Program
INDIVIDUAL RETREAT
»All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement is outside the veil;
inside the veil is silence and calm and peace.«
Sufi mystic Bayazid Bistami
An essential part of the Camp, what we call “the secret heart of the camp”, is our beautiful, sun-flooded and sheltered
retreat-area. Here, in silence and in the presence of the magnificently beautiful nature exists the possibility to heal deeply
and transform by undertaking a one to four weeks long individual retreat.
Every summer many guests at the camp consider going on an individual retreat as an integral part of their spiritual training.
The individually guided retreat emphasizes personal transformation, and offers the retreatant an opportunity to immerse him or
herself in silence, seclusion, contemplation, meditation and spiritual practice for a period of undistracted time.
However, the individual retreat is considered an advanced training, so it will be necessary to have approval beforehand and
during the retreat the guidance of one of the retreat guides on our Staff. You will meet daily to receive practices to do
during the day and have time to discuss questions which may arise during the retreat.
A retreat is not an escape from responsibilities, nor a cure-all to alter consciousness. It is a catalyst for change and
meaningfulness and must be understood as an advanced form of spiritual training for which one needs to be properly prepared.
Again, if you have questions or concerns about this, please talk to one of our Retreat Guides!
The Retreat Guides on our Staff are qualified guides, who have undergone extensive training in the retreat process of the sufic
tradition and are familiar with all aspects of the retreat, physical, psychological or spiritual. You will find a list of
available Retreat Guides in the Information tent upon your arrival at Camp.
Retreatguides present in Zenith Summer Camp 2010
Munir Voss
Munir Voss has studied philosophy, physics, psychology, and astrology. He began to meditate in 1970 and has been a disciple of Pir Vilayat since 1980. Since 1981 he has been leading the Heidelberg Sufi Center. For several years now Munir has been one of the main people responsible for the training of retreat guides and leaders in the Sufi Order International. The main focus of his work is the retreat concentration.
Languages: German or Englisch
Present in CAMP:19.July - 14.August 2010
Contact Email: munir@gmx.org
Aziz Dikeulias
I see retreats as the greatest opportunity to escape the everyday worries of our mostly ego-based lives and have a chance to become conscious of the other dimensions of our being. Every retreat is new and different according to our inner needs for unfoldment, nothing is or can be wasted and very important seeds are sawn into the soil of our heart and soul that unfold in time.
My considerable experience has taught me that one usually has to struggle against one’s conditioning and thought-patterns in the first part of the retreat so that one can surrender to the calling of the beloved in the latter part. Both parts are essential and cannot be bypassed.
As a retreat guide, I walk hand in hand with my charge without judging and full of acceptance and awe at the meaningfulness of it all, privileged to be able to be the midwife of the new birth.
Sprachen: The retreats are held in english only
Anwesenheit im Camp: is coming soon
Contact Email: yaaziz@sky.com
Amin Hermes
Amin Hermes, German. Born in 1957, married and the father of 4 children. Work as a family therapist and social educationalist. I have been an active member of the International Sufi Order for more than 20 years where I am also a representative and retreat-guide.
I find that every moment of a retreat offers us an opportunity of discovering new facets of our personality and ways of expressing these in our daily lives.
Languages: German or Englisch
Present in CAMP: 31 July to the end of the Camp
Kontaktadresse: aminhermes@freenet.de
Batin Hermes
Batin Hermes, British. Born in 1966. Practised Hatha Yoga since 1984 and did my first Vipassana retreat in 1990. I have been a regular member of the Camp and the International Sufi Order since 1997. Lived in Asia for 8 years of which I spent 6 studying classical Indian music and dance in India. My focus is the integration of spirituality into daily life.
Outside the camp I am the mother of 2 lively boys and work as a yoga and English teacher.
Languages: German or Englisch
Present in CAMP: 31 July to the end of the Camp
Kontaktadresse: aminhermes@freenet.de
Petra Parvati Pfleiderer
Verschiedene Lehrer/innen haben meinen Lebensweg gefärbt. Unter anderen die Yoga-Ausbildung und langjährige Gruppe im Weg der Mitte in Berlin und vor allem seit über 25 Jahren der Sufi-Weg mit Pir Vilayat und nun mit Pir Zia.
Das Retreat und den Retreat-Prozess erlebe ich als zutiefst heilsam, innerlich wegweisend, zugleich erhebend und als wertvolle und große Unterstützung sich Selbst und seinen göttlichen Qualitäten ein Stück näher zu kommen.
So verbinden sich in meiner Retreat-Begleitung die verschieden Einflüsse – Sufi-Weg, Cherag-Arbeit, Yoga-Praxis, mein Mutter-Sein und die Alltags-Ebene.
Geboren 1956, von Beruf Yoga-Lehrerin, Sozialpädagogin und Lehrerin für Polaritätsmassage, verheiratet, zwei Kinder (9 & 12 Jahre alt).
Languages: German or Englisch
Present in CAMP: 25.July - 8.August 2010
Contact Email:parvatipfleiderer@web.de
Malik Hirschberg
Representative & retreat guide of the Austrian Sufi Order and leader of the Vienna center
Language: German
Present in CAMP: July 19 - 31 July, 2010
Contact Email: is coming soon
Zamyat Willand
In the Sufiorder, I am working as Representative, Retreatguide and a Healing Conductor in the Healing Order.
Next to my wonderful teachers on the spiritual path, life trained me as mother and grandmother and as healer to guide people
in their unfolding. Retreat means to me a journey towards the source, a journey home, to become step by step, whom I really am,
and become able to manifest this in everyday life.
Languages: German or Englisch
Present in CAMP: During the whole Camp
Kontaktadresse:zamyat@t-online.de