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24hr Reset Retreat At May Hill Gloucs

With Danny Shmulevitch

RESET RETREAT MAY HILL
THE GATEWAY TO A DEEPER CONNECTION

The Reset Retreat at May Hill provides a gateway to deeper connection – to yourself, to nature, and to your colleagues. What you’ll learn in these precious hours can be used to inform your decision-making at work as well as at home and enable you to more easily access your intuition wherever you are.

​Your team will spend 24 hours in Danny’s company as he shares the timeless wisdom gained during forty years spent living and working among indigenous tribespeople. You will experience what it feels like to reconnect with your instinctual self by dissolving the separation between you and nature and explore a deeper, more physical way of feeling and connecting with the world.

What to expect

The environment is not separate from ourselves;
we are inside it and it is inside us; we make it and it makes us.” ​​

Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami tribesman

Arrival

You’ll arrive to a beautifully restored farmhouse in Gloucestershire, at the foot of May Hill, where you’ll be made to feel at home and well-cared for in every sense. We travel from from here, on foot, to the beautiful woodland and wild and open grassland of May Hill, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, with its spectacular views and natural green cathedral.

​Schedule

Arrive at May Hill Farm at 11.30am, where you’re invited for a delicious, locally-sourced lunch. You can either arrange your own travel independently, or we can arrange this for you. Danny will provide compelling insights, based on the wisdom of the indigenous people of Sinai and Kalahari, that underpin the purpose of this retreat.

After lunch, we’ll walk for a mile and half to our basecamp. Along the way, you’ll understand the orientation of the energy field, and the impacts of the way we live today on our ability to feel and connect with it.

You’ll spend the night sleeping under the stars in comfort, held by the beauty of the ancient woodland. Ideally, we recommend an overnight fast (no eating from lunch to breakfast the following morning). Our experience has shown that this is the best way to gain clarity in both mind and body. This is optional and we will support you if you choose note to take part.

At dawn, we’ll make our way to the top of May Hill to celebrate the expansion that is possible when we dissolve our separation from nature.

​We’ll break the fast with a vegetarian breakfast by the fire back at May Hill Farm. Here, there will be the opportunity to discuss the experience and explore the everyday ways in which we can use what we’ve learned to tune in and reconnect to our environment in our every day lives.

What to bring

Comfortable backpack
Good shoes
Sleeping bag
Torch
Appropriate clothing for the weather and
overnight stay in the forest
Notebook and pen
Water bottle

We’ll provide

Lunch on arrival day and breakfast the following morning, as well as herbal teas and water throughout your time with us.

Dates

The Reset Retreat at May Hill is organised as a bespoke group event for a team of up to 8 people within an agency or organisation. Contact us to discuss your requirements and for prices.

 

Active Listening

With Colin D Smith

“I wonder how many people I have heard in all my life and not listened to them”   John Steinbeck

Introduction

There is an irony in even talking about listening, after all, it is something we all do, right?  Most people would react to this by saying that there is nothing more they need to know. Yet, they would probably struggle to think of someone who listens to them very well.  Whilst it is recognised that being an active listener is crucial for building relationships and communicating effectively, research shows that 94% of us simply hear what others are saying and only 6% actively listen. We spend years learning to read, write and speak, yet little, if any, time is given to listening – our most used communication medium.  In a recent study by Korn Ferry, (a Global coaching company), developing ‘listening and empathy skills’ was either the first or second most sought after skill for coaching with CEOs, Senior Managers and Junior Managers.

Workshops

During any of these interactive workshops you will be invited to experience, maybe for your first time, active listening, being heard and thinking more clearly. These workshops will give you the awareness, understanding and tools you need to be able to be an active listener.

Benefits of participating fully in these workshops

In today’s fast paced world, active listening is vital and life changing.  Active listening and being heard is a starting point for:

• More meaningful relationships, as the first step towards developing trust.
• Building deeper connections with your clients and work colleagues.
• Better, more creative and original thinking, by having more time and space to do so.
• Increasing time, energy and money by incurring fewer mistakes and by getting it right first time.
• Improving your emotional wellbeing and feeling good about yourself.
• Feeling less stressed and pressured through being able to express yourself more easily and freely.
• Greater self-awareness, self esteem, confidence and presence.

One hour workshop – Introduction to Active Listening
Topics covered

• Are you an 18-second Manager?
• Listening or just hearing?
• Why is active listening so vital?
• How can you get better at active listening?
• Listening exercises are used throughout the workshop, based on audience requirements and context.
• Summary and questions.

Half day workshop – Going deeper with Active Listening
Topics covered
  • What is listening?
  • Are you listening or just hearing?
  • Benefits of active listening
  • Why is active listening so vital?
  • When is listening most important?
  • Dying to be heard
  • What is the price of not listening?
  • Every conversation matters, otherwise, why have them?
  • Barriers to listening
  • Why don’t we listen?
  • What are we thinking when we are not listening?
  • Listening hints and tips
  • Why and how we hold space for another.
  • Key skills of active listening
  • Listening exercises are used throughout the workshop, based on audience requirements and context
  • Summary and questions
Full day workshop – Thriving through Active Listening
Topics covered
  • Introduction to Listening
  • We all listen don’t we?
  • Are you listening or just hearing?
  • Types of listening
  • Background to listening
  • Benefits of listening
  • The wider implications of listening.
  • Where is listening most effective?
  • Barriers to listening
  • Disconnecting and not listening.
  • Perils of multitasking
  • How to listen badly?
  • The ‘science’ and research
  • The Drama Triangle versus the Empowered Triangle.
  • Holding space
  • The ideal conditions
  • Being present
  • Giving your full attention
  • Tips for listening more actively
  • Key skills of active listening
  • Listening to your employees
  • Appreciation, why it is so valuable
  • Listening in the round
  • Listening, thinking and creativity
  • Do we have too much ‘group think’?
  • Why we don’t think very well?
  • Thinking more clearly for ourselves
  • Benefits of original thinking
  • Listening exercises and videos are used throughout the workshop, based on audience requirements and context
  • Summary and questions

To book any of the above workshops, please get in touch with us to request available dates and chat to us about your individual requirements.

To read more on Why Listening Matters, just click here.

Agency Series: Ancient Wisdom For The Modern Agency

With Katie Brindle

Think Chinese medicine is all acupuncture and herbs? If so, then think again…

Yang sheng is a huge part of Chinese medicine and a self-healing system which is over 5000 years old. It directly translates as ‘nourish life’ and is a self-healing system of simple methods which can easily be done before you leave for work, or at your desk. They are quick to learn and will put you back in the driving seat of good health. All in all, it’s a definitive health solution you never knew existed. This workshop is aimed specifically at marketing agency staff and is based on Katie Brindle’s best-selling book, Yang sheng – the art of Chinese self-healing.

What is it & how will it help?

Agency work is fast-paced and knowledge-based, so preserving your emotional health is paramount. And because it works very much with an ‘always on’ culture, the pressure can be immense in an environment dictated by budgetary restraints, constant deadlines, on-demand creativity and calculated risks.

Learning the simple techniques of yang sheng will dramatically improve your energy, boost your mood and restore your balance and calm. It’s about more than de-stressing. It’s about keeping your body and mind well, to stop you getting sick in the first place.  Chinese medicine is ancient, yet more relevant today than ever. Life has evolved, but the mechanisms of our body haven’t really changed.

Despite having such ancient roots, this yang sheng workshop deals with the very modern challenges of a career in marketing – from stress to sleeplessness and anxiety to poor digestion. That’s because it’s based on a holistic and sophisticated understanding of how we function and how our mental and physical health are intimately connected.

