6 Day (Flexible) Private Darkness Retreat in Tenerife
6 Day (Flexible) Private Darkness Retreat in Tenerife
Güímar, Spain
Up to 1 in group
6 Days Package (5 nights)
Retreat Highlights
- Explore the sacred darkness in this safe space and come home to yourself.
- Experience deep presence, introspection and insights.
- Release old patterns, fears, and emotional blockages through shadow integration, forgiveness work and emotional healing.
- Practise heart chakra breathing, meditation and other practices.
- Rest and restore while being bathed in melatonin.
- No fixed program – space for what truly matters to you.
- Enjoy digital detox and sensory withdrawal.
- Optional somatic practices like hand-holding, healing touch and hugging meditations. All of these take place in a safe, conscious space.
- Pre-retreat preparation guide
- Post-retreat integration time
- Daily integration sessions help to release and make space for the following day.
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Nils is a visionary, author and guide. His work focuses on emotional openness, inner balance, and living in deeper connection with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. He offers support in areas such as emotional healing, forgiveness, and creating safe, honest spaces for human closeness and hugging meditations.
His approach includes heart-centred presence, secluded time in darkness without distractions, exploring the balance of feminine and masculine energies, and gently meeting and embracing the hidden parts of ourselves. He shares about nourishing the body and spirit through fasting and tuning into the body's natural energies. In relationships, he explores open, connected and mutually caring ways of living within a relational network.
Much of Nils' writing is guided by a sense of trust in something greater – a deeper consciousness within life, Mother Earth, and the wider universe.
Details of this retreat
Allow yourself to step away from your phone and other distractions, and immerse yourself in the sacred darkness of a cave. There is nothing to achieve here and no one wants anything from you. It's just you with yourself, bathing in the healing atmosphere of darkness that envelops and comforts you like a gentle blanket.
Follow your intuition. Go with the flow of whatever comes up. When memories from the past arise, work with them intuitively. You may want to forgive others or yourself for some things. Are there any feelings holding you back that you can let go of? You may have pushed away other deep feelings during your busy life. Now you have the time and space to let them guide you.
After a few days, you may see your inner light. Seeing your true inner nature, the core of who you are, is a beautiful experience. You may also have visions. Follow your intuition and allow yourself to walk through deep inner processes that will help you come home to yourself.
What Makes This Retreat Special:
This dark retreat includes daily personal guidance and integration sessions. Within each 24 hours of darkness, there is often a lot happening: many inner processes, dreams and feelings. It feels good to be able to share these with another human being during the daily integration sessions. This helps you to let go more easily and make space for new things to come up.
If you feel like it, you can experience energetic balancing: Ask for hand-holding, a long hug or a hugging meditation. Nils has spent many years exploring and writing about these ancient methods of receiving human medicine, and he offers them to you in a safe and trustful setting.
There are many other optional paths to explore in the dark and many practices you can try out. As you raise your frequencies, this can be an excellent place to get to know your spirit guides and begin a personal relationship with them, so you feel more guided in your daily life. You could also work on your cravings and longings to find out what lies behind them. You can break old patterns and discover new possibilities. With a special technique, you can even write notes in the dark!
The Retreat Experience:
It doesn't matter what time you arrive. After picking you up from the nearby bus station, you can take some time to settle in. We can talk, share and get to know each other a bit. If you like, we can draw some oracle cards together to receive a last message for your retreat experience.
When you feel ready, we can walk to the retreat space together. Leave anything you don't want to carry with you behind. The more free and clean you are when you enter the space, the further you can travel during your time here.
After you have seen the spacious main room, the meditation cave and the bathroom cave, you can keep a few candles lit for the first moments to help you adjust to the space and find your way around.
Then, when you are ready, dim the lights and begin your personal ceremony in the sacred darkness.
Depending on when you arrive, I will either do a quick check-in with you after about eight hours or come knocking at the door the next morning to bring you food for the day. We can then sit together in the meditation cave, where you can share your feelings, ask any questions and find direction if you wish.
If you would like a deeper energetic experience, you can ask to connect with our hands or through a hug. This is a sharing of human medicine that many of us have forgotten. See how this feels for you and how it can help you during your processes.
I encourage you to spend five full days and nights (5 x 24 hours) in the darkness. Of course, the doors are always open if you want to leave earlier.
