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9-day Retreat Miksang Photography

Learn seeing from the heart and how to express your unique experience genuinely & confidently


Deep Dive Retreat: Miksang 1, 2 & 3 | April 3-13, 2025

Zandvoort, Netherlands

9+

Immerse yourself in 3 consecutive Miksang Modules with Seeing From The Heart

6

Learn in an easy way the 5+1 steps of the Miksang Method

1001+

Guaranteed authentic successful pictures, for the rest of your life!
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Stillness within

Learn to photograph as mindfulness-in-action. Letting go of overthinking and stabilize your inner stillness. This open space in yourself is the base for fresh seeing.
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Aligned focus

Focus with awake eyes, calm mind, open heart, inquisitiveness and relaxation aligned. Discover the simplicity of what visually resonates for you, right in front of your eyes.
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Fresh Eyes

Take a break from your familiair surroundings and activate fresh seeing; learn the mechanics of looking & seeing. Wherever you go & are; see with your eyes wide open
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Vivid seeing in the now

If you visually glide over your daily world too often with thoughts like 'soon' and 'later', 'not now' will make you feel dull and drowsy. Reconnect directly in the here and now and experience vivid joyful seeing.
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Ordinary Beauty

The presence of everyday beauty is already and always present. You have the possibility of clear seeing:  let the beauty come towards you instead of working hard and searching to find great pictures.
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Simplicity & elegance

The simplicity of the Miksang pictures are created in a natural way; learn slowing down with your camera and discover how you can easily improve your pictures with this contemplative approach.
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Hèlen Vink - A Journey from Concept to Presence

Photography was love at first sight. As a visual artist, I created photographic installations based on conceptual ideas that fulfilled me for a time—until they didn’t. Eventually, it began to drain my energy. Looking back, I see how often I was searching outward, far from myself. Although the creative process allowed me to reconnect and align within, I found myself running out of ideas. While there were moments of surprise and spontaneity, the process often felt like hard work.

When I discovered Miksang Photography, everything shifted. I landed in a space of profound relaxation, where my physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and creative selves all aligned. Instead of hunting for “beautiful photos,” beauty came to me. Each recognized perception became a moment of pure joy, inviting me to stop fully and lett it in.

Miksang Photography isn’t about becoming the “best” photographer. Rather, it’s about open, uninhibited seeing and expressing yourself authentically in each moment. It encourages a deep, intimate connection to the here and now, wherever you are and whatever your mood.

Allow yourself to experience how Miksang Photography can free you from overthinking. Discover a shift to calmness and clarity, letting simplicity emerge within and in the world around you. Many Miksang students feel this transformation from the very beginning. Miksang’s purpose is deeply personal: to help you find beauty in your everyday world, moment by moment.

What can Miksang Photography do for you?

Photography is a medium for meditative experience with mindful looking, fresh eyes, open heart and genuine creative expression. Miksang thus becomes the art of an appreciative way of living and letting in what resonates from the heart, directly and jjoyfully. A lifelong journey and lifestyle of bringing your camera and unique 'Good Eye' together. Let photography be a your authentic journey for poetic expression of heartfelt moments and visual delight.
  • Reducing stress
  • Letting go of frustration
  • Improvement of concentration
  • Developing calmness in wobbly situations
  • Helpful for clear perception
  • Less thinking and more feeling
  • Uninhibited looking
  • More connection in the here and now
  • Slowing down and vitality
  • Deep relaxation and delight
  • Enjoying more fully of sensory experiences
  • More intimacy with everyday activities
  • Appreciating the ordinary
  • Discovering your unique everyday beauty
  • Simplifying your photography
  • Effortlessly improving your pictures
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€1235
€1110

9-day Miksang Retreat | April 3-13, 2025

Early Bird Discount: €125  until February 10, 2025


Discover the everyday beauty and your unique visual resonance

Join us for a 9-day immersive Miksang Retreat, where the focus is on pure perception, the process of lookign and seeing, and your authentic photographic expression. Dive into the foundational principles and nuances of Miksang Photography—a contemplative art form that brings together mindfulness meditation in action. No prior experience in photography or meditation is required, but if you have a meditation background, you may find your sense of presence and stillness deepening through this practice.


Each day, engage in visual exercises to align your eyes, heart and mindfollowed by photographic assignments that bring this alignment into focus. Experience the deeply calming and inspiring power of this young art form, where spirituality and creativity meet in the open space within. 


PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Arrival day: April 2 (or earlier)

• April 3-5: MIKSANG 1 | Introduction - Seeing From The Heart

 April 6: Rest day/sightseeing

• April 7-9: MIKSANG 2 | True Connection & Fields of Perception

• April 10: Rest day/sightseeing

April 11-13: MIKSANG 3 | Moments & Visual Haiku

Departure Day: April 14 (or later)


Pricing is exclusive of accommodation, meals and travel expenses.


Important: Please wait for confirmation from Miksang Photography before finalizing your travel plans. The retreat will be conducted in English, with support in German and Dutch if needed.

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€ 495,-
€ 445,- | Early Bird

1x 3-day Miksang Retreat

Join us for a 3-day Miksang Retreat:

• Miksang 1

• Miksang 2

(Pre-requisite for Miksang 2: having completed the previous Miksang Retreat)

• Miksang 3

(Pre-requisite: having completed the previous Miksang Retreat)


Pre-requisite: Online Introductory talk

How to get to Zandvoort

Fly to: Schiphol Airport Amsterdam (AMS)


Travelling from Schiphol Airport to Zandvoort:

By train

• Rent a car •

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Refresh your state of Seeing & Being & Photographing

at the Coast of the Netherlands

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About Zandvoort

Zandvoort is located at the coast of the Netherlands, next to Amsterdam City It is a multicultural town also a popular coastal village for water sports enthusiasts. With all kinds of local (fresh fish) dishes (including vegetarian) and many restaurants with a diverse mixed European kitchen. You will find yourself in a relaxed laidback atmosphere.

In your free time you can explore Zandvoort, stroll along the beach and wild nature trails in the dunes.

It is highly recommendable to visit Haarlem city and Amsterdam city.