Dark Room Retreat
Dark Room Retreat
We invite you to deepen your meditation practice by experiencing a private retreat in our Dark Room, a room specially prepared to admit no light. Meditation in complete darkness is an advanced practice which is a part of the ancient Ayurvedic and Tantric traditions of India and Tibet. For centuries, Dark Room Retreats (meditation retreats in rooms completely devoid of light) have been known to induce profound shifts in consciousness. The aspirant enters a room specially prepared to admit absolutely no light and spends a number of days in complete darkness in order to enter into an intimate connection with the very Essence of being. For the Hridaya perspective on dark room retreats
Our Dark Room
Our center features a comfortable, quiet, well-appointed Dark Room ideal for solitary retreats of any length of time. You will retreat in an isolated cabin, made mostly of natural materials with a private bathroom. It is cosy and well-ventilated.
Note that as Dark Room Retreats are individual retreats, there are no set event dates.
These retreats are for advanced practitioners, no teachings or guidance are offered during these retreats.
PLEASE NOTE: If it is your first time entering a dark room retreat we allow a maximum 3 night stay.
PLEASE NOTE: If we percieve any dark room participant to be, or to become (during their dark room retreat) psychologically unwell (overwhelmed with emotion or otherwise unstable) we reserve the right to end the dark room retreat at any time and invite the participant to continue their retreat with us in a solitary retreat cabin.
Dark Room Retreat Packages
3 Nights Dark Retreat + 1 night before and 1 night after.
Includes:
Total 5 nights accommodation Dinner on the day of arrival, (day 1) Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat exprience and dark room briefing (day 1) Breakfast and dinner on the following day (day 2), the day that you will enter the darkness An intention setting and consecration process before you enter the dark room on day 2. 2 meals per day for the duration of your stay in the dark room 3 nights stay in the dark room (entering mid-late afternoon on day 2, exiting early morning, before sunrise on day 5) Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat exprience and dark room debriefing, sharings, reflections, integration advice (day 5) Breakfast and Dinner on this day (day 5) 1 night stay after you come out of the darkness, for integration purposes Breakfast on day 6 before you leave. NOTE: If you are applying for your very first dark retreat (here or anywhere else) we will ask you to start with a 3 night retreat. Isolation in complete darkness can be a very intense experience for some people and we have learned through experience that it is always wise to practise caution and humility when approaching intense spiritual practices.
Price Breakdown
5 nights - 5,400 MXN
4 breakfasts - 600 MXN
5 dinners - 900 MXN
Total = 6,900 MXN
5 Nights Dark Retreat + 1 night before and 1 night after.
Includes:
Total 7 nights accommodation Dinner on the day of arrival, (day 1) Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat exprience and dark room briefing (day 1) Breakfast and dinner on the following day (day 2), the day that you will enter the darkness An intention setting and consecration process before you enter the dark room on day 2. 2 meals per day for the duration of your stay in the dark room 5 nights stay in the dark room (entering mid-late afternoon on day 2, exiting early morning, before sunrise on day 7) Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat exprience and dark room debriefing, sharings, reflections, integration advice (day 7) Breakfast and Dinner on this day (day 7) 1 night stay after you come out of the darkness, for integration purposes Breakfast on day 8 before you leave.
Price Breakdown
7 nights - 7,560 MXN
7 breakfasts - 1,050 MXN
7 dinners - 1,260 MXN
Total = 9,870 MXN
7 Nights Dark Retreat + 1 night before and 1 night after.
Includes:
Total 9 nights accommodation Dinner on the day of arrival, (day 1) Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat exprience and dark room briefing (day 1) Breakfast and dinner on the following day (day 2), the day that you will enter the darkness An intention setting and consecration process before you enter the dark room on day 2. 2 meals per day for the duration of your stay in the dark room 5 nights stay in the dark room (entering mid-late afternoon on day 2, exiting early morning, before sunrise on day 9) Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat exprience and dark room debriefing, sharings, reflections, integration advice (day 9) Breakfast and Dinner on this day (day 9) 1 night stay after you come out of the darkness, for integration purposes Breakfast on day 10 before you leave.
Price Breakdown
9 nights - 8,730 MXN
9 breakfasts - 1,350 MXN
9 dinners - 1,620 MXN
Total = 11,190 MXN
10 Nights Dark Retreat + 1 night before and 2 nights after.
Includes:
Total 12 nights accommodation. Dinner on the day of arrival, (day 1). Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat experience and dark room briefing (day 1). Breakfast and dinner on the following day (day 2), the day that you will enter the darkness. An intention setting and consecration process before you enter the dark room on day 2. 2 meals per day for the duration of your stay in the dark room. 5 nights stay in the dark room (entering mid-late afternoon on day 2, exiting early morning, before sunrise on day 12). Meeting with an experienced meditation practitioner/instructor, with dark retreat experience and dark room debriefing, sharings, reflections, integration advice (day 12). Breakfast and Dinner on day 12 & 13. 2 nights stay after you come out of the darkness, for integration and adjustment purposes. Breakfast on day 14 before you leave.
Price Breakdown
13 nights - 12,610 MXN
13 breakfasts - 1,950 MXN
13 dinners - 2,340 MXN
Total = 16,900 MXN
Longer Than 10 Nights
We can of course accommodate retreats of longer than 10 days, some of our teachers have completed dark room retreats of longer than 1 month. However we will only consider applications for longer retreats in complete darkness from practitioners with more than 3 years of consistent meditation practice, previous experience with group and solitary retreats and previous experience with shorter dark room retreats.
These requirements are absolute, please do not apply if you do not meet or preferably exceed them.
*Check-in is at 3:00 pm and check-out is at 10:00 am unless other arrangements have been made.