Yoga
In modern Yoga retreat is often used to advertise a recreational holiday. In this context retreat means to leave everyday business for a few days (weeekend-retreat) up to weeks. The goal is to let go of daily stress and problems, whch is for some people more easy when concentrating on yoga-practice doing Asanas instead of pure meditation. Often retreats are offered as organised travels abroad.
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“Depend upon it that, rude and careless as I am, I would fain practice the yoga faithfully.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)