10 days · Silence · Self-Inquiry · Heart
10-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat in Romania
A deep immersion in the Spiritual Heart
Ten days are not simply more days of meditation. Time itself becomes part of the practice.
During the first days, the body and mind begin to settle into a new rhythm. As Silence deepens, habitual patterns, reactions, and mechanisms of identification may become more visible. Gradually, meditation can shift from something we are trying to do toward a more intimate resting in Awareness itself.
The 10-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat offers a complete introduction to Hridaya Meditation and, at the same time, enough space for experienced practitioners to go much deeper.
We practice in order to recognize what practice cannot create: the quiet Awareness that is already here.
Offer yourself the gift of Silence
For ten days, the usual demands of daily life are simplified. Speech stops. Phones and unnecessary media are put aside. The rhythm of the day is organized around meditation, Hridaya Hatha Yoga, contemplative teachings, rest, and simple daily needs.
This simplicity is not an end in itself. It creates favorable conditions for Self-Inquiry — for allowing the question “Who am I?” to move from an intellectual question toward a direct inner orientation.
The retreat is an invitation to discover the Spiritual Heart not as an idea, but as the intimate center of Stillness, Awareness, and Love from which experience is known.
Why ten days?
A short retreat can open a door. Ten days allow us to remain long enough for the first enthusiasm, resistance, restlessness, clarity, fatigue, and inspiration to be included in the same field of practice.
This continuity is one of the great gifts of the retreat. We stop measuring meditation only by whether a particular session felt peaceful. Instead, the entire movement of experience becomes material for recognition.
The 10-Day Retreat is therefore the foundational Hridaya retreat: long enough for the teachings to move from understanding toward experience, and from experience toward integration.
What you will practice
- Hridaya Meditation
- centering in the Spiritual Heart and opening attention beyond the usual boundaries of the mind.
- Self-Inquiry
- “Who am I?” as a living question that turns attention toward the Subject of experience.
- Awareness of the pauses after inhalation and exhalation
- natural moments of stillness that can reveal the background of Awareness.
- The Witnessing Attitude
- seeing thoughts, emotions, sensations, and energies as appearances in Consciousness.
- Hridaya Hatha Yoga
- a contemplative practice of asanas that supports relaxation, interiorization, and sensitivity to subtle energies.
- Mauna
- noble silence throughout the retreat.
- Daily teachings
- practical and contemplative guidance drawing from Advaita Vedanta, Ramana Maharshi, Kashmir Shaivism, Christian mysticism, Sufism, and other traditions.
- Written questions and answers
- questions are offered in writing and addressed during the evening session.
A gradual daily rhythm
Meditation begins in shorter segments and gradually becomes longer. The schedule below reflects the current Romania retreat structure and may be adjusted by the teaching team.
| 07:00–09:00 | Meditation for the revelation of the Spiritual Heart |
|---|---|
| 09:00–10:00 | Break |
| 10:00–11:30 | Lecture on a relevant teaching |
| 11:30–12:30 | Hridaya Hatha Yoga |
| 12:30–13:00 | Meditation |
| 13:00–16:00 | Contemplation and break |
| 16:00–18:30 | Meditation |
| 18:30–19:00 | Time for personal practice |
| 19:00–19:45 | Break |
| 19:45–20:15 | Q&A |
| 20:15–21:00 | Spiritual discourse on the day’s theme |
| 21:00–21:30 | Meditation |
The program may be extended if the Q&A session requires more time.
The exact schedule for a particular retreat is confirmed during orientation.
What may unfold
A retreat is not a promise of a particular mystical experience. Some periods may feel peaceful and luminous; others may reveal restlessness, resistance, emotion, fatigue, or old patterns of thought.
All of these can become part of practice when they are met with awareness rather than immediate identification.
At times, participants may experience greater clarity, openness, intimacy with Being, love, timelessness, or a sense of unity. These are possibilities, not goals to reproduce. The deeper orientation is toward recognizing the Awareness in which every experience appears and disappears.
For beginners and experienced meditators
No previous meditation experience is required. The retreat offers clear guidance and builds gradually.
For experienced practitioners, the same structure allows a deeper exploration of Self-Inquiry, subtle attention, the Witnessing Attitude, and the relationship between Silence and ordinary life.
Who leads the retreat?
The Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat was created by Sahajananda, founder of Hridaya Yoga. English retreats in Romania may be led by Sahajananda or by experienced Hridaya teachers. The teacher is always named with the dates of that particular retreat.
Before you come
- Read the retreat guidelines before booking, so you understand the conditions of mauna, reduced media use, the daily rhythm, and the contemplative atmosphere.
- Plan to arrive in time for the orientation session on the day before the retreat begins. Attendance is required, and the exact arrival and orientation times are sent with the booking information.
- Do not plan work calls, remote work, social commitments, or sightseeing during the retreat.
- Bring comfortable, modest clothing for meditation and Hatha Yoga, a notebook and pen if requested, and any medication or personal items you will need.
- If you have significant medical or psychological concerns, write to us before registering.
Your stay at Kamala Center
Kamala Center is located in Sânpetru, near Brașov, at the foot of the Carpathians. The retreat environment includes practice spaces, simple accommodation, vegetarian meals, and access to the quiet natural surroundings of the area.
Dates and booking
“Book your place” opens the booking page, where you can see the participation fee before you register. We arrange accommodation and meals together with you after you register. For any question, write to us at info@hridaya-yoga.ro.
Questions people ask
Ten days of Silence. One essential question.
The retreat asks little of you outwardly, and everything inwardly: to stay, to listen, and to let the question “Who am I?” live its own life.