I started to meditate daily some years ago while I studied IT in Trondheim, Norway. The Acem International World Retreat in 2016 became my first weeklong retreat. It was a special experience to go to Spain, experience the Pyrenees, and meet young people from the whole world who meditated. After this experience, retreats in Norway […]
Once again the International Young Retreat is taking place in the beautiful forest of Värmland, Sweden.
Being the main meeting point for young Acem meditators all over the world, the retreat includes long 3 – 5 hours meditations, seminars, guidance, walks in the forest, swimming in the Lake Mangen – and sauna.
The event will take place […]
An event to plan for: The international one-week summer retreat with Acem’s founder Are Holen.
This is a great opportunity for meditators to come close to the core and the origins of Acem Meditation. All seminars will be in English, with simultaneous translation into German, Spanish and Chinese. There will be guidance groups in English, Scandinavian, […]
After two years of digital alternatives, the first physical retreat of the regular type (with daily meditations above the 3-hour level) will take place on 16-23 July 2022 at Halvorsbøle, Norway. This will be Acem’s main international meeting point during the summer.
At this retreat, all seminars will be by Are Holen. Guidance groups in English, […]
The darker and more silent period of the year could be a really good time to take a break that matters!
International Intensive Advanced Deepening Retreat, 16 days
Lundsholm, Värmland, Sweden
Friday 19 November 2021 16:00
Advanced International Three-week Deepening Retreat January 2 to January 23, 2022
Lundsholm, Värmland, Sweden
Sunday 02 January 2022 15:00
Even in this year of the pandemic a communication course and several summer retreats will take place at Acem’s retreat centres in Scandinavia.
We live in special times, with new information every day about the pandemic, infection prevention measures, and vaccines. We have become used to living with uncertainty: Can I go to work next week? […]
By Monika Wirkkala
It is beneficial to deep dive once in a while, at retreats with longer meditations and with repeated guidance during the week. It gives you the power and the tools to deal with challenges of everyday life.
It’s a hot summer day. The heat lingers in the seminar room. Light curtains, covering the windows, […]
International Young Retreat Sat 24 July – Sat 31 July 2021
Leaders: Elisabeth Heimdal Wærsted and Bjarke Madsen
Lundsholm, Värmland, Sweden
International Retreat Sat 31 July – Sat 7 August 2021
Leader: Christopher Grøndahl
Lundsholm, Värmland, Sweden
One-week International Deepening Retreat Sat 10 July – Sat 17 July 2021
Leaders: Ole […]
International Deepening Retreat
2-9 January 2021
Leaders: Rolf Brandrud and Christopher Grøndahl
Halvorsbøle International Retreat Centre, Norway
International Young Deepening Retreat
2-9 January
Leader: Christopher Grøndahl
Halvorsbøle International Retreat Centre, Norway
International Advanced Deepening Retreat (3 weeks), 2-23 January 2021
Leaders Halvor Eifring, Øyvind Ellingsen and Thor Udenæs
Lundsholm, Värmland, Sweden
