393 thoughts on “Why do I keep Attending Universal Medicine Retreats?”

1. What is presented at the retreats simply makes sense. I continue to go back because they absolutely reflect to me the next step in evolution, and become more and more practical as a result.

2. Often when people attend retreats they come back pumped up to change their lives, wanting to flip everything around and start a fresh. Having just come back from a UM retreat yesterday evening I feel inspired to do the opposite – appreciate my life, acknowledge all the areas where I know I will not drop below and from that appreciation look at the areas where I am not so strong. This retreat really showed me that our “lows” are not always lows, and they’re a foundation that is to be deeply appreciated because this is a level of love we will not go below – regardless of how bad it looks in comparison to the “high” we experienced for an hour, a day or a week.

3. You describe the magic that happens on a Universal Medicine retreat so well, we have an opportunity to truly challenge what we hold as “normal” and what we believe and perpetuate everyday and discover tools that help us shift things that have kept us stuck for ages.

4. Thank you Adele – I too continue to attend the retreats as it is a very important time to be more honest and deepen who I am. And also look at how I am living that is not me and that is against what I truly know.

5. I have the same reason for attending retreats as you Adele
   “To be honest, every time I attend, I am given many opportunities to know and understand myself even more. A commitment to know myself more is a daily endeavor: however in the retreat, this process is intensified.”
   I know that by attending the retreats and workshops I bring greater understanding to myself and therefore other people, it is not for nothing that my work colleagues like to come at sit next to me as they say I have a calming influence over them, or they phone me with something that’s bothering them because they know I’ll support them, just as I have been supported by attending the retreats and workshops to understand that life is more than just me but encompasses everyone else too

6. Beautiful sharing of what the Retreat is Adele, it is not easy to put in words the enormity, the grandness that is offered to us during the 4 days where we live in a rhythm that is true to our bodies and all that is presented is there to become more of the love that we are and understand how love works and so much more. ‘I enjoy and keep coming back to the Universal Medicine Retreats because this event is so much more than just a Retreat.’ It is living the future now.

7. I also attend one of the Universal Medicine Retreats every year. As a group as a whole we discuss and move through so much and as you say Adele its not always so easy to do this, but we work together as groups so that no one is left behind in the discussions and we are always given ample time to ensure that everything is understood. Reflecting on life in such a way is so so valuable and always provides new foundations with which we can live life from as well as new understandings and levels of awareness.

8. I’m really looking forward to the UK retreat as it supports me and everyone attending to grow in their personal awareness and what I have come to understand is that the more that I invest in myself then everyone else that I come into contact with benefits too, a domino effect of what positivity can do.

9. I have been to one retreat and I am so grateful that I went. I remember the vulnerability I felt and the challenges of seeing the parts of me that I didn’t want to address or accept. I also remember how much the retreat showed me about my relationship with people and therefore myself.

10. I’m looking forward to the UK retreat because it is a treat for me to take the time to commit to myself to deepen my awareness of life and everything around me. Sometimes the days can be challenging as I have to question just how committed I have been to life, how we can sleep walk through life thinking we are engaging when actually we are totally switched off to the rest of humanity. It’s a time where I can stretch my understanding safely, knowing that everybody is learning as they go along and that there is no wrong or right answer just a commitment to be true to oneself.

11. I am in Vietnam at this moment and looking forward to the start of the retreat in a couple of days, where I know also that we will be given many opportunities to know and understand ourselves, the way of the soul and spirit even more deeply. The teachings we receive are both priceless and fundamental, such is their quality and reach.

12. Anyone who has attended a Universal Medicine retreat will be able to answer this. Every year is different. It extends you to where you may have had hints you are capable of going in all areas of your life but doubted or stayed in the comfort of the known. I don’t need to attend the retreat, as one year I did not due to work commitments. Yet it is now a part of my life which I very much cherish and appreciate.

13. ” When I do not delay in honouring how I feel, how I communicate, how I take care of myself, how I lovingly and gently address my emotions and reactions, this results in what I have asked for my whole life – a way I can be and live in truth. This is a simple dedicated commitment, a dedication that Universal Medicine has supported me in deepening.”
    This is so wonderful Adele thank you for sharing.

14. After writing this piece I feel a change within myself. Now I ask myself if there is a need to be at the retreats and if yes, if I am living my daily life more committed and responsible?

15. I loved reading this Adele, Universal Medicine Retreats offer an opportunity to stop and feel the truth, and the deep wisdom that we hold within that is available to us when we live in a certain way, a great foundation for standing up and finding our own truth.

16. In my experience there is nothing else that really evolves us …”I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood.” I understand I have had resistence, but the clarity and connection that comes from seeing our habits that are not so supportive is amazing. I have begun to understand the gold in honesty. Universal Medicine retreats are gold, and they offer so much in terms of every day living.

17. One of the things that I love about attending retreats (and other events) held by Universal Medicine is that everyone is there to learn more about who they are and seeing more clearly who they are not. There is an openness and acceptance of how everyone is with each other. There is no race or competition. Just a very beautiful way we can all work together to support one another in how we move through life.

18. I find the Benhayon family the most remarkable family I have met, they are so deeply committed to humanity and interested in all aspects of life and what our purpose is in life. Which is to evolve and get out of this plain of life as quickly as possible. This is giving us all a huge opportunity to wake up and discover who we truly are. And today another piece of the jigsaw fell into place which has opened up more awareness for me and as I grow my awareness I can feel that I actually am so much more than I ever imagined and that I am actually living such a reduced life and the tension this produces in my body is excruciating because on some level I/ we all know that we are living so far from who we truly are. And it makes sense to me that this is what we are in resistance to, the return to who we are, hence the tension we carry in our bodies.

19. Before attending Universal Medicine workshops life didn’t make sense and I felt quite lost in – and overwhelmed by it. Since learning what life is truly about and experiencing during the retreats how we can live this universality everything has a new meaning. The retreats are a deeply treasured yearly opportunity to deepen my awareness and connect to the universal wisdom to bring it into practical daily life by living the future now.

20. It is so easy to keep returning to the retreats to deepen that connection within us and with the all.

21. I’m in the process of clearing out the house in readiness for the New Year ahead. And I came across a Note book with all the notes I made about the very first Australian retreat I attended. It is riveting to stop and re read these notes and feel the power in pages. There is something very special about this first Note book which is that my notes are like Serge Benhayon’s Purple books, the content is alive!

22. I attend a Universal Medicine retreat every year and it is one of the most precious times of that year for me. The opportunity to come together with people from around the world and live together for 5 days, sharing our insights, revelations,challenges and working together to grow and evolve is absolutely beautiful. I often describe it as the best family holiday imaginable where we instead of taking trips to landmarks or so, we take trips to our innermost divinity together.

23. The way the Universal Medicine retreats are set up is offering all attendees a rhythm to life that is natural and deeply supportive in our self development and evolution. The times, the offerings, the group work, the surroundings it is all there with one purpose, to offer us the support to become more of who we truly are.

24. I attend the Universal Medicine retreats and workshops because I expand my awareness of life all around me. It’s taking quite a few years to actually allow myself the space to be able to say with absolute truth that what Serge Benhayon presents, I already know – fact. I have chosen to hide what I know because it is much easier to go along with the crowd than it is to stick out in the crowd and go against their flow and speak my truth.

25. There is a constant deepening back to myself with every retreat that I attend. I wouldn’t miss attending one of these amazing annual events. They are open to anyone who wants to become more self-aware.

26. It is evident from what you share here Adele, the depth of wisdom and inspiration that is on offer at the Universal Medicine Retreats for everyone equally. There is so much we can take away with us in terms of practical tools that we can put into practice in our daliy lives, which then support us to make changes that we may never have dreamed possible previously. These are unique events and are invaluable to anyone who is open to understanding how much more there is to life than simply what we see before us.

27. It is through the commitment in letting go of that which is not me to reawakening that which is the real me that I am getting to know God, the God that is within myself, within every human being and within everything in life.

28. The retreats are a foundational part of my life too. They are like a turbo boost to the daily awareness and developing that goes on for me. No retreat is ever the same and I often walk away wondering how I could not have seen what I now can see. This seeing more as Adele shared, is something that feels uncomfortable at times but it brings truth and understanding which for me make life purposeful and worth living.

29. During the Universal Medicine retreat, we are given a real marker of what is possible to for us to live if we so choose the love that we are all from, for the momentum of the old is always there luring us with the familiarity and comfort even if it means the experience of struggle and pain.

30. The retreats not only offers an expansion of ourselves who we are and why we are here on earth. The retreats and Universal Medicine workshops and presentations also help us all to understand each other and why we behave in the way we do and this is a huge help in understanding our families, friends, work colleagues and of course life. The value of these courses can never be underestimated.

31. What I love and appreciate about attending Universal Medicine retreats, other than the presentations and all the activities, is that I get a chance to introduce myself to a rhythm in which I could actually live my every day at home. Of course I cannot replicate it 100% at home as circumstances are different, but the quality and spaciousness throughout the day and the fact that the days feel much longer during the retreat is just amazing to experience and be inspired by.

32. Universal Medicine retreats offer a wealth of wisdom that is practical, and integrative in every day life, a way that is ultimately easier to live than the tension of the constant defense that we have come to know as being normal.

33. ‘When I do not delay in honouring how I feel, how I communicate, how I take care of myself, how I lovingly and gently address my emotions and reactions, this results in what I have asked for my whole life – a way I can be and live in truth. This is a simple dedicated commitment, a dedication that Universal Medicine has supported me in deepening’. I feel this is so true for me too. There is a true flow to life and the Retreats support us in connecting to this and support us in deepening our confidence in being in the thick of life and participating fully with love and authority.

34. I spent many, many years committing to destroying my body with partying and abusive relationships. This proved to me that although I thought of myself as an inconsistent person, I was in fact very committed and consistent when it came to self-abuse. Now I am making up for lost time and redirecting that unrelenting dedication to self-love and care. The Retreats and courses offered from Universal Medicine are one of the greatest tools to use throughout the year to ensure that I stay on track in keeping up my self-love and remembering that life is about much more than just me, after all humanity is crying out for deep change and change begins in our own backyard.

    1. I am also re-learning this dedication back to my own body, which I have been really good at directing it to others and to be honest this is a more simple way. Yes it can be a little foreign, but the dropping of pictures allow this to deepen more when there is the commitment to move back in love. I feel inspired by the simplicity and the gentleness of every choice.

       1. I am also feeling the insiration of the choices I now make.

35. I’ve attended just to one retreat until now and it has been a new marker for me since then. I would say that every Universal Medicine workshop offers to me new tools and new markers upon which grow and deepen in the knowing of myself. But with the retreat I experienced even more clearly the dimensions of my presence here, the impact of my expression (or absence of it). All of this has been taking me out from my comfort zone, but the clarity in which I understand now my old patterns and the shift I experienced since then, has given to me the impulse to take new steps in the relationship that I have with myself, others and everything… and this is an unvaluable treasure in my life.

36. For me it’s about taking everything I have learned about myself during the retreats and workshops of Universal Medicine out into the world. Because to me it feels as though people are really struggling with their lives. I was with someone recently who I have known for many years and we were asked to go into a lift and she turned to me and said, ‘you cannot go in it’ and I said that I didn’t have a problem with lifts any more.
    As we got into the lift this person said, ‘you have changed so much over the years’ and then laughed and said, ‘I have stayed the same’ and there was sadness in her voice when she said this. It seemed to me that she had felt something in me that feels familiar to her but she doesn’t quite want to go there, and that’s cool because at least she now may understand that it’s our everyday choices that keep us locked away from our true selves.

37. To get to understand the universe, world, humanity and our own selves through these retreats is priceless. For me they represent and bring to light what is fundamental to all.

38. “I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,” But thank goodness we are encouraged to do so, as it winkles out all those things we don’t like about our selves and when we do, we see all the beauty that lies underneath these unnatural impositions.

