Let nature hold a place and meaning in your life and (re)create the ability to simply be present, to wonder and rejoice nature in your life and in your body.
Retreat Coaches
Mikkel Christian Larsen
Dorothea Lorenz
Ulla Uldahl
Mickey Gjerris
YOGA
Every morning: One hour outdoor Yin Yoga.
Start the day in a calm and nourishing way with joy and well-being in your body. Through long, gentle yoga stretches you “elasticity”, calmness and body awareness. Yin Yoga improves and hydrates the body’s connective tissue, helping the body to become more supple and with less pain.
HIKING
Mindful Hikes: Three hikes in the area (10-15 km) every other day, with mindfulness as a theme. Each hike has its own theme:
- Mountain Power. We connect to the mountains of the area and the energy and strength they represent.
- Tree Grounding. We strengthen our grounding through the trees and the grounding that the tree trunk and crown represent.
- “From Sense to Nature Wonder”. Focusing on sharpening our senses and making spaces to experience and be in nature with curious and sensory wonder.
WORK OUT
Work Out In Nature: Out of the gym and into the nature!
To times, one hour of dynamic strength and pulse training (every other day)using nature as a training space.
We use our own body and what nature invites (e.g. hills, trees, branches and stones) to train the whole body.
It will be both fun and hard 🙂
Retreat
DAY 1
Breakfast: Buffet
Most of us dream of a life of joy, fullfillment and meaning. A life where the important things occupy our daily lives. Unfortunately that is not the case for most people. We live stressful lives in unnatural surroundings and spend far too much time on things that we ultimately don’t find important or actually bring us joy. The workshop offers a methodical review of the biological knowledge behind the science, that a closer connection to nature makes us healthier, happier, more creative and empathetic, ans shows how living in and with more nature can help us to reach our full potential as human beings.
Lunch: Local food and introduction to the culture of the Pyrenees.
Afternoon: Hiking in nature – Theme: Mountain Power.
Dinner: Food as medicine: dinner consisting of “superfoods”, and introduction to how to organize a natural healthy diet most appropriately.
DAY 2
Breakfast: Buffet
The green transformation of society goes through a green transformation of ourselves. The green transformation of ourselves involves putting thoughts and words to who we are, where we belong and living in active awareness of where we want to go. No one doubts that we need nature for our physical survival. Food, water and air are for everyone. But if we see nature only as a resource to meet our physical needs, we are missing out on a lot. For nature can also be seen as a community we are bound to through millions of years of evolutionary development. A community that provides our minds and souls with experiences, challenges and a home. What might happen if we began to understand human beings as part of a larger community rather than the self-crowned king of the world. Will we find a place from which we can live with hope and purpose? The workshop puts into words and thoughts the crises of nature, the role of man and the philosophy of nature in a new understanding of ourselves.
Lunch: Picnic in nature and workshop wrap-up.
Afternoon: Exercising in nature “Out of the gym and into nature”. – Coach: Ulla Uldahl
Dinner: Mindful Eating: Eating and introduction to Mindful Eating.
DAY 3
Breakfast: Buffet
The road to personal life transformation can be paved with many obstacles, most often based on events dating back to the early years of life. Using techniques introduced in the workshop, you will learn how to communicate with your subconscious and locate the blocks that prevent effective personal transformation.
Lunch: Picnic in nature and workshop wrap-up.
Afternoon: Hiking in nature – Theme: Tree Power. – Coach: Ulla Uldahl
Dinner: Eat what you have found. Preparing and eating the food we have guided you to find in nature.
DAY 4
Breakfast: Buffet
Many of us have a dream to live a different life than the one we are living now. Many of us walk around with unfulfilled dreams and potentials because of social norms, irrational attitudes about the world around us, the paycheck we are enslaved to, and the misconception of “The Good Life”. If the dream of a different life is to be realized, many of our encoded notions must be overcome. Mikkel will tell us about his personal journey from a busy and “succesfull” marketing job in the heart of Copenhagen to a mountain life in the Pyrenees. Mikkel shares the steps he took to get off the hamster wheel and live out his dream of a more peaceful life in harmony with nature.
Lunch: Picnic in nature and workshop wrap-up.
Afternoon: Exercising in nature “out of the gym into nature” – Coach: Ulla Uldahl
Dinner: Cerdanya Specialities. Dinner and introduction to Cerdanya’s Specialities.
DAY 5
Breakfast: Buffet
Workshop 5: Turtle Thoughts - Banal truths about birth, death and the incredible life in between
Coach: Mickey Gjerris
We live with stories big and small in our lives to endure it all. There are our own little stories of meaningful moments, human relationships and interesting tasks that for a while made it all make sense. And then there are the big stories that we put ourselves into: Stories about God, the cosmos, species, family and ideologies. All of these stories are constantly threatened by the meaninglessness of death and chance, making it a challenge to maintain meaningfullness. This session is based on the book: Turtle Thoughts (2017) ans seeks to remind us of what we tend to forget, but which can make life bearable.
Lunch: Buffet
Afternoon: Walking in nature -Theme: “From sense to nature wonder” – Coach: Mickey Gjerris
Dinner: “Goodbye food” Dinner, debriefing and recommendations.
Detailed information
· When?
From the 17th 21th of October 2023.
· Acommodation?
Double rooms in Minds & Mountains Eco Lodge.
· Price
1.190€ per person (Includes all activities, food and acommodation)
Mikkel: +34 609 900 991
(Languages: Danish, English, Swedish, Norwegian)
Doro: + 34 609 655 793
(Languages: Spanish, German, Danish, English, French)
