Parthiban Muthukrishnan, mechanical engineer, Tamil Nadu, India:
This was my first communication course and my first encounter with Acem. I have been working in Oslo, Norway, for the past three years, and I signed up for the training after having found it on the internet. The course has helped me understand how others perceive me. I […]
Anna Magnell, student, Stockholm, Sweden:
I was at a crossroads in my life, did not know what I wanted to do: study or work. I also had problems in my relationship. I learnt Acem Meditation during a retreat last autumn.
Meditation helped me get over my anxiety and unease. At the retreat, many people spoke highly of […]
Jostein Nyhus, Master of Science (MSc), Oslo, Norway – about Acem’s Training in Interpersonal Communication:
The course went to the root causes of how I act in my life today, including things from my childhood and adolescence. This will help my relations with others, and I have a feeling that things will change in my work […]
Rabea Dillmann, sustainability manager, Frankfurt, Germany:
My first communication course two years ago helped me see and modify patterns that influenced and limited my everyday life, including my work life. This year, I got new input and a better understanding of the roles I tend to go into in groups and how I interact with others. […]
How about a one-week refreshing international summer retreat in the Scandinavian landscapes where Acem Meditation originated? An opportunity for exciting encounters and social meetings across borders and cultures, with participants from Scandinavia, Europe, and other continents. You can choose between guidance groups in English, German, Chinese, or Scandinavian. This is a great […]
Andy Chang is from New Taipei City in Taiwan. He has met Acem meditators from all over the world.
“In Asia, men rarely talk about their feelings and weaknesses, he says. According to a Mandarin proverb, ‘Men should never show emotional vulnerability around others.’ And perhaps this attitude is why I meet few male meditators in […]
19 years old and from Uppsala, Sweden, Henrietta Kindmark participated for the first time in Acem International’s Young Retreat last summer. A week later she spoke about it in warm terms.
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In this recording, Dr. Are Holen explains how practitioners of Acem Meditation may cultivate a free mental attitude, and what kind of change that might bring about. Dr. Holen is a professor emeritus at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He founded Acem in 1966.
The recording is based on a previously published CD production […]
Johan Øye shares his experience with Acem Meditation in his daily life and at a deepening retreat at Acem’s Retreat Center Halvorsbøle. He is a Norwegian teacher who has practiced meditation for many years.
“When one is together with others one wears a social mask and adjusts one’s role”, says Johan Øye. “But when I meditate, […]
Alicia Figueroa lives in Spain and has practiced Acem Meditation for 7 years. She attended the International Deepening Retreat at Halvorsbøle, Norway, this summer. It was her second Deepening Retreat. This is what she had to say a couple of months after coming home:
What were your experiences with the Deepening Retreat?
“This was an extraordinary retreat for me. […]