39. By attending the workshops, presentation and retreats that are offered by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, I have step by step reconnected back to the real me that I once knew as a child. Most of the time I have been in resistance to what has been presented by Universal Medicine and Serge now looking back I feel that I did not like being constantly shown what I walked away from. But unlike any other religion I have come across I am not treated as a sinner or looked down upon. Quite the opposite in fact, I have been constantly shown that I am all ready everything if I so choose it. And at last there is a part of me that is allowing me to feel the deep connection I have with God and it is glorious to feel in my body again.

40. I can’t help as I read to reflect on how we are unfolding who we are through these presentations. Its a definite returning rather than an improvement on or bettering ourselves. I have to very much agree that we get to see parts of ourselves that we have well developed and use to protect ourselves throughout our lives. But in attending events especially the Universal Medicine Retreats we not only get to see these parts but also see that they are not a square inch on who we are. its never about fighting against them (something thats taken me a while to get) but about being more loving with ourselves in every step. Then these parts simply fall away. No push, no fight just not apart of our being. Therefore the ongoing and forever unfoldment.

41. “There is no start and stop as every day in my life is preparing me for this Retreat.” and also everyday day after we are given the opportunity to live the retreat in it’s fullness of what has been shared for us to be more of who we are.

42. Making a commitment to understand ourselves more deeply in truth is something that can benefit everyone by the quality that we then bring back to life in all our expressions.

43. ‘Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life – which I value as a precious opportunity.’ yes indeed Adele this is a precious opportunity and from which many many people have turned their lives around and the ripple effect goes out to others.

44. Beautifully shared Adele thank you, I too love attending the Universal Medicine Retreats, being treated to a deepening awareness of the truth, with the tools and understanding of how to live more of who we are in our lives.

45. The Universal Medicine Retreats offers everyone who attends an amazing experience for 4 days of building greater awareness and love for ourselves and then taking this back into to our lives and sharing this wisdom and joy with others.

46. Being offered the space to reflect on and deepen our connection to ourselves and the whole of life, receiving support to expand our awareness, as well as building a well of understanding and practical ways of living that in the world, is the greatest gift ever. A blessing that is constantly offered by Universal Medicine.

47. Universal Medicine presents to humanity the opportunity to redefine the word commitment, and to feel that redefinition resonate through one’s life and one’s body.

48. This is a beautiful way to describe why you revisit and continue to commit to the yearly Retreats. When you think about 4 days in a year having a huge impact on your life, it seems like a very solid commitment.

49. There is nowhere that I have experienced the level of clarity, sense of equality, brotherhood, love and an expansion of awareness that without a doubt confirms our multi-dimensionality than I have at Universal Medicine events and retreats. No retreat is ever the same and just when you think ‘what more can be presented’, a whole new download is received. This is our future, one that we can live now.

50. The quality that the retreats and indeed all the universal medicine courses are held in are absolutely magical. You feel so supported, also with a very defined purpose of what one is to do with what is being presented. Bring on Vietnam 2018!

51. Agreed Adele, Universal Medicine (UM) Retreats are life changing in the most Loving way, as are all UM events. What makes UM events so extraordinary is that they always move with the time so no two events are the same and a cource is never completed as it is continually being updated depending on the constellation we are in and the numerology that is required.
    “There can never be a case where this course is done and completed. As the energetic times change so too does the workshop adjust, change and reveal the latest presentation of what is needed to get through Earth’s most intense period, and how to take full advantage of what it all means in our daily way of life. This workshop is a great opportunity for you to touch base with the latest principles and foundations of the Livingness.” The word ‘livingness’ stands for a way or form of living that forges forth a being and its expressing vehicle towards their true form.” Serge Benhayon on Livingness 1
    For more on the LIVINGNESS go to;
    http://www.unimedliving.com/search?keyword=LIVINGNESS

52. “Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life” This is why people attend Universal Medicine Retreats over and over again. Our understanding can only go deeper as there is always more to uncover and more awareness to open to. The question is: “Why wouldn’t people want to attend these retreats?

53. Until I attended retreats run by Universal Medicine, I thought of a ‘retreat’ as an opportunity to ‘retreat away from the world’ in order to learn about yourself or the non physical aspects of life, or maybe even to relax away from it all for a while. On hind site this is a bit like how I used to look at meditation too before I came across the Gentle Breath Meditation taught by Universal Medicine.

    Yet it is a complete antithesis to what Universal Medicine is about for us to ignore one area of life in order to focus on another. There is no retreating away from anything. What you do have is unwavering support to deepen your awareness of the equal magnificence within us all, understanding the dynamics and choices in life that lead to us living less than or contrary to that glory, and learning ways of supporting ourselves to remaining all that we are in world that often asks us to be much less.

    Universal Medicine retreats, and in fact all workshops are immensely expansive and empowering.

54. ‘…and be open to the experiment of “what if I knew.” I usually surprise myself with the wisdom and truth of what comes out of my mouth from the awareness I clearly felt within my body… which is within us all to express.’ I love as a way of living in general. I notice how I can have thoughts come in that say who am I to know, I’m not as advanced as another etc… but what I’m starting to appreciate is how we all bring in an angle that another, not matter how ‘advanced’ can never have because they do not access the world from my angle. Me discounting myself deprives the world of that angle and what a lovely responsibility to know this is what I am here to bring, as we all are.

55. ‘It is very challenging at times to allow myself to feel how others have chosen to express themselves and to still hold myself in equality and appreciation; this is a very precious opportunity to have.’ Yes, those who are further along their path of return can offer up huge inspiration. When I was still in my early days, comparison and jealousy would pop up, but now I have developed a much stronger foundation of self-worth and appreciation and I find that when I look at those who are more evolved in their choices I no longer hold myself second to them, but simply find that they are a source of inspiration to go deeper. As you say – an utterly precious opportunity to have.

56. Adele, I keep coming back to this blog because it always opens up something else for me to find and appreciate about the teachings of the ageless wisdom, presented by Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon.
    Today it was these words
    “Sometimes I do not immediately get what has been presented to me during these Retreats, but when I feel into it, I realise I actually do know, but there is a part of me that does not want to admit that I know.”
    I feel this all the time, I do know because I can feel it in my body that I know everything, nothing is withheld from me. But like you say there is a part of me that doesn’t want to admit to being all knowing because then would change everything, the more I grow my awareness the sillier it seems to hang onto old patterns that no longer serve me.

57. I attend the Universal Medicine Retreat every year in the UK and if it were possible to attend the one in Australia and Vietnam every year as well I would. Each one offers a snapshot of the potential of how I could be living my life with true purpose in every way. In the 5 days we are given so much and it is up to us how much we are willing to take in and then allow it to become part of our daily living.

58. That can be true that sometimes the experiences in the Retreat are not the easiest to accept. I can occasionally feel out of my comfort zone, but the experience is always a growth and a development. Always, by the end of the Retreat, there is a confirmation in my body of what an amazing 5 days it has been.

59. I love how the Universal Medicine retreats give full support and space for me to embrace more of who I am.

60. “I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood.” This is so true and the retreats provide such a loving and holding space for this to happen that it becomes easier to embrace this way in everyday life.

61. There are many therapies and modalities available today that can help a person to see their more ‘ugly’ sides, or expressions. But none of them as far as I am aware, hold the person with so much love as does the workshops and events of Universal Medicine, and for that matter – Serge Benhayon. And it is this love that often is the turning point which makes the ugly loose all it power and in its place can rise up this most beautiful being whose soul purpose on earth is to embody and then to express the love that is in the depths of our soul.

62. The retreats are the best investment in my health, wellbeing and overall life – they have supported me to become far more committed and dedicated in life.

63. I have attended a Universal Medicine Retreat each year since they began, and I have never stopped being completely amazed at the depth of what is presented each year. The insight and understanding offered of ourselves and of life is seemingly endless, and has been of such value that I would never consider missing one.

64. Universal Medicine always presents something relevant and in keeping up with the times – but always comes back to that foundation which is – we are the Sons of God returning to living as the Sons of God!

65. The retreats to me are a way of presenting and educating that brings back into our awareness that where we come from and belong to. By way of its rhythm, type of presentations, moments of reflection and its movement in general we are presented with a way of living that is actually so natural to us. Natural in this respect that our bodies have no issue with surrendering to that. It is mainly our mind that needs a little persuasion and attention to come to this same understanding too.

66. There can be a process whereby I listen to things presented at Universal Medicine events, and at the time think, I don’t know this, but what I have got is that by the very willingness to keep attending and keep applying myself to the process, I find things change and that I know more than I thought I did. So often it is about being willing to make the effort, and then the things that seem most scary are actually very manageable and even enjoyable.

67. Universal Medicine Retreats are not like any typical retreat where you may think of blissful and relaxing moments. They ask a lot of you, should you choose to accept and the reprieve, in my experience is not from life but from the grip life can sometimes have on me. I’m called back to the truth of who I am and then have the opportunity to take that into my daily life and way of living.

68. “Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life – which I value as a precious opportunity” So true. I too love attending Universal Medicine retreats. The opportunity to reset my livingness rhythm for five days in addition to the amazing presentations and gold nuggets presented by Serge and Natalie Benhayon are invaluable. Meeting fellow students from all over the world adds another flavor to the mix. What’s not to like? A precious opportunity indeed.

69. The Universal Medicine Retreats offer me a different perspective and understanding to life . There is always a teaching far deeper than anything else I have ever heard in any other school or graduate training. Everyone is respected for their opinions whatever stage of development they are at, and even though I sometimes don’t understand everything in my head, my body gets to feel the wisdom of the work being presented. I leave the Retreat being able to live some of that wisdom.

70. I have to say the retreats and workshops surpass any education I have previously had. Everyone goes at their own pace and even after all the courses have finished the information gained is living in my body as I commit to knowing and understanding myself, the more I come back to me it seems the more unfolds from within. I know I am just scratching the surface of what has been presented at the retreats and courses that we all come from something far greater than we can at this time imagine and yet we seem to have reduced ourselves to a speck of dust in comparison to who and what we truly are.

71. The wisdom of the universe is offered to us in every universal medicine retreat and something so deeply honouring to be part of and the choice to live this wisdom in our daily life is ours to master cherish and walk with in our every movement onwards.

72. I will keep on attending because each year is different and I just love them. Best holiday I have ever had!

    1. Indeed rosie, many people will have a different idea about having holiday. but for me too, the yearly Universal Medicine retreats are like a holiday as well and as you say the best holidays I have ever had in whole my life.

       1. I used to like to holiday and do nothing, but in return I would get nothing other than some memories. With investing in a retreat I come away so much richer in my relationships with my self, my understanding of life and so much more than words can describe.

    2. Indeed. The value I get from attending Universal Medicine events is beyond words – you can not put a price to them. I am supported to a refreshed and more expanded place on all levels with, and this expansion, understanding and approach I can take into my whole life. The best holiday ever? Too right.

       1. I was ummming and arrrring about should I attend the Esoteric Connective Tissue Course coming up soon, only questioning it as I am trying to pay off some debts and not spend more…. but when I think about it…. I know I need to be there because as you say, it is refreshing and expanding. Often we spend money on things that actually don’t support us, and the beautiful thing about investing in any course or workshop run by Universal Medicine is it is so so good for you.

73. We try so hard to keep ourselves blind to aspects of ourself and life that we don’t want to see. It’s a constant job to put things in the way of truth because it is our natural way of seeing the world.

74. That is the absolute gold of the retreats! 4 days last a whole year and even a whole life time and more, the best value we can ever find.

75. There is a whole book that can be written about the benefits of attending a Universal Medicine Retreat and in fact any Universal Medicine workshop or presentation. Yet the bottom line is that I attend because I am deeply committed to humanity and returning to a world that represents the grace and harmony of God in every aspect. I am also working on not letting my hurts, issues and beliefs get in the way of me expressing all that I am. In all of this, I have not come across anything that supports this in such a powerful, loving and honouring way.

