13 March - 16 March, 2025
with Leela et Anahato Berchot
370 EUR all inclusive ( Early Bird Price of 300 EUR if booked before 13th February 2025)
For bookings and more information : leela@oshofrance.com ou +33 (0)780305305
Allow yourself to take three days just to nourish your Inner Self – with no outer distractions, no screens, in silence and méditation.
Vipassana means witnessing, watching, and is based on a method of Gautama the Buddha. With Vipassana, you’ll learn a technique you can use again and again in your daily life. By learning to withdraw your attention from the mind, you’ll gain a better understanding of how this mechanism works, allowing clarity and intuition to manifest.
Combining Osho’s active meditation techniques with the more traditional Vipassana meditation is a powerful way to help us enter a deep, relaxing meditative state more quickly and easily. The form of Vipassana in Osho’s vision makes for a comfortable, relaxed experience; it’s not dry. Read some quotes from Buddha and Osho about Vipassana
This retreat is for anyone who feels the call, whether a beginner or an experienced meditator.
Description of a typical day on this Vipassana retreat
– 7:00-8:00 : OSHO Dynamique
– 8:00-9:30 : Breakfast and shower
– 9:30-10:20 Vipassana
– 10:20-11:10 Vipassana
– 11:10-12:00 Vipassana
– 12:00-13:00 OSHO active meditation
– 13:00-14:30 Lunch and Rest
– 14:30-15:20 Vipassana
– 15:20-16:00 Vipassana
– 16:00-17:00 OSHO Kundalini
– 17:00-17:30 Tea and fruit
– 18:00 OSHO Evening Meeting (a meditation with an Osho discourse)
– 19:00-20:00 Dinner
– 20:30-21:30 Night meditation
Meet the facilitators :
Leela Berchot, originally from Moldova, discovered meditation when she was a teenager. She was inspired by a book by Osho: Meditation: the Art of Ecstasy. She then spent several years at the Osho International Meditation Resort in India, where she worked as OSHO meditation coordinator. She then lived in England, where she led Vipassana retreats. Today, she runs the OSHO Meditation Center in Foix, Ariège, which offers workshops, retreats and training courses in OSHO meditations and meditative therapies. She organises Vigyan Bhairav Tantra courses with Prem Shunyo & Marco, OSHO meditative therapies, Gurdjieff movements, silent retreats, active meditation training, Zorba Le Bouddha weekends and more.
Anahato Thierry Berchot was born in France and was seventeen when he met the Indian mystic Osho. He trained as a cranio-sacral therapist in India, with intensive meditations and retreats in the curriculum. He then discovered a talent for painting and has been painting successfully ever since, exhibiting in the USA, France and the UK. He has now settled in France with Leela and Anna, their daughter. He now cooks in his family restaurant and for workshops and, sometimes, facilitates OSHO Vipassana retreats.
Practical information :
WHERE the retreat will take place: in the OSHO Meditation Center, Lieu dit La Rochelle, in FOIX, Ariège, 09000 France
WHEN: from Thursday March 13 at 16:00 ( first meals: dinner ) to Sunday March 16 at 15:00 last meals: lunch
*PRICE all-inclusive: retreat, meals and accommodation 370 EUR ( Early Bird price 300 EUR if booked before February 15 )
PRICE Meals and retreat only, if you live elsewhere, it’s 300 EUR ( Early Bird price 250 EUR if booked before February 15)
ACCOMMODATION: All accommodation is shared with 2-3 other people en suite. If you’d like a single room, it’s possible to rent one nearby, 2-3 km away, but you’ll need to take your car to get around. If you have a converted truck, it’s possible to connect to an electrical outlet.
CONTACT: leela@oshofrance.com or call Leela on +33 7 80 305 305 on WhatsApp.
* If you would like to come to the retreat, but are in financial difficulty, please call us to discuss possibilities of your participation.