6-Day Residential Retreat, La Paloma, Uruguay – February 2025
6-Day Residential Retreat with Peter Grunwald
15 – 21 February, 2025
Language:
English (translated to Spanish)
Venue:
Altos de la Serena, La Serena (near La Paloma), Uruguay
Organizer:
Asociación Uruguaya de Técnica Alexander, Email: auta.talleres@gmail.com
Arrival and check in: 4pm, Saturday February 15th, 2025. Official start: 5pm
Departure: 2pm, after lunch, Friday February 21st, 2025
Retreat Fee: US$ 550.00
Accommodation Fee: >>> see below
SPACES AVAILABLE
Online registration
You can register for this course here in the online shop.
About the Retreat
This unique experiential retreat with Peter Grunwald – for both beginners and advanced students – explores the integration of vision, eyesight, posture, movement, relaxation, imagination and brain function. The EYEBODY method is a principle-based educational process that can transform your way of seeing and being. Applying the principles can help you let go of the habit of wearing glasses and contact lenses. It is beneficial for people of all ages and offers a comprehensive learning experience. Central to the method is the understanding that eyesight and vision are flexible and through the neuroplasticity of the brain itself – the brain, eye and body patterns can integrate. We will discover visual symptomatic patterns such as myopia (short-sightedness), hypermetropia (far-sightedness), presbyopia (middle-age vision), astigmatism, light sensitivity, crossed and lazy eyes, cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and other visual patterns – and how to undo and change them.
During this EYEBODY retreat you will
- understand the visual process and your unique brain tendency
- learn to apply the EYEBODY principles to the process of seeing
- understand how your visual habits may contribute to your loss of clear sight and learn effective techniques to release those patterns
- take your first steps without glasses or contacts
- learn how to integrate the EYEBODY method into activities of your daily life, such as walking, driving and computer work
- build bridges between vision and spirituality
- read and see without strain or fatigue
- undo inter-generational emotional attachments affecting the brain, eyes and body
- experience how EYEBODY may improve your posture, and also benefit your hearing
The retreat will also support ADVANCED students of the EYEBODY method to renew and deepen their practices. All participants will be met and guided at their individual level of knowledge and experience.
The Eyebody Method
EYEBODY coordinates the brain and releases tensions in the eyes and the whole visual system, bringing clarity to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of seeing. Through the EYEBODY patterns the body is reached in an indirect way through fascia and can have a positive effect on many conditions, such as neck, back and joint pain, asthma and general fatigue, benefiting overall health and co-ordination. EYEBODY enhances clear thinking, integrates all the senses (especially hearing) and supports more effective processing of information. Clear sight is only one aspect of vision. Perceiving the world in more depth and letting go of over- and under-focussing promotes a deep sense of well-being that permeates all aspects of life. Very often physical, mental and emotional difficulties can be transformed, the roots of which may have seemed elusive.
Group and individual attention is given to support you in creatively learning the EYEBODY principles and assimilating them gradually. Sharing in the experiences of others can help you learn about yourself. Participants benefit most if they are ready to explore and question habits, let go of resistances and welcome change.
Peter Grunwald
Peter trained in Sydney in the Alexander Technique from 1984 – 1987 followed by in-depth teachings by American Master AT teacher Majory Barstow. Peter himself was myopic with -10.5 diopters. He was able to apply the AT principles and engage with the Bates Method, and within 18 months he was free of his glasses. Afterwards he discovered the connections between the eyes and the body in the early 1990s. These EYEBODY patterns describe how every part of the eyes, the visual pathway and the visual cortex is connected to a specific area of the body. Particular visual symptoms correspond with specific tensions in the body.
Peter’s groundbreaking new book Eyebody – Soulful Seeing – Conscious Living, extends his earlier work covered in Eyebody – The Art of Integrating Eye, Brain and Body – and letting go of glasses forever, to include the diversities of our emotional and spiritual nature. It introduces you to the art of integrating soul qualities through our eyes, brain and body to heal the emotional patterns and intergenerational aspects that can underlie our visual abnormalities, as well as our health and life challenges.
Peter lives in New Zealand and teaches extensively around the world. We welcome Peter to his first trip to Uruguay.
The venue
We are very happy that Altos de la Serena, situated near La Paloma, will be hosting our 2025 retreat. Altos de la Serena is located about a block away from the Atlantic Ocean and you can enjoy nature in a unique way while being surrounded by trees and water and fresh air.
The accommodation offers mostly shared rooms or single rooms with shared bathrooms, and some doubles and singles for a supplementary fee. Menus feature seasonal and locally sourced produce as much as possible, providing delicious vegetarian and non-vegetarian heart-warming food, accommodating your individual dietary requirements when requested.
Altos de la Serena is a great location to be in during the South American summer. It is about 3 hours away by car from Montevideo’s airport and about 1 hour and a half away from Punta del Este, one of Uruguay’s most popular destinations. For participants traveling from Europe or the USA/Canada we can help make arrangements for you to arrive in la Paloma.
Retreat fees and registration
Your reservation is made through paying the retreat fee of USD 550. Then you will need to pay a non-refundable deposit of USD 250 for the accommodation to the venue Altos de la Serena. The remaining balance of the accommodation can be paid via bank transfer a few days before the workshop or in cash upon arrival. The payment information for the accommodation will be sent to you by e-mail after your registration.
The total fee includes en-suite accommodation, and all meals.
- Shared room (max 4 people) with shared bathroom 1275 USD
- Room for 2 in apartment with shared bathroom 1300 USD
- Shared apartment for 2 with private bathroom 1395 USD
- Private room in apartment with shared bathroom 1515 USD
- Studio apartment with private bathroom 1755 USD
- Apartment with private bathroom for single use 1875 USD
Note:
You can reserve a single room for a supplementary fee. Please email the Organizer to check availability before booking.
Payment choices are by Bank Transfer or Credit Card. Some banks may charge additional transaction fees, when receiving overseas payments by credit card, which is beyond our control. If you have ANY questions or difficulties, please email hola.auta@gmail.com
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