76. Thanks, Adele. The openness to asking “what if I knew?” relinquishes the identity of being less and denying the all-knowing nature of the soul.

    1. Gorgeous Janet – so well expanded on. Simply asking the question already delivers the answer.

77. The retreats give me a sense of the depth of my wisdom and sensitivity as I do not feel this always in my day to day life. As such I have every year a new and deeper marker in my body which supports me for the following year and reminds me of how deeply sensitive and knowing I am when I treat my body accordingly.

78. There is a great deal of support to live with honesty and clarity at the Universal Medicine retreats this does support us to blow the fog away from every day life. We have a five day marker in our bodies that knows that honesty supports, this can only benefit everything we live in everyday life.

79. Attending Universal Retreats and Workshops I have discovered the falseness in the many beliefs I have held about myself and the world and the harmful consequences this has in the way I live both for myself and others. This is a great healing.

80. Discovering the laws and science of the Universe and discerning One Unified Truths from the lies and misinterpretations that have abounded throughout history is part of why I attend the Universal Retreats and Workshops.

81. ‘I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing’. This is why we attend retreats. They expose and uncover parts of ourselves that would never be revealed otherwise. While living every day life we easily fall into patterns that keep us moving through life in the same old way. By attending retreats we can start to see how limited this is, and with a little help we can allow our awareness and subsequently our living way to expand. This is challenging yes, but ultimately awesome.

82. To me, the Universal Medicine retreats and workshops are the calm in the storm of life.
    Attending the retreats, workshops and presentations can support everyone to build a different foundation,
    one that is based on a true understanding of how to live in life in harmlessness towards ourselves and others. To me this is a deeply caring way to live with each other and to the best of my ability, this is now my way of life.

83. The Universal Medicine Retreats are a whole life experience because every aspect of living is being lived whilst there, so we are given the opportunity to experience what the simple practicalities of life can be like when you are connected with your soul in everything that you do.

84. The annual universal Medicine retreats are nothing short of a God send. I am always left feeling much more supported within myself to embrace work and my relationships more deeply.

85. I agree experincing a Universal Medicine retreat is a choice to offer ourselves the gift of reconnecting to our deeper knowing of life, energy the universe…in true Amazing, a really enriching experience.

86. Why attend a Universal Medicine retreat? Because simply you will never ever see life in the same way again, you learn to truly live life and not just get by or survive, but to live a dedicated, enriched, purpose-infused and amazing life every single day. It’s hard to describe in words, but you’ll never ever ever regret it.

87. What I love about the Universal Medicine Retreats is the group work we do which may be with old friends or can be with total strangers we have never met before. 10 years ago, I was shy, and the thought of moving around in a room to discuss a subject would have sent me running miles away but it is great fun to meet many people of different countries, backgrounds and cultures and discuss the Ageless Wisdom teachings.

88. The suite of annual Universal Medicine retreats are something not to be missed; first you get to take your pick of three destinations – Australia, the UK and Vietnam and more importantly, the five days are always jam packed with Ageless Wisdom teachings and how to practically apply them in daily life.

89. Why do I keep attending full stop – well the truth is you can attend once and never have to return because the teachings simply reconnect you to your inner essence that is there waiting to be connected to and lived – however the sessions and presentations support you to maintain and deepen that connection and awareness in a world that is constantly asking you to not connect.

90. I find communicating is one of the best ways to prevent issues from arising, in fact it is how to deal with them.

91. What is amazing about these presentations is that they only ever present truth that is in line with what the body seeks to live naturally anyway. It simply exposes that there is the part of us that is not wanting to live the truth our body already knows anyway.

92. I have attended two Universal Medicine retreats, they are amazing, they offer so much concerning philosophy, science and religion, along with workshops and self development. I have alway enjoyed learning about life, how humanity works and why…these retreats offer so much to ponder and reflect upon, they are rich in inspiration and wisdom.

93. The retreats with Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine are very much part of my commitment to myself, my soul and my living way in learning and healing all there is to live with purpose and love, and are simply amazing to be part of.

94. In simple terms for me, Universal Medicine retreats, like you, are times of deep reflection, they are times of great evolution and growth and a time when personally and as a family we build a stronger foundation for everyday life. I see the retreats from Universal Medicine not as separate to life but as part of my yearly rhythm

95. In a few days of retreat I feel as if I have learnt more than in a lifetime of education, in fact it is way more than that – in a few days on retreat I have been offered the science of the universe and all its intricate meanings.
    Every single retreat offers us everything it is then up to each and everyone of us how we use what we have learnt.

    1. “In a few days of retreat I feel as if I have learnt more than in a lifetime of education” Absolutely – it’s amazing what is possible in a few days, especially when you compare it to how long we spend in school and university. For me the retreats have completely redefined what learning is about, and as you say it gives you tools then it’s for you to take them into life and try them out and develop them, it kind of provides a never-ending learning platform.

    2. Actually the retreats cannot be compared to education. Everyone of us have different needs, but what the retreat offers is another scope completely. It has to be experienced to be understood fully.

96. The school of life doesn´t stop presenting us lessons to learn, the retreats are a very deliberate way of grasping what we are here to learn and live.

97. The Universal Medicine retreats are an awesome opportunity to go deeper, renew, re-fresh, re-vitalise and blow away more and more illusory layers that keep us from living the glory we truly are.

98. I have been attending the Retreats every year since the first one I went to. To me this is the best investment I can make in myself. Each Retreat brings an even deeper understanding of myself, humanity and all that there is and the practical tools to apply in everyday life.

99. For me it is because life is never static – it is constantly hanging and evolving and I am too, and the Retreats support me to truly evolve and grow and develop far greater understanding for life and those around me that I take back into my everyday to support myself to live a more vital and committed life.

100. I find the information that is shared in all Universal Medicine events profound in their support for me to expand my awareness and level of responsibility. And because of the way Serge Benhayon works, which is always in response to what has been called from the heart by those present, as well as the rest of humanity, I can often clearly witness how energetic patterns and dynamics are exposed and worked through within the group on an individual basis and at times also deeply sense the significance of this as the beginning of a healing for the whole of humanity.

     These events are a blessing in my life, and I know they are a blessing for the whole of humanity whether people realise it or not.

101. ‘What I get to live and practise every day in the Retreat is the activity of not holding back my natural expression and the connection I feel with myself and others.’ – These Retreats are quite unique in the way they are designed to support us around the clock, not only during the time of the workshop itself.

102. “To be honest, every time I attend, I am given many opportunities to know and understand myself even more. A commitment to know myself more is a daily endeavour: however in the retreat, this process is intensified.” Absolutely Adele. The Retreats offer us so much opportunity to deepen our self awareness and understanding of life that it is impossible to ignore what is being presented. It is then up to us as to what choices we make as a result.

103. I keep attending Universal Retreats and workshops because I keep learning more and more every time.

104. The simplest answer may be: Because I am learning and understanding something new each year.

105. ‘From a woman who has been very much protected in the shell of perfection and aloofness, I have grown to become much more real with an acceptance of my imperfections…’. Adele, I can relate. It’s a challenge for many of us to let go of perfection, that very poor substitute for genuine joy in our lives that we so ardently and carefully construct and cling on to. Being our authentic selves, making mistakes, dropping our bundle… it’s all OK and the retreats are just one of the many Universal Medicine offerings that give us the opportunity to do just that.

106. I’ve been to a Universal Medicine retreat each year since they started (8 years ago?) and across all three locations in which they are held and they’ve all been exceptional. I wouldn’t miss these very rich and gorgeous opportunities to set aside daily life to examine where I’m holding back and grow accordingly, side-by-side with my fellow students, for the world.

107. Everytime I think there can´t be more because what was presented already took me to places unknown before Serge simply opens another space of deepest wisdom, universal science and unfoldment.

     1. So true, Alex, it is like being taken on a magic carpet-ride of truth and wonderment that is no fantasy but very, very real.

108. ‘…is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life…’ Without this foundation life seemed inexplicably nonsensical, scary and overwhelming.This foundation supports me to remain still in amongst the stress and craziness of it all.

109. Even if I cannot attend a retreat, I don’t feel like i am missing out – what is shared is first on an energetic level for everyone so no one misses out.

110. The retreats are life changing for me that’s why I love them.

111. ‘Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life’ A beautiful synopsis of what Universal Medicine Retreats offer.

112. “Today, in my body, I live something that I could not have imagined ten years ago – as it was nowhere within my then conscious awareness.” This blog urges me to ponder my movements and my reflection to others and the quality l would like to be in 5 years from now .

113. The retreats are bricks of the ‘all in one’ that is rebuilt or reactivated – the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom of different times, teachers and schools presented it, its congruency and actuality today.

114. With every Retreat I have attended there is a deepening of connection with myself and with God, which I then carry with me into the reality of my daily life – that is a great blessing.

115. It can be confronting to recognise parts of our way of living that have been irresponsible or not true to who we are but we have nothing to lose and everything to gain by being willing to see these behaviours as then we have the opportunity at least to truly change – Universal Medicine retreats and workshops have certainly helped me to see this.

116. Why do I keep Attending Universal Medicine Retreats or any of the other presentations and workshops that are on offer to everyone?
     Because I am supported to look at my relationship with myself and all those around me out into the big wide world. I am beginning to get a deep sense that all that I do and say affects everyone else and so I ask myself to commit to live in a way that is non-harming. Nobody before Serge Benhayon has supported me to take responsibility for the way I live my life and the more I take responsibility the more I can feel the ripple effects I have on everything around me it is actually quite magical to feel I belong to something so much bigger than I can see with my eyes, but I can feel it in my body.

     1. That is true, each retreat has been an invitation to be more responsible.

117. There are many things to enjoy returning to the Universal Medicine Retreats – meeting up with people, expanding to deeper levels of awareness and understanding with energetic responsibility and integrity to bring to everyday life.

118. I feel like attending the retreat is not just an investment in myself – yes, I have never not walked away feeling a deeper relationship to myself, understanding of life etc, but it is not just for me but for everyone for it ignites me in all areas of my life to bring that to everyone else.

119. This is a gorgeous testimony to the teachings of Universal Medicine… whichever courses and retreats I have chosen to attend I have been offered rich and unfolding ‘material’ to work with ongoingly in my life… so many moments of revelation and inspiration.

     1. Ditto Matilda. Whether it’s a retreat, healing course, workshop, audio or book they all offer this for us to embrace and bring to our lives.

120. Having four amazing days with an incredible rhythm, activities, group work and presentations, plus amazing food is something we should make the normal.

121. These retreats offer so much to us as well as the opportunity to live another way for 5 days as we align to the the living ways of the world teacher. The changes in ourselves, that can happen, are miraculous and this can be felt by anyone attending as well as any other person remotely if we are aware and open to evolution. This demonstartes how we all affected by everything all the time and I know even when I am not attending the retreats I feel the ripple effects of them, though attending is always my preference!

     1. It is a beautiful way to be aligned to the living ways of the world teacher. There is no force from anyone, just beautiful reflections. What you say is so true even if we are not attending the retreats we feel the ripple effects of them, we feel the energy.

122. There are times when I too do not get what has been presented immediately at a Retreat but as we workshop offering students/participants to get together and express. I realise I do know but I chose in that moment to not want to know. I am learning that it is ok when I do not get something straightaway and allow an unfolding to take place as it always does.

123. I attend these retreats every year for each retreat brings a new aspect and a deeper understanding of myself, others and the universe. Each and every retreat has been a life changing experience for me.

124. Re-turning attendance to a Universal Medicine Retreat is as parallel to the fact that when you keep returning back to your body, you discover that there is always more and more to be aware of.

     1. Well said Johanne. That is what’s truly important.

     2. Love it – a neverending unfoldment back to who we truly are.

125. A great reason and sure values why to attend the Universal Medicine retreat – “Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life – which I value as a precious opportunity.”

126. A true way of retreating that actually is not pulling back from life but getting into it even deeper, a life known for the multidimensionality it offers.

