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Dharma - Meditation - Movement - Art

Mandali - Northern Italy April 13-18 2025

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Retreat from the world and immerse yourself in a natural environment of healing and self-discovery. 

We invite you to consciously discover your hero’s calling. 

Does your sticky story keep you stuck in a perpetual loop of monotonous humdrum? 

Do you sense a new path emerging but don’t know where to begin? 

You might need to befriend and understand the hero, the monster or the miracle of your own story? 

Join us as we move through four sacred doors and unravel the mystery of an ever present mandala – Home, Beloved, Work, Self.

Every hero needs a safe and creative place to do deep inner work. 

You will meet and uproot personal challenges as well as learning to let go of outdated opinions and emotions that keep you feeling isolated, unfulfilled, and fearful. Rather than just getting through the day like a zombie, you will unleash life’s enigmas and get the hang of living authentically in this amazing phenomenon called existence!

Become the Hero of your own story. Look back once to learn from the mistakes. Step forward twice, initiate and innovate! Learn to move with whatever comes your way. You’re being called to create and increase your self-awareness. A vibrant passageway of inner and outer victory is waiting for you. 

Discoveries on the hero’s journey:

You’re stronger than you realize. Greater self-confidence, non-reactivity and resilience are natural by-products of the Hero’s Journey. Embodiment is a vital step. 

Magic moments are infused with oodles of wisdom and bliss. 

As busy-ness, burn-out and overwhelm are conquered, you return from the journey different from when you left. Freeing up big blocks in your routine brings richness to life, and you have more wisdom, time and joy to share with others.

Challenges and obstacles are the training ground. You gain a profound appreciation that difficulties are part of life and arise without warning. On completion of your Hero’s Journey, you realize they weren’t as hard as you thought. You are prepared for anything! 

Change is magnificent. To understand this fully, simply imagine what a world without change would be like. Enough said.

We need the mirror of other. Relationships become meaningful and loving when we experience other without projecting false stories.

Every day is extraordinary. Life is a roller coaster of positives and negatives. If you can ride the dragon’s tail and be untriggered, every moment is full of learning, healing and revelation. Waking up every morning is something you can look forward to because it brings a new adventure full of alive-ness.

Activating your will is the key to making great choices and mastering follow through. 

Food for thought: 

How do you find a dragon that has swallowed you whole? To be answered in retreat

This retreat will include short guided meditations, movement, music, life-changing teachings, and kick-ass exercises. You will move through life's intensities, release excessive worries (99% of which never actually come true) and discover the key to cracking your personal code. 

Embody practical and achievable next steps so you don’t veer too far off your Hero’s Journey and waste the most precious human commodity - Time!

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Anyone who needs to shake up the status quo of their life.

Courageous individuals wanting to become the hero of their personal journey.

Professionals or couch potatoes looking for a practice that is more easily integrated in the modern world.

Curious seekers wanting to deepen their stillness practice and their understanding of how one’s inner world works.

For single or married people wanting to learn how to channel emotional storms into creative expression.

Visionaries, leaders, and cultural creatives wanting transformation.

Adventurous types who want to try something new and out of the box.

Ideal for those in life transitions or lacking in direction of what’s next.

HOW WE WORK:

Meditation and Dharma (Wisdom) Dialogues / Talks with Q & A.

Guided embodiment practices - Mindful movement, somatic explorations, mindful walking & nature immersions, 2 optional Qigong classes.

Inquiry, dyads, contemplative writing and other creative healing arts.Silent sitting - mindful breathing - cultivating inner witnessing.

Periods of social silence and digital detox.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

Increased self-awareness and peace of mind.

Embody stillness and calm and learn to easily access these energies when life inevitably speeds up and gets more active.

Return to daily life with a resourced and integrated center body.

Access the spacious, effortless, openness of your authentic self.

Increased skill and ability to interrupt the habitual grasping mind.

Cultivate compassionate communication through group - relational development.

Radically reduce tension and anxiety.

Increase vitality & creativity.

Sleep without interruption or body stress.

Eradicate inaction and sluggishness.

Easier to make difficult decisions

Warning: You may feel so empowered and light after this retreat that your friends might not recognize your wild new self, or you might finally have the courage to make that bold decision you have been delaying for years.