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Yeah, it was a

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very, very special experience.

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I had no expectations at all.

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I just went into it feeling like, okay, I'm curious what this experience is going to bring me.

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So, biggest reason

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to join this retreat was to gain new experiences

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and to learn more about myself and to see what

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resonates with me, so that I can integrate this in my

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regular life,

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So that I can feel more balanced

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and

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stick to myself more instead of only serving other people.

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And just be able to connect with myself and with other people in the group and with

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the country, the nature here, the culture.

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There were so many highlights on this retreat. I think the biggest highlights

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were the hikes, to be in nature with people that you love around you, and

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you can really connect with the nature,

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which is just a magical feeling. And also,

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the connection

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with it. Every time we were all so vulnerable,

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we were not afraid to share with each other, and to cry, and to laugh, and this, Yeah, this all made our connection so strong in such a short amount of time.

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It's priceless.

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Yeah, it's very nice to continue life with all of these people in my life.

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The moment things shifted from me, that showed me a lot that I can be that I have to go through

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some very dark and chaotic things, and then there is light again.

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But then it took a couple of days for that to settle in. Everything came out. Just

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everything that was stuck in my body,

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it just came out. And I was carried by all these people, so I didn't have to do it alone.

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So, that was amazing. In comparison to

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when I came here,

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I feel a lot lighter,

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was very nervous,

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very nervous person, and I wanted to control everything.

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I think I really learned to listen to what I need and just do this,

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and not feel guilty

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that I'm doing what I need. I feel that this is accepted as well by others.

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So, yes, I feel very calm and happy.

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What I'm going to take home after this retreat

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is a lot more creativity.

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I'm a very creative person, but I never take the time to

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enjoy these little things, like music,

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like creating something with other people and experience that connection in creating something.

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Yeah, that's what I want to continue, to just

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feel the joy

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that I want to experience

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and do what's necessary to make that happen

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with the people that contribute

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to this. So, and a very beautiful, beautiful group

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of people that are never leaving my life again.

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What I would say to other people that are thinking about joining this retreat is: You can't explain

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this.

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There's just no words for it, I don't know how to explain it, you just have to

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experience it, just be fearless and

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can be very magical if you decide to do it. So,

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I'm glad I did it.

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Thank you.