4 Day Vipassana Silent Cocoon Retreat in Muğla Province, Turkey
Vipassana Retreat in Turkey
Expert tip: This is one of the most popular yoga retreats offered in Turkey.
Would you like to connect with your inner child, your own Guru, or shaman in the four days you will spend in silence with Çiğdem Sarı Fraser? This Vipassana camp tells the story of one's journey from one to another. Through yoga, pranayama, and self-reflection, you’ll shed old patterns and face your inner truths. Nourishing vegetarian meals will support your body as you realign with balance and presence.
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Highlights
- 4 days of activities
- 1 yoga class per day
- Pranayama, meditation, and dance sessions
- Nature walks with breathing
- Ceremonies, workshops, and other lectures
- 3 nights accommodation
- Daily meals
Skill level
- Beginner
Yoga styles
Milas–Bodrum Airport (US$ 17 per person)
Accommodation
Facilities
- Health Club
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Café
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Meditation garden
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- Conference room
- Free parking
- Laundry
You will be accommodated in cozy bungalows in the middle of the olive trees. All rooms have two single beds. If you prefer not to share, you can sleep in your room. You can also be accommodated in the camping area, remember to bring your tent (a camping area with toilets and a shower is available).
Program
As the years pass by like water, you need to stop and look at 'what are you doing for yourself'. It is time to review how many of the promises you made to yourself last year you completed and how much-unfinished work you left. Remember, this world exists 'if you exist'. The more balanced you are, the more joy, pleasure, and enthusiasm you will catch and the more you will be able to flow with life.
In the four days, you will spend alone with yourself in silence; you will connect with your inner child by facing your masks, doing yoga, meditation, pranayama techniques, Satsangs, Karma yoga, and volunteer work. You will also experience how your eating habits affect your body with the vegetarian meals Cigdem Sari Fraser will offer and you will be able to introduce new eating habits into your life. You will be in silence for four days.
What you will gain
At the end of these four days, all the work you do:
- Guides you to find yourself, who you are
- Supports you to find your purpose in life
- Increases your life energy on a physical level and strengthens your immune system, muscles, and entire body
- Eliminates negative thoughts and limits on a mental level, increases concentration, allows you to see life from a higher level of awareness, and broadens your vision
- Allows you to find the happiness and satisfaction of finding yourself on a spiritual level
- Brings quality to every level in your life and increases your potential. In other words, it allows you to return to that free, fearless, curious, enthusiastic, and joyful state of your childhood.
How you will win
- By recognizing your masks
- By facing your fears
- By bringing awareness to the body with yoga practices
- By feeling and providing the pranic energy flow with Pranayama breathing techniques
- By balancing male and female energies with dance sessions
- By recognizing the chakras
- With chakra meditation
- By discovering the effect of nutrition on the body, correct nutrition methods
- Most importantly, by being alone with yourself in nature and listening to your inner voice
All these Vipassana camp studies take you to a point: “Who are you, are you who you really are?”
You can get rid of the traumas and psychological and depressive states you have experienced until you reach your age if you want to. Wanting, really wanting is a part of standing firm and taking a step with courage. Therefore, no matter which program you attend, no matter where you go, no change will come and find you unless you want something inside you. Maybe that is why no matter what you do, it does not work and you cannot find a solution anywhere, maybe you are not even aware that you are looking for it.
For this reason, you are stronger together, all together with courage and hand in hand, to feel and believe that you are not alone no matter what happens. Cigdem Sari Fraser has prepared a program where each person can discover themselves, achieve physical, mental, and emotional integrity, and reveal their true potential. This road is long. Why not start right where you are now?
