La Perception — the perceptual retreat

The principle

A mastered perception is an available perception — one must still learn to use it.

For six days, the work bears on use: summoning perception cold, when one decides, on what one has chosen; directing it towards neutral contents, which do not concern you; distinguishing what is perceived from what is fabricated; and verifying. Verification is the heart of the Centre’s method: each exercise has a result that can be observed, and it is the observation that teaches — not conviction.

Each day includes an individual interview with M. Mischa Harmeijer: the previous day’s work is analysed, the day’s work is adjusted. It is this daily, individual follow-up that constitutes the nature of this retreat — and that strictly limits its number.

The precise course of the six days is not published: it is individual, and it is set out for you during the consultation with M. Mischa Harmeijer that precedes any admission.

The image of the vessel and the river is set out in Perceptibility — a report of observation and synthesis.

Afterwards

There is no stage above. What follows La Perception is practice — yours, at home, over time, supported, whenever you wish, by consultations with M. Mischa Harmeijer and by the Centre’s Rencontres. A trained perception is not a culmination: it is a tool, and a tool is worth what one does with it.

The setting

La Perception is neither care, nor therapy, nor a personal development course.

It promises neither gift, nor extraordinary faculty, nor result: the training produces its effects through practice and its upkeep, at a rhythm that varies from one person to another — and some exercises fail for a long time before succeeding, that is their nature. It is not a substitute for any medical or psychological follow-up — if you are currently being followed, the written agreement of the practitioner who accompanies you is required, as for all the Centre’s approaches. What is guaranteed is what depends on us: six days of structured work, a daily individual interview, and a programme to continue.

You may interrupt your stay at any moment. That decision belongs to you entirely and does not have to be justified. The setting is demanding, it is never a constraint: nothing holds you at the Centre. The conditions applicable in the event of interruption appear in the general terms and conditions.

The first step

A consultation with M. Mischa Harmeijer.

Admission to La Perception never happens by simple registration. It always begins with a consultation with M. Mischa Harmeijer.

During this interview, M. Mischa Harmeijer listens, observes, and looks at where your practice stands since La Maîtrise. He assesses whether La Perception is the right answer for you, at this precise moment of your path. If it is not, he tells you clearly — and directs you towards what will be more fitting for you.

What precedes admission

The condition is the same as for La Maîtrise: a regular practice of the daily Δ Delta-Score record since the end of the previous retreat, kept with constancy. The quality of the scores does not come into it — including and above all the difficult days.

Definitive admission is pronounced at the end of the interview. If it is confirmed, a date is set, and the precise course of your six days — individual — is set out for you.

As each day includes an individual interview with M. Mischa Harmeijer, the number of retreats conducted each month is strictly limited.

Medical support

A general practitioner at your side.

Centre EPÉU works with Dr Séverine Jalet, general practitioner, homeopath and acupuncturist. This collaboration allows coherent support for those whose situation requires medical follow-up alongside our approach.

When a consultation is necessary

Some of the programmes offered by the Centre may require a prior medical check-up. If your situation calls for it, an appointment with Dr Jalet will be requested before the work begins.

If you are currently in therapy or under the supervision of a psychiatrist, the written agreement of the practitioner who follows you is required.

Looking for a general practitioner?

If you do not have a regular doctor, or if you are looking for a practitioner open to complementary approaches, Dr Jalet receives at her practice for consultations in general medicine, homeopathy and acupuncture.