Mexico · 4 days
The day starts at 8am and finishes at 10pm. Buffet-style vegetarian meals are served at 10am and 5pm, and the rest of the schedule is built around three to four group meditation sessions plus a short one-on-one meeting with Liam McClintock. Outside those sessions you practise in silence — walking, sitting or resting ar…
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Mexico · 4 days
The day starts at 8am and finishes at 10pm. Buffet-style vegetarian meals are served at 10am and 5pm, and the rest of the schedule is built around three to four group meditation sessions plus a short one-on-one meeting with Liam McClintock. Outside those sessions you practise in silence — walking, sitting or resting around the retreat centre. The atmosphere is friendly and unhurried, but the days are full and the focus stays on practice.
What you learn is a single step-by-step technique. Liam built the FitMind Method from his years of training as a Buddhist monk, an MS in applied neuroscience from King's College London, and practice with teachers around the world. The teaching is aimed at both complete beginners and experienced meditators; the point of Level 1 is to give you the foundation for the later levels rather than to cover everything at once.
One thing that sets this retreat apart is the one-on-one time. The centre holds up to 32 people, but the organisers may take fewer so that everyone gets enough time with the teacher. During his years as a monk, Liam conducted and audited hundreds of retreat interviews under teachers including Bhante Vimalaramsi, and those short private meetings are built into the daily schedule here.
The other difference is the price. The retreat is completely free, covered by donations to the nonprofit. Two healthy vegetarian meals a day, airport transportation and comfortable accommodation are all included; you pay for your own travel to Mexico. Comparable meditation retreats, as the organisers note, can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
The venue is a retreat centre near Lake Chapala with ample outdoor space, a swimming pool and a natural thermal hot tub. The exact address is given to invited participants only. It sits about 45 minutes from Guadalajara.
- 4 nights' accommodation at the retreat centre - Two buffet-style vegetarian meals daily, at 10am and 5pm - Airport transportation - Three to four group meditation sessions each day - Short one-on-one meetings with Liam McClintock - Full FitMind Method Level 1 training
- Travel to Mexico - Additional meals and snacks outside the two daily buffet meals - Personal expenses - Any donation to the nonprofit (optional)