Naikan - Introspection
  1. What have I received from a specific person?
  2. What have I given, what have I done for this person?
  3. What troubles and difficulties have I caused this person?
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Types of Naikan


Naikan in its original form is a one-week retreat. Intensive Naikan is more than 100 hours of self-reflection in a quiet place, guided by a Naikan guide. A Naikan retreat is intense, you work on your experience with relationships and themes from morning till night, every day.

Original Naikan

  • One-week Naikan on-site

Naikan retreats on-site

  • 5-days Naikan
  • 7-days Naikan
  • 10-days Naikan
  • 1-day Naikan
  • Naikan weekend

Online Naikan retreats

Naikan practice in everyday life

  • Naikan in written form
  • Daily Naikan

Naikan

Over time, various combinations of Naikan with other methods have emerged.



Naikan week or 5-days Naikan retreat on-site or online

Naikan means intensive self-reflection in a quiet place, guided by a Naikan guide. Usually a retreat takes place on-site in a Naikan Center or seminar house. Now there are also online retreat offers.

1-day Naikan

People who already attended an intensive Naikan retreat can continue or deepen their practice attending 1-day Naikan at their own pace.
1-day Naikan is also accessible for people without prior Naikan experience. In this case it is recommended to practice 1-day Naikan during a certain period of time (e.g. a 1-day Naikan every month during one year).

Naikan in written form

Basically you can practice Naikan at home without guidance or a special setting. Just take some time to do Naikan self-reflection. You can use a diary to write down the answers you find to the three questions of Naikan.
Naikan in written form can also be guided by Naikan guides.

Naikan practice in everyday life

"One-week Naikan is the beginning, daily Naikan is the aim." These are the words of Naikan's founder Mr. Yoshimoto. Daily Naikan is a way of life. It's a challenge to integrate Naikan practice in everyday life using the three questions to cultivate awareness.
My personal vision is Naikan in every moment, being aware of my actions and their consequences in my inner world as well as in the world outside.

How much time should you invest in Naikan practice?

Is a one-week retreat the best Naikan practice?
What are the effects of only one or two days Naikan?
Is it possible to cultivate introspection and inner peace in everyday life?

There is no doubt:
The best way to practice Naikan is a one-week retreat.

Why?
You need about two days to adapt to quietness and to be able to leave everyday life behind. It usually takes another two days to stabilise inner quietness and to experience deep insight. On the fifth day your perception might change and you slowly start to see things just as they are. Problems and solutions fade into the background. Main themes take shape.

The depth of insight depends on how long you go into silence.

Does this mean that short Naikan is a bad choice?
My answer is no. Many Naikan participants have teached me that even a one-day Naikan can be effective, even without prior Naikan experience. It all depends on motivation. If someone decides to really face his or her attitude towards a person or a topic, he or she will certainly benefit from Naikan's quietness and three questions.

All you need is determination. Which is exactly the same determination you need to cultivate introspection and inner peace in everyday life. Yes, it is possible, you can do it!

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