     1. Beautifully said Alex – I find the Universal Medicine retreats present the opportunity to be more aware of life and how I’m living and with that have more clarity on the quality that I take back into every aspect of daily life.

127. “When I do not delay in honouring how I feel, how I communicate, how I take care of myself, how I lovingly and gently address my emotions and reactions, this results in what I have asked for my whole life – a way I can be and live in truth.” – Life is our oyster, should we choose it to be so.

128. What I love about the Universal Medicine Retreats is that it is an opportunity to break out of my usual patterns and behaviours that I can get entrenched in. By being there for 4 days straight, it is like I get a fresh start. Now how much of that I hold or not after this is based on my willingness to make the changes and hold onto them – no different to deciding to change my diet for healthier or going on a fitness plan – you can do the course, and learn much but the real results come from the consistency of the lived changes after the learning and awareness has increased. And this from Universal Medicine is a blessing in itself for what is shared prepares you for life in ways one would never fathom!

     1. Yes, Henrietta, I agree. The teachings are rich and inspiring and it is up to us bring them into our daily lives; it is then that the transformations take place.

129. The Universal Medicine Retreats offer in every aspect covered something so deeply special and absolutely unique of our livingness understanding and place in life that helps support us in what it is all about and the honouring of this. Every aspect allows clearing, healing and the amazingness of all we are. They offer us a global, universal, truth, honesty and integrity based on true love and our divinity made simple accessible and something that is part of our very foundation and coming home and something to be part of for our whole life and for our forever learning.

130. Every moment that is experienced with Serge Benhayon and or Natalie Benhayon is a profound involvement that brings sharing’s and revelations about life to the table that are evolutionary for all humanity if we are only willing to take our seat at the table and take notice of any issues that arise.

131. During the Retreat in Vietnam, every morning and evening there is also an Esoteric Yoga session for everyone. This is done seated in our chairs and is very supportive. It enables us to deepen our connection with our bodies and ourselves and to hold all that we are being offered in these awesome few days.

132. I would never want to miss a Universal Medicine Retreat for all the amazingness they offer, but I know if I ever have to miss a retreat, all the Livingness that the retreats have imbued me with will offer me a point of reference to accept and keep living my life in awareness and not holding back.

133. What I have found incredible is when I haven’t been able to make a retreat then I have felt on some level what has been presented and can feel what is being asked of us. Being open to the evolution that is on offer can be there no matter if you are there in person or not. Even thou it is super amazing being there in person.

134. The word ‘retreat’ means to ‘pull back’ and is often used in a negative sense. Yet from my experience the Universal Medicine retreats offer so much more then simply a break from the hectic or doldrum way we may be choosing to live our life. They offer us a moment of grace, a pause if you will, to deeply examine our movements (self-created patterns, thoughts and behaviours that make up the momentum we then live) so as to bring much more awareness and clarity in understanding why we choose to move as we do and from this point be able to discard any behaviour, thought or belief that does not hold true to the depth of who we are. In this way we are offered the space to re-imprint and re-infuse our way of living with much more love and care and feel not only more settled within ourselves but also more at ease with, and inspired by, our true purpose in life – our return to Soul. For me this package is priceless and years after a Universal Medicine retreat I am still reaping the rewards, so to speak. This really is a ‘treat’ in the truest sense, a moment of grace that continually ignites us to live ‘the more’ we are – a ‘re-treat’.

     1. A moment to reflect and ask some big questions, to be supported by teachings that are known to us as an innate sense of life, relationships and our true purpose and then the opportunity to take this learning into life, observing the impact on everything. This is my experience of the Universal Medicine Retreats and I totally agree that their effects last a long time.

135. “I realise I actually do know, but there is a part of me that does not want to admit that I know” This is incredibly common and over the retreat there is the potential to say – what if I do know. This works from a strength base, an inner knowing that cuts out the negative ‘I am lesser’ chatter and simply allows space for magic to happen.

136. Every retreat is a return – it offers the opportunity to come back to what was once left behind, the fullness of who we are, the lived knowing of being part of the all, a way of living in and with responsibility as a fully claimed participation in life.

137. Learning to accept our imperfections is very empowering and a great part of the process to true healing and evolution.

     1. Yup. To be free of the mantle of striving for perfection is one of the most understanding and liberating things we can do for ourselves.

138. The real question is ‘why wouldn’t we continue to attend Universal Medicine retreats’? There is so much Gold shared and presented, and they go to new depths every time. There is always something more to learn. Why would we choose to stop going?

139. The Universal Medicine Retreats are a great way to spend your break. Not only do you get to hang out with exceptionally beautifully people, the food that is cooked for you is super yummy and healthy, the country side is stunning and to top it off you get to spend 4 days deepening your connection to and being in union with to self, God and the Hierarchy with the World Teacher. Were else could you go that offers this package?

140. What I love so much about any Universal Medicine retreat or healing course or workshop is that you are constantly held in an enormous amount of love and understanding and constantly reminded how awesome and divine you actually are, which for me is an incredibly safe and holding place for me to expose, examine and look at any aspects of my life that need to shift or change to bring through even more of my divine qualities and love that I know lives inside me.

     1. That is so true, you are held in love and acceptance and this creates a safe space to unpeel as many of the protective layers as you want. Ultimately, the recharge that comes from not having to protect, defend, justify and keep a face on is incredibly rejuvenating!

141. “What I get to live and practise every day in the Retreat is the activity of not holding back my natural expression and the connection I feel with myself and others” – love this Adele, yes, the Retreats are just so expansive and equalizing altogether in the same ‘bubble bath’ of wisdom.

142. I can fully appreciate that the retreats truly offer the opportunity to experience living a different way and to let go of all that we have allowed to underpin are existing choices and the marker to then take this back to my life..

143. Over the 4 days of these retreats we are offered a way of living and a way of being that is life-changing… so much is cleared, and the healing that takes place creates a whole new foundation in how we are in the world. It is profound and so worth appreciating as you have here Adele.

     1. Paula I so agree the healing that takes place during these retreats are profound and supports us to create a whole new foundation in how we are in the world.

144. “I enjoy and keep coming back to the Universal Medicine Retreats because this event is so much more than just a Retreat. There is no start and stop as every day in my life is preparing me for this Retreat. And it is not just the 4 days I am there, as everything I experience there is brought back to my everyday life to further experiment with. I am presented a living way that is there every single moment of my day, a more committed way I am able to bring to every aspect of my life.” – you have shared a fundamental truth here Adele – and it is the fact that how we are in each and every moment determines how our next moment will be.

145. Adele, this is beautiful – to use a retreat as a yearly marker for you to feel how far you have come and where to go to next with your relationship with yourself and hence the entire world. This is a beautiful commitment, and I can see you cherish each moment to its maximum ability! Awesome and inspiring!

146. The retreats are magically and so supportive in the way I live; allows me to go deeper with my own divine journey. It reflects loving ways to live and serve together in brotherhood.

147. I have attended many Universal Medicine Retreats, and they have all been profoundly educational in countless ways. They are designed to support our awareness in a way that allows us to feel that we are all equal and we all come from the same divine source, and by that, learn to support each other on the way back to our true selves, as opposed to ‘doing it on our own’. True evolution.

148. I second what you share here Adele – the retreat is an amazing opportunity to reflect with a group of people are really get into the nitty gritty of how we are living and what we are choosing.

149. The more I understand and real I am with my imperfections the more willing I am with life.

150. I have experianced the same thing – sometimes I feel like what is being presented is passing through my body but my mind just cant take it in. Sometimes I choose to struggle with this, but more and more I am learning to use even these moments of not understanding to grow – to see and feel where I am and then step forward towards the possabilty of understanding.

151. What is presented at the retreats year on year is a roadmap on living our way back to Soul. We could have no more practiced teacher than Serge Benhayon to teach us this Way.

152. Being busy we can easily not question or consider areas in our life where one can deepen and expand the quality of themselves and hence all that they do.

153. The wisdom that is presented at the Universal Medicine Retreats offers a truly life changing experience for those who attend and it doesn’t end there. As we sit in our groups and workshop through what has been presented, peeling back the layers, breaking down the false layers of consciousness that have held us captive for so long – this has a direct affect, energetically, on everyone, in all corners of the world – that’s pretty cool. The effect the retreat has stretches way beyond those who choose to attend in person, as we share our newly configured selves with our family, friends, at work, in the supermarket, we are bringing a deeper level of truth to all of our relationships.

154. ‘It is very challenging at times to allow myself to feel how others have chosen to express themselves, and to still hold myself in equality and appreciation; this is a very precious opportunity to have.’ To observe the way others live and not judge is challenging but rewarding because when we appreciate we are confirming and inspiring others rather than putting them down.

     1. Evolution is our very personal relationship with God, there can never be any comparison with anyone else. It is true that all of our choices in the past affects our acceleration with evolution, and that is something every single person has to look at responsibly and live.

155. ‘A commitment to know myself more is a daily endeavour’ – I find this too. Getting to know who I truly am is a way of living. For me it is a way of living that brings true purpose to every day.

156. Universal Medicine Retreats are quite unlike anything else as they offer me a way to return to that innate way of being that is inherent in each and every one of us.

157. At the retreats I feel the quality of being held in the most precious and true love that we are all from. A great marker.

158. For me, it is that the retreats give me a time of living the tools to be all I am in life for 5 days. These tools I further implement when I return home everyday and life feels like something I have always been missing. Now I live with me and am always asking ‘what next?’

159. Wow Adele. What an absolute gem of a testimony about everything the retreats offer. I completely agree with all you have said and am forever inspired and grateful for the love and reflection of Serge Benhayon and the beautiful support of the student body.

160. Thanks, Adele, it is inspiring to feel your commitment to uncovering the essence of who you truly are, through your openness to “constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing’”.

161. “I have grown to become much more real with an acceptance of my imperfections, which has opened a deep connection with myself and with people.” This is key. So often we try to be perfect and we are scared of showing anyone any other part of us. By accepting ourselves as we are and allowing our imperfections to be seen we can drop the fear of exposure and simply be! Just beautiful.

162. One of the many things I love about the Universal Medicine retreats is that they help bring a way of Livingness into my life. By going over 5 days they are designed so we can incorporate it into our lives. What is presented is also always very relevant and practical to life. I almost find at times there is so much presented I miss bits but also know I walk away with exactly what was needed. The rest is then up to me to apply the retreat to my everyday life.

163. I agree, definitely it is not just about the days that I participate in the retreat, it lasts and last and I continue to have reflections and things come up to learn that I have looked at and pondered while on a Universal Medicine retreat, they are very supportive and powerful.

164. I absolutely love the Universal Medicine Retreats I would never miss this annual event, each one is unique and offers a step up in evolution and the building blocks for a deeper foundation for us to live our lives by.

165. This is so true; “Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life”. So many people come to a point in their life when they say there must be more to life than this? For me this is like putting a call out to the universe and when I made this call I came across Serge Benhayon and discovered for myself that he supports people from all corners of the world to understand themselves and bring a deeper meaning to life and how to live it in a very simple yet nourishing way. I say nourishing because living simply actually nourishes the body like nothing else can.

166. “What I get to live and practise every day in the Retreat is the activity of not holding back my natural expression and the connection I feel with myself and others.” The more Retreats we attend, the simpler it becomes to gently and lovingly express our selves, so even those sticky topics begin to have a flow and ease that enables us to appreciate each other’s position and work to resolve issues. A huge improvement on the ‘bun fight’ that in the pre-retreat days would have been inevitable.

167. So many women my age (66) have given up on themselves and their lives. With or without husbands, partners, children, career roles, they have lost their sense of purpose and vitality.. Even those with every material comfort and security feel empty inside. Being part of the Universal Medicine family supports us to connect to what is true and eternal and this enables us to live life fully and purposefully whatever age we are.

