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Meditation, spiritual exercise. Om! |
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And we will tend to use anthropomorphic analogy to facilitate the personal
frame of reference.
The course incorporates five consecutive modules delivered with coherent philosophy and lifestyle. Big Picture thinking and Sensory Awakenings is integrated through the other modules: Humans In Nature, Walk the Talk, Natural Rhythms, Awakening the Spirit, Integral Technology.
Nurturing Natural Performance is an intensive experiential programme delivered in two formats: 3 day Executive and 5 day Retreat.
Both programmes include the same modules and material. The short intensive 3 day programme delivers all the modules in condensed format except that it allows full treatment of Integral Technology. The additional time of the Retreat allows a fuller liberation of potential and a strong foundation for continued development.
Executive Schedule:
Retreat Schedule:
Movement
and Nutrition
Pam
helps you reconnect with yourself by becoming more aware of your physical
body through stretching, relaxation, attentive breathing and meditation.
The sessions focus sequentially on seven subtle energy centres in your
body, mapping progressive mental and emotional archetypes. Participants
say, "I felt parts of my body that I didn't know existed!".
You have the opportunity to taste fresh produce, naturally grown, often with modest embellishment and experience the great variety of taste sensations you can enjoy. Your taste buds will be stimulated with freshness and unusual fare. You will explore nutrition and food economics as well. The menu will suggest good habits and intelligent indulgence – even chocolate is allowed!
Humans in Nature
Gerry will take you on a tour of the Irish jungle that we call the ancient woods at Ballin Temple. You will see field, wood and river habitats stopping at selected points to observe and experience nature. Gerry will touch on a tapestry of history and science to help evoke a respect for the power and value of nature.
The journey will start with an introductory gathering in the drawing room, after which everyone, appropriately dressed, will set-off down the hill, over a nineteenth century stone wall, through the tree nursery and down to the river Slaney. We also introduce weaponry and offer the opportunity to experience the use of fishing rod, gun and bow.
Walking
The Talk
This is your opportunity to get close to the experience of integral living. You will tour the gardens of Ballin Temple, in particular the working garden and the water garden, to appreciate the whole system, the working environment and the challenges involved.
Garden work is one
of the few activities which it is difficult for machines to replace, even
today. After touring the gardens for a couple of hours, you group into
pairs for project work chosen by you from a selection of ongoing activities.
Working individually or with a partner you experience working directly
in nature – literally “getting your hands dirty”. You will begin to notice
the detail of life around you from small organisms in the soil to the
birds around. You begin to appreciate the intricate web of life as you
will see, hear, smell and feel nature. You will appreciate the passion
required to manage nature and the begin to feel the rationale for working
with nature, rather than trying to control it. You begin to feel
the "economics of nature".
Energy
Rhythms
Celtic spirituality
has always been grounded in the natural world, its elemental forces encountered
through the cycles of the day, the season and the year, of birth, death
and rebirth. Through the Celtic Wheel of the Year you can experience the
rhythms of the natural world and discover a practical map that guides
you gently back to balance and a reinvested sense of belonging.
This module present you with a special opportunity to consider and work
with the balance of forces within yourselves, your life and in the world.
We tune the module to reflect the season in which the workshop takes place, the life stage or spiritual stage of participants. We discuss how to integrate these concepts into our way of life and business conduct.
Awakening The Spirit Within
On
your life’s journey, you are met with numerous obstacles and situations
that you may find to be quite challenging and sometimes extremely difficult.
There is a practice of spirituality that can support you on this journey
and assist you in living your life more fully. In embracing your personal
path you can experience a more meaningful life. This module will be experiential,
as well as informative. Various techniques will be introduced to be of
assistance in developing a closer relationship with your spirit. Most
importantly, you will discover insights into the practical application
of spirituality that are appropriate for you.
This is a very personal segment of the course and questions are most welcomed. Your soul’s journey is unique and it is essential that you realize that which is right for you. There is no right or wrong way, only your way – an opportunity for becoming the person you are meant to be .
Integral Know-How
This
module presents more formal concepts that will enable you to link thoughts
and feelings, body with spirit, matter with energy.
“Holonics”
and “integral technology” provides an emerging language for a values based
framework that describes Big Picture thinking. It describes the spectrum
of experience from modest to sophisticated to spiritual levels, offering
a coherence of body, mind, spirit, and aids design of whole systems change.