We’ll teach you how to safeguard mental health in your agency by equipping you with a simple, yet hugely effective coping strategies. You’ll learn how to carve out minutes during the work day to calm your nervous system and instantly switch your mind off for quick, yet effective re-boots. These techniques are not only powerfully effective, they’re fun and soothing, too.

During this workshop, acclaimed practitioner of Chinese medicine Katie Brindle will reveal ground-breaking techniques to transform the way you look after your agency staff’s health. We’ll teach you daily rituals that are as quick and simple as brushing your teeth. They fit perfectly into a hectic schedule, enabling you to deal with stress as it happens, rather than letting it build up in the body.

The Yang sheng techniques you’ll learn will help:

*Boost your energy levels
*Calm your nervous system
*Restore balance
*Reduce stress
*Relax and rejuvenate

Some of the techniques will be new to you, some may seem unusual, some you will instantly love. But they are all simple to learn and quick to do. This experience can be delivered from a 2 hour workshop to a day-long masterclass with qigong and gua sha experts, fully tailored to your requirements. You’ll have access to ongoing support as well: in the form of tools, online clinics and live feeds.

A drop of prevention is better than a bucket load of cure.’

Ancient Chinese proverb 

Agency Series: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

With Jenny Garrett

Ever felt like a fraud at the agency? You’re not alone and it’s more common than you think. Over 70% of people have experienced the feeling of being a fake at one time in their life. Take these quotes for example

You think, “Why would anyone want to see me again in a movie? And I don’t know how to act anyway, so why am I doing this?

– Meryl Streep

The philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote:

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts

The vast array of problems we face as human beings require the best people to step up. But many hold back because they feel that luck, rather than ability, lies behind their successes. They dread that one day, some person or event will expose them for the fraud that deep down they believe themselves to be. This often gets worse around pitch time. Far from being a realistic self-assessment, the impostor syndrome mind-trap prevents people from believing in themselves, to the detriment of us all.

When I was younger, I just did it. I just acted. It was just there. So now when I receive recognition for my acting, I feel incredibly uncomfortable. I tend to turn in on myself. I feel like an impostor. It was just something I did.

– Emma Watson

Session Outline

Have you had that nagging feeling that you’ll be found out, or are you waiting to feel more confident before you realise your ambitions? In this interactive session, delivered as 1.5 hour workshop (and can also be run for a longer durations if required), we’ll dive into uncovering the keys to confidence and overcoming imposter syndrome. You will uncover what drives you, learn how to identify, challenge and replace unhelpful limiting thoughts and beliefs and be introduced to the concept of imposter syndrome. You’ll come away with new strategies, tools and an action plan and uncover an altogether more confident you.

In a 1.5 hour session specific to marketing agencies we’ll cover:

  • Introduction to the session and a definition of imposter syndrome, with an explanation of the difference between a healthy self-image and imposter syndrome.
  • An ice breaker focused on building confidence and relaxing into the session so everyone feels comfortable
  • Imposter Syndrome – a self assessment quiz and group discussion
  • Sharing examples of imposter syndrome – TEDx video and discussion or, if possible, we encourage senior staff from the organisation to share their personal experience of imposter syndrome including some questions and answers
  • Building on the pre-work we’ve done, you’ll be introduced to the unconscious inner divers that could be fuelling your imposter syndrome
  • Learn how to identify, challenge, and replace unhelpful thoughts and beliefs
  • Introduction to the REBT tool and practice in pairs to counter imposter syndrome
  • Action planning and take aways

When I won the Oscar, I thought it was a fluke. I thought everybody would find out, and they’d take it back. They’d come to my house, knocking on the door, “Excuse me, we meant to give that to someone else. That was going to Meryl Streep” – Jodie Foster

 

 

Please contact us at hello@thelifeadventure.co for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

All Work & No Play

With Dr Shomit Mitter

How does one achieve work-life balance in a world that demands all of our time and attention? Tips on being healthy in Body, Mind and Soul in the corporate world.

This workshop is available as part of a corporate subscription package. Contact us for details.

Ancient Wisdom For A Modern Workplace

With Katie Brindle

Always considered Chinese medicine was just acupuncture and herbs? If so, then think again…

This workshop has been created specifically for our business series and is based on the best-selling new book Yang sheng – the art of Chinese self-healing.  And despite being thousands of years old, it’s hugely relevant to people today in the modern workplace. Why? Because it has an incredibly sophisticated understanding of how your body works and offers a vast array of phenomenally powerful every day self-healing techniques which you can easily use to help alleviate stress whilst at work.

What is it & how will it help?

Life has undoubtedly evolved.  But the mechanisms of our body haven’t really changed over thousands of years and despite having such ancient roots, yang sheng helps us deal with the challenges of modern life – from stress to sleeplessness and anxiety to poor digestion. That’s because it’s based on a holistic and sophisticated understanding of how we function – and how our mental and physical health are intimately connected.

Little-known in the West, and even in modern-day China, Yang sheng is a 5000 year old self-healing system with proven, ancient methods that help us deal with modern day life. We believe it’s actually the definitive preventative health solution that most of us never even knew existed.

Consider this

Are you sleeping well? You may not be a hardcore insomniac, but do you wake up exhausted? You may not be sick, but are you on top form every day? Do you feel strong in yourself? Are you calm in stressful situation? Do you bounce out of bed each morning, ready for action? Sadly, the stresses of corporate life leaves most of us feeling under par at least some of the time.

Learning the simple techniques of yang sheng that we’ll teach you in this session will dramatically improve your energy, boost your mood and restore your balance and calm. It’s about more than de-stressing. It’s about understanding how to keep your body in such good condition that you won’t get ill in the first place.

During this workshop, acclaimed practitioner of Chinese medicine Katie Brindle will reveal ground-breaking techniques to transform the way you look after your health. You’ll learn daily rituals to use both at home and in the office which are as simple as brushing your teeth. They’ll fit perfectly into a hectic schedule of life and work, enabling you to deal with stress as it happens, rather than letting it build up in the body.

The Yang sheng techniques you’ll learn will help:

*Boost your energy levels
*Calm your nervous system
*Restore balance
*Reduce stress
*Relax and rejuvenate

Some of the techniques will be new to you, some may seem unusual, some you will instantly love. But they are all simple to learn and quick to do. This experience can be delivered from a 2 hour workshop to a day-long masterclass with qigong and gua sha experts, fully tailored to your requirements. You’ll have access to ongoing support as well: in the form of tools, online clinics and live feeds.

A drop of prevention is better than a bucket load of cure.’

Ancient Chinese proverb 

Awe & Wonder

With Francesco Dimitri

A sense of wonder has been the foundation of industry, art, and science: people as different as Einstein, Picasso, and Steve Jobs were guided by wonder.

The notion of this ties in with recent psychology studies which have demonstrated that learning to regain a sense of wonder makes us better at teamwork. But while wonder comes naturally to children, it becomes harder to hold on to it as we grow up.  When we lose our sense of wonder, we lose engagement with our work, becoming less effective, and more vulnerable to stress and anxiety.

Awe & Wonder can be delivered as a one hour talk or half/full day workshop for organisations and will help you reconnect with wonder in a work environment, bringing together the wisdom of adulthood with the fertile foolishness of childhood.

Francesco’s latest book on the subject, called ‘That Sense of Wonder’ is one of the best books we’ve ever read in a long time.

This can also be delivered as a live webinar by Zoom or similar platform.

Breakthrough Anything

With Nick Seneca Jankel

A breakthrough experience like no other. 21 days of short yet powerful mindfulness meditations and guided visualisations to ensure you de-stress permanently and make significant transformations in the nitty gritty of everyday life.

Powered by Breakthrough Biodynamics, Nick Seneca Jankel’s unification of the latest science with timeless wisdom ensures you create, breakthrough and thrive.

Breath Retreat In Lanzarote (3-7 nights)

With Alan Dolan
What’s it all about and why go on this life-changing retreat?

