Desert Light – A Retreat in Everyday Life

Desert Light

A Retreat in Everyday Life with Bettina Specht 
online via Zoom, June 8 – 14, 2026

For 25 years, I have been accompanying people through silent retreats in the desert. Perhaps you have read or heard about this before. At the camp, the retreat was also the area where I spent most of my time. With this online retereat, I invite you to embark on an exciting journey into the depths of your day to day life. I aim to bring the various stages of the retreat, as I accompany them in the desert, into everyday life.

In nature, the elements are clearly perceptible. It brings us decisively into the here and now. At the same time, the desert landscape is spanned by an endless sky that conveys a feeling of boundless space. Embedded in it, the heart beats.

 In the morning, I begin with a session of attunement and meditation, inviting you to join me on this journey. Throughout the day, your focus remains on the respective element. At the end of the morning meditation, I offer some recommendations for the day. Physical exercises will accompany your inner contemplation. On two evenings, we will meet again for in-depth meditation. We are also welcome to share our experiences at the end. I will mainly speak German, but I will also translate myself into English.

Bettina Specht

“In 1996, I first went into the desert for a sufi-retreat. I was blessed with stunning experiences that went far beyond my horizon. Numerous individual and group retreats followed. Therapy and self-awareness are also a natural part of my life. I have been associated with Inayyatiya since 1996, as a representative, retreat guide and in the healing service.”

Bettina runs her own practice as a biodynamic practitioner, is active in the training of body psychotherapists and has been organizing her own trips to the Sahara since 2001, where she accompanies people on retreats in the desert. She offers individual retreats and therapeutic support on her woodland property in the Lüneburg Heath.