retreat

Metta-Retreat 2025 with Delson Armstrong and Ven. Obhasa

The retreat begins on September 12, 2025, in the evening and ends on September 21, 2025, in the morning.

Price for a single room/meals: €1,450 per person.

If available - price for a double room/meals: €1,310 per person.

If you require further information or would like to register, please send us an email: st.georgen2025@tutamail.com

There are still a few places available.

Please note that the donation for Delson Armstrong in the amount of €500 or €750 or €1000 or €1250 must be added to the above price.

Delson will provide more information in his introduction in August.

St. Georgen am Längsee

St. Georgen at Längsee

St. Georgen Abbey on Lake Längsee is our preferred retreat location in Austria. The former monastery provides us with the perfect setting for a pleasant and intensive retreat. the abbey is idyllically situated in a picturesque landscape and is easy to reach.

St. Georgen Abbey

Delson Armstrong

Delson Armstrong

We are delighted that Delson Armstrong will be visiting us again in Austria in 2025. Delson is an internationally sought-after and renowned teacher of Metta retreats.

Website Delson

Venerable Obhasa

Venerable Obhasa

We are delighted that Ven. Obhasa will be accompanying us on this retreat. Ven. Obhasa is a Buddhist nun who teaches the Dhamma in England and internationally.

TWIM UK Website

Misc

  • 1 Send us an email to: st.georgen2025@tutamail.com
  • 2 We will contact you and send you all the information via email :)
  • 3 In mid-July, Delson will give a talk for registered participants.

  • 1 A 9-day retreat is a great mental and physical challenge and is not suitable for people who are undergoing psychotherapeutic and/or psychiatric treatment. Similarly, a 9-day retreat is not a substitute for psychotherapeutic/psychiatric/medical treatment.
  • 2 The retreat is held in silence, which means we do not speak to each other, to outsiders, or on the phone. Cell phones are collected at the beginning of the retreat and returned at the end. We meet with Delson Armstrong/Ven. Obhasa once a day for an approximately 10-minute interview/conversation.
  • 3 Breakfast buffet and lunch buffet are included in the price. There is no dinner; instead, we have tea at around 5:30 p.m.
  • 4 Daily schedule:
    • 05:20 Wake up
    • 06:00 Precepts and Group-Meditation
    • 07:30 Breakfast
    • 08:30 Meditation, Interviews
    • 12:00 Lunch
    • 14:00 Meditation, Interviews
    • 17:30 Tea / Break
    • 18:00 Dhamma Talk
    • 20:00 Meditation
    • 22:00 Sleeptime, ev. Meditation