Have you ever watched a small child at play? Completely absorbed in the moment and totally unselfconscious. Perfect authenticity. No facades. Simply being. It’s a great reminder of our inherent ability to live this way. So when did we lose that ability and how do we get back there?

From a very early age we are taught how NOT to be authentic. Parents give children signals as to what is ‘ok’ and ‘not-ok’, and children adopt strategies in order to regain approval. For children, non-authentic behaviour has a short term gain. Over time however it becomes the norm, leading us further and further away from who we really are.

Our relationships with others are a direct reflection of the one we have with ourselves. You can’t hope for intimacy with another person if you aren’t intimate with yourself. If you’re looking for authenticity you need to be authentic with yourself. If you want respect from others you need to be respectful with yourself. If you’d like to see through the facades of others you must get behind your own facade first.

Breathwork is your ticket back to the remembrance of your authentic self, a journey which can open you further than you ever imagined possible. It’s the best adventure you will ever have, and unlike even the most fabulous holiday it doesn’t stop when you get back home. It’s literally the ultimate trip.

Breathwork allows you to lighten up, and realise that you are already ok as you are. The facade you’ve spent years constructing will simply fall away, allowing you to spend time with your true self, learning your needs and wants. You can disengage from the drama, find your centre, find joy inside yourself – and consciously create a life you are happy to be a part of.

The Healing Power of Breath

Humans have been aware of the healing power of their breath for millennia. Through the centuries we’ve developed a vast array of breathing practices, all designed to bring about physical and emotional wellbeing and connect with our deeper selves.

But in today’s society, we often neglect our bodies’ built-in capabilities. Imagine owning the highest specification TV in existence, keeping it plugged in on standby and then living with it for years and years without ever actually turning it on. The fact is, most of us live in ‘standby mode’ most of the time. The most powerful mechanism is literally right beneath our noses waiting to be explored, yet we rarely give it more than a passing thought.

Conscious breathing is a powerful and safe way to infuse the body with oxygen and energy, recharging our own (often depleted) systems to work to their healing capacity. And it facilitates openings to higher levels of consciousness, allowing us to tap into our deeper resources and live better, easy, more joyful lives.

With breathwork we can enjoy optimum health, mental and emotional clarity, and experience an ever-deepening relationship with ourselves. It’s the means by which we can embark upon the ultimate journey: the one where we discover who we really are. And it can facilitate the growth needed in order for us to transform into who we’re capable of becoming.

What you’ll gain (and we’ve experienced it ourselves, so know all of these to be true)
  • Be the healthiest you’ve ever been
  • Feel completely energised
  • Experience deeply nourishing peace and relaxation
  • Move beyond whatever is standing between you and your happiness
  • Become aware of emotions halting your personal growth
  • Let go of emotional baggage permanently and easily
  • Release anxiety and alleviate depression
  • Develop a new dimension to your yoga and/or spiritual practice
  • Understand the nature of spirit
  • Open your breath and expand your life
The Technique

All of Alan Dolan’s work is based around one simple breathing technique, which you can vary depending on how you want to feel or what you’d like to achieve. You’ll be taught how to use conscious breathing effectively and be guided and supervised as you go along – paving the way for really transformative experiences.

Lanzarote and the villa where you’ll be staying

Situated just 79 miles off the coast of Africa, Lanzarote is the most easterly of the Canary Islands and has been Alan’s home for the past 11 years. In 2011, after more than a year of searching, Alan found the ‘Dream Place’ for these retreats – a sanctuary of peace and seclusion in a rural location with sea and volcano views, ten minutes from the beautiful beach at Famara.

The villa is in an elevated position, with terraced patio areas and private, shady spots to lounge. The 5-star accommodation is mostly arranged around the sheltered private pool, with two of the rooms opening directly out to it. Nearby, you can soak in the hot tub after your twice-daily breath sessions and drink in the awe-inspiring vistas as the sunsets.

Your 1-1 breath sessions with Alan always take place in the complete privacy of the therapy room. And as there are only ever a maximum of four guests staying at any one time, you can be as private or as involved as you wish to be – most people choosing to do both at different times during their stay. Those attending often say the other people present during their stay really add to their experience.

The Rooms

THE LOFT

The Loft

A light and airy double room with floor to ceiling windows, sea/volcano views and direct access to the pool terrace. The space has been furnished using a mixture of Indonesian, Spanish and Turkish pieces, resulting in a relaxed, stylish environment. The teak four-poster bed and ensuite bathroom/dressing area complements the living space beautifully.

THE SUITE

The Suite

The spacious Suite is made up of a double bedroom, bathroom and lounge. Both the bedroom and the lounge have patio doors opening directly onto the pool area. The lounge can also be used as a second bedroom, making The Suite ideal for friends or family who wish to visit the retreat together.

SKYVIEW

Skyview Room

A double bedroom with ensuite bathroom, with an atrium skylight perfect for watching the stars. The high-spec bathroom also features a shower/steam room.

The Food

Delicious and healthy, Alan’s vegetarian cuisine is prepared by his resident chef from local, seasonal produce.

Other information

Hiring a car is recommended as the villa is in a rural location, and if you really want to explore the island it’s a must. Car hire is very reasonably priced and can be arranged on your behalf, but you will still be met at the airport irrespective of whether or not you hire a car. It’s remarkably easy to drive around the island; there is very little traffic and it’s a great way to experience the incredible landscapes.

If you don’t want to drive, don’t worry – Alan is happy to drop you at the beach, and half or full island day tours are also available. You can walk on pristine sandy beaches, surf at Famara or swim in the crystal clear ocean, go on nature walks or volcano climbs, or soak up the local culture at fiestas; Lanzarote really is the most magical of islands. It enjoys a mild dry climate with average daytime temperatures ranging from about 21°C in January to 29°C in August. With total annual rainfall at just 140mm, so your time on this retreat is likely to be bathed in warm, dry weather whatever time of year you visit.

What’s included
  • One 60-minute 1-1 breath session each day (ex. arrival + departure days)
  • One 60-minute group breath session each day (ex. arrival + departure days)
  • Full board vegetarian meals and drinks prepared by our chef
  • Airport transfers

Due to the bespoke nature of this retreat it’s essential to get in touch with us directly to make a booking. Please contact us here.

Prices

Having experienced this retreat personally, we can affirm that the longer your stay, the greater your experience. While 4 nights is enough for a taste of breathwork, 6 nights is the average length of stay – and it allows you the time and space to tap in to your deeper resources.

Availability for this retreat changes daily – plus Alan likes to establish personal contact with his clients, so should you wish to check availability please tell us the dates you are interested in and we will let you know your options and arrange for you to have a personal call with Alan to run through everything.

All prices are in GB Pounds. You can plan in additional breath sessions at £100 each – let us know when booking. Also ask us about massages and volcano excursions.

If you’d like us to arrange flights for you, we can, otherwise you’re free to organise your own.

 

My Breathing Space retreat was just that… space for myself to focus on me, just me. Alan’s experience, natural compassion and intuition enabled me to learn about myself and to ‘clear’ emotionally and physically. At the end of the week I felt stronger, clearer, spiritually and literally ‘lighter’… a life changing week. I am resolved to make it an annual retreat. Worth every penny and more.”

Emma, Cambridge

Alan Dolan is one of the best alternative practitioners/ breathworkers I’ve had the privilege to work with. His level of care for and intuitive understanding about the needs of his clients is second to none and I highly recommend him to any and everyone embarking on a journey of self discovery and/or looking for a way to live a happier, healthier and more peaceful life”

 Naomie Harris, Oscar, Bafta & Golden Globe nominee

I have practiced yoga for 8 years and meditation for 5 years and have always struggled with breathing and connecting the breath. I felt constricted across the chest and stuck. I knew I wasn’t breathing to my full capacity and that was the motivating factor for my initial interest in transformational breath. My actual experience extended way beyond any expectations I ever believed for what could be achieved through breathing! The breath work took me on a huge healing journey in 5 days and for the first time in my life I could feel my heart softening and opening. The work Alan does is incredible, truly life changing and transformative – Thank you for an amazing experience, Alan.”

