{"id":7139,"date":"2025-12-29T13:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pelikastri.com\/the-healing-power-of-the-essenes-autumn-retreat\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:03:21","slug":"the-healing-power-of-the-essenes-autumn-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelikastri.com\/en\/the-healing-power-of-the-essenes-autumn-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"EAT, PRAY, LOVE Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>6-day retreat with Kira and Wolfgang Kerschbaummayr focusing on three key areas: eating, praying, loving \u2013 eat, pray, love. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We celebrate life! Not sometime in the future. Not when everything is perfect. But NOW.   <\/h2>\n\n<p>With an open heart.<br\/>With alert senses.<br\/>With complete presence. Between olive trees, a quiet bay and the vast sea in <strong>beautiful Peli Kastri,<\/strong><br\/>we have found a place where both can come together: <br\/><br\/><strong>Sensuality and awareness \u2013 joie de vivre and tranquillity \u2013 earth and sky<\/strong><br\/>Osho called this combination<strong> \u2018Zorba the Buddha\u2019.<\/strong><br\/>Zorba \u2013 the man who dances, enjoys, loves and embraces life with all his senses.<br\/>Buddha \u2013 the man of awareness, tranquillity and inner clarity.<br\/><strong>Eat Pray Love is our invitation to celebrate life together.<\/strong><br\/><br\/>Celebrate life with your body, with your heart, with your entire presence.<br\/><strong>Eat<\/strong><br\/>We celebrate the sensuality of life.<br\/>An authentic Greek meal (at Julia&#8217;s Tavern)<br\/>Shared meals under the open sky.<br\/><strong>We taste, enjoy, laugh.<\/strong><br\/>We allow ourselves pleasure without justification.<br\/>You may feel nourished and cared for \u2013 physically and emotionally.<br\/><br\/><strong>PRAY<\/strong><br\/>We celebrate our wholeness. In meditations by the sea, in quiet moments in the olive grove and in simple rituals, <strong>your mind can become calmer and your heart wider.<\/strong> For us, prayer means:<br\/>remembering yourself, aligning yourself, <strong>allowing yourself to be touched by something greater.<\/strong><br\/><br\/><strong>LOVE<\/strong><br\/>Love is the bridge between Zorba and Buddha.<br\/>It begins in your own wholeness. The masculine and feminine qualities within you may come back into balance &#8211; <br\/><strong>Clarity and devotion, strength and receptivity.<\/strong><br\/>This inner connection gives rise to a new quality of encounter \u2013 first and foremost with yourself:<br\/><strong>Honest, dignified and lively. Come as you are!<\/strong><br\/>You don&#8217;t have to perform, know anything or be able to do anything.<br\/>Let yourself be enchanted by this magical place by the sea, by the people, by dancing under the starry sky, by conversations that come from the heart, by moments when you feel:<br\/><strong>I am here. And that is a good thing. <\/strong><br\/><br\/><strong>What you will take away with you:<\/strong><br\/>You will return feeling more alive \u2013 and at the same time clearer.<br\/>Grounded in your body and connected to your inner self. You will feel your strength without becoming hard.<br\/>Your softness without losing yourself. In your heart, you will embrace the whole world. And perhaps something very simple will remain:   <br\/><strong>The permission to truly celebrate your life.<\/strong><br\/><br\/>If our retreat calls to you,<br\/>if something inside you says \u2018yes,\u2019 then come with us to Peli Kastri in Greece. <br\/><strong>We are delighted to share this piece of heaven and earth with you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The beautiful surroundings, the sea in Greece, the magical place in Peli Kastri support you.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>If you are unsure whether this \u2018eat, pray, love\u2019 retreat is right for you or if you have any further questions <\/strong>,<br\/>simply send us a non-binding enquiry using our button or<br\/>please contact Kira and Wolfgang at:<br\/>kira@empowering.at<br\/>or<br\/>+43 699 17 10 47 99<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center 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