Meditation & Photography Retreat in Marokko
The art of being in the moment
July first to 7th 2024
Essaouira is a remarkable city. It has always attracted artists from all directions because there is something magical about this place. Hosting a meditation and photography retreat here fits like a paintbrush to a painter. Mounir, who is a certified meditation teacher and has led several retreats, will guide you through the city, where many meditation and mindfulness exercises are practiced in the city’s alleys, on the beach or on the magical rooftops. As a consequence, you create a stable foundation for your everyday life so that you can live a little more in the here and now in the future.
An unforgettable experience awaits you because on the one hand you will experience many moments of peace of mind and on the other hand you will learn to connect more intensively with the beauty of life.
As a long-time street photographer, Zakaria, on the other hand, specializes in constantly perceiving with a sharpened eye all the things that most people tend to overlook in their hectic everyday lives. With him you will walk the streets and get a deeper insight into the working methods of a photographer who has dedicated his life to the present moment. In fact, Essaouira is a popular travel destination for photographers worldwide because both the great light and the oriental architecture provide optimal conditions for aesthetically beautiful images. Zakaria knows secret and remote places that most tourists never see.
Das Wichtigste im Überblick
When?
07/01/24 to 07/07/24
Where?
In Essaouira/Morocco. You decide where and how you want to be accommodated. In the old town of Essaouira there are many different options for staying overnight at a good price-performance ratio.
Investment?
550 euros. Food, like accommodation, is not included in the price. We always eat together in inexpensive restaurants for lunch and dinner. Of course in relation to the prices we are used to in Germany.
Contents?
We practice meditation and mindfulness for three hours every day. Since we always practice in short units of a maximum of 20 minutes, the retreat is suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners. In addition, there is a daily photo excursion session lasting three hours. All in all, this gives us intensive practice and at the same time enough free time to do one thing or another spontaneously.
What benefits do you get from the retreat?
Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation
You feel stressed less often
You can free yourself from obsessive thinking more quickly
Your sleep quality increases
You will feel triggered less often
You can enjoy the here and now more
You develop a better connection to your feelings and needs
Your ability to concentrate increases
You generally become more relaxed
Benefits of Street Photography
You develop a playful approach to what surrounds you
You experience a city tour as an adventure
You develop a more intense eye for details
You find a new access to your intuition
You develop your joy in creating image compositions
You discover the simplicity of happiness by finding little things
You penetrate the surface of reality and see what is real
About us
About Zakaria Mtilk
There are spaces in which we grow up where harmony with people, elements and cycles is so deeply rooted that it becomes our identity. Every creature, every corner, every alley, every changing light, every moment of the day is then shown in a chance rendezvous in a place whose grace touches the eye and touches the heart. I was born in Essaouira and grew up there almost self-taught, both culturally and photographically. My forays through the city and its surroundings, camera constantly in hand, bear witness to a lasting homage to her.
But not only. It is also all of these living beings who, in their depth, joy, openness and distance, continue to shape such a fertile field of observation in which time no longer has any hold. This rich heritage makes me a photographer. Day after day, I tirelessly undertake a journey within myself, trying to extract its essence: to capture a moment that marks the unique and diverse identity of this place where life is signaled in so many unique moments.
Each photo selected is a fitting recompense for that photo, like a living gratitude for this land that is so conducive to visual, affective and emotional fulfillment.
May this walk through these images transport you, surprise and move you, as much as Essaouira tries to do for me every day. Click here to go to my Instagram Account and here to go to my Website.
About Mounir Jaber
Mounir is a certified meditation teacher who lived in a yoga ashram in Mainz for four years and was able to delve very deeply into the Far Eastern philosophies of life. He is fully committed to meditation and teaching mindfulness meditation with the confidence that it will give people a deeper understanding of what they need to be happy.
Thanks to many years of coaching experience as a mental coach and thanks to the intensive discussion, the mental attitude, which is crucial for the quality of life, is a central part of his work. how much our quality of life is linked to our way of seeing the world. One of his great strengths is his ability to convey content in a stimulating and entertaining way. This is where years of practice as an improvisational actor come in handy.
His calm, mindful and humorous manner helps you open up to the topic of meditation and mindfulness with a certain ease. He also specializes in the topic of habits, which means he can provide many ideas that will help to sustainably integrate the practice of mindfulness into everyday life.