Naomi Buff – Monaco

Due to the bespoke nature of this retreat it’s essential to get in touch with us directly to make a booking. Please call Justine on 0044 7714 333418 or email justinec@thelifeadventure.co

Breath, Body & Beyond – A 1-Day Private Retreat For Women

With Andrea

Justine is the Queen of British Breathwork and Lucas’s restorative massages combine intuition and insight with bodywork, allowing profound shifts. Conde Nast Traveller Spa & Wellness Guide 2023

Justine and renowned body psychotherapist Andrea Lucas are teaming up in 2023 to launch an immersive one day retreat that draws upon ancient teachings integrating powerful touch, movement, Breathwork and active listening to help women in overwhelm and HFA (High Functioning Anxiety). The retreat will be for you, and you alone, with a 100% focus on you, your needs, desires and requirements.

Breath, Body & Beyond’s mission is to help educate you into facilitating your own healing. You’ll be guided through a magical, restorative, informative and healing day, helping you find the root cause of your physical and emotional discomfort and give you the tools you need to overcome the challenges you face. In this one unique day retreat, you’ll be supported in rediscovering your true nature and begin the process of healing deeply the symbolic tunes of your body. Justine and Andrea hold a sacred safe space, allowing your heart to open, enabling you to embrace new feelings of wholeness and radiance. You’ll leave feeling transformed with a deep inner peace.

What you’ll experience

1. Begin the process of alleviating pain and ill health

At their root, pain and ill health have unspoken and unexpressed thoughts and most of these remain unexamined. Breathwork and body psychotherapy will help to gently begin the process of helping remove these from the body.

2. Change the way you think

Your body is a metaphor of your mind. What shows up in your body has everything to do with your mind. Your body is designed to thrive and heal, but often the mind gets in the way and disrupts the process. Changing our thoughts is a pathway to self-healing and this one-day retreat will start you thinking in an entirely different way about yourself, and about your body.

3. Reclaim your personal power

Our potential for healing is actually limitless, we just don’t realise it. This retreat will help you reactivate the parts of yourself you’ve closed down over the course of your lifetime and reclaim control over your life, making better, more conscious, clearer decisions about yourself, your health and your life in general. Working with your breath on an ongoing basis (we’ll teach you how) is a wonderful way of keeping in tune with the inner you.4. Helping you deal better with stress and anxiety

Most people spend way too much of their day living with elevated stress and anxiety levels which can lead to us disassociating from our feelings rather than the healthier way, which is to work through them as they arise. We’ll use powerful methods of releasing stuck energy that is held deeply in the tissues of the body, as well as showing you how to allow your emotions to arise whilst using helpful steps to avoid overloading yourself with stress and anxiety.

4. Release tension, trauma and emotional baggage

To be human is to have emotional baggage and often trauma, too. Tension in your body reflects the tension in your psyche because memories and emotions reside in the body resulting in energy blocks and imbalances. Emotions are energy and Breathwork and body psychotherapy begin the process of releasing these from the body before they manifest as dis-ease and illness, helping to transform the oldest and most painful memories, release physical tensions, soothe the heart and ultimately restore the body and mind to its optimal health. freeing you to live a healthier and happier life.

How your private retreat day will run

10 am: Arrival. You’ll begin your day by enjoying a light refreshment including Welle Co Calming Tea – a blend of potent herbs traditionally used to help calm, relax and ease the mind. Each cup unites the effects of hops, valerian, lemon balm, passionflower and skullcap to create a soothing sensation, which helps you begin your day with a sense of conscious calm and wellbeing. Also available is a Welle Co Super Elixir green juice – this iconic super greens is an all-in-one, vegan solution that helps support all 11 systems of the body – from the immune and digestive systems to hair, skin and nail health. Carefully curated with over 40+ naturally derived ingredients, The Super Elixir™ provides a complete solution for your entire body including wholefoods, herbal extracts, vitamins, minerals, and probiotics.

10.30 am: Breath coach Justine will guide you through a 120-minute Conscious Connected Breath experience.

Breathing is a forgotten tool for healing and optimising your physical and mental health. Conscious Connected Breathwork is a powerful and safe way to infuse the body with oxygen and energy and recharge your system to its maximum healing capacity. It can lead you to optimum health, mental and emotional clarity and experience an ever-deepening relationship with yourself. It’s a gentle, simple, yet profound technique that will help open up the full potential of your breathing system for better physical and emotional wellbeing. The many benefits, include increased energy, better immune response, and increased ability to deal with stress in a healthy way. This 120 min session will include:

• Introduction to Conscious Connected Breathwork
• Intention setting
• 45-minute guided breath session
• 10 minute Shavasana (deep relaxation)

12.30 pm: Nutritious ayurvedic lunch, followed by some quiet time for journaling to capture your feelings, reflections and experiences at this point in your day. Included is a personalised Touching The Soul journal to make notes and take home with you.

1: 45 pm Body psychotherapist Andrea will take you through 120 mins of deeply restorative body massage work. Known as a ‘Guardian Angel’ in the massage therapy world, Andrea combines her highly developed intuition and astute psychological insight together with an in-depth understanding of the human body. Andrea’s healing hands and her light and vibrant presence define her as the holy grail of massage therapists. Leave feeling transformed with a deep inner peace.

3.45 pm Tea/Juice and also you’ll also have the opportunity to try an incredible, nutritious homemade Peace & Plenty Collagen & Cacao Protein bar packed with Ancient & Brave Cacao + Collagen blend, dates, seeds, toasted coconut flakes and oil, ginger slices, nuts and cacao (if you have a nut allergy, we’ll substitute for a nut-free alternative).

4.00 pm Therapeutic reflection and insights with Andrea and Justine.

5 pm Finish your day.

1 week later, at a time to suit you, Andrea and Justine will have an online follow-up session with you for 45 minutes.

Introductory price: £1200

Full price: £1800


NEED TO KNOW

This retreat takes place in a beautiful location in Harrow-on-the-Hill, North London on Thursdays throughout 2023. You’ll be nourished and held safely by Justine and Andrea and the day is for you and you alone.

Please check you have no contraindications for the Breathwork before booking this retreat day. If you have any dietary requirements we’ll ensure this is well catered for.

Directions will be sent to you by email before the session and please do feel free to contact me anytime to discuss any questions or concerns.

To learn more about Andrea Marie Lucas’s work, head over to her website here.

To ask any questions about this private retreat day get in touch with me here and I’ll get back to you as quickly as I can, always the same day if it’s Mon-Friday – weekends and holidays may be slightly slower.

About Justine

Justine is a former CEO turned certified Breathguru © Conscious Connected Breath coach and the founder of Wonderbreath. Her entire wellbeing roadmap of the past twenty or so years began with trying to understand herself and her place in the world, Justine began her love of Breathwork twelve years ago with a rigorous Ashtanga yoga practice and believes our breath is the most powerful tool we possess.

Justine is also a Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing) guide, qualified to advance level with the International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine and founder of Wonderwoods – Forest Bathing Made In Britain. She’s the co-author of a lockdown-inspired book called I Am Every Woman – A Collection Of Extraordinary Life Journeys and a forthcoming guide to nature connection, called Wonder Woods – Finding Wisdom In The Forest.