     1. Beautifully exposed Kehinde – when we live our lives for others without once stopping to nurture ourselves and to build that relationship with self, then we are left with an emptiness to face when the outer distractions are gone. And this can really happen at any time in our lives, not just when we are older, however, it seems that once the children have left and life takes on a different pace, then people can be more confronted by it if they have not already encountered it previously. Thankfully, Universal Medicine never stops reminding us about how important that relationship with self is and how this is the way to connect to Soul and hence the rest of the world in order to bring true warmth to all relationships.

        1. Also emptiness can be powerfully felt when husbands, wives and partners die or leave for what ever reason. ‘Thankfully, Universal Medicine never stops reminding us about how important that relationship with self is and how this is the way to connect to Soul and hence the rest of the world in order to bring true warmth to all relationships’. Beautifully expressed Henrietta.

168. These amazing Retreats support me in a big way to understand life (in fact a reconnection to what I already know) more deeply. I’m a very sensitive and deeply feeling being, yet I’ve tried to put life in a box and took behaviours on me that were providing me ‘safety’. But they are in fact very hard, strict and driven. Not me! Through all the teachings I’ve chosen to open up again and start accepting that I am indeed a deeply loving and caring man. That I love to be me and that I’ve missed myself for a very long time. This is deeply precious and forever growing.

169. I keep returning to Universal Medicine Retreats and events because I am supported to be all that I can be, constantly expand and evolve. Life is not about standing still, personal security and comfort but deepening our understanding of ourselves and our responsibility to be of service to humanity 24/7.

170. The Universal Medicine Retreats are like a blue print for life, every time I have been to one I wonder how I got by before.

171. All Universal Medicine courses offer so much, but there is a beauty to the retreats as they offer greater support for day to day living.

172. Your honesty and openness is inspiring Adele. Too often we hold ourselves back by being so hard on ourselves and getting stuck in perfection, but the Universal Medicine Retreats are so incredibly supportive in allowing us to simply become aware of these issues without contracting in self-judgement, and have taught me the value in truly appreciating my true self regardless of any emotional issues I may be working on at the time. Also, it feels like every moment at the retreat is providing a package of wisdom that can be unfolded for lifetimes to come, and provides immense wisdom and understanding of life and how it all works on an energetic level.

173. I find that the annual Universal Medicine retreat is a foundation for my whole year, and I would never miss one, they bring so much depth and support into my life. The five days together sharing with all the other participants is also a highlight – everyone travelling together for the one purpose of evolution and serving others.

174. What I love about the retreats is the opportunity to be with others who are also committed to evolving. Supporting others to evolve is our natural way and yet looking around, we have made holding others back our natural way. Rather than supporting others to get ahead we often use them for our own self gain, not understanding that there can be no true self gain in holding another back.

175. I attend the Universal Medicine Retreats not just because of how amazing they are. I attend them because I know the amazing that I feel there every single moment is the possibility I can live every single moment when I am not there. I attend the retreats because of when I am not in the retreats.

176. Thank you Adele. This is a very honest and accurate account of what is on offer at all Universal Medicine retreats.

177. Once you attend one Retreat and feel the enormity and absolute joy of them, i find there there is no way you could ever miss another one.. and if I could feasibly do all three that are held every year, i would!!!!

178. I have attended two retreats presented by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine and they were both extraordinary and life changing. Not in a big explosion way but in a way where I get to know and feel a deeper layer of who I truly am and it feels incredible. Such a magical experience.

179. Reading your blog, felt like reading an exquisite poem. I love what you write here about looking at yourself and the parts that are challenging – “here I am given opportunities to see the ugly part of myself – by this I mean, the parts of me that did not come in and/or with love. I treasure deeply these opportunities, so that when I address them, I am able to step closer back to the truth of who I truly am – that which is love”. I felt very inspired by this today, as feeling a bit challenged by the parts of me that do not come in love. Thank you.

180. The Universal Medicine Retreats are spectacular, they are precious and golden – but that is simply because these are the qualities that live within each person, and so to attend or not there is always the possibility to re-connect with what is living inside and to make that your everyday.

     1. Pure gold that is there for us to live. A retreat that keeps on giving should we choose to allow it.

181. How gorgeous that in relation to the Universal Medicine retreats (and in my experience all Universal Medicine events): “I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to seeing, but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood.” We are not designed to live in isolation, a huge part of our learning and evolving is through relationship and developing together. And what a blessing to have a powerful reflection from those who already have an understanding, honouring and commitment to such unfolding.

182. The first retreat I attended was in Vietnam and it was an amazing experience which gave the opportunity to bring a far deeper understanding to everything in my life.

     1. And each retreat although of the same amazing quality all have a different flavour and offering – Vietnam, Australia and U.K.

183. The Universal Medicine Retreats are profoundly life changing in my experience too Adele, and I wouldn’t miss one for anything for similar reasons to you. It is not easy to capture the depth of what’s offered during these 4 days but i can always look back 6 months on and see how integral they were to the changes l’ve been able to make in the time after.

     1. Agree. Completely life changing and a reference to further continue true change in ones life.

        1. Yes, Universal Medicine offers such an array of presentations and workshops throughout the year it is sometimes hard to decide which to prioritise and attend. The Retreats are a must in my book though, and offer such a potential jump forward in awareness. Just when I think Serge couldn’t possibly come up with anything more, he takes it to a whole new level again.

184. I love it when you speak about going out of your comfort zone to put up your hand and share or ask a question and the self-judgement that comes in. This self-judgement is a killer to our expression yet if we never take that step out of our comfort one how will we even expose the self-judgement let alone move past it?

185. I love how these events gently support you to step out of your comfort shell and expand your true expression of yourself. The only way we are ever going to know more about ourselves is if we express who we truly are!

186. Attending Universal Medicine Retreats (and any of the other courses) is the greatest investment in true healing and evolution – returning to the love that we truly are and re-connecting deeply within to remember what we have always known and thus, once again begin to live the ‘face of God’ on earth

187. I attend a Universal Medicine retreat each year religiously, even if its my only holiday its worth it. The depth of inspiration I receive from the retreats has an enormous ripple effect on the rest of my life.

     1. I have attended retreats for 10 years and is what I use my holiday time for. In the past holidays were a two week period of checking out someplace different than home. Retreats give me a new marker to express myself, in the world, I live in daily!

     2. I do the same as feel that there is no greater way to spend/use my holiday time than to deepen my connection with myself and with others. As you say the retreat does not stay in the retreat as it comes out into all areas of my life and everyone benefits.

188. The daily commitment to knowing your self more deeply is inspiring. I used to want to know who I was but got a little insular! Now it’s not a navel gazing exercise as, in discovering more of my essence all that isn’t who I am – the habits that don’t support me or others- are seen clearly and I get to feel who others truly are more clearly too – and what they are choosing that isn’t of their essence.

     In this way my understanding of people and the universe is expanded so get to know what supporting others actually is.

189. It is also amazing how everyone is different – no Retreat has ever been the same, not even close and yet each one is just as profound and life changing as the last.

190. I found, as I’m sure with everyone else who has been, once you’ve been to your first Universal Medicine retreat you just keep wanting to go every year. Each one is transformational.. and beyond anything you could imagine. Pure gold.

191. Every day we are alive, we are given new opportunities and situations to learn, and if we don’t these lessons simply return. This goes on again and again with no end it seems. So yes, you can attend just one Universal Medicine retreat and be enriched in a huge way but as we all go round and round every day it simply makes sense to me that we keep revisiting and deepening our understanding too. Universal Medicine retreats are as you show Adele the perfect support to reconnect to truth.

     1. And all that feels like Love just does not give up in gently but firmly reminding us the truth of who we are, when we really allow ourselves to feel the scope of this love, the appreciation is overflowing always.

192. Why do I keep returning to the Retreats? Because of the amazing teachings Serge Benhayon presents. Because of the deep support that is given to all. Because of the healing I receive. Because of the world understanding I learn about life and why we do things. Because of the discussions and working together in groups teaches me to speak up. Because of the understanding I learn how I grow. Because everything is included in the price from early in the morning until the evening so it’s the best all inclusive holiday ever.

193. Yes, the Universal Medicine retreats always call for us to be more, and I find it so very supportive to immerse myself in a learning environment that seeks to bring out the true me and my full potential.

194. I am often blown away by what is presented at Universal Medicine courses and retreats, even if we just apply 2% of what has been presented to our daily lives it is that powerful that even a small percentage has the power to change our lives forever.

195. Retreats offer a reflection of the light we are.

196. My experience of feeling fearful of asking questions in public is much like you Adele, I just push on through and do it as I know that this is all part of my development, or perhaps return to being comfortable in my own skin. The retreats are amazing for sure and the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences is one that is well worth grasping in such an incredible environment.

197. Adele having had the joy of sharing a room with you at you first retreat six years ago, it has been beautiful and inspiring to see your ongoing commitment and dedication to evolution. Like you I see the retreats as a way to live in full the experience of how we could live every day, if we so choose, each retreat is well worth attending for the lessons we gain as well as the joy of connecting with fellow participants.

198. I agree Adele the Universal Medicine retreats are incredibly revealing and supportive in terms of deconstructing life and rebuilding and reimprinting it going forwards. For me they are a snapshot of what is possible for me to live and what it would look like and feel like if I lived with a deeper level of commitment to truth and love in my daily life.

199. I wonder what it is about us as human beings that we find it so difficult to accept that we come from and are made up of pure love? We live so far removed from who we truly are and again I wonder how we have managed to do this to ourselves and how rotten does life have to get for us all before we re awaken the true power of who we truly are and where we actually all come from.

200. I keep coming back to your blog Adele as it is very confirming of why I not only attend the retreats presented by Universal Medicine but also the great foundation and benefit that I receive as a result, how this paves the way for each step forward and how I have even more clarity on life at every event.

201. Well said Ariana, the retreats do provide the tools to accelerate our awareness, with awareness being the key to knowing what needs to be refined, or let go off to continue evolving and being prepared for what is coming next.

202. I attended my first retreat in the Uk this year, and well before it, I felt such a strong pull to attend. It was amazing as well as challenging and it did rock my boat of comfort as some things got exposed for me to look at. That said, a few months on, I can feel how much I have learned about myself, and how much I have grown and with that was confirmed in how much more love I am allowing to flow through me. I have felt the expansion since attending the UK retreat in May this year.

203. I totally love and appreciate the support we all give each other on the retreats. I normally find that if I need some clarity on something there is always someone around who can explain things to me! I am always blown away by the deeper awareness got to and the possibilities for developing a greater foundation of love.

204. The Universal Medicine Retreats offer a depth of wisdom and truth about life in a way that absolutely anyone can understand and literally take into their lives and live it which is what makes them so accessible. I have learnt so much about myself and life in general through attending these events and the reflection offered by others that I would not have otherwise discovered, and as a result been able to make changes to my life accordingly.

205. The Retreats are deeply nurturing experiences bringing an ever deepening understanding and awareness of oneself and the Universe, which then embodied this into ones life then becomes increasingly enriched.

206. “every time I attend, I am given many opportunities to know and understand myself even more.” The Universal Medicine Retreats always deliver true revelations that begin with self, bringing to the fore our innate strengths and exposing the areas within that need nurturing, then concluding with the bigger picture and how we express our strengths and wisdom for the benefit of all. And every year brings new awarenesses, building from Retreat to Retreat and year to year a consistent growth and evolution, a key factor in why so many of us make our number one event every year.

207. The retreats offer a phenomenal support in the living of daily life with greater love and truth…something which we all need!

208. I came away from the last retreat I went to convinced that it is an essential thing to do every year for self growth and evolution.

209. I continue to attend Universal Medicine Retreats because each retreat offers you an opportunity to build on the past retreat and totally transform your life . It is up to the individual whether this is taken up and many have. I have seen the changes in my self and thousands of others over the years since the retreats began.

210. ‘Not holding back’ when it comes to our true expression is a great gift to take away from these yearly Universal Medicine Retreats.

