Name: 3 Day Naam-Avatar Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Retreat in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Brand: Lake Isle Retreats
Price: 250 GBP
Availability: InStock

Mindfulness Meditation Retreat in Ireland

Lake Isle Retreats welcomes you to this wonderful retreat in North Ireland to refresh, recharge, and renew yourself in their beautiful place. Staying away from the hustle and bustle of the cities works, and your daily life, you will truly relax with meditation and yoga in idyllic natural surroundings. Come and join them for now to get a very new experience.

Meet the instructors

Tim & Chrissie
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Highlights

Intro to Naam-Avatar mindfulness
Yoga and mindfulness with Chrissie
Introduction to Japa mantra meditation using traditional wooden counting beads
Visit the island temple to hear morning chant music
Florencecourt Estate for a 1 hour 30 mins forest walk
Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner
2 nights accommodation
Tranquil surroundings

Skill level

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

Yoga styles

Hatha

3 days with instruction in English

Program

Naam-Avatar mindfulness is suitable for anyone new to meditation, or for people with more experience.

Retreat schedule

Friday

Arrival time any time that suits you between 16:00 and 18:00.
18:30 Dinner
19:15 Meditation and introduction with Tim: intro to Naam-Avatar mindfulness. Naam is pronounced as rhyming with "calm".

Saturday

06:30 Depart to visit the Krishna island temple to hear morning chant music and hear from some ancient Bhakti-yoga texts written in Sanskrit 5000 years ago
08:20 Departure from island
09:00 Yoga and mindfulness with Chrissie
10:30 Breakfast
11:15 Break time
12:00 Meditation and mindfulness
13:30 Light lunch
14:15 Departure for the beautiful Florencecourt Estate for a 1 hour 30 minutes forest walk. Walking shoes, trainers or runners are acceptable footwear. Includes a period along a river where you do a silent mindfulness walk. There is an entry charge to this National Trust attraction (7.50 GBP)
17:30 Return from walk
18:00 Meditation
18:45 Dinner
19:00 Massages available all evening

Sunday

08:30 Yoga and meditation
10:00 Breakfast
11:10 Meditation and visualization
12:00 Option 1: Relax in the retreat house at your own pace. Option 2: Visit to Krishna Temple. Depart retreat house to walk to the jetty for the ferry crossing to Inish Rath Island.
12:20 Ferry to the island for temple music chant (30 minutes) and relaxing around Inis Rath Island
13:00 Talk on Vedic wisdom and philosophy open to the general public. You're welcome to go for a walk around the island during all or part of this period.
14:00 Kirtan meditation music, or some guests might prefer an early departure
15:00 The Sunday feast, followed by departure

Instructors

Tim McEvitt

Tim left his home at Dublin when he was 18 years old to become a Krishna monk, which was initially a bit of a shock to his family but now everyone is happy. He trained at Bhaktivedanta Manor temple near London and then lived in the temple on Inish Rath Island for eight years. While in the temple, he studied Vedic philosophy from the ancient Sanskrit texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavat Purana, plus he learned kirtan-yoga and sacred chant music.

Chrissie

Chrissie is originally from Germany, though she has a sweet Irish accent. She is a yoga teacher and a tour guide. She sometimes travels around Ireland to assist German-speaking tourists with their holiday. But back in Fermanagh, she shares her unique yoga tips during the retreats. She was trained in Doi Saket, Thailand, with a school which traces its lineage back to Paramahamsa Madhavadasji in the line of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Food

Taste homemade vegetarian and vegan food

Daily meals and complimentary herbal teas are provided.

All food is vegetarian and extremely tasty, cooked with love. Meals are prepared fresh on the day. Everything is vegetarian - no meat, fish or eggs. Most preparations are vegan (dairy-free). The food is a combination of Indian vegetarian (e.g. samosas, curries, basmati rice, etc, etc.) and 'Western' vegetarian (e.g. pizza, salads, pasta, soups, etc).

They cater to any special diets for allergies and intolerances.

In case you're a yogi, Vaishnava or someone familiar with a 'sattvic' diet, they don't use the following ingredients: onions, garlic, mushrooms, vinegar and alcohol. In Ayurveda these ingredients may be prescribed for medicinal or other uses, but are not generally consumed by Hatha or Bhakti yogis. If that sounds 'restrictive' then you might find you have a lot to learn about non-European cookery!