About Andrea

Andrea is a body psychotherapist with 30 years of experience. Her philosophy is that a healthy flow of life force is crucial in the body’s energy field if there is to be a sense of physical and emotional wellbeing. Her psychotherapeutic approach is comprehensive in its precision, in its methods, and results. Andrea’s compassionate presence allows you to see your truth; her psychological presence and wisdom helps you transform old and painful memories; and her caring and insightful qualities supports you to release any physical, energetic and emotional tension. Andrea’s vibrant energy and caring creativity is always present and she embraces the underlying faith of her spiritual higher self as a unique combination for transformation to occur. She is well-known and respected in the field of healing, providing meaningful, heart-filled, spirited treatments and has dedicated her life to unravelling the mysteries of the mind/body connection.

She has undertaken studies in integrative psychotherapy and personal development, and I am registered and accredited with the BACP. In addition, she has studied worldwide in the clinical application of numerous bodywork disciplines and modalities. These include anatomy and physiology, reflexology, acupressure, trigger point techniques, sports massage, yoga, stretching, breath-work, and advanced clinical and remedial massage. (JING ACMT). She works with an open heart to be available to each individual who wishes to discover the inner music of their own life.

From January 2023 to April 2023 the retreat day will take place on Thursdays in Harrow-on-the-hill, Middlesex (near London) with options in the Cotswolds beyond that. More details to follow, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Breathe, Connect & Create In The Woods Sat 11th May 2024

With The Life Adventure

On Saturday 11th May 2024, join artist and sculptor Ruth Wheeler, and Breathwork coach and Life Adventure founder Justine Clement, for a magical day in a private woodland, offering you the chance to unwind and retreat from your undoubtedly busy life.

On arrival to this secret corner of Surrey, the Birtley Woodland Art Space lies just outside the beautiful town of Guildford. Its a community arts, crafts and wellbeing space for people to come together and learn from professional instructors who are utterly passionate about sharing and passing on their knowledge and skills to others.  Here you’ll feel your body’s rhythms slow to the pace of the woodland environment and gradually begin relax into its beautiful surroundings. This will be a small, intimate group and so arrival we’ll have a welcome tea and get to know each other.

Justine runs her Breathwork practice under the guise of Wonderbreath and has been described by Conde Nast as “The British Queen of Breathwork”.  She begins the day by leading you through a deeply connecting 2-hour Breathwork session on the camp’s beautiful covered decking area, lying beneath a canopy of trees. Conscious Connected Breathing is a gentle, simple technique that helps you to open up the full potential of your breathing system for better physical and emotional well-being. There are so many benefits to this transformative style of Breathwork, including a deepening relationship with yourself, increased energy, greater emotional clarity, better immune response, and increased ability to deal with stress in a healthy way. Described not only as a detox for every level of our being, Wonderbreath also provides the means by which you can embark upon the ultimate journey: the one where you discover who you really are.

After your deep, often transformational experience, we’ll take time out to have a quiet, reflective break and refreshments.

You’ll then be guided into some gentle, immersive Forest Bathing, where you’ll begin to feel how easy it is to open your senses more fully to nature and feel a part, rather than separate, from your surroundings.  The idea of Forest Bathing is a simple one. The term is a direct translation of the Japanese practice known as Shinrin-yoku, meaning bathing in the forest atmosphere, or taking in the forest through our senses. It’s one of the many incredible tools now available to help us connect back to nature and ultimately, back to ourselves.  This calming, somatic experience then leads into a therapeutic creative explorative workshop after lunch.

After lunch, Ruth will guide you into foraging for natural collage materials, which you’ll combine to use for sketching, printing and textures, on wood, paper, paint, as well as pyrography (the freehand art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks which can  then be incorporated into a piece of art).  In a more relaxed state from the morning’s Breathwork and Forest Bathing, you’ll find you can tap more easily into a state of creative flow. The emphasis for this workshop is to come with no preconceived ideas and to explore yourself, your surroundings, the artistic materials available, the guidance offered, and to be inspired by nature and see what emerges. Your artistic creations may be totally abstract, you may find symbols emerging, or you may find yourself exploring colour, texture, or a feeling.  All these are there to be explored in this beautiful setting.

Ruth will also lead you through an hour of therapeutic movement and stretching in the afternoon, along with an aromatic dressing and some Yoga Nidra, so that you leave us feeling utterly dreamy and thoroughly relaxed.

We will drink and eat together throughout the day and enjoy a seasonal homemade lunch of salads, bread and soup and cake. The food will be vegetarian, but please let us know if you are vegan or gluten, or dairy free.

This retreat day is going to be kept small at a maximum of 8 people to provide an intimate, safe space.

To take part in the Breathwork, please ensure you have none of the following contraindications. If you do, please get in touch before booking:

Medical and Psychiatric Contraindications To Participating In Breathwork

Breathwork results in certain specific physiological changes in the body and also can result in intense physical and emotional release. Therefore, for safety purposes, we do not allow persons with the following conditions to participate in a breathwork session:

​Medical Contraindications

  • Epilepsy
  • Detached Retina
  • Glaucoma
  • Prior strokes or seizures
  • Pregnancy – first trimester only – ok after that
  • Asthma (if you have asthma you can participate but you must have your inhaler available)

Psychiatric Contraindications

  • Prior diagnosis by a health professional of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
  • Psychotic or borderline psychotic states
  • Any other medical, psychiatric or physical conditions which would impair or affect ability to engage in any activities that involve intense physical and/or emotional release.

Please email us if you are at all unsure whether one or more of the above apply to you.

Building Better Relationships

With Samantha Clarke

This can be delivered as a talk or we can create fully bespoke workshops and training programs for your organisation, if you are looking to resolve a specific challenge.

As individuals we may be highly brilliant, talented, witty and caring but few of us live or work in a vacuum; no one is an island. So it pays to learn how to cultivate and nurture relationships with others. Doing so can help us lead enriched and deeper lives, as well as be successful in the workplace.

Humans are social beings. We long to be understood, accepted and feel that we belong. However we are not born with natural relationship building abilities but like all skills it can be learned and mastered if we are willing to recognise the need and that this takes time and effort.

This session will showcase the tools to help build better relationships with everyone by:

  • revealing the key elements of healthy relationships
  • enhancing effective emotional communication and connection skills
  • providing insights on how to respond better to others
  • identifying how to regulate conflict with others

Prices and more details available once we know your requirements. Please contact us to discuss.

 

Presenter Danny Shmulevitch

Danny’s search for stillness began as a young child growing up in the Sinai desert. He lived with the semi-nomadic Sawad tribe near his family home in Galilee; his formative years spent sleeping fireside under the stars - free from the physical and human confines most of us accept as our reality. ​For over two decades, Danny worked with the Bedouin tribes to lead retreats and longer journeys in the Sinai desert. They were attended by ecological and spiritual leaders and other people who came to witness how we expand when we connect deeply with ourselves in nature. He set up the The Makhad Trust in 2002 to support the preservation of the natural heritage of the Bedouin and other nomadic communities of the world. He also led the restoration of oasis gardens throughout the Sinai region and built community wells, as well as a school. In the remote Amdo region of Tibet, he worked with indigenous communities to restore the murals in the Lukhang garden, built by Dalai Lama VI in the 17th century, and the Mani Walls near the Terton Chogar Monastery.

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What’s included

Everything as described including lunch on arrival day and breakfast the following morning. If you'd rather not partake in the fast, we can arrange dinner in the woods for the group.