211. Yes to you being on stage one day Adele, you are the living expression of God and being in the fashion industry you have a unique angle to present from.

     1. Alexis your beholding felt is always exquisite what a reflection of this first with yourself.

212. ” I usually surprise myself with the wisdom and truth of what comes out of my mouth from the awareness I clearly felt within my body… which is within us all to express”, yes Adele, it is within us all to express, it’s just that we suppress the wisdom and the truth constantly in order to create the illusion that we don’t know. But we do know.

213. “Sometimes the experiences in the retreat are not the easiest to accept. I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood” – i love what you share here Adele, yes, the retreats always offer us the opportunity to proceed towards transparency rather like a bright clear window, which means total honesty through admission to put at ease, command and to-heel that part of us that is so wildly relentless in its waywardness. A commanded body with increased transparency means i leave the retreats feeling so much lighter, airy, spacious and exquisite.

214. ‘Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life – which I value as a precious opportunity’ – I couldn’t agree more. I have been attending the Universal Medicine retreats for a similar time and my whole outlook on life has completely changed, it’s incredible to look back on all the changes that I have made, how my understanding and awareness have just gone to a new sphere altogether. My body also reflects these changes and for the first time in my life, I actually deeply love who I am.

215. The retreats are the best education one can get. Pure alchemy in words delivered by Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon.

216. Every Universal Medicine Retreat I’ve been to has given me an opportunity to live to my highest point, my natural true way of being and then go beyond that. Every singe detail from what is presented, what food is served, the Esoteric Yoga sessions and much more are designed and organised to support every retreat participant to the fullest.

217. It’s amazing how much can be received in a short presentation from Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. Retreats are simply life changing.

218. Adele, your commitment to developing a loving relationship with yourself and others is felt in your blog. The Universal Medicine retreats support us to expand, explore and reconnect to who we are, love. Our society doesn’t seem to support us in this way, hence why attending these retreats makes such a huge difference to many, many people’s lives. Universal Medicine courses and workshops are the only place I know that truly support us to be love.

     1. Such deep appreciation that with each unfolding retreat we are learning that we can support ourselves to what society doesn’t support us of, by simply living what is true from the heart and body in our forever deepening love.

219. I love how the Universal Medicine Retreats are not about retreating from life but about giving ourselves the space to see where we can actually bring more of who we truly are to life, to deepen our commitment to life and the quality that we live with.

     1. Well said, Fiona. Yes, the retreats are definitely not about retreating from life but exactly the opposite, because they teach us how stay steady in ourselves so we can embrace life in full and bring our all to every relationship, work and in service to others.

220. I have asked myself a similar question as to why for over 11 years do I continuously (twice a year) attend Universal Medicine courses? Because as others have shared similarly with the retreats, these are absolute gold and what I feel is essential for me to truly evolve bringing a far deeper purpose to my life than I ever have had before and yes sometimes it may be challenging as we get to feel or see things we have that are not so great .. patterns, behaviours, beliefs and ideals. But I would by far rather see these and heal them than not see them at all!

221. The Universal medicine Retreats, courses and workshops have a major commonality – they are delivered in a way that is consistently in alignment with the Universal Laws and never, ever remain static – just like the Universe, forever expanding.

222. There is a lifetime of wisdom to ponder in each retreat – if I were to fully live the potential offered in any one… wow that would be a game changer. To then build them, one on to the next…. it’s huge. Such an important part of my year, and a challenge to build those tools into my everyday.

223. I think every attendee of the retreats would be able to write something different about why they keep coming back but the understanding of life and ourselves is key to these retreats. In reading the title I realised that in the past I like many others have done retreats, thought they were it only to find the next time that it doesn’t hold all of the truth I hoped for. It is nothing like this with Universal Medicine and this is why I have never considered missing one. It is impossible to outgrow the Universal Medicine retreats, as they expand each year and ask us to grow with them.

224. Thank you Adele. I too treasure deeply the opportunity to look at my ways, that keep me from living who I truly am, love, and it is thanks to Universal Medicine.. their presentations and support that I can do this.

225. Beautiful Adele. The way you have presented that we approach group work or something we are unsure of – perhaps we already do know but just haven’t given ourselves the permission to express in full. And how magical this is when we do – we may be suprised with the depth of wisdom we carry and the level on which we can connect to people.

226. The retreats offer such incredible learning, yes absolutely challenging at times, but so well worth the challenge as we are left with more of ourselves.

227. The openness we can experience at a Universal Medicine Retreat feels gorgeous and natural. The challenge comes when we go back out into the world into our every day jobs and converse with family members. It is often difficult to maintain the openness, and we can find defences and familiar patterns creeping back in. I find that the more I attend Universal Medicine events the more I am able to hold my openness, as I am constantly inspired by others around me who are doing the same.

228. ‘I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood.’ I may be a little apprehensive about uncovering what I already know is a falsity I have taken on board and identified as being a part of me when I attend the retreats, or any Universal Medicine course; but the support and love that I am held with within those days supports me to let go of these lies I have lived by and embrace further the truth of living in a way that isn’t corrupt.

229. It is really beautifull to read this, and feel the wonderfull opportunity the retreats provide us with. An opportunity to deepen our love, to deepen our honesty and to deepen that which we all know, the divine essence.

     1. Yes, beautifully said Benkt and nowhere else in the world I know that supports us to reconnect to our essence in such a real, honest, open, supportive and loving way.

230. Universal Medicine teachings are forever like a loyal friend confirming the most divine and precious aspects of me. Immense wisdom to support facing the most challenging issues in life.

     And beyond all this they constantly inspire me to deepen my awareness and appreciation of the magnificent whole I am part of and the significance of living the love, truth, power and responsibility which is a natural expression of my true essence.

231. Universal Medicine retreats are absolutely life changing so it is no wonder that more and more people want to attend them.

232. “I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood.” It is in seeing these parts that have not come from love and often in reaction to someone being not love, that we can grow immensely. It is often something we avoid, being afraid of it being too painful or too embarrassing but yes, in my experience it can be very uncomfortable for a moment but it is important to feel, nominate as not who we really are and want to be, and then let go and allow another way to live to be there. It really does not take long in the ‘ouch’ moment for it to shift to a feeling of being more yourself and free.

233. Thank you Adele this sums up beautifully everything the Universal Medicine retreats bring “I am presented a living way that is there every single moment of my day, a more committed way I am able to bring to every aspect of my life.”

234. There is something deeply profound to all Universal Medicine events, but the Retreats offers a very practical and tangible take home. The solid 5 day rhythm of eating, sleeping and presentations provides a basis where the business and ill choices/habits of our day to day life can be put to one side, so that when we leave we have a tangible experience in our bodies of what it feels like to live a routine that supports you.

235. Hi Adele
     I feel the exact same way about absolutley everything you wrote.
     I’ve been attending universal medicine retreats in Australia for the past 8 years and the process for me has been exactly the same – exploring, becoming aware of and letting go of the behaviours/patterns upon revealing and feeling how they are not me and how I truly feel. I keep returning because I’ve changed so much each retreat, deepening to the much more real, genuine and deeply loving person I am. Can’t begin to explain how much my life has changed – I have so much more tenderness, love, care and joy, and ease and understanding with my imperfections and with others. I love everything you’ve shared especially the true genuine-ness you’ve written it with. Thank you Adele

236. What becomes very clear Adele, is that you embrace life as a learning and allow yourself to stay open and curious.

     1. I agree Esther – it is beautiful to feel the humbleness and the absolute willingness to learn and understand what is on offer in a very open and curious way.

237. Yes, the Universal Medicine retreats each year reveal what is the next thing to discard that has held us as lesser than the pure divinity we innately are. This can be confronting when we are identified with being in contraction, but the rhythm of the retreat and the teachings support us to let go of the old ways and embrace our true potential.

238. I love attending the Universal Medicine retreats too, alongside many students of The Way of the Livingness. If I cam out they can kick-start me back into a beautiful rhythm. Each year this deepens. ” I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood.” And so we evolve…..

239. I amazed myself with my inner wisdom at the last UK retreat, it’s true we do know when we allow ourselves to feel and trust what our bodies communicate.

240. The level of awareness offered at the retreats is enormous. Sometimes it takes me a while to digest the wisdom shared, but so worth it as what is offered is an opportunity to live life in a more loving way. Something I am always open to.

241. What’s amazing about running a workshop or course on longer but regular intervals is that what’s presented can be lived, explored and experimented with in full, and then in this case the next Retreat comes along and takes everything to a whole new level! It’s so awesome to have this opportunity each year to learn more about the body, world and universe

242. It’s beautiful what you’ve shared about appreciating those moments that allow you to see where you’ve chosen to be blind and/or not be loving in life – understanding them for what they are and going forward in a more loving way. Universal Medicine is amazing in that regard, the retreats and presentations hold a space for us to be honest, feel the uncomfortable or unloving choices, understand them and let them go rather than unknowingly repeating them.

243. What i love about the work of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon is that no two Retreats are the same and this goes for all the courses too and this to me is unheard of in anything else I have attended outside Universal Medicine. You can do all three Retreats, and other than the theme they will be very different, this is because Serge feels the group he is with and presents accordingly, and everyone gets exactly what they need to take into their livingness.

244. Universal Medicine retreats are totally life changing. I think the word retreat is often associated with an escape or a step back from life, but what I’ve found at Universal Medicine retreats is the opposite; it’s a complete immersal into life and into knowing how to live life to the fullest, and I always walk away more committed than ever before.

245. I too find the Universal Medicine retreats extremely supportive and use the time, as a time to deepen and confirm my connection with myself. The Vietnam retreat is also great because it allows me to connect more deeply with other members of the student body. We all have so much to offer and learn from each other. It is a holiday, albeit it a challenging one at times, with hundreds of friends which is all about purpose and evolution – what more could I ask for?!

246. Adele the retreats from Universal Medicine are something that I hold deeply precious to me, as you say “I am presented a living way that is there every single moment of my day, a more committed way I am able to bring to every aspect of my life.” they are equally for me and for everyone at the same time. Each day of the year prepares me for the retreat, and the retreat sets a new foundation for the next year in preparation for greater evolution. This retreat is not retreating from life as I used to think retreats were but deepening my connection with myself and from there being more in life than ever before.

247. The retreats offer me an opportunity to share in another way – a deeply nurturing and loving way. Once this has been experienced it is never forgotten and becomes a new marker for the choices available to us.

248. As you say, Adele, the Retreats can at times be very challenging. However, the insights gained our invaluable, often transformational and life confirming.

249. Beautifully expressed Adele, thank you for sharing your evolution here. Self-awareness is a great thing but not always an easy or comfortable process to go through. But in my experience it is worth every moment because what is uncovered, or discovered is amazing – and it is who we truly are.

250. Each Universal Retreat is different and has it’s own quality. The learning and wisdom gained during a retreat powerfully embodied, stays with us. And when the retreat ends we are ever more willing to surrender to our own deepening expansion.

251. The retreats offer us a taster of how life would be lived if we made evolution our life’s purpose and as evolution is the purpose of all life everywhere, then this opportunity is priceless.

252. “Every time I attend, I am given many opportunities to know and understand myself even more”. It’s amazing how little most of us know about ourselves, or to be more accurate, we actually know ourselves inside out, it’s just that we choose to plead ignorant.

253. By continually committing to self we continually commit to humanity, if we commit just to humanity without committing to self then we are committing to self by perpetuating the illusion of separation.

254. Thank you, Adele, for your honest account of your experience of the Universal Medicine Retreat. Facing the ‘ugly’ parts of ourselves can indeed be challenging, but the reality is, it is the only way to evolve to reclaim the glorious beings that we are. I have attended many retreats myself, often wanting to run away and hide rather than face the challenges, but the retreats are too important to miss and there is much to be appreciated from the presentations by Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon, it’s pure gold, and despite the challenges the pull to love is so strong that I am sure we will both continue to face those challenges and keep coming back for more, and for as long as Universal Medicine keep presenting we will be there!

