{"id":164461,"date":"2025-08-04T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consciouskenya.com\/?post_type=mec-events&p=164461"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:48:10","slug":"yin-yang-art-mindfulness-retreat","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/consciouskenya.com\/event\/yin-yang-art-mindfulness-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Yin Yang Art & Mindfulness Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

This retreat is an opportunity to bring more balance and harmony <\/b>into your life. Nestled in the beautiful Kaya Kwetu<\/strong><\/a> in nature right by the Indian Ocean, this\u00a0 will be an excellent opportunity to relax, breathe, express and play.<\/p>\n

Learn how to balance stillness with action, integrate reflection with creation, and find wholeness in the interplay between awareness and expression of your feelings, thoughts and life experience,
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Eirik Jarl will guide the Yang aspects of the retreat, – the active, expressive, outward, creative an collaborative elements. \u00a0He has over 10 years of Affirmative Art workshop facilitation experience with thousands of participants.<\/span> He knows we all have a gift, and our role is to identify, clarify and live that role. Affirmative Art is a useful tool towards this goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eddy will guide the Yin aspects, creating space for calm, receptive, inward self reflection, mindful observation and rest to help you rediscover stillness, increase clarity and gain insights. He is a seasoned meditator and is involved in actively building\u00a0 Conscious Kenya\u00a0<\/a> – a space\u00a0 and platform for wellness & conscious living.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Come as you are. Leave renewed, grounded, and inspired.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf00<\/strong> Day 1 \u2013 Friday, 14 November<\/p>\n

Theme: Ground & Arrive \u2013 Welcoming Presence<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/td>\nActivity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 \u2013 5:00 PM<\/td>\nArrival & Check-in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:00 \u2013 7:00 PM<\/td>\nDinner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00 \u2013 8:00 PM<\/td>\nOpening Circle & Orientation (intentions, introductions)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00 PM onward<\/td>\nPersonal time \/ rest \u00a0 Quiet Time \/ Journaling \/ Tea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\ud83c\udf1e Day 2 \u2013 Saturday, 15 November<\/p>\n

Theme: Explore & Express \u2013 Balancing Yin & Yang<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/td>\nActivity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:45 \u2013 8:00 AM<\/td>\nQuantum Light Breathwork<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30 \u2013 9:30 AM<\/td>\nBreakfast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30 \u2013 10:30 AM<\/td>\nExpressive Art for release<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM<\/td>\nFree time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30 \u2013 12:30 PM<\/td>\nAffirmative Art Today triangle and gratitude art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:30 \u2013 1:30 PM<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30 \u2013 3:00 PM<\/td>\nFree Time \/ Swimming \/ Rest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:00 \u2013 4:00 PM<\/td>\nMindfulness excersice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:00 \u2013 5:30 PM<\/td>\nFuture Dream Scape Affirmative Art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:00 \u2013 7:00 PM<\/td>\nDinner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:15 \u2013 8:00 PM<\/td>\nAwareness practice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00 PM onward<\/td>\nLeisure Rest \/ Optional Journaling \/ Stargazing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\ud83c\udf15 Day 3 \u2013 Sunday, 16 November<\/p>\n

Theme: Integrate & Reflect \u2013 Honoring Wholeness<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/td>\nActivity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:45 \u2013 8:00 AM<\/td>\nMindfulness & Morning Tibetan Rites (gentle movement & breath)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30 \u2013 9:30 AM<\/td>\nBreakfast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:30 \u2013 10:00 AM<\/td>\nSilent Walking Meditation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM<\/td>\nAffirmative Art Manifestation Exercises<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:30 \u2013 12:30 PM<\/td>\nClosing Circle & Integration (sharing, gratitude, insight)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:30 \u2013 1:30 PM<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30 \u2013 6:00 PM<\/td>\nFree Time: Swimming \/ Rest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:00 \u2013 7:00 PM<\/td>\nDinner (light, communal)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30 \u2013 8:00 PM<\/td>\nConnection and expression through movement & dance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00 PM onward<\/td>\nCreative Journaling (guided reflection prompt) & <\/i>\u00a0Fireside Sharing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\ud83c\udfe1 Day 4 \u2013 Monday, 17 November<\/p>\n

Theme: Depart with Presence<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time<\/td>\nActivity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:30 \u2013 8:15 AM<\/td>\nWalking Meditation (mindful nature immersion)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:15 \u2013 9:00 AM<\/td>\nBreakfast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 \u2013 10:30 AM\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nIntegration & Practice in Daily life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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About the facilitators\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Eirik Jarl is the Founder of Affirmative Art and Art for change Foundation, and have held Affirmative art workshops for 000s on 4 continents. <\/span><\/p>\n

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He has also crossed USA and large part of Africa doing art workshops. In Romania Affirmative Art has been included in the Schools and 000s have changed their outlook on life after participation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Eddy has been practicing the Vipassana meditation technique for the last 14 years. Vipassana is an insight meditation practice that allows one to develop an understanding of the nature of mind and body through personal experience. He has done extensive meditation retreats & training in Thailand and India, has attended and organized several mindfulness retreats and continues to do so with Conscious Kenya \u2013 an organization he co-founded to help others live more awake and caringly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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