Retreat

It is typically performed in the Hindustani music space, where musicians lock themselves away for 40 days and practice their instrument or voice the whole day.

to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger: Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat (from the city). When she came towards me shouting, I retreated (behind my desk). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to go backwards.

: to make the signal telling soldiers to begin a retreat.

: to move or go away from a place or situation especially because it is dangerous, unpleasant, etc.

: a place of privacy or safety : refuge. 3. : a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director. retreat. 2 of 2.

retreat (v.) early 15c., retreten, "to draw in, draw back, leave the extremities," also "to fall back from battle;" from retreat (n.) and in part from Old French retret, retrait, past participle of retrere "to draw back." Related: Retreated; retreating.

A retreat is an invitation to take time out and leave behind the stress and anxiety of daily life and spend time praying, reflecting, and re-discovering our relationship with God.

Such retreats provide the opportunity to step away to a quiet place to collect, to consider, to encounter and to engage with the spiritual self and God. Further, such retreats allow one to experience the peace of mind and heart that our current times pressure us to desire.

nounLaw. a legal principle that requires a person as a first response to back away or flee from a threatening situation rather than attempt self-defense by deadly force: Duty to retreat has always been a debatable doctrine.

Retreat activities are an opportunity for an organization's team members to recreate and learn. Depending on the activities, your team can benefit from enhanced teamwork and collaboration, communication skills and conflict resolution skills.

Retreat days allow us to take a pause and help us to slow down. They create a sort of circuit break and can provide us with clarity. With a retreat day, we create a bit of extra space which can allow us to go a little deeper than our regular meditation and mindfulness practice.

The retreat developed in the sixteenth-century Roman Catholic Church as a way of helping priests, other members of religious orders, and soon thereafter lay people to grow in their faith by way of an intense time spent in contemplation and meditation away from the day-to-day world.