SPIRITUAL SELF-AWARENESS RETREAT IN LADAKH, TIBET
02.08.2025 - 17.08.2025
Himalayas: The Highest Realm
Close to the sky, close to the light. A place for the soul to open. At the same time, physical exposure and challenges are ever-present. The summers are scorching, the winters are freezing, and every accomplishment requires significant trekking. In this context, we reflect, explore self-awareness, quiet our minds, and receive revelations.
Ladakh is the preserved treasure of Tibetan mountain culture. I am fascinated by how highland people, whether in Peru or the Himalayas, share something in common. It’s as if their everyday lives are closer to God, to Unity.
This journey will be as much a retreat, a journey in our minds, as we take one step after another in Ladakh. We are heading into high mountains, into an elevated culture, and we will frame our days accordingly. Every day we give space for self-reflection, for opening up. We start with acclimatisation, specifically, as we arrive by plane at over 3000 metres. Then, stunning landscapes and monasteries will open our path. Then we're in for an overwhelming experience, the Sani Monastery Festival. It may overwhelm the obstacles in our minds. We'll then head to a hidden monastic community where we can retreat after all the experiences for a while to arrive, where you can just ponder the mountains and the sky. Gradually we will connect the mountains to the valleys, caves, everyday life, and then the flight to everyday life, so that you can bring home to your everyday life all that you want, and even realize that you can't lose it, because it has always been with you.
Ladakh is a preserved treasure of Tibetan mountain culture. It fascinates me that mountain people, whether in Peru or in the Himalayas, have something in common. It is as if their everyday lives are closer to God, to Oneness.
During our journey you can work with any theme that the experience, the impact of the environment, brings up. However, we especially invite you to the following areas:
The spaciousness,
a state of wholeness,
of 'I am who I am'.
What is my purpose in life? Where am I going?
What are my peak experiences, my fulfillment?
Where do I want to go and what am I willing to give to get there?
Among our tools you will find Bodywork, systemic alignment, movement meditation, stillness, psychodrama, yoga, imagination, mindfulness presence, plus relationship building, restorative community building, communal open air dance.
Your Facilitators
I have dedicated thousands of hours and tens of years of my life to self-knowledge in the psychological sense. I have created a method of self-awareness based on the body and direct sensory experience, Bodywork. If you need a heart valve operation, you go to a heart surgeon... but if you want to understand the essence of love, the surgeon won't have the answers. Unless your surgeon is also a pastor. Just as beyond the functions of personality, you will only find what is your essence...who you are.
I'm using my decades of experience as a psychologist on personality to help you to disentangle yourself from personality.
I see you. I am not primarily trying to help you shape your personality, it is more of a tool. But to differentiate yourself from your patterns. And once you realize who you are, feel at home in the present.
Nora Pecsenka's Professional Page:
https://pecsenkanora.hu
https://www.facebook.com/share/1Bk9GKVFwf/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Bodywork Association
Nora Pecsenka (Noor)
Psychologist, Founder of the Bodywork Association (and method); Bodywork Group Leader Trainer, Himalayan Yoga instructor
I am a traveller, a pilgrim of space and time. When I journey with you, sometimes I act as your guide, but more often I am a seasoned companion: I walk with you through sunlit meadows and shadowy woods, I sit with you by the sea or at the bottom of a well; I listen, I converse, and I am present with you in the silence. I believe that harm occurs within a relational space, and thus healing must take place through reconnecting with others.
My toolkit includes elements of psychodrama, family constellations, movement meditation, and bodywork, alongside imagery techniques and meditation. Connecting with the wisdom of your subconscious through metaphoric imagery, I support you in processing individual, transgenerational, or soul-journey topics, resolving relationship challenges, and discovering parts of your personality.
For me, travel is a spiritual state of being; to journey is to participate in the flow of life. I deeply believe that a journey designed around the traveler’s needs can have a transformative power equal to many hours of therapy.
The Synergy Circle - Keira Lee-Botos Private Practice:
Keira Lee-Botos
integrative Psychotherapist (psychodrama and Hypnotherapy), Restorative Justice facilitator, spiritual coach,
Founder of beyond my world travel
My artistic journey began with East Asian ink painting, but I have also successfully explored music and acting. Over time, I gravitated toward landscape photography, with deserts and mountains as my primary inspirations. During our travels, I photograph anything that captivates me.
Traveling is my way of life—I’ve spent years on the road, accumulating a wide array of adventures. I enjoy connecting with cultures in an authentic way, engaging in genuine interactions. Through these balanced encounters, I aim to show fellow travellers what it means to truly meet local people, where diverse communities and landscapes can have a transformative impact.
Henrik also offers guidance in quality landscape photography, ensuring that your travel memories are extraordinary. At one of the key stops on our journey, Henrik will capture your portrait and provide it as a gift after post-processing.
Professional pages:
https://henriklebotos.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/ChinesePaintings
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Henrik Lee-Botos
artist, travel guide, adventurer, Founder of beyond my world
Day 1: Arrival by plane in Leh, the capital of Ladakh
Day 2: Rest and acclimatization (at 3,500m altitude); alternative activities in Leh or nearby for those feeling physically fit
Day 3: Visit Thiksay and Hemis Monasteries in the Indus Valley
Day 4: Journey to Zanskar Valley, visiting Lamayuru, Likir, and Mulbeck Monasteries along the way
Day 5: Travel from Lamayuru to Zangla via the Singayla Pass; visit Csoma’s Room, where Sándor Körösi Csoma wrote his dictionary
Day 6: Travel to Padum, the center of Zanskar, with a visit to Karsha Monastery
Day 7: Sani Monastery Festival (Sani Naro Nasjal)
Day 8: Journey to Phuktal Monastery (partly by car, partly on foot), one of the most secluded monastic communities
Day 9: Stay at Phuktal Monastery
Day 10: Self-awareness work at our mountain accommodation in nature
Day 11: Continued self-awareness work in nature
Day 12: Return to Leh; visit Saspol Caves
Day 13: Rest in Leh
Day 14: Departure
Costs:
• Early Bird: €1,600 (until April 30, 2025)
• Full Price: €1,800 (until June 30, 2025)
Included:
• Self-awareness program
• Accommodation
• Transportation within Ladakh
• Full board (three meals/day)
• Entrance fees
• Professional guidance
Not Included:
• Flights (€750–850 approx.) – group travel is arranged
• Visa (€65)
Accommodation: Shared rooms (2–3 people)
Deposit: 30% of the participation fee is required to secure your spot.
Group Size: 10–18 participants
Registration:
After filling out the application form, we will arrange an individual interview to get to know you, discuss details, and determine how this journey can best support you. You can decide whether to commit to the trip afterward.
Application Form:
https://forms.gle/LovpdDwjMLEWfEue6
Programme highlights:
The succession of venues has an effect, the venues themselves have an effect if we don't speak. Our presence and our consciousness are the most decisive. In addition, we juggle the tools of bodywork, psychodrama, stasis, imagination, meditation, to get the right balance of experiencing and settling in.
Our journey of self-knowledge:
1. arrival, acclimatisation
2. insight into the monasteries of the Indus Valley
3. setting out as on a pilgrimage
4. facing what you have to face, self-surrender
5. inner journey to the essence
5. SILENCE
6. the interweaving of height and depth
7. integrating everyday urban life and the highest experiences
