The Burnout Retreat Thailand

Remember you were once on fire about your job, passionate about your career and eagerly looking forward to your goals? Now it feels all but impossible to get up and go to work in the morning. Your energy is drained; your creativity is thwarted; you feel physically unwell. This is burnout.

Burnout can happen to anyone, but is especially common among executives, entrepreneurs and others with demanding, high-pressure jobs. It doesn’t happen overnight, but rather is the accumulation of long-term stress and the product of your environment, and if it’s not correctly addressed, it doesn’t go away easily either. Overcoming burnout requires life changes that support a sustainable relationship with your work – and with yourself.

The Dawn’s professional burnout retreat gives you an opportunity to shift out of overwhelm, gain some perspective and put healthy habits in place, so you can return to your life feeling clear-minded, happy and productive.

Signs and Symptoms of Burnout

Burnout often takes hold before you know what hit you – but if you know what signs to watch for, you’ll be able to see it coming and take the necessary steps to keep it at bay.

• Anxiety – You might feel hyper-alert and jumpy, constantly worry about the future, or play out worst-case scenarios in your head.
• Depression – You may feel guilty about your diminished performance at work or other areas of your life, leading to lowered self-esteem. Depression is a dangerous disorder – if you find yourself feeling hopeless or contemplating suicide, seek professional depression help right away.
• Sleep disturbance – You may have a hard time falling asleep or wake up in the middle of the night. You feel restless at night and sleepy during the day. This gets progressively worse as burnout intensifies.
• Fatigue – You constantly feel mentally and physically exhausted. This is exacerbated by accompanying insomnia.
• Pain and illness – Stress often manifests physically, in symptoms such as gastrointestinal issues, headaches, muscle pain and more frequent bouts of sickness due to lowered immunity.

Effects of Untreated Burnout

The prolonged stress of being in a state of burnout can lead to a number of problems, such as:

• Mental and physical exhaustion
• Pessimism
• Loss of interest in your job
• Interpersonal issues in the office
• Relationship and intimacy issues
• Irrational irritability
• Decreased productivity

It’s easy to see how the effects of burnout can get out of hand and carry over onto other areas of your life. Fortunately, however, burnout is highly treatable.

Why go here?

The Dawn is Asia’s leading addiction rehab and mental health retreat that focuses on healing on all levels. They have a team of highly qualified clinicians which is led by world-renowned behavioural health expert David Smallwood, formerly of the Kusnacht Practice in Switzerland and Priory Hospital in North London. They adhere to the highest standards of integrity and ethics with one goal in mind – your successful recovery. When you’re there, you’re in the hands of fully licensed professionals with years of experience in treating burnout and related conditions. We believe it’s a hugely effective option for making lasting change because when you’re stuck in a rut and need to make a significant life change, it’s best to do so in a new environment, away from your day-to-day patterning. In a residential recovery programme such as this, every day is fully scheduled with activities specifically designed to restore you to a state of balance. You’ll be surrounded by a compassionate, supportive group of counsellors and peers who are here to cheer you on and help you through your challenging moments. And, you’ll have access to our staff 24 hours a day, so you can breathe easily knowing all of your needs will be taken care of.

What you can expect

Comprehensive Cognitive Therapy

Compassionate counsellors will help you tackle the causes of burnout with their core via cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). This will help you to recognise and correct your negative thought patterns, and teach you skills to cope with and change unhealthy behaviours.

The Dawn also uses cutting-edge methods like neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to help you regain control of your thoughts and emotions, and trauma release exercises (TRE) to help you safely and effectively relieve deep muscular patterns of stress you’ve been holding in your body.

Burnout frequently drives users to self-medicate with substances like alcohol or anti-anxiety medications. Also on offer is an integrative treatment for dual diagnosis, or addictions that co-occur with burnout.

Holistic Wellness Treatments

Holistic therapies are proven to bolster your recovery success and make your treatment experience more enjoyable. The aim here is to provide you with a positive and memorable retreat experience, so that your relationship with your new practices is something you’ll happily carry with you into your daily life when you leave. Wellness therapies include:

• Mindfulness meditation
• Spa and massage therapy
• Fitness exercise
• Yoga
• Pilates
• Art therapy
• Muay Thai

Why Thailand?

Find peace of mind in the land of smiles. Known for its relaxed culture, friendly people, scenic landscapes and rich history, Northern Thailand is the ideal place to find solace from your stress and ease your way into an improved state of mind. This beautiful facility is located in the countryside just outside of Chiang Mai city, surrounded by small villages and picturesque rice fields. We’re perched on the banks of the Ping River, where you can fish or meditate during your downtime. And, you’ll enjoy delicious Thai fusion cuisine made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients, for a balanced diet that supports your mood.

