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Intensive Experiential Learning Retreats
For Whom:
For professionals who are already working with mindfulness techniques and apply them in their field of responsibility and lives.
The purpose of the Retreats is to:
● Deepen our understanding of the techniques we already learned
● Expand on that by learning additional techniques
● Strengthen our capacity to apply those techniques effectively in increasingly complex and challenging situations
● Increase our experiential understanding in an encouraging, collaborative, enjoyable and challenging learning environment
Delivery Format:
We host intensive
retreat-style training workshops in France, Italy, Colorado (USA), North
Carolina (USA), and Nova Scotia (Canada). We can also lead retreats at locations of your choice.
To discuss details and scheduling, please contact us through our website by email or call 1 902 444 3888.
More Details:
Retreats effectively complement knowledge
based learning and enhance simulation training.
Retreats can be customized to the specific goals and needs of your organisation and can be integrated into your existing education and training curriculum.
It is not enough to simply read, hear or talk about leadership or stressful, unfamiliar mission environments. We create an encouraging, enjoyable and challenging training environment that allows one to explore, discover, practice, develop, strengthen and enact new approaches to deal with increasing complexity. This is a process of learning to embody leadership at higher and more challenging levels.
In our experiential training retreats we leave our familiar everyday context behind. We relate directly to the elemental needs and moment-by-moment reality of the situation that presents itself, as we take care of ourselves and of others.
Each participant takes on various responsibilities, which change in level of challenge over the course of the program. The retreat presents a simple, disciplined, formal structure, partially borrowed from military and warrior traditions, creating a container, which intensifies the learning experience, and gives rise to creative collaborations. A sense of humour as well as willingness to openly explore one’s own leadership qualities is essential. The learning retreat is challenging, effective, and fun!
The program is suitable for participants of all ages, however, a certain level of fitness is necessary, in order to be physically active in the out-doors.
The learning impact, depth, longevity, and applicability are enhanced by means of reflection, feedback, coaching, and group discussions. Participants explore and discuss basic leadership-psychology principles, along with relevant case studies and examples from their own personal experience.
The course also teaches an array of practical exercises. Everyone is encouraged to combine these into a personalized continuous learning and action plan to apply in one’s professional and personal lives. The opportunity to monitor and review these plans and their results is offered in post-retreat peer group and coaching sessions, guided by the retreat leaders.
CUSTOM MODULES FOR:
PEACEKEEPING TRAINING CENTRES
LEARNING INSTITUTIONS
Peace Studies
Conflict Studies
Mediation
Police
Fire Depts. Emergency Response
NGOs & Relief Agencies
CORPORATIONS
ORGANISATIONS
Scientific Research and Field Studies, as well as US Marine Corps reports have revealed strong, practical benefits for the use of mind training techniques. Our experiential modules are based on 30 years of experience in working with those techniques.
Learning acceleration, effectiveness, and retention are enhanced by a combination of ancient and modern techniques with a practical, task-oriented, professional focus, and by providing a set of applicable tools for the field. We also offer on-going post training mentoring and coaching support.