There will come a time when you feel that you have done everything and all processes are complete (for now). Coming out into the light is a beautiful birthing experience; it can be intense for some as it can bring up deep emotions. The outside world may feel strange after you have been in your own personal universe for so long.
Take your time outside, observe the colours, and take in the scents and sounds of the Canarian landscape. Feel your body in this new world. A lot will have changed, and you can use this opportunity to start a new life!
When you are ready, we can have a closing sharing session before I take you back to the bus station. The time you spend on integrating after the retreat is as important as the retreat itself. You may be able to change many old habits and patterns, try new things and experience yourself differently and more fully.
You can also extend your stay by a few nights before and/or after the retreat.
Follow your intuition. Go with the flow of whatever comes up. When memories from the past arise, work with them intuitively. You may want to forgive others or yourself for some things. Are there any feelings holding you back that you can let go of? You may have pushed away other deep feelings during your busy life. Now you have the time and space to let them guide you.
After a few days, you may see your inner light. Seeing your true inner nature, the core of who you are, is a beautiful experience. You may also have visions. Follow your intuition and allow yourself to walk through deep inner processes that will help you come home to yourself.
What Makes This Retreat Special:
This dark retreat includes daily personal guidance and integration sessions. Within each 24 hours of darkness, there is often a lot happening: many inner processes, dreams and feelings. It feels good to be able to share these with another human being during the daily integration sessions. This helps you to let go more easily and make space for new things to come up.
If you feel like it, you can experience energetic balancing: Ask for hand-holding, a long hug or a hugging meditation. Nils has spent many years exploring and writing about these ancient methods of receiving human medicine, and he offers them to you in a safe and trustful setting.
There are many other optional paths to explore in the dark and many practices you can try out. As you raise your frequencies, this can be an excellent place to get to know your spirit guides and begin a personal relationship with them, so you feel more guided in your daily life. You could also work on your cravings and longings to find out what lies behind them. You can break old patterns and discover new possibilities. With a special technique, you can even write notes in the dark!
The Retreat Experience:
It doesn't matter what time you arrive. After picking you up from the nearby bus station, you can take some time to settle in. We can talk, share and get to know each other a bit. If you like, we can draw some oracle cards together to receive a last message for your retreat experience.
When you feel ready, we can walk to the retreat space together. Leave anything you don't want to carry with you behind. The more free and clean you are when you enter the space, the further you can travel during your time here.
After you have seen the spacious main room, the meditation cave and the bathroom cave, you can keep a few candles lit for the first moments to help you adjust to the space and find your way around.
Then, when you are ready, dim the lights and begin your personal ceremony in the sacred darkness.
Depending on when you arrive, I will either do a quick check-in with you after about eight hours or come knocking at the door the next morning to bring you food for the day. We can then sit together in the meditation cave, where you can share your feelings, ask any questions and find direction if you wish.
If you would like a deeper energetic experience, you can ask to connect with our hands or through a hug. This is a sharing of human medicine that many of us have forgotten. See how this feels for you and how it can help you during your processes.
I encourage you to spend five full days and nights (5 x 24 hours) in the darkness. Of course, the doors are always open if you want to leave earlier.
There will come a time when you feel that you have done everything and all processes are complete (for now). Coming out into the light is a beautiful birthing experience; it can be intense for some as it can bring up deep emotions. The outside world may feel strange after you have been in your own personal universe for so long.
Take your time outside, observe the colours, and take in the scents and sounds of the Canarian landscape. Feel your body in this new world. A lot will have changed, and you can use this opportunity to start a new life!
When you are ready, we can have a closing sharing session before I take you back to the bus station. The time you spend on integrating after the retreat is as important as the retreat itself. You may be able to change many old habits and patterns, try new things and experience yourself differently and more fully.
You can also extend your stay by a few nights before and/or after the retreat.
Schedule
Before confirming your booking for a dark retreat, we will have a brief conversation to get to know each other and answer any questions you may have. There is also a PDF available to help you prepare for this experience.
It's best not to have too many specific ideas or plans, so that you can follow your own flow and direction when your dark room ceremony begins. You can start the retreat at a time that suits you, and we'll arrange the timings together.
Once you have familiarised yourself with your surroundings, you will probably find it easy to navigate. You will soon realise that time no longer exists inside the darkness. It's just you in the eternal Now! You can use this wonderful space to explore yourself.
