5-day Kriya Yoga Meditation Retreat and Initiation with Per Wibe

29/08/2018 - 2/09/2018 - Arrival starting 4:00 PM, Departure till 1:00 PM

5-day Kriya Yoga Meditation Retreat and Initiation with Per Wibe

Kriya Yoga is a meditation system based upon a rich and ancient tradition. It has its basis in the breath and the chakras (energy centres in the spine). The system is developed and tested through thousands of years. In Kriya Yoga we experience inner Silence, which is the foundation for peace, happiness and self-realization.

Regular Kriya practice is the tool, based on the breath, which takes prana (life force) to the body continously. By touching the Silence (no-duality) in the practice, this element gradually will be a conscious part of us and we will realize it as our home, as the Self.

According to the tradition, longer periods with deep meditations are recommended to be taken every year. Silence will be kept most of the day according to a specific program.

Whether you belong to this or that part of the tree, has no meaning for the deepest level of life. All Kriyabans are invited to experience unity of life, in friendship and love.

Program (changes are possible):

DAY 1 – ARRIVAL	DAY 2 -INITIATION
16.00          Arrival in the AlpenRetreat	07.30 – 8.00           Silent Meditation
17.00          Meet and Greet	08.00 – 09.00        Breakfast
19.00         Dinner	11.00 – 12.30          Initiation
21.00         Silent Meditation	12.30 – 13.30          Lunch
	15.30 – 16.45          Hatha Yoga
	16.45 – 17.00          Tea
	18.00 – 19.00         Kriya Yoga Meditation
	19.00 – 20.00      Dinner
	21.00 – 21.30         Kriya Yoga Meditation

DAY 3, 4	DAY 5 – DEPARTURE
07.00 – 8.00           Kriya Yoga Meditation	07.00 – 8.00           Kriya Yoga Meditation
08.00 – 09.00        Breakfast	08.00 – 09.00       Breakfast
09.00 – 10.00        Seva (optional)	09.00 – 10.00        Seva (optional)
11.30 – 12.30          Kriya Yoga Meditation	11.30 – 12.30          Kriya Yoga Meditation
12.30 – 13.30          Lunch	13.00                       Departure
15.30 – 16.45          Hatha Yoga
18.00 – 19.00         Kriya Yoga Meditation
19.00 – 20.00       Dinner
21.00 – 21.30        Kriya Yoga Meditation

The retreat and initiation will be lead by Per Wibe

After twenty years pursuing spiritual efforts, Per started to give Kriya initiations in 1997. From his first day of teaching he said: “Be deeply inside. What you experience is because of Life and the masters, it is not my power.” He is connected to the Mahavatar Babaji Kriya Yoga tradition through his spiritual master Swami Shankarananda Giri of Kriya Yoga Ashram, Tapovan, Rishikesh, India.

He has lived an ordinary life with family commitments and business activities. This has given him personal experience and insight into the life and problems of the modern human being. At the same time he has devoted most of his leisure time for thirty five years to meditation, spiritual studies and teaching. Personal experiences, which are the result of spiritual efforts for many years, inspire him to say: “I am not there, only an unlimited space and the experience.”

He is teaching Kriya Yoga in a practical and simple way, endurantly taking his students to the essence: To take the mind to a level of no-duality, to an inner experience of Silence. He is now, after many years of teaching in different parts of the world, inspired to initiate anyone with a desire for inner tranquillity and harmony. If you would like to know more about Per, please read Spiritual efforts by Per, Kabir in the Light of Kriya,  Yearning of the Soul.

www.kriyabanservice.com

Assistant teacher:
Wolfgang Eisenbeutl was initiated into Kriya Yoga in 2008 by Kriya Yoga Master Shankaranda Giri. This was the first time he understood the significance and importance of a spiritual teacher and integrated the role of a guru in his life. Kriya Yoga meditation became his main practice in the next few years. In 2009, Wolfgang met Per Wibe and attended one of his retreats at the Kriya Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh, India. Since 2012, Per Wibe has visited AlpenRetreat twice a year to conduct Kriya Yoga Retreats. During the retreat, Wolfgang will teach the Kriya-Hatha Yoga lessons and assist Per as an assistant. For more information click here.