Price Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Colin D Smith

Colin D Smith is known as ‘The Listener'. He is one of the UK’s foremost listening skills specialists, working both with individuals, as well as for teams within organisations who want to be heard, think smarter, and transform their business and personal relationships through active listening. He has an innate ability to actively listen to people, enabling them to articulate their creative ideas, address their personal concerns, express their feelings more easily, and to achieve their personal, professional and life goals. Having had a varied and successful career in consultancy, business development, IT and customer support across many sectors, including finance, motor, retail and the NHS, in looking back he realised that much of his success was due to his listening and connecting abilities. This led him to develop a series of programmes to develop these skills in others, the importance of which organisations are now waking up to. His inquisitive and curious mind leads him to explore unusual, thought provoking, yet grounded observations and alternative approaches to business, people, systems, change and innovation.

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What’s included

Active Listening is available as a bespoke group event for a team as part of our revolutionary business programmes, or also available for individuals looking for a 1-1 session. Please contact us for more details.

Price

Presenter Katie Brindle

Katie has been on a long journey, from patient to acclaimed Chinese medicine practitioner, best-selling author and founder of the Hayo’u Method. After a car accident ended her dreams of becoming an opera singer, she was eventually healed by Chinese medicine. Indeed, she was so inspired that Katie decided to train as a practitioner. Her mission in life became to help others using the remarkable healing system of yang sheng, the self-care part of Chinese medicine. Whilst Western medicine has transformed health care as we know it, there’s a gap that it doesn’t address and that’s the ‘almost-well’, the ‘not feeling so good’, the tired out and over-stressed. This is a gap she has seen Chinese medicine – specifically yang sheng – fill beautifully. She founded the award-winning Hayo’u Method and published her best-selling book: both of which distil ancient Chinese medicine techniques into simple daily rituals. Katie has been working in Chinese medicine since 2002. Alongside practising massage and reflexology, she studied TCM and qualified as a Five Elements Chinese medical practitioner, graduating from the UK’s Integrated College of Chinese Medicine. She’s now committed to increasing awareness of this ancient wisdom and encouraging people to master their own health. Her aim is to make Chinese medicine achievable and accessible. And as habitual as brushing your teeth.

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Ancient Wisdom For The Modern Marketing Agency is bookable as a live 2 hour workshop right through to a half or full day masterclass as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us on hello@thelifeadventure.co for more details.

Price contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Jenny Garrett

Jenny Garrett is an award winning Coach with over 12 year’s experience of running a global business. She is a Freeman of the Guild of Entrepreneurs – City of London and was listed in Brummell Magazine’s Top 30 City Innovators 2016. Her mission is to transform the world for everyone, one empowered woman at a time. She uses her years of experience in coaching and leadership to inspire and motivate people, working with them to deliver career and life changing results beyond expectation. Jenny has written an Amazon Bestselling Book ‘Rocking Your Role’, on the taboo subject of female breadwinners. She has reached an audience of over 30,000 through her speaking engagements, including two TEDx Talks, and coached individuals all over the globe from Australia, to Botswana, the US, Mexico, Spain and the UK, with over 3,000 coaching hours under her belt. She gives back through her social enterprise Rocking Ur Teens. Her most recent clients include MasterCard, EY and Mace Macro and is regular commentator on Sky News and LBC radio, and has been featured on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, The Telegraph, and Glamour magazine amongst many others.

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What’s included

This Imposter Syndrome session, which can be delivered to your agency as a 1.5hr interactive workshop or of any required duration, is available as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us at hello@thelifeadventure.co for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

Price Price on application

Presenter Dr Shomit Mitter

Shomit comes from an intellectual perspective, with a M.Phil from Oxford University and a Ph.D from Cambridge University. He trained as a hypnotherapist under Dr. Keith Hearne and Dr. Roger Woolger, and has spent 30 years studying ancient Indian, Chinese, Egyptian and Shamanic systems of healing. Much of his work over the years has involved an amalgamation of these systems with cutting edge modern western hypnotherapy. The results are both powerful and easy to use. If you get the chance to enroll in some of his mind-blowing workshops, take it. The meditations are some of the most powerful we’ve ever experienced and the stories of his mother’s friendship with Mother Teresa remind you that you’re in the presence of a unique individual who’s giving you a unique insight into the world. If you ever need reminding that the world is a stage and we are merely actors taking up our roles, then best let Shomitt lead you through it, with intelligence, awe and finesse.

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What’s included

on-demand access to this and exclusive bonus materials are available as part of a corporate subscription package. Contact us for details.

Price Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Katie Brindle

Katie has been on a long journey, from patient to acclaimed Chinese medicine practitioner, best-selling author and founder of the Hayo’u Method. After a car accident ended her dreams of becoming an opera singer, she was eventually healed by Chinese medicine. Indeed, she was so inspired that Katie decided to train as a practitioner. Her mission in life became to help others using the remarkable healing system of yang sheng, the self-care part of Chinese medicine. Whilst Western medicine has transformed health care as we know it, there’s a gap that it doesn’t address and that’s the ‘almost-well’, the ‘not feeling so good’, the tired out and over-stressed. This is a gap she has seen Chinese medicine – specifically yang sheng – fill beautifully. She founded the award-winning Hayo’u Method and published her best-selling book: both of which distil ancient Chinese medicine techniques into simple daily rituals. Katie has been working in Chinese medicine since 2002. Alongside practising massage and reflexology, she studied TCM and qualified as a Five Elements Chinese medical practitioner, graduating from the UK’s Integrated College of Chinese Medicine. She’s now committed to increasing awareness of this ancient wisdom and encouraging people to master their own health. Her aim is to make Chinese medicine achievable and accessible. And as habitual as brushing your teeth.

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What’s included

Ancient Wisdom For a Modern Workplace is bookable as a live 2 hour workshop right through to a half or full day masterclass as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us on hello@thelifeadventure.co for more details.

Price contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Francesco Dimitri

Francesco Dimitri is an internationally recognised author, business consultant, and trainer. He writes both fiction and nonfiction in English and Italian, and his works have been translated or are in course of translation in eight countries. He has also written for cinema, in Italy, and comic books, in France. As a business consultant and a trainer he has worked with major brands in the UK and Italy, helping thousands of people to become wiser around work and life, and creating prize-winning campaigns.

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What’s included

This Awe & Wonder session, which can be delivered to your organisation as a 1hr talk or a longer half or full day interactive workshop (or of any required duration) is available as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us at hello@thelifeadventure.co for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

Price Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Nick Seneca Jankel

“Nick combines deep systemic thinking, an expert knowledge of human behaviour and strong creative flair. And he is lots of fun to work with!” World Wildlife Fund “The team are overflowing with inspiration and practical commitments towards making innovation their new way of life.” Oxfam “A glam spiritual activist.” The Sunday Times “Inspiring and enlightening.” Microsoft Nick Seneca Jankel’s unique 'Breakthrough Biodynamics' approach to leading organisational change and individual transformation has been sought out by future-forward people around the world for over a decade. Working to help spark and sustain breakthroughs using science-inspired, wisdom-wired tools and techniques, Nick has helped over 50,000 managers, hundreds of world-class companies, national governments and millions of TV viewers to switch themselves on, break out of the box and break through challenges to flourish. He is a celebrated international inspirational speaker; has been a UK ambassador for Entrepreneurship; and received a triple First class degree from Cambridge University in medicine and philosophy. He has taught at many of the most respected universities and top business schools in the world.

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What’s included

On-demand access to 20 videos
2 pieces of bonus material

Price £69.99

Presenter Alan Dolan

Alan Dolan, a world-renowned breath coach, has spent over a decade changing people’s lives (not least his own) with the simple power of breathing. After graduating from Aston University he worked overseas in Africa, Asia and for 10 years the Middle East, forging a career in the high-pressure world of communications. His last position in his “previous incarnation” was as a PR manager in the Aerospace industry. After taking a sabbatical in order to pursue his interest in things metaphysical Alan was introduced to the wonders of breathwork, and immediately knew that this would form the foundation of the next stage of his journey. Alan’s key message is that YOU are the guru, and your breath is the key. Eleven years on Alan has gained a wealth of experience in working with the breath both for individuals and businesses and lives on the magic isle of Lanzarote.