A Day at The Dawn

The Dawn believes in healing the whole person, which we also believe is the only way to heal. You’ll receive intensive therapy, but meditation, relaxation, movement and recreational activities will all play an important role in your treatment. Here’s an example of what a typical day will look like:

07:00: Morning yoga / cycling
08:00: Breakfast
09:30: Process / trauma group
10:50: Tai Chi or circuit training / cardio
11:30: Focus group 1
12:30: Lunch
13:30: Focus group 2
14:30: Individual counselling, massage
18:00: Dinner
19:30: Offsite NA / AA meeting
20:30: Rest & relaxation
22:00: Bedtime

Admission Process

The centre aims to make their admissions process as simple and clear as possible. We will also be involved with this and guide you through it. Here is what you can expect. We’ll speak to you initially, introduce you to The Dawn, be at hand for anything you’d like to discuss and then book your stay, flights and transfers. Here is the process with the centre:

INITIAL CONTACT
Overview of The Dawn is given, and The Dawn will take information on you and your condition.

PRE-ASSESSMNET
Discussion of your history of substance abuse (if any) and medical issues.

PAYMENT
Initial deposit is required to secure your bed. The balance will be settled upon arrival.

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENT
We fully assist with all arrangements of our client’s travel to Thailand.

ARRIVAL
We’ll arrange for private airport pick-up by support staff.

HEALTH CHECK
You’ll receive a comprehensive medical check-up at the onsite medical centre.

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
A detailed clinical and medical assessment is conducted.

TREATMENT PLAN
Develop a personalised treatment plan, customised for your individual needs.

Contact us to discuss in more detail in absolute privacy. Prices vary dependant on dates and how much/little you’d like us to oversee for you in terms of pick up from your home, taken to airport, flights, private transfers on arrival and programme.

The Caring Female Leader

A 28-day programme for women in positions of leadership

Background

A great leader is one who cares. A caring leader creates a culture of openness and inclusivity where difference is valued. They look after the physical and mental well-being of their staff, encouraging self-care and digital disconnection. However, before connecting with others, a leader must first look inwards, be self-aware, care for themselves, listen to themselves and have those difficult conversations with themselves. In essence, caring leadership starts with self-leadership.

In this 28 day programme we’ll look at 3 hugely powerful tools for self-connection. these are:

• Journaling
• Conscious Connected Breath
• Nature Connection =  Self-Connection

Understanding and integrating each of these methods into your life has the potential for profound and lasting positive impact. We make learning to breathe, TO connect more deeply with who and what we are (nature) and becoming the author of your own story, simple to learn, amazing to experience and when integrated into your life, offers you the opportunity to radically change how you live and work.

Time commitment

• 1 day intensive at Nower Wood private nature reserve, near Leatherhead, Surrey (other locations may be possible).
• Weekly group check in by zoom x 3 90 mins sessions
• Final group check in 90 mins on 28th day

Group size

This programme is run as an intimate, small group for 6 people – either as one team or across an agency/ organisation.

Connection To Self = The Authentic Leader: what we’ll be covering

1. JOURNALING IS THE SUPERPOWER

The most amazing yet simplest of tools to connect you to yourself is journaling. If you establish a practice of journaling for at least 28 DAYS, it will change your life. Journaling connects you to your authentic self in a way that nothing else does. It allows you to cultivate humility and empathy for yourself first and then allows you the space to do that for others.

In this programme, you’ll learn the art of journaling – not just for wellbeing, but for innovative thinking. There are so many benefits to journaling. Here are some of the standouts:

• Cultivates authenticity – acting as a mirror to ourselves.
• It’s the quickest way to move from left brain logical thinking to right brain creative thinking where intuition, clarity and insight reside.
• According to the National Science Foundation’s study in 2005, an average person has about 12,000 – 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those, 80% are negative and 95% are repetitive thoughts. That leaves a very small window for fresh thinking and creativity.
• The practice of journaling gets all the unwanted thoughts out and onto the page and creates room for fresh thinking. Think of your creativity as a well and on the top of this well are dead leaves (old patterns of thinking). The practice of showing up and writing everyday gets rid of the detritus and allows you to access this well.
• Various scientific studies show that journaling improves wellbeing, provides clarity and boosts happiness.

      2. CONSCIOUS CONNECTED BREATH IS A DETOX FOR EVERY LEVEL OF OUR BEING

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 most high 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. Breath – 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 Connected 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. It facilitates openings to higher levels of consciousness, allowing us to tap into our deeper resources and live our lives joyfully and in abundance.

The quality of our breath provides a perfect mirror to the state of our inner world. When we are nervous or agitated our breath becomes short, erratic and at times non-existent. When our breath flows smoothly and calmly so does our experience of life. The benefits of regular breathwork are huge, here are just a few:

• Boost your immune system
• Feel completely energised
• Experience deeply nourishing peace and relaxation
• Be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Become aware of emotions halting your personal growth
• Let go of emotional baggage permanently and easily
• Move beyond whatever is standing between you and your growth and happiness

    3. NATURE CONNECTION = SELF-CONNECTION

Learning how to gently reconnect back to nature contains a subtle power – one that reminds us what and who we truly are, taking us back to the interconnectedness which surrounds and empowers us.

When we feel connected to people and places, we feel a sense of belonging and wholeness. We feel ourselves truly alive. Yet over thousands of years, human beings have gradually become mere onlookers. Bystanders, not just