There is much to discover simply by gazing into the depths of the darkness. Although no light enters the space, it never looks completely black; there are patterns, perhaps dots and shapes. Look long enough and they may start to become entry channels into higher dimensions, revealing ever-changing visions.
When you've had enough of watching, you might feel like doing some yoga stretches. Or some breathwork? Or maybe you would like to try those somatic practices that you have always wanted to do, but could never find the time for. One moment, you might feel like humming or singing. Then an insight may come to you, which you can write down using the special technique you have been shown.
Many people experience a range of emotions. It is beautiful to observe how sadness can feel liberating and transform into something more open, eventually becoming pure joy. Perhaps scenes from your past will be shown to you. What will you do with them? Is there something you need to forgive, either others or yourself? Now is the time to do so, and you will feel lighter and more centred afterwards.
There are many different paths you can explore. Trust your intuition and inner guidance in this space. During our integration talks in the morning, you will be able to identify areas where you can delve deeper or explore other possibilities. A lot can happen in your inner universe in 24 hours. It often feels good to share and let go before moving on to your next inner processes.
It's best not to have too many specific ideas or plans, so that you can follow your own flow and direction when your dark room ceremony begins. You can start the retreat at a time that suits you, and we'll arrange the timings together.
Once you have familiarised yourself with your surroundings, you will probably find it easy to navigate. You will soon realise that time no longer exists inside the darkness. It's just you in the eternal Now! You can use this wonderful space to explore yourself.
There is much to discover simply by gazing into the depths of the darkness. Although no light enters the space, it never looks completely black; there are patterns, perhaps dots and shapes. Look long enough and they may start to become entry channels into higher dimensions, revealing ever-changing visions.
When you've had enough of watching, you might feel like doing some yoga stretches. Or some breathwork? Or maybe you would like to try those somatic practices that you have always wanted to do, but could never find the time for. One moment, you might feel like humming or singing. Then an insight may come to you, which you can write down using the special technique you have been shown.
Many people experience a range of emotions. It is beautiful to observe how sadness can feel liberating and transform into something more open, eventually becoming pure joy. Perhaps scenes from your past will be shown to you. What will you do with them? Is there something you need to forgive, either others or yourself? Now is the time to do so, and you will feel lighter and more centred afterwards.
There are many different paths you can explore. Trust your intuition and inner guidance in this space. During our integration talks in the morning, you will be able to identify areas where you can delve deeper or explore other possibilities. A lot can happen in your inner universe in 24 hours. It often feels good to share and let go before moving on to your next inner processes.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Finca Sanuela, Güímar, Spain
Directions
It takes about one hour by bus to a nearby bus station at the motorway where you can be picked up.
You can fly to either TFS (in the south of Tenerife) or TFN airport (in the north of Tenerife). Buses to the nearby bus station depart every half hour. You can be picked up from there.
You can fly to either TFS (in the south of Tenerife) or TFN airport (in the north of Tenerife). Buses to the nearby bus station depart every half hour. You can be picked up from there.
Accommodation
The darkroom space is located in an old bodega (wine cellar) at the back of a natural garden, far from any neighbours in the Tenerife countryside. The space is simple, with plastered lime walls to ensure good air quality. There are no decorations, as these are not required for your sacred ceremony. The spacious main room contains a double bed and plenty of extra space for putting your things down, doing stretches or yoga, walking around, and eating and drinking. The meditation cave contains a mattress and a chair, and you can also write in your diary here. If you are sensitive to subtle energies, you may wish to spend most of your time here, as many people feel Gaia's (Mother Earth's) vibrations directly infusing the room. There is also an additional bathroom cave with a shower, sink, and toilet.
Program Price
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Finca Sanuela is located in the south-east of Tenerife. Its natural and tranquil surroundings will contribute to an enriching and unforgettable experience. Here, you can enjoy both the sunrise over the sea and the beauty of the regional plants.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Suggestion: Green smoothie for breakfast. For lunch, vegetables with brown rice/quinoa/sweet potatoes. For dinner, a special fermented porridge. Meals can be adjusted for preferences or restrictions.
What's Included
- 5 nights of accomodation in the darkroom space
- 3 delicious, healthy meals a day and fruit for snacks.
- Daily integration sessions
- Somatic practises (optional)
What's Not Included
- Travel and airport transfers
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