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What’s included

4-7 night retreat includes:
One 60-minute 1-1 breath session each day (ex. arrival + departure days)
One 60-minute group breath session each day (ex. arrival + departure days)
One massage with bodywork specialist Martin Cairoli
Full board vegetarian meals and drinks prepared by the chef
Airport transfers

Due to the bespoke nature of this retreat it’s essential to get in touch with us directly to make a booking. Please call Justine on 0044 7714 333418 or email justinec@thelifeadventure.co

Price From £1140 for 4 nights for 1 person (flights excluded)

Presenter Andrea

A restorative intuitive bodyworker and integrative psychotherapist. The primary focus of my bodywork is on long lasting release, both physically and emotionally. I believe with loving intention, a genuine caring presence along with the fusion of strength and tenderness, the heart opens and allows you to listen to sensations, lighten the tensions allowing energy to flow, restoring the body, mind and soul to vibrant life.

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What’s included

A 1 day retreat as described above including all food and drinks as described, 1 x 90 mins Conscious Connected Breath session, 1 x 60 min Conscious Connected Breath session, 1 x 120 mins body psychotherapy session and a 60 mins therapeutic reflection session.

Price £1,200.00

Presenter The Life Adventure

For individuals and organisations who want to feel and think better, both emotionally and physically, The Life Adventure is a wellbeing consultancy and online platform that offers you practical tools and techniques in the form of talks, workshops, programmes and online video. We teach you how to live your life more fully, how to be more present and how to operate at your best, both at work and play. We give you clear, practical takeaways on unique subject matter that will change the way you, and your organisation, sees the world, forever.

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What’s included

Teas
Snacks
Vegetarian lunch
2hr Wonderbreath Conscious Connected Breathwork session
Forest Bathing
An afternoon of artistic exploration
Runs 9.30am - 5.30pm

Price £175.00Early Bird £175 /£195 full from 30th June 2023

Presenter Samantha Clarke

Over the past exciting and varied 13 years plus of experience, Samantha has worked as a brand and strategy consultant, trend and innovation researcher, emerging markets connector, style and personal brand educator and lecturer on personal and work development. After a bit of soul searching and streamlining, she realised that three main things get her out of bed are (1) teasing solutions out of matted problems (2) being a catalyst for great ideas and (3) supporting and inspiring individuals to make changes and be their best. Basically all things to do with providing happiness, ideas and change. As a result she has developed a portfolio career between lecturer & changemaker, happiness consultant and style educator, so needless to say, we’re delighted to have Samantha as part of our team. As part of our business programmes Samantha will be helping you untangle sticky issues such as defining values and visions, crafting a 'happy' employee journey, cross-cultural and communication dilemmas, relationship building, company culture design and conflict resolution to promote greater change and growth. Together we believe that building great businesses starts from the top and then a willingness to co-create with employees and we take great joy in helping founders and their teams to design a more conscious, happier approach to working together.

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What’s included

Building Better Relationships is talk or workshop available as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us for more details.

Price

Presenter Danny Shmulevitch

Danny’s search for stillness began as a young child growing up in the Sinai desert. He lived with the semi-nomadic Sawad tribe near his family home in Galilee; his formative years spent sleeping fireside under the stars - free from the physical and human confines most of us accept as our reality. ​For over two decades, Danny worked with the Bedouin tribes to lead retreats and longer journeys in the Sinai desert. They were attended by ecological and spiritual leaders and other people who came to witness how we expand when we connect deeply with ourselves in nature. He set up the The Makhad Trust in 2002 to support the preservation of the natural heritage of the Bedouin and other nomadic communities of the world. He also led the restoration of oasis gardens throughout the Sinai region and built community wells, as well as a school. In the remote Amdo region of Tibet, he worked with indigenous communities to restore the murals in the Lukhang garden, built by Dalai Lama VI in the 17th century, and the Mani Walls near the Terton Chogar Monastery.

MORE »

What’s included

Everything as described including lunch on arrival day and breakfast the following morning. If you'd rather not partake in the fast, we can arrange dinner in the woods for the group.

Price Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Colin D Smith

Colin D Smith is known as ‘The Listener'. He is one of the UK’s foremost listening skills specialists, working both with individuals, as well as for teams within organisations who want to be heard, think smarter, and transform their business and personal relationships through active listening. He has an innate ability to actively listen to people, enabling them to articulate their creative ideas, address their personal concerns, express their feelings more easily, and to achieve their personal, professional and life goals. Having had a varied and successful career in consultancy, business development, IT and customer support across many sectors, including finance, motor, retail and the NHS, in looking back he realised that much of his success was due to his listening and connecting abilities. This led him to develop a series of programmes to develop these skills in others, the importance of which organisations are now waking up to. His inquisitive and curious mind leads him to explore unusual, thought provoking, yet grounded observations and alternative approaches to business, people, systems, change and innovation.

MORE »

What’s included

Active Listening is available as a bespoke group event for a team as part of our revolutionary business programmes, or also available for individuals looking for a 1-1 session. Please contact us for more details.

Price

Presenter Katie Brindle

Katie has been on a long journey, from patient to acclaimed Chinese medicine practitioner, best-selling author and founder of the Hayo’u Method. After a car accident ended her dreams of becoming an opera singer, she was eventually healed by Chinese medicine. Indeed, she was so inspired that Katie decided to train as a practitioner. Her mission in life became to help others using the remarkable healing system of yang sheng, the self-care part of Chinese medicine. Whilst Western medicine has transformed health care as we know it, there’s a gap that it doesn’t address and that’s the ‘almost-well’, the ‘not feeling so good’, the tired out and over-stressed. This is a gap she has seen Chinese medicine – specifically yang sheng – fill beautifully. She founded the award-winning Hayo’u Method and published her best-selling book: both of which distil ancient Chinese medicine techniques into simple daily rituals. Katie has been working in Chinese medicine since 2002. Alongside practising massage and reflexology, she studied TCM and qualified as a Five Elements Chinese medical practitioner, graduating from the UK’s Integrated College of Chinese Medicine. She’s now committed to increasing awareness of this ancient wisdom and encouraging people to master their own health. Her aim is to make Chinese medicine achievable and accessible. And as habitual as brushing your teeth.

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What’s included

Ancient Wisdom For The Modern Marketing Agency is bookable as a live 2 hour workshop right through to a half or full day masterclass as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us on hello@thelifeadventure.co for more details.

Price contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Jenny Garrett

Jenny Garrett is an award winning Coach with over 12 year’s experience of running a global business. She is a Freeman of the Guild of Entrepreneurs – City of London and was listed in Brummell Magazine’s Top 30 City Innovators 2016. Her mission is to transform the world for everyone, one empowered woman at a time. She uses her years of experience in coaching and leadership to inspire and motivate people, working with them to deliver career and life changing results beyond expectation. Jenny has written an Amazon Bestselling Book ‘Rocking Your Role’, on the taboo subject of female breadwinners. She has reached an audience of over 30,000 through her speaking engagements, including two TEDx Talks, and coached individuals all over the globe from Australia, to Botswana, the US, Mexico, Spain and the UK, with over 3,000 coaching hours under her belt. She gives back through her social enterprise Rocking Ur Teens. Her most recent clients include MasterCard, EY and Mace Macro and is regular commentator on Sky News and LBC radio, and has been featured on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, The Telegraph, and Glamour magazine amongst many others.

