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a week in CHASTITY an 8 day workshop retreat with Christine Borch and Felix Ruckert
CHASTITY is good for you!  
 Previously in Europe and still widely practiced in many cultures chastity is a voluntarily or involuntarily activity executed in solitude or as part of a larger community. In its basic meaning chastity is the act of saying no to sexual activities often in the arms of religion with the purpose of cleaning the spirit, creating possibility of enlightment or altering of daily perception of self. Unfortunately it is an often a misunderstanding that chastity is only practices in through religion and therefore exclusively for a certain group of people. We believe that chastity should be a practice for everybody since chastity is good for you! For this workshop Christine and Felix elaborate on the word chastity not only to be saying no to sex but on a much broader scale by incorporating saying no to food, smoking, drugs, alcohol, internet, telephone, and other stimulating substances or activities. They wish to create a space of reduction, a sort of contemporary monastery, providing the ‚essential solitude‘ (Peter Banki) necessary for reflection and creativity. Practically this means that the week is structured as a fasting retreat starting out by all participants building their own chastity cell for solitude, sleeping and meditation. It will nevertheless be a week full of acitivities. To support the challenge of fasting “a week in chastity” we will be exploring different workouts, breathing exercises, singing, yoga, somatic bodywork, meditation, flogging, creative writing and other elements, drawing from Christine’s and Felix’s practices as choreographers, dancers and their shared band project CHASTITY. A typical day of the week in chastity will more or less look like this: 6:45 wake up 7:00 Drinking water 7:05 – 7:45 morning walk in silence or running 7:45 – 8:00 cold and hot shower / enema (optional) 8:00 – 9:00 partner yoga/breathing exercises/stretching 9:00 Morning Tea or Fruit 9:30 – 11:00 silence/solitude/meditation/writing 11:00 Drinking water 11:15 – 12:30 a capella singing/voice work 12:30 preparation fruits and vegetables 13:00 Fruit Juice or Soup 13:30 - 15:00 rest/liver treatment/silence/solitude 15:00 Drinking water 15:00 – 16:45 somatic bodywork 17:00 Afternoon Tea 17:00 – 18:30 group meditation 18:30 preparation fruits and vegetables 19:00 Evening Juice or Soup 19: 30 – 20:45 a capella singing/voice work 21:00 Evening Tea 21:00 – 22:45 silence/solitude/meditation/writing 22:45 Drinking water / light out 3:00 – 3:45 night meditation/sounding (optional) Looking forward to having you with us for a week in chastity!!! ----------------------------------- FEE: # 300.- per person # schwelle7 members: 200.- Euros # drinks, food, accomodation included # all tea, juices, food etc. from organic farming REGISTRATION: info(at)felixruckert.de PRACTICAL STUFF: # Bring warm and comfortable clothes for bodywork and meditation, weather resistant stuff and shoes for walking outdoors. # Bring writing and drawing material or a diary. IMPORTANT: # Sunday, 22 is arrival day, no exceptions. Please arrive at schwelle between 17:00 and 21:00 that afternoon / evening. A light meal / soup will be served at 19:00 # From Saturday, 21 on you should start slowing down, having two preparation days. This means especially refraining from heavy food, drugs or alcohol. # From Monday to Friday we will fast, optionally soup, tea or fruit fasting, # Saturday and Sunday will be two build up days, gradually returning to normal food. WEB SITES: www.felixruckert.de <http://www.felixruckert.de> www.christineborch.com <http://www.christineborch.com> www.myspace.com/chastitythesinger <http://www.myspace.com/ http://www.felixruckert.dehttp://www.felixruckert.dehttp://www.christineborch.comhttp://www.christineborch.comhttp://www.myspace.com/chastitythesingerhttp://www.myspace.comshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5
 
Sunday, January, 22, 2012 to Sunday, January, 29, 2012 all day - all night ------------------------------------------- Sunday, 22 from 17:00 arrival, space set up preparation day! no more heavy food or alcohol !!! Monday, 23 - Friday, 27 fasting days / chastity program Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 fast breaking / build up days /celebration / concert Sunday, 29 from 17:00 departure Become a Fan! CHASTITY at facebook Some Music here: CHASTITY at Myspace Some videos here! CHASTITY on youtube Chritine Borch‘s web site here!!! Felix Ruckert‘s web site here!