Nâm Retreat of Silence with Yoginâm September 2023

(Dutch original below) Some places cannot be explained. Only experienced. I finally understand what I had been searching for all along. For years I traveled, exploring different “spiritual” paths, always hoping to find something that truly resonated. Until I arrived here. And for the first time, I experienced real silence. Real rest. After two silent retreats, something clicked. Maybe I

Journal December 2025 & Jan 2026 At the 21st of December a new year started in the Garden of Nâm with the Feast of the Lesser Light. A joyful occasion symbolised by the returning of the sun and the gradual lengthening of the days. Yes, we still have to endure the colder days of the winter period but with a

Just a few decades ago, meditation belonged to a near and far oriental practice of certain religious and spiritual traditions, being imported to the occident by different movements and initiatives. This gradually formed the so called New Age movement. In those days, not long ago, meditation was understood in the occident rather more as contemplation, since meditation, as we generally

We frequently receive questions about the Garden of Nâm. Questions like: Why is there silence in the Garden of Nâm? So we tried to put it in words and images. People living in and visiting the Garden of Yoginâm wish to be in a state of silence. This silence is a state in which we share something very special: the