MORE »

What’s included

This Imposter Syndrome session, which can be delivered to your agency as a 1.5hr interactive workshop or of any required duration, is available as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us at hello@thelifeadventure.co for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

Price Price on application

Presenter Dr Shomit Mitter

Shomit comes from an intellectual perspective, with a M.Phil from Oxford University and a Ph.D from Cambridge University. He trained as a hypnotherapist under Dr. Keith Hearne and Dr. Roger Woolger, and has spent 30 years studying ancient Indian, Chinese, Egyptian and Shamanic systems of healing. Much of his work over the years has involved an amalgamation of these systems with cutting edge modern western hypnotherapy. The results are both powerful and easy to use. If you get the chance to enroll in some of his mind-blowing workshops, take it. The meditations are some of the most powerful we’ve ever experienced and the stories of his mother’s friendship with Mother Teresa remind you that you’re in the presence of a unique individual who’s giving you a unique insight into the world. If you ever need reminding that the world is a stage and we are merely actors taking up our roles, then best let Shomitt lead you through it, with intelligence, awe and finesse.

MORE »

What’s included

on-demand access to this and exclusive bonus materials are available as part of a corporate subscription package. Contact us for details.

Price Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Katie Brindle

Katie has been on a long journey, from patient to acclaimed Chinese medicine practitioner, best-selling author and founder of the Hayo’u Method. After a car accident ended her dreams of becoming an opera singer, she was eventually healed by Chinese medicine. Indeed, she was so inspired that Katie decided to train as a practitioner. Her mission in life became to help others using the remarkable healing system of yang sheng, the self-care part of Chinese medicine. Whilst Western medicine has transformed health care as we know it, there’s a gap that it doesn’t address and that’s the ‘almost-well’, the ‘not feeling so good’, the tired out and over-stressed. This is a gap she has seen Chinese medicine – specifically yang sheng – fill beautifully. She founded the award-winning Hayo’u Method and published her best-selling book: both of which distil ancient Chinese medicine techniques into simple daily rituals. Katie has been working in Chinese medicine since 2002. Alongside practising massage and reflexology, she studied TCM and qualified as a Five Elements Chinese medical practitioner, graduating from the UK’s Integrated College of Chinese Medicine. She’s now committed to increasing awareness of this ancient wisdom and encouraging people to master their own health. Her aim is to make Chinese medicine achievable and accessible. And as habitual as brushing your teeth.

MORE »

What’s included

Ancient Wisdom For a Modern Workplace is bookable as a live 2 hour workshop right through to a half or full day masterclass as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us on hello@thelifeadventure.co for more details.

Price contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Francesco Dimitri

Francesco Dimitri is an internationally recognised author, business consultant, and trainer. He writes both fiction and nonfiction in English and Italian, and his works have been translated or are in course of translation in eight countries. He has also written for cinema, in Italy, and comic books, in France. As a business consultant and a trainer he has worked with major brands in the UK and Italy, helping thousands of people to become wiser around work and life, and creating prize-winning campaigns.

MORE »

What’s included

This Awe & Wonder session, which can be delivered to your organisation as a 1hr talk or a longer half or full day interactive workshop (or of any required duration) is available as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us at hello@thelifeadventure.co for pricing according to your requirements, and any more details you may require on this session.

Price Please contact us to discuss your requirements

Presenter Nick Seneca Jankel

“Nick combines deep systemic thinking, an expert knowledge of human behaviour and strong creative flair. And he is lots of fun to work with!” World Wildlife Fund “The team are overflowing with inspiration and practical commitments towards making innovation their new way of life.” Oxfam “A glam spiritual activist.” The Sunday Times “Inspiring and enlightening.” Microsoft Nick Seneca Jankel’s unique 'Breakthrough Biodynamics' approach to leading organisational change and individual transformation has been sought out by future-forward people around the world for over a decade. Working to help spark and sustain breakthroughs using science-inspired, wisdom-wired tools and techniques, Nick has helped over 50,000 managers, hundreds of world-class companies, national governments and millions of TV viewers to switch themselves on, break out of the box and break through challenges to flourish. He is a celebrated international inspirational speaker; has been a UK ambassador for Entrepreneurship; and received a triple First class degree from Cambridge University in medicine and philosophy. He has taught at many of the most respected universities and top business schools in the world.

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What’s included

On-demand access to 20 videos
2 pieces of bonus material

Price £69.99

Presenter Alan Dolan

Alan Dolan, a world-renowned breath coach, has spent over a decade changing people’s lives (not least his own) with the simple power of breathing. After graduating from Aston University he worked overseas in Africa, Asia and for 10 years the Middle East, forging a career in the high-pressure world of communications. His last position in his “previous incarnation” was as a PR manager in the Aerospace industry. After taking a sabbatical in order to pursue his interest in things metaphysical Alan was introduced to the wonders of breathwork, and immediately knew that this would form the foundation of the next stage of his journey. Alan’s key message is that YOU are the guru, and your breath is the key. Eleven years on Alan has gained a wealth of experience in working with the breath both for individuals and businesses and lives on the magic isle of Lanzarote.

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What’s included

4-7 night retreat includes:
One 60-minute 1-1 breath session each day (ex. arrival + departure days)
One 60-minute group breath session each day (ex. arrival + departure days)
One massage with bodywork specialist Martin Cairoli
Full board vegetarian meals and drinks prepared by the chef
Airport transfers

Due to the bespoke nature of this retreat it’s essential to get in touch with us directly to make a booking. Please call Justine on 0044 7714 333418 or email justinec@thelifeadventure.co

Price From £1140 for 4 nights for 1 person (flights excluded)

Presenter Andrea

A restorative intuitive bodyworker and integrative psychotherapist. The primary focus of my bodywork is on long lasting release, both physically and emotionally. I believe with loving intention, a genuine caring presence along with the fusion of strength and tenderness, the heart opens and allows you to listen to sensations, lighten the tensions allowing energy to flow, restoring the body, mind and soul to vibrant life.

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What’s included

A 1 day retreat as described above including all food and drinks as described, 1 x 90 mins Conscious Connected Breath session, 1 x 60 min Conscious Connected Breath session, 1 x 120 mins body psychotherapy session and a 60 mins therapeutic reflection session.

Price £1,200.00

Presenter The Life Adventure

For individuals and organisations who want to feel and think better, both emotionally and physically, The Life Adventure is a wellbeing consultancy and online platform that offers you practical tools and techniques in the form of talks, workshops, programmes and online video. We teach you how to live your life more fully, how to be more present and how to operate at your best, both at work and play. We give you clear, practical takeaways on unique subject matter that will change the way you, and your organisation, sees the world, forever.

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What’s included

Teas
Snacks
Vegetarian lunch
2hr Wonderbreath Conscious Connected Breathwork session
Forest Bathing
An afternoon of artistic exploration
Runs 9.30am - 5.30pm

Price £175.00Early Bird £175 /£195 full from 30th June 2023

Presenter Samantha Clarke

Over the past exciting and varied 13 years plus of experience, Samantha has worked as a brand and strategy consultant, trend and innovation researcher, emerging markets connector, style and personal brand educator and lecturer on personal and work development. After a bit of soul searching and streamlining, she realised that three main things get her out of bed are (1) teasing solutions out of matted problems (2) being a catalyst for great ideas and (3) supporting and inspiring individuals to make changes and be their best. Basically all things to do with providing happiness, ideas and change. As a result she has developed a portfolio career between lecturer & changemaker, happiness consultant and style educator, so needless to say, we’re delighted to have Samantha as part of our team. As part of our business programmes Samantha will be helping you untangle sticky issues such as defining values and visions, crafting a 'happy' employee journey, cross-cultural and communication dilemmas, relationship building, company culture design and conflict resolution to promote greater change and growth. Together we believe that building great businesses starts from the top and then a willingness to co-create with employees and we take great joy in helping founders and their teams to design a more conscious, happier approach to working together.

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Building Better Relationships is talk or workshop available as part of our revolutionary business programmes. Please contact us for more details.

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