Daily schedule
Day 1 - February 6th
- 14:00 Registration and settling in from
- 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
- 20:00 - 21:30 Opening ceremony and briefing
Day 2 - February 7th
- 07:00 - 08:00 Beginner-level yoga
- 08:15 - 08:45 Nature walk accompanied by breathing (technique will be taught)
- 09:00 - 10:30 Breakfast and free time
- 10:30 - 11:30 Facing your masks lesson
- 12:00 - 13:30 Getting to know your masks (revealing which ones you have in yourself with meditation)
- 13:30 - 16:30 Lunch and rest
- 16:30 - 17:30 Breathing techniques - pranayamas
- 18:00 - 19:00 Kundalini Meditation and dance session
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner and free time
Day 3 - February 8th
- 07:00 - 08:00 Kriya Yoga chakra cleansing
- 08:15 - 08:45 Nature walk with breath (technique will be taught)
- 09:00 - 10:30 Breakfast and free time
- 10:30 - 11:30 Getting to know the chakras
- 11:30 - 12:00 Break for needs
- 12:00 - 13:30 Elements and their connection with the chakras
- 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:30 Free time
- 16:30 - 17:30 Chakra meditation with mantras
- 18:00 - 19:00 Om Healing Meditation
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
Day 4 - February 9th
- 07:00 - 08:00 Yin yoga
- 08:15 - 08:45 Nature walk accompanied by breathing (technique will be taught)
- 09:00 - 10:30 Breakfast and free time
- 10:30 - 11:45 General overview of mantras and meditation to integrate with your name
- 11:45 - 12:00 Break for needs
- 12:00 - 13:30 Breathing session with Tibetan bowls
- 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
- 14:30 - 15:30 Integration meditation with your inner child
- 15:30 - 16:30 Sharing and closing ceremony
- 16:30 Departure while staying in the energy of love
There may be minor changes depending on the energy of the group.
Note
Since you will turn inward and discover yourself in Mauna, that is, silence, you will take breaks from talking, looking at each other's eyes, using mobile phones, and reading books throughout the camp. You will expand your capacity by taking plenty of breaths and opening your energy and magnetic fields. Naturally, emotions, experiences, and life lessons will flow. You will need a notebook and pen a lot, they recommend that you bring them. Smoking and coffee are not allowed in the center. Remember that you are not coming here to continue the lifestyle you are accustomed to, but to break your habits, transform and renew.
The center is located in the valley. It can be windy and cold, especially in the early morning and evening hours. You may want to meditate on the rocks outside, take walks, and spend time alone in nature. It is incredibly enjoyable to watch the stars, especially at night. Since you are in the middle of the forest, the stars are usually visible. In this enjoyable state, it is not a problem to get a little cold. Wishing you a camp where you will open yourself to sharing whatever is happening with nature; to leaving it to the sky, the stars, the trees, the earth, and the universe and trusting it.
Instructors
Çiğdem Sarı Fraser
Çiğdem developed her skills following the teachings of her Master Sri Prem Baba, whom she always felt was by her side. She was so filled with enthusiasm after her enlightenment she wanted everyone to experience the change in her and to share her experience. She considered it her duty to connect with them and enable them to also awaken love in everyone. She felt that If she could integrate with her essence, then everyone could do it. She is ready to help anyone who desires a higher level of understanding.
Retreat location
The Vipassana retreat will take place in Muğla, Aegean Region, Turkey. It takes 15 minutes by car from Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV) to reach the venue. The center is located on top of one of the hills of the little village of Dorttepe. Olive trees surround the venue. The place is quiet and far from the main street. Parking is available.
Distances
- Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV) - 15 minutes drive
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
At Olive Garden Retreat, they offer vegetarian meals and drinks included in the price. Vegetables come from the garden. In the winter season, they have beetroots, parsley, celery, leek, lettuce, and dill. They may also have delicious pumpkins and melons from the summer season. Everything is homemade and cooked with care and love, which makes the dishes unforgettably delicious. The menu changes every day according to the availability of ingredients but the taste is always guaranteed.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
What's included
- All practices
- All sessions
- 3 nights accommodation
- Vegetarian meals and drinks
- 20% VAT
What's not included
- Flights
- Transfers from and to the airport or bus station
- Initiation
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Milas–Bodrum Airport
8 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV). Transportation is not included in the price. The center is 15 minutes from the airport. Cigdem Sari Fraser can arrange a transfer for you from the airport or Güvercinlik bus station, subject to an additional fee, please mention it while reserving.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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