Arrival · barefoot
You arrive when you can. Take your shoes off at the entrance. Phone into the wooden drawer at the altar — both symbolic and practical. Receive your room, blanket, bottle and a map of the territory. Silence begins at sundown.
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Merkaba Temple · Iramaia · Chapada Diamantina
Concept
The phone goes into the drawer on the first day.
There is no clock, no notification, no urgency. There is only this moment, this breath, these stone walls that have watched entire generations sit here before you. The Temple has kept silence for decades. You learn to do the same.
Torus Institute retreats are designed as a five-day arc — arrival, descent, deep, return, parting. Each stage has its own rhythm. Each participant crosses at their own pace. Facilitation is safe, experienced and discreet — you are guided, but the work is yours.
Silence isn't absence — it's dense, living presence. Every breath is a decision.
— Retreat journal · Raposa ValleyStructure
Five stages that cross you.
It's not a rigid schedule — it's an arc. Each day opens a different door, and each door asks for a different kind of presence. Here the general shape; the rhythm adjusts to the group.
Welcome · sharing circle
Morning of the second day. A circle around the fire. Each person says their name, their intention, what brought them. No demand for depth — just presence. From here on, the group is one structure. You're no longer alone.
Immersion · meditation and silence
Two full days of practice. Meditation at dawn and sunset. Conscious walks through the territory. Silent, slow, attentive meals. The mind tunes. The body slows. Raposa Valley begins to reveal itself — birds, wind, water — in layers you couldn't perceive before.
Ceremony · night at Merkaba Temple
Fourth night. The Temple opens. Candles, sacred geometry, live music, collective chants. Each retreat has its own ceremony — rapé, tea, herb bath, guided sharing circle — depending on the season and facilitators. Always safe, always optional, always in consensus.
Return · final sharing, descent
Fifth day. Silence breaks in the morning. Final circle — each person shares what they crossed. Lunch together, long hugs, optional photos. You descend the Chapada with a different body than the one that climbed up. Some things won't go back to the way they were. Others finally will.
Gallery
Images of the Temple.
The Temple of Visionary Art is the spatial heart of the retreats — sacred geometry raised by the community, living walls of bioconstruction, light filtered through wood.
Talk to Iara
Next retreat: open the conversation.
Tell Iara when you'd like to come, whether you've done retreats before, and what's calling you now. She'll reply with calendar, rates, recommendations and any questions about how it works. No pressure.
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Iramaia · Chapada Diamantina · since 2018