They have a polytunnel and a vegetable garden for growing their food. During the growing season, they use their own organic potatoes, carrots, courgettes, peppers, corns, tomatoes, beetroots, cucumbers, French beans, and some herbs in preparing the dishes.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks

The following drinks are included:

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Vegan
Other dietary requirements on request

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

How to get there

Recommended Airports

BFS

Belfast International Airport

97 km

Transfer not provided

BHD

George Best Belfast City Airport

115 km

Transfer not provided

DUB

Dublin Airport

117 km

Transfer not provided

Driving directions from Dublin or the south

Take the M3 from Blanchardstown in the direction of Cavan.
As you approach Cavan Town, take the third exit at the main roundabout following the signs for Enniskillen and Ballyshannon. Stay on this main road and after 14 minutes, you arrive at the Belturbet Roundabout.
Continue on straight taking the 2nd exit here towards Enniskillen. Continue on for 8km.
Take a right turn at Teemore Cross.
The sign says: Lisnaskea 9 - you are now in County Fermanagh and road-signs are in miles.
Follow this road for 3 miles going in the direction of Geaglum and Inish Rath Island. Continue on this road to it's conclusion, following the signs to Inish Rath Island. (Just before you come to Geaglum jetty there's an Inish Rath 1/4 mile sign).
Continue on gravel road towards Inish Rath for 400 metres until you see the signs for the retreat.

Driving directions from the North (Derry, Donegal, Omagh)

Aim for Enniskillen. The road approaching Enniskillen is the A32.
In Enniskillen, aim for Dublin on the Sligo Road (A4).
A mile out of town centre take first exit or go left at roundabout following signs for Dublin.
10 miles South of Enniskillen you come to Derrylin. On the other side of this one-street village take a left onto the B127 towards Lisnaskea.
After 3 miles look for the Inish Rath Island signs from here. The first sign will have you make a right turn off the B127. Continue on gravel road towards Inish Rath until you see the sign for the retreat.

Driving directions from Belfast and the East

Take the M1 which leads onto the A4 in the direction of Enniskillen.
12 miles before reaching Enniskillen look for the left turn taking you to Lisnaskea.
At Lisnaskea there is a primary roundabout beside Lidl Supermarket. Go onto main street here by taking 2nd exit and drive down the road.
After 1 minute you come to smaller mini-roundabout (a painted circle) on Main Street and take the right turn taking you towards Derrylin on the B127 road, which you follow for 5 miles.
You cross over a first and then a second bridge over the lake (both bridges are approx 100 metres long).
Take next turn left and follow signs to Inish Rath from here.
Continue on gravel road towards Inish Rath until you see the sign for the retreat.

Driving directions from the West (Sligo)

Aim for Enniskillen.
Before entering the town take a right (or second exit) at the roundabout and aim for Dublin on the A509 (N3).
10 miles South of Enniskillen you come to Derrylin.
On the other side of this one-street village take a left onto the B127 towards Lisnaskea.
After 3 miles look for the Inish Rath Island signs from here. The first sign will have you make a right turn off the B127.
Continue on gravel road towards Inish Rath until you see the sign for the retreat.

Arrival by airplane

Please book your flight to arrive at Dublin Airport (DUB), Belfast International Airport (BFS), or George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD). Both Dublin and Belfast are a similar distance by road from the retreat centre.

If you are not hiring a car, then Dublin may be the most convenient airport destination. Five times a day a Bus Eireann coach (the national operator) goes through the airport and brings passengers to Belturbet (the small town closest to them in the Rep. of Ireland). Ground staff at the airport will assist you to find the location of the bus stop, which is a 4-mins walk from the main exit of the airport building (specifically you want Zone 13, Stop 12, Route 30). You're looking for the bus with 'Donegal' as its end destination. Tickets are 30 EUR return to Belturbet. The coach at 12:50pm is the time most convenient to you for arriving at the retreats, in general.

in Belfast there are two airports, Belfast City and Belfast International. If you fly into Belfast you'll need to get into the city centre to take a coach from Belfast Europa coach station.

Arrival by bus

From Dublin take the Donegal line from the main (and only) coach station in Dublin city centre (Busárus). Ask for a ticket to Belturbet. The journey takes about 2hrs 30mins. From Belturbet, you need a taxi.

From Belfast, there are Ulsterbus coaches every hour from Belfast to Enniskillen. You get off at Maguiresbridge, about 12 miles before Enniskillen. Then you can take a taxi.

Arrival by taxi

Via the Republic of Ireland: Local taxi services or call Michael or Seamus. If you arrive on the Bus Eireann coach at Belturbet, the car journey to Lake Isle Retreats near Inish Rath Island costs about 20 EUR. They suggest you phone that morning to make a provisional booking. Almost 2 hours after leaving Dublin, the coach stops in Cavan town for a 5 mins break. From the moment this bus departs again you may like to phone the taxi and tell him where you are. He'll know you'll arrive in Belturbet after 15-mins. It can be a good idea to pre-book the taxi the day before. Give an approximate arrival time in Belturbet. The actual arrival time on the day will tend be 10 or 20 mins later than what is on the bus schedule, and the taxi driver will want you to phone from Cavan Town again.

Via Northern Ireland: If you arrive on a coach from Belfast the journey from Maguiresbridge to the retreat near Inish Rath Island will cost about 22 EUR sterling.

You can contact Gerry for a taxi from Enniskillen (or he can go to collect you from Maguiresbridge).

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