255. The Universal Medicine retreats are a powerful reawakening of the potential to live and be in harmony with the Universe.

256. Thank you Adele your reason and description of the Universal Medicine Retreats presents what so many of us experience on them and why they are a consistent and essential choice for us all. What is presented within them empowers us to begin to identify the gold inside us, so that we can clear the dross that does not belong. Yes definitely uncomfortable at times, but the quality of the presentations and group work lovingly holds us to take a look, discard, embrace with the gold and then take this into our everyday life. Life changing events that do more than what they say on the tin, restoring us to our divine, precious and powerful selves.

257. I also love the Vietnam Retreats and would very much like to go on an annual basis but over the years have only gone twice and a couple of times in the UK. I feel that the retreats presented by Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon are an essential part of our evolution.

258. The openness, love and welcoming you feel at a Universal Medicine Retreats are out of this world. There is no other workshops I have experienced this level of integrity, love and support. It is definitely a highlight each year for me.

259. I love what you have shared about the Universal Medicine Retreats Adele: “What I get to live and practise every day in the Retreat is the activity of not holding back my natural expression and the connection I feel with myself and others.” That is exactly what I feel as well and for me it is great to integrate this into my daily life to the best of my ability and also to take the opportunity to deepen it a bit deeper every year after the Retreat.

260. It is a blessing to enter a life of undoing that which does not belong to us and to replace it with that where we belong to, and that is love, the source of energy we all come from but once have walked away from. The root cause of all our illness and diseases and the waywardness in our societies…

261. I have been asked before how it is possible to make a decision to return to the retreat one year before the event, my answer is also a question in how could I ever wait to know myself more?

262. “…Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about is offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life…” Here-Here!! The Universal Medicine Retreats are phenomenal in realising your true self, and humbled in the knowing that there is always more to expand and express from…

263. When we support ourselves to see the ugly parts of what we choose we understand that the ugliness was never a part of us and then we can let it go.

264. Adele, what you are offering here to the world who don’t come to or even know about the Universal Medicine retreat, and equally also to those who do already is huge. The enormity of what Serge and Natalie Benhayon present aside, what strikes me is how you are as a student. It is not an annual holiday in a beautiful place with beautiful people away from home, I can feel how you are grasping this opportunity with your both hands, totally embracing it during and after the retreat, for you to be home, taking every teaching offered literally into your everyday livingness. That is totally inspiring. You are a proof that it really is all about livingness, and not how many presentations you attend and how often and how long you have been, none of that. Like you, not having regular access to the presentations and sessions myself, it is hard not to go into comparison, but you Adele, are utterly inspiring and your sharing has sat me up straight this morning. Thank you.

     1. Fumiyo it is not me, but my body that tells me it can’t wait to go home after the retreat to live everything that has been experienced in the retreats. We really can’t wait to live and share our livingness, our particles can’t wait. 🙂

265. “This unfolding and way of living is asking me to be constantly more open, more in fullness, to deepen my love consistently for myself and with other people and very simply, to be more of the true me.” To receive this level of loving guidance and truth in life means it is well worth attending every year.

266. Adele what a beautiful write up of the Universal Medicine Retreats, of Serge and Natalie Benhayon, and also of yourself too towards understanding yourself better and your truer self. These Retreats are profound and words alone cannot describe the absolute enormity of what is presented, shared, experienced, valued and forever treasured by our human body and soulful being.

267. What I especially love about the Universal Medicine Retreats are the very practical steps that are shared with us on how to apply what we are learning. Post retreat, my body feels like it’s received the most amazing ‘attunement’ and to have some practical steps on how to embody my re-jigged configuration in my day to day life is incredibly supportive.

268. ‘I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ – I can totally relate to this, Adele! Yet, herein lies the gift – unless we are willing to be honest and aware of what we are not wanting to see – we are allowing ourselves to live in a ‘false way’ that is not who we truly are. The Universal Medicine retreats are an amazing opportunity to ‘let go’ and drop our protection, to get rid of what doesn’t belong allowing more space for the amazing love that we all are.

     1. An opportune few days to shine a light under the rock, and see what is lurking in the shadows… slightly uncomfortable but incredibly liberating.

269. Thank you for this absolute gem of inspiration and wisdom Adele: “what if I knew.”!? This is like a light globe moment for me, I can’t ever remember saying this so simply and lovingly to myself, but from now on . . . whoo hoo – I’m up for asking and being open to what comes.

270. The commitment is wonderful to feel, thank you Adele for this reflection.

271. Very very beautiful Adele, you capture the magic of the Universal Medicine retreats and how there’s a constant offering to deepen with ourselves and with others, and to understand who we truly are and how we can live that in the world. I attend retreats here in the UK and these are a yearly commitment and one that I enjoy and feel challenged by often at once and I would not have it any other way; the support I get allows me to more deeply commit to living me in life and offering an example for all that this is possible, and each day I learn more and more about this, it sets the template for my year.

     1. The amazing thing is what we feel challenged by we are supported in so many ways to deal with by everyone. Purely amazing.

272. When you are committed to learning about the parts of yourself or of life that you are blind to, no matter how ugly, the retreats are extraordinary in consideration the veil of illusion they pull back to reveal what lays underneath. This is a blessing, for so many of our issues are due to the blinkers we walk around in on a daily basis. When we know what is true we know what we need to discard that is in the way of that.

273. To strip back the behaviours we know are harming us is something that always gets laid bare at a Universal Medicine retreat. Personally there is no greater way to spend 5 days.

274. The Universal Medicine retreats are the most engaging ‘retreats’ I have ever attended. The connection and collaboration with the participants during these days shows how possible it is to live in support of one another on our evolving way.

275. A beautiful testament to Universal Medicine and to you. I especially loved the line about ‘what if I knew’.

276. The Universal Medicine retreats are how life should be – not everyone sitting in a room worshipping and listening to life changing presentations for 5 days – but how we communicate with each other in the workshops should be our normal, the rhythm of our days throughout the retreat, how we eat, exercise and open ourselves up to the possibility of there being much more to human life.

     1. What stands out for me Rachael is how easy living this way comes from my body, as in, it doesn’t feel strange or something to get used to… and I’m not saying how I live at the retreat is how I live everyday back home but I know from how my body feels and how purposeful my every movement is on retreat that this is my normal, this is natural for all of us.

277. It’s cool to read about this consistent commitment you make annually Adele. And how you don’t make your personal growth about how many courses and presentations you can fit into a calendar year but rather about the quality of how you go about it.

278. This beautiful blog asking the question “Why Do I Keep Attending Universal Medicine Retreats” can be answered in so many diverse ways. While reading I was taken aback to being a very small child standing on the post and rail wooden fence while visiting an farmer uncles property where he was preparing to tend to his flock of sheep – gently encouraging them to move forward into this narrow trench filled with a marigold colour liquid that was to remove and dissolve those extraneous additions and irritations that they had gathered during the previous year. Why I wondered did I suddenly think of that. Perhaps there is a correlation between me arriving at the Universal Medicine Retreats preparing to be bathed in Light, washed clean by the Love that Serge Benhayon has for all of humanity, released of the extraneous energies, additions and irritations gathered. Indeed, as was commented “…a commitment to know myself more…” .

279. I agree, there is so much given to us in one retreat if we were to work with this and integrate it into our daily lives this is all we need.

280. Being together at each retreat for 4 days – sharing, clearing, healing… is a powerful and truly inspirational experience of brotherhood – an example of how we can all live together in our everyday lives.

281. I treasure the time spent at Universal Medicine retreats for they afford us all the opportunity and space to peer below the curtain that keeps the truth of all things comfortably veiled from our eyes. And while this is not always a comfortable experience, I have found there is no joy greater than having such darkness lifted so we can breathe unencumbered and thus relearn how to emanate in full, the light of who we truly are.

282. Lately I have been feeling love in a very different way to what I have before, it has been a lot more tangible and a lot more accessible. This unfoldment, although challenging is pretty amazing when I surrender!

283. Thank you for sharing your personal relationship with the retreats Adele. I too attend the Universal Medicine retreats in Vietnam and find them to be very building and supportive. Like you they provide for me a very solid rhythm that my body just aligns too. What is presented, and the people who attend deeply inspire me and through this i am opening up more and more.

284. I also attend the Universal Medicine retreats every year and I couldn’t even begin to find words to express the blessings and super practical gifts they have given to me and the other participants.

     1. Indeed Nicola, and it is difficult to find the words to express its exquisiteness, that what we are given in every retreat is beyond measure and so needed to make us to understand that life is not about function but about being. We are presented a way of living to live life in the beingness of being divine and to bring that into our daily living. it sounds so simple and that it is but it in its simplicity it is the best medicine ever.

     2. I agree Nicola, the Universal Medicine retreats are a true blessing and to be appreciated, we are given much support by the Universe on the return journey back to who we truly are, pretty awesome eh!

285. ‘ I am constantly being shown parts of myself that I want to remain blind to ‘seeing,’ but through other people, these parts of myself can be more clearly understood.’ Well said and very true Adele, the Universal Medicine retreats offers us a unique experience to discover more about ourselves and the way we hold ourselves back, being open to this process is a beautiful way to bring a deeper understanding to ourselves and life.

286. These retreats are an incredible opportunity to live in a rhythm and energetic quality that we then can aspire to live in our everyday. They offer us a marker of truth in our body that we then know what is of love, and what is not.

     1. I agree Kim – these retreats and workshops are indeed a marker for how we can live everyday. With openness to more, connection to each other, willingness to deepen our relationship with ourselves through self-enquiry and being in a supportive rhythm throughout.

287. I am not a fan of travelling and so have never gone to the Vietnam retreat but I have attended the ones in Lennox Head which I am told are similar. I have always grown and found a huge support in attending these retreats and in fact it’s one of the few times I take off work during the year. I attend and will keep on attending these retreats due to how they support me in everyday life. It’s like every time I go I walk out with another level of understanding of myself and everyone and everything else. A genuine retreat for supporting you to understand life as it has been and as it currently is.

288. I’m so looking forward to Vietnam next year! I haven’t been for 6 years and loved it beyond.

289. You called it Adele by sharing how when you simply surrender into your body and allow yourself to be open to whatever comes, the wisdom that we can then connect to is mind blowing. It’s a humbling experience to get out of the way and allow this to flow through us.

290. A question that with such an obvious answer once you attended on or more of these retreats.

291. I so appreciate the beautiful way of the retreats that you have expressed here. A way of being with oneself that supports us to stay in connection with love, the acceptance, understanding and space we can give ourselves and others. Such a tender reconnection I feel in reading this.

292. I agree with everything you have so generously shared here, Adele. The Universal Medicine retreats also offer me “what I have asked for my whole life – a way I can be and live in truth.” Over the years of attending the retreats I feel that I have shed so much of the false beliefs and pictures about myself and life in general, which each time leaves me feeling much more connected to my true self. What could be better than that?

293. What I’ve learned from these retreats and courses I can’t ‘unknow’ – it’s a truth that can’t be disputed. I can turn my back on it but I’ll always know it’s the truth. And for me, that means I’ve found the meaning of life.

294. “What I experience with the way the Retreat is presented, is a way to live and practise this every day.” Absolutely and this is the power of the retreat, it is not to retreat literally and not be part of the world but to present a living way that is very practically applicable in daily life.

295. Nothing compares to living the truth of what we can feel. When we sell out and do what we think others want us to do, we short change ourselves and them. We need the reflections of others to reflect things to us about ourselves that we haven’t mastered yet, and those things which we have, to appreciate that and build from them.

296. What a beautiful marker these yearly retreats are, and a confirmation of your deepening relationship with yourself.

297. I too have been to a retreat every year for the past 6 or maybe 7 years now and I love them. They are life changing each year and I love meeting people like yourself, from all around the world and working together to have more understanding and love for us all.

