LIGHT WATKINS EUROPEAN URBAN RETREAT TOUR
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Barcelona, Lisbon, Dubrovnik
Have you been struggling to establish a daily meditation practice?
Have you been having a hard time with consistency? Have you been battling with your “monkey mind?” Do you have a hard time staying awake in meditation? Do you finish meditating and wonder if anything happened, or were you just sitting there staring at the back of your eyelids? And have you been wanting to explore some of the more charming corners of Europe?
If so, then you are the perfect candidate for this European Urban meditation retreat tour with best-selling author, speaker, and 15+ year Vedic Meditator teacher, Light Watkins.
Light has taught meditation to thousands of people from all walks of life, including Oscar winners, famous comedians, championship athletes, and even royalty.
This retreat is an opportunity to dive deep into the principles behind the ancient practice of meditation, and to understand how the mind works in tandem with the practice, so you can get the most out of the time you’re investing in meditation.
This experience is called an “Urban” retreat because it’s hosted in the city, as opposed to in a remote setting like conventional retreats. And instead of staying together, like we would do on a remote retreat, you are open to stay wherever you’d like: a hotel, an airbnb, a hostel—whatever type of accommodation that suits your budget.
But like the conventional retreats, you’ll still have plenty of time for making connections, you can elect to book group activities during the non-teaching hours, and we’ll share our opening and closing meal together as a group, so there will be bonding too.
Not only will this Urban retreat leave you with a life-long habit of daily meditation, but you are sure to forge life-long friendships as well. And the best part is once the retreat is over, you will continue to be supported by Light in your meditation practice.
Come by yourself, or share the experience with a friend. Either way, you’re going to have a life-changing time, and leave with a renewed sense of self, boundless gratitude, and a deeper connection to your inner peace. Register below to experience the best meditation instruction and support available anywhere.
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Meet Your Host
Light is the bestselling author of Bliss More: How to Succeed in Meditation Without Really Trying, The Inner Gym: A 30-Day Workout for Strengthening Happiness, and Knowing Where to Look: 108 Daily Doses of Inspiration. Light Watkins has been practicing and teaching Vedic Meditation since 2003. He's personally taught nearly 2,000 people to meditate (including bankers, artists, politicians, CEOs, caretakers, educators, comedians, rock stars, students, seekers, as well as corporations).
Light is recognized as one of the World’s Top Meditation Teachers and one of the most relatable thought leaders in the wellness space. Book Authority named Bliss More “One of the best meditation books of all time.” He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Forbes, and People Magazine for his work in meditation and philanthropy. He founded The Shine Movement in 2014, which was also featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, and more.
More About This Retreat
Light is one of the most gifted meditation teachers in the world at helping beginners and experienced meditators alike to understand how to meditate in an enjoyable way… meaning, you sit to meditate, and you don’t want it to end.
Instead of inching by, the time flies by.
Instead of guessing if you’re meditating correctly, you know exactly what to do.
Instead of feeling shortchanged by meditation, you’re overflowing with rest.
Meditation, like any skill, has best practices. If you don’t know what they are and how to apply them, you will forever be confused by meditation, which means you will make the practice a hundred times harder.
Understand, meditation isn’t supposed to be hard. It’s actually quite easy, WHEN you understand what you’re doing.
These are not obvious principles. You will not find them anywhere online, or on a YouTube video.
The closest that you will find them in a book is in the one written by Light Watkins, called Bliss More: How to Succeed in Meditation Without Really Trying—which was awarded the Best Meditation Book of All Time by Book Authority.
But even if you’ve read Light’s book, it’s still the tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding and embodying the principles of meditation. And that’s what this retreat is about.
Light has chosen to create an urban retreat instead of a conventional retreat to keep the retreat as affordable as possible for as many people as possible. You still get to travel to a cool location with plenty of things to do, meet interesting, like-minded people who are all prioritizing their inner work, and you get access to the same Vedic meditation training that Light teaches on his conventional retreats, but at a fraction of the $5K or $6K cost when you factor in airfare and premium lodging.
During this retreat, Light will personally guide you through the entire learning process, and show you everything you need in order to meditate with success. You will have plenty of time to learn, practice, and get all of your questions answered and experiences verified and validated.
By the end of this retreat, you will be able to enjoy meditating anywhere you can sit and close your eyes. After the retreat, you will still benefit from an ongoing support from light to maintain everything you would have learned on your retreat. Light offers complimentary Zoom calls to all of the meditators who’ve taken his in-person training. And he’ll be checking in with you on a weekly basis to make sure you still have everything you need to succeed in becoming an enthusiastic daily meditator.
10 Reasons Why You Should Take This Training
- You will deepen your relationship with meditation
- You will no longer need to rely on apps to meditate
- You will be able to meditate with success anywhere you can close your eyes
- You will receive a personalized meditation mantra from Light
- You will leave with a comprehensive understanding of meditation
- You will learn how to troubleshoot your own meditation experiences
- You will know how to accurately track progress in meditation
- You will receive ongoing support from Light for life, including access to Light’s worldwide community of Vedic Meditators
- You will have access to a worldwide community of Vedic Meditation offerings
- You will be able to join weekly wisdom talks with Light via weekly zoom call after the training
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FAQs
Light teaches Vedic Meditation, which is an in-person, comprehensive meditation course for beginners and experienced meditators alike.
Light works with both beginner and experienced meditators who are interested in learning how to meditate with ease (without having to rely on apps, guidance, or drop-in studios). The people who are most attracted to this kind of training are those who’ve tried many different styles and they’ve struggled to find a practice that felt easy, as well as people who’ve read Light’s book Bliss More or who subscribe to his Daily Dose of Inspiration.
We cap the number of participants to about 20 people to ensure that we can provide a generous amount of personal attention to each participant.
Yes, you would just have to fill out the form with your friend’s information.
Light Watkins is not affiliated with the Transcendental Meditation organization. However, some practitioners of TM have remarked that the Vedic Meditation teaching format is similar to what they learned with Transcendental Meditation. There’s a personalized mantra plus four sessions of instruction, and a lifetime of ongoing support.
Meditation apps are generally devoid of personalized instruction or support, which is a prerequisite for mastery, and drop-in studios are the most expensive way to meditate where you're essentially paying by the hour to meditate, with no free support. Most apps and online meditation classes offer guided meditation, which is a starter technique. What we teach you is how to meditate successfully on your own (without guidance).
Step-by-step, you will learn all of the relevant aspects of meditation directly with Light. He will walk you through the key principles for meditating in the easiest, most effortless way. You will see that there is nothing arbitrary about meditation—from the way you sit, to the time of day you practice, to the manner in which you treat your thoughts. You will also have plenty of home practice, group practice, and Q&A with the teacher. By the end of your training, you will be an expert meditator—able to meditate successfully almost anywhere, even with a busy mind. You will also remain in contact with Light in case you have future meditation-related questions. Plus you will have an open invitation to audit the course when Light returns to teach in your area. None of those options exist with meditation apps or online courses.
If you just want to dabble in meditation, there are less expensive ways to do that. However, if you know you want to make meditation a part of your daily life over the long term, and you want to know how to optimize your experiences, then you won’t find a more thorough training or an easier form of meditation than Vedic Meditation. Basically, you get personal instruction from an expert teacher with over 15 years of real-world experience teaching beginners how to meditate (and not just guiding meditations), you get a minimum of two years free support from Light, plus access to weekly group meditations over Zoom as well as access to the larger Vedic meditation community. After conducting deeper research on other meditation offerings, you'll quickly see that the value of this training far exceeds that of any other training (make sure to ask the other offerings you're considering what their ongoing support options look like).