How to find us

- 30min drive from the German border, 1 ½ hr from Italy and 1 hr from Switzerland to the AlpenRetreat on the Tyrolean Fernpass
- airport Memmingen (München West) Within 1 hour 20min drive and Innsbruck airport within 50min drive, Munich airport 2 hr drive
- bus connections from the surrounding cities directly to our doorstep
- 5 train stations within 30 min drive: Lermoos, Imst/Pitztal, Garmisch-Patenkirchen and Reutte.
- airport pick up and drop off is possible (a fee will apply)

By Car

Located on the Tyrolean Fernpass, in the north-west of Austria, close to the German border the AlpenRetreat is easily reached via the Fernpassstrasse B179 (E532).
At the top of the Fernpass (Fernpasshöhe) there is a petrol station named "Dolle". Opposite of it on the other side of the street is a roadside restaurant (Fernpaß Rast), a red building, and a big yellow building (the former Fernpass hotel). Follow the small street between the restaurant and the yellow house for about 200m and you have reached the AlpenRetreat.

Places connected by the Fernpassstraße
Füssen – Reutte – Heiterwang – Lermooser Tunnel – Fernpass (AlpenRetreat) – Nassereith. At the border-tunnel in Füssen the Fernpassstrasse connects with the federal highway 310 and the A 7. In Nassereith it merges into the B 189 along the Inntal (Inn valley) in direction south-east towards Telfs and in south-west direction towards Imst.

In winter it is compulsory in Austria to have winter tires on your car. Although the Fernpassstrasse is well maintained and therefore easily accessible, sometimes the streets can still be covered in snow. In exceptional cases snow chains may be required (very rarely). If you are coming with a rental car, make sure it is equipped with winter tires (the rental company is obliged to provide this).

By Train

For train connections inside Austria please check www.oebb.at/en (closest train stations "Imst/Pitztal", "Lermoos", "Reutte")
For train connections from/to Germany please check www.bahn.com/en (closest train stations "Imst/Pitztal", "Lermoos", "Reutte")

By Bus

Time tables and ticket reservation inside Tirol : www.vvt.at/en (closest bus stop to the AlpenRetreat is "Hotel Fernpasshöhe" or "Nassereith-Postplatz").
Time tables and ticket reservation from/to Munich: www.meinfernbus.de/en (closest bus stop is train station "Garmisch/Partenkirchen")

AlpenRetreat Transfer- und Pick-up Service

Our pick up service is meant for arrivals where public transportation is not possible anymore. Please try to reach Lermoos, Nassereith or Imst on your own.

Train station Lermoos: 20€*
Bus station Nassereith-Postplatz: 20€*

*The prices are per direction (pick-up- or drop-off) per car. If more guests share a car, the costs are divided between them.

By Plane

Airport Innsbruck
Distance: 64 km
By car from the airport: aprox. 55min
By bus from the airport: Take the bus line F at the airport to the main train station in Innsbruck (Innsbrucker Hauptbahnhof), from there take the "Regionalbus" directly to the bus station "Nassereith Postplatz" or "Hotel Fernpasshöhe" aprox. 1 h 10 min. Time table on www.vvt.at/en
By train from Innsbruck: From "Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof" (main train station) to train station "Imst/Pitztal". Time table on www.oebb.at/en

Airport Memmingen
Distance: 118 km
By car from the Airport: aprox. 1h 20min
Take the bus to the Memmingen train station. From there you can take a train to Lermoos via Kempten and Reutte. Please check the time table on www.bahn.com/en

Airport Munich
Distance: 161 km
By car from the airport: aprox. 55min
By bus from the airport: You can get on www.meinfernbus.de/en (big green bus) directly at the terminal.  It goes to Garmisch-Partenkirchen train station. From there you can take the train to Lermoos or
Bus ticket and time table on www.meinfernbus.de/en
By train from the airport: Go via train to Munich main train station (München Hauptbahnhof). From there take the train to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and onward to Lermoos or Ehrwald.