Self-perspective is a characteristic of higher level consciousness and the key distinction of system thinking is inclusiveness, thus integrating many perspectives is a prime objective. The thought processes are quite zen: winning without winning, etc. Simply put, there are 2 rules: 1) everyone is right; 2) there are no rules!
You will see a selection of models of integral thinking and consider their application in your life. You will explore facilitating methods for liberating transformation in groups and organisations such as:
Consciousness model – a sophisticated psychological framework to model personal and organisational performance and improve it.
Open space- an ancient technology that can shorten decsion making time and improve results many-fold. Here it is introduced in a simplified exercise.
Parallel Decision Making - a simple way to make discussions collaborative, yet critical, without being confrontational.
The team that guides participants
has wide and deep experience and capabilities in personal and business
development. Coming together they complement one another to deliver a
full spectrum of skills and approaches. Gerry and Tom begin in the world
of nature – with a journey through the woods and garden. Jacquie reconnects
us to natural energy rhythms. Judith guides our spiritual reconnection.
The whole is wrapped in Big Picture thinking and home cooked meals.
Geert
Jan van Soest: Reconnecting with Nature.
Gerry's unusual
talents allow us to bridge the divide between traditional mindsets and
enlightened mindsets. As a seasoned executive who built the business of
Heineken in Ireland and then went on to become CEO of the group in Holland,
he knows the tensions of the world of business. As a seasoned game sportsman
he was nurtured in the etiquette and knowledge of game and game sports
since an early age. He reawakens an appreciation of food and our place
in the food web which is so valuable in reconnecting with the our world.
Jacquie Burgess: Rhythms
of Nature.
Jacquie is an experienced therapist, counsellor and healer with her own practice. She is best known for her use and knowledge of crystals and their energies. As well as a busy practice in Tullow, Co Carlow, Ireland, she teaches Meditation and Crystal Healing workshops in Ireland and the United Kingdom and is a co-facilitator of Sacred Science seminars with her husband, author J.H.(Herbie) Brennan. She has had a weekly meditation group in Tullow for the past nine years. Jacquie has written two books; Healing with Crystals, published in 1997 and Crystals for Life in 2000, both with Gill & Macmillan.
Jacquie has a Combined
Honours degree in English and Fine Art from Exeter University and she
studied Art restoration and conservation as a post graduate student in
Florence, Italy. She moved to London in 1977 and began a career in book
publishing, working in both design and marketing. She became Art Director
and ultimately Publisher of Tigerprint a division of the international
Octopus Publishing Group, responsible for a multimillion budget for a
prestigious client list, including Marks and Spencer. She left the business
world to pursue her lifelong interest in psycho-spiritual therapy and
established her own highly successful practice in West London until 1992
when she married and moved to Ireland, where she has continued and extended
her work.
Judith Merritt: Awakening The Spirit.
Judith
has a passion to be an inspiration to those seeking to live a more spiritual
life. It gives her great joy to share what she has learned and experienced
on her own journey, having studied several areas of spirituality such
as Native American Traditions and A Course in Miracles. She is a practitioner
of Polarity Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Light and Sound Tuning, Crystal
Healing and Reiki. For the past fifteen years she has been facilitating
spiritually based workshops and seminars in Canada, the USA, Ireland and
the UK.
In her private practice, she offers individual healing treatments and counselling sessions. For those interested in deepening their experience, she created spiritual retreats to sacred sites such as Sedona Arizona, New Mexico, Glastonbury England and Ireland. She is committed to inspiring others on their life path and has written articles for various publications dedicated to spiritual awareness.
Judith creates the
peace and balance that allows participants to reconnect with their spirit.
Her intuitive nature and spiritual knowledge inspires people to embrace
their life’s journey.
Pam
Butler: Yoga and Nutrition.
Pam (a.k.a. Kamala Devi) guides your wellness living – exercise, yoga, meditation and nutrition. She is a qualified in yoga instruction as well as in literature and journalism.
Her previous management roles with an investment bank and in news media is complemented by current demands of hands-on parenting of four children and building a rural enterprise.
Tom
Butler: Walking The Talk and Integral Tech.
Tom draws on wide experience and learning to share an understanding of integral systems and help you discover new directions in life. You will consider new ways of living to be happy in work and play.
He has walked the path of venture capitalist and of social entrepreneur, experienced life on three continents and lived very different lifestyles which all make his perspective challenging and invigorating.
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know thyself - Socrates
