Consciously Embodying Polarity and Wholeness

Explore the polarities within yourself and learn how to create more flow and wholeness in your life. AND, with life feeling like it’s stuck in the fast lane, we can all appreciate how good a break would be from the hectic juggling. Good company, good food, beautiful surroundings – bliss. Add on some creative activities, group work, gentle physical exercises to help you tap into your body’s natural wisdom and simple meditation (for everyone, even those who’ve never meditated before), this Polarity and Wholeness Retreat is just the ticket for some time out from the frenetic pace of everyday life.

WHAT IS POLARITY? HOW DOES IT CORRESPOND TO WHOLENESS?
Polarities are sets of interdependent opposites; day and night, inner life and outer life, giving and receiving, masculine and feminine, doing and being. We all hold these opposite in our lives. The question is: how do we relate to them? Do we see them as good or bad, either/or? We find ourselves feeling frustration in our life, to neglecting some part of us, which desperately wants to be expressed. Yet, when we see the opposite poles as interconnected, giving them both a place in our life, we start experiencing wholeness. In this Retreat we will lead you through an experiential process of exploring different polarities in your life and ways you can integrate them into wholeness.

CONSCIOUS EMBODIMENT: WHAT IS IT?

Conscious Embodiment is a set of practices that uses gentle physical movements with mindfulness techniques. Wendy Palmer is the founder of Conscious Embodiment in the US. The work ‘gives us a way to synchronize the energy of the body, speech and mind with emotions and intuition, thus increasing our capacity for somatic intelligence, discriminating wisdom and unconditional love.’ (from Wendy Palmer’s website’). Beth and Margot, two of the retreat facilitators are currently studying to become accredited conscious embodiment teachers. They have seen the great relevance this work has for exploring polarity and wholeness – and are pleased to be able to integrate conscious embodiment teachings into this retreat.

WHAT WILL YOU GET FROM THIS RETREAT?

At this Retreat, you will learn:
• What polarities are, how they show up in your life & how to integrate them
• How you can overcome the mind/body split
• How to tap into the body’s natural intelligence
• How to remain calm under pressure, how to recover balance and clarity when faced with business and life dilemmas
• How polarity work can be used in coaching with individuals and in consulting with organizations – including practical tools/exercises that you can use.
• What it feels like when we are in a state of wholeness.

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
22nd of October:

4:00 pm Arrival
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Opening
7:30 pm Creative Session*
9:00 pm Mindfulness**

23rd of October:

7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Meditation
9:00 am Polarity Work
12:00 am Lunch
1:00 pm Creative Session*
2:00 pm Conscious Embodiment Work
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Group Work
9:00 pm Mindfulness**

24th of October:

7:00am Breakfast
8:00am Meditation
9:00am Polarity Work
12:00 am Lunch
1:00 pm Closing Ceremony
3:00 pm Departure

*Creative sessions evoke our authenticity through integrated relationship between body, mind and environment.
** Evening mindfulness is a process of observing the mind and letting sinking in the experiences of the day, using various mindfulness techniques (movement, stillness, music)

RETREAT INFO
Date: 22rd – 24th October 2010
Location: The Mill Retreat Center, nr. Dieppe Normandy, France (this retreat center is easily accessible – only 2.5 hours journey from London and 2 hours from Paris).
Cost: 495 EUR (incl. accommodation and catering), early bird discount till 15th of September 2010: EUR 395.
Book and pay for your place here: http://polarityandwholenessretreat.eventbrite.com/