery Live is a hands-on place for spiritual practice. And one of the important aspects of spiritual work is to transform your environment into a place of connection, focusing your attention and getting in tune with…

INTENSE 9 MONTH PROGRAM – 3 WEEKS/6 WEEKENDS/INDIVIDUAL MENTORING Hopefully the Corona teachings will soon come to an end, and we can put into practice what we have learned about our strength and fragility, our need for connection and power in solitude. The Bloom training program offers you the opportunity to do so in connection…

online tailor-made trajectory Both on a journey towards a more balanced and healthy life, as in the development of a deeply experienced spiritual quest, the breath is a central ressource. The breath not only regulates your nervous system and the functioning of all your vital organs, but it is also the bridge between the inside…

ELLE is an experienced Tantrika. In a previous life Elle was an art critic, artistic researcher and dramaturg, before she decided to devote her life completely to her spiritual practice. 4 years ago she started up The Monastery : an experimental living and practice community, open to all colours of spiritual and artistic work. With…