Do I have to have meditation experience to attend a retreat?

Retreats of shorter duration are open to all, including those with no meditation or retreat experience. At all retreats, guidance and meditation instructions are offered. To attend longer retreats (such as ten-day retreats) it is recommended that you have meditation and previous retreat experience, as these retreats offer the opportunity to deepen your practice rather than offering basic guidance. We hold one fourteen-day retreat a year which is open to yogis who have an established meditation practice and have attended a previous ten-day meditation retreat. This retreat is conducted in the English medium.