Author: bernhard holtrop
Magical Men’s retreat
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.
-David Wagoner
‘Back to Zero’ One of us called it.
What a journey it was. Amazing Autumn weather, a peninsula amidst wolf and bear country. An intense and adventurous workshop on personal leadership. In dialogue with ourselves, being each others mirror. Getting to know each other, outdoor cooking, sweatlodge, Openness, laughter, vulnerability. A vision quest. 24 hours solo, under the open sky, fasting. How wonderful the food tasted afterwards! And what about the joy, the self compassion and new intentions born.. 🙂
Build Base Camp prepare for Expeditions
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We believe personal development is the key to a happy and effective life. ‘Know yourself’. Taking on this personal leadership is about exploring both your light as well as your dark side. Explore both your passions/talents ánd face your shadows. Face the things you preferably avoid to look at. For our personal effectiveness in both our professional and private life it is extremely helpful to learn to recognize and heal these triggers. (triggers: situations in which we blame others for our emotions, in etc) We don’t believe in training ourself to ‘control’. We believe in coming free of them. Take full responsibility for your life and emotions. It is confrontational in the beginning. But it opens a gateway to self development. Doing this in compassion to yourself and the other. This will enable you to pluck the talents which are hidden underneath these triggers. This brings you to authentic leadership. Experience to be your true radiating self. We believe it to be most effective to guide these exiting, inner journeys in an pristine inspiring natural environment. Grounded, free from impulses. Unplug, come to your nature in nature, with a small peergroup circle as your perfect support and mirror.