298. The Universal Medicine Retreats are truly transformational… every time! The joy, love, truth and wisdom that is offered by Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon is inspirational – it leaves no stone unturned, totally exposed, very real and supportive of everyone present, always.

299. I attend the Universal Medicine retreat every year, for me, it is a time to stop and consolidate. There is a supportive balance of Esoteric Yoga, presentations and group workshops. Each year without fail I leave the retreat feeling inspired and energised to be even more committed to my life, to being loving with myself and others.

300. I agree Adele these retreats are priceless and the learning is ongoing well after the retreat is over and right up until the very next one begins when even more of ‘what already known’ is revealed again.

301. “A commitment to know myself more is a daily endeavour: however in the retreat, this process is intensified.” Adele your dedication to your own evolution is very inspiring.

     1. And Sally the most amazing thing is evolution cannot just be of or for one, one can make a choice but this choice is related and connected to all choices of humanity and this is very inspiring to me.

302. Beautiful testimony Adele. I too have found times during the Universal medicine retreat not ‘easy’ and ‘challenging’ but when I reflect on the way my life changes afterwards, and I feel I have a deeper appreciation and understanding of life then I can’t help but want to go back again!

     1. So true Harrison. It can be challenging to face the abuse I have been choosing but the retreats provide an incredibly supportive environment that gives me space to see what I need to see so I can change it.

303. It is a testament to both The Way of The Livingness and your own Livingness Adele that the retreat is pretty much all you attend and yet you are such a divine reflection of love. Which goes to prove that ‘study’ and workshops don’t mean diddly squit without the livingness to back them up!

     1. So true Alexis. Actually living what is presented to us at any Universal Medicine event is the only way we will bring true change to our lives.

        1. We are what we live, there is no escaping that.

304. Adele, a heartfelt sharing, wonderful to feel.

305. Thank you Adele – what we learn is what we can live by. Understanding that when we connect to our hearts – we will know the way. And by that we need absolute support – one that Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine, Natalie Benhayon and many students of the community are offering.

306. Every retreat I have attended has been life changing – the intensity of the 5 days, the food, routine and presentations allows for a space to really feel and live all that is being shared, to then take this back out into the world. It can be challenging and at times confrounting but the end result is always feeling more of the amazingness of who I am.

307. To witness both Serge and Natalie Benhayon present to and offer workshop experiences with large groups of people at the Universal Medicine Retreats I’ve attended, has been absolutely inspiring. No ‘prepared notes’, no scripts, no formalised and set structure… and yet a depth of knowing and lived connection to what is there to present as one powerful ‘package’ of wisdom and awakening to those in attendance.
     This breaks all the supposed ‘rules’ – and shows that those who live in accordance to Universal Laws, can access, present and deliver what is needed by all, without hesitation and with a fullness of embracing all, that continually blows me away.

     1. I agree Victoria although I reckon it does not really blow us away but blows away all that is not us so what we are left with is who we truly are and that is HUGENORMOUS 😉

        1. MEGANORMOUS Nicola Lessing, and yes, to be truly ‘blown away’ is not to be ‘blown anywhere’, but rather, offered a reflection that not only confirms who we are, but inspires our own expansion. 🙂

        2. That’s lovely Nicola, it clears out all the fog that’s in the way of us being us.

     2. Yes Victoria, this blows me away too. I am also continuously and deeply inspired whenever I attend presentations delivered by Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon.

     3. Yes, Victoria, the retreats bestow us with the next package of wisdom that supports us in our evolution back to soul, all-encompassing and for everyone equally.

308. To attend just one single Universal Medicine Retreat, offers no less than a lifetime (and more) of unfolding, if we are open to the wisdom shared as you have described Adele… Just one single Retreat, is life-changing, awakening and inspiring beyond measure.
     I’ve also had the opportunity to attend several Retreats now with Universal Medicine, and am consistently blown-away by what is presented and indeed workshopped with all in attendance, equally so. These are a mainstay in my annual calendar, and always will be so long as they are offered, for the depth of connection and return to our magnificence on offer.

     1. My first retreat was absolutely life-changing. It has set the stage for all these years and forever more to come.

309. Adele, I love the Retreats too, the presentations have so much depth to support us for our growth and understanding even when we find things tricky to understand. It is a really great view that no matter what is happening, or how we are feeling, we can take the choice to deepen our self-love and evolution.

310. Beautiful blog Adele, I’ve had similar experiences as you. Every retreat I have been to has been absolutely amazing. I would love to attend every year because they are super supportive in every way.

311. Thanks Adele! I feel the same, Universal Medicine is “…what I have asked for my whole life – a way I can be and live in truth.” and I had almost given up that I would ever find such a school.

     1. Me too Judith and I was only 19 when I first met Serge Benhayon. Nothing else I had come across made sense to the world we were living in. Sure you can go away and meditate for hours but then what how does that help me be in the world. Whereas Universal Medicine is all about being in the world, just being all that you are in the world and no less.

312. The Retreats and other events have also changed my life and my expression. The openness, opportunity and support at these events invite and nurture the truth of who we are and as we allow this we claim our amazingness. These events are a beautiful environment to re-imprint old patterns especially those where we have held back, they truly build our expression and our love.

313. Adele I love your way of experimenting ” what if I knew ” its a beautiful openness and allows for the possibility of what is true to develop in our lives as presented by Serge Benhayon and Natalie Benhayon and by all the students who are present.

     1. Me too, John. I love the humility of being an eternal student of life, embracing the fact that if I don’t know something now, I will know it.

314. Loved reading this Adele, it is great to confirm what we know is important and supportive in our lives. The retreats are an incredible opportunity to deepen and deepen beyond what you can comprehend often! It often takes many years to even start to live what is presented not because it is difficult or beyond our abilities but because it asks for us to surrender that which we know and feel secure in, even when we are unhappy what is known is often the favoured choice over surrender and flow.

315. ‘Here I am given opportunities to see the ugly part of myself – by this I mean, the parts of me that did not come in and/or with love.’ And to choose love and truth again.

316. The Universal Medicine retreats are simply incredible. 5 days of huge acceleration in our evolution and an offering that we take with us not just for that year, but for the rest of this life and many more to come. They are utterly profound.

317. Adele, this is beautiful.

318. The philosophy we seem to hold in life is that we ‘do’ things and then they are over – ‘that’s it’ as we like to say. We attend a course and we get the certificate, we take the exam and are qualified. Universal Medicine events don’t work this way. Very often what you truly learn comes in the months when you return home – it’s like you get to see all the patterns and habits in your own life, as if the presentations never end. From this experience I have come to see that our learning in life never stops, because every moment we live flows on to the next. So there are no boxes and ends to the life that we live. So it simply makes sense to embrace this fact as you do Adele, and go deeper with the true power our choices hold.

     1. That is true power of what we have received in the retreats, unlocking our true power within.

     2. I agree with what you have to say Joseph, when you allude to our current education system we attend a course (class) we get the certificate, we take the exam and are qualified. That is so not it because life is a continuous flow and so much of what has be written down in books that we use to educate ourselves is soooooooo out of date, because the books are written in such a way that doesn’t keep up with the flow of life. I am currently learning about the philosophers as I have buddied up with someone to help them understand a philosophy book for an exam, and I cannot believe that the rubbish that has been written by so called philosophers is actually being used and that they can call it ‘philosophy’. It’s only because I now have Serge Benhayon who is a true philosopher that I compare and know that most of what has been written down has made no real contribution to man kind.

319. I love what you share Adele and totally concur with what you have experienced. One of the other reasons I go to these events is because they explain more about real human life in such a way that nothing else has ever done before.

     1. The human life that we all know within, but don’t see lived or reflected much in the world, and with the confirmations from the retreat, we are to live this unreservedly in life to be this reflection the world is desperately needing to see.

320. Adele this is beautiful what you share and is a journey many of us are experiencing too. What we get offered at the retreat is so beautiful, and a true reflection of those that are living a life with fullness, joy, vitality, love, truth and honesty. What we get to see is that it is all one life in how we move, the quality in which we move, what choices we make, the foods we eat. Everything is everything and there is a simpleness we get to feel, by just connecting to who we truly are.

321. I love how you pose this question to yourself Adele and how it naturally ‘bypasses your head getting in the way’ and allows the true expression and the wisdom that is already there to be expressed.
     “So in addition to listening and watching the presenters, I allow myself to join every presentation and group discussion and be open to the experiment of “what if I knew.” I usually surprise myself with the wisdom and truth of what comes out of my mouth from the awareness I clearly felt within my body… which is within us all to express”.

     1. There is so much possibility that we are still to tap into with our deepening awareness, this is what inspires me each and every day.

322. I too attend the Vietnam retreat annually with my family. The time to come together and reflect inwardly and be imparted with a wisdom that we all know but are not necessarily tapping into because of the way we live. It is a most beautiful and evolving experience

323. I agree Adele that the Retreats are for ‘Anyone who is interested in what life is truly about’ and they are ‘offered a foundation to understand themselves and other people in life.’ This is one of the many reasons I attend the Universal Medicine Retreats. I always come away with practical tools that enable me to live a fuller, more joyful life.

324. The theme of each Universal Medicine Retreat is different but what is always the same is the level of care and love that each is presented in. There is a tangible feeling of being held in a space where you are lovingly supported in every moment of the day to be able to feel the wisdom that is being presented on so many levels. The Retreats to me are not only a time to get to know me a little more but to know and understand my brothers and my sisters who walk beside me in this world.

325. I have always enjoyed and appreciated your sharing through blogs and comments Adele. I feel you express yourself so clearly and there is always some little gem to take from your words. Thank you.

     1. I second that, Roslyn. Goes to show it’s not about the number of courses you attend, it’s how you live it.

326. ‘I allow myself to join every presentation and group discussion and be open to the experiment of “what if I knew.’ I love the openness you approach the activities with and can feel how this supports the expansion of your expression every day.

     1. I agree, it is amazing what we actually already know and are unaware that we know.

     2. I really love the group work at the Universal Medicine retreats, what I realise from them is that we are all so similar in so many ways. We seem to have very similar issues and they confirm we are all equally loving and divine beings.

327. I agree, Adele, the Universal Medicine Retreats are amazing. The last Retreat I participated was in England and it was deeply transforming in a way that I found back to a tenderness within my body which I was not able to express since a long time.

328. I wholeheartedly agree Adele, the Retreats support me all year, and each year expand my consciousness of where I am, how I am, how I have been living, and how I can change it all, through my growing awareness and choices. These Retreats are busy, we work together each day from dawn till dusk; they are not how others would define a retreat as a withdrawal to recover from a busy work schedule or burn out and spend hours in silent meditation. But we also celebrate together, have fun together, take times out in the day for focused rest and the work and the play become one. We live in the Retreat how we can live in the whole of our lives.

329. I agree. The Universal Medicine Retreats offer us the opportunity to expand into ways that are possible, and show us deep reflections of how we are, what we have been choosing, and how we can choose a different way. Going back into our lives it is challenging to hold it, but we have a marker in our bodies of what is possible. The Retreats are absolute GOLD.

330. I feel that what Serge Benhayon offers at the retreats and with all the courses and presentations is a different way to be and live. I also feel that humanity is crying out for this as we seem to be so lost and life is becoming more stressful as we place more impossible demands on ourselves. Why do we do this? Why in the workplace have we become so profit driven? Why are we doing this to ourselves? Why do we wish that there were more than 24hours in a day so we can get everything done because we feel the pressure of the work building up? Why have we allowed ourselves to work in environments where staff have been cut back because companies have to achieve more profit; they do this by cutting the workforce but expect everyone else to make up the gap hence the stress we are all feeling. To me, it’s like we are feeding some huge monster that has an insatiable appetite.

331. Adele I love what you share here, for me so much of this is the same, the Universal Medicine retreats are a time of deep reflection and great evolution for me. I am always learning new things about myself and what I bring back sets the foundation for a whole new way of living for me. I value that time. It is also time I share and spend with my partner so together it’s very supportive for going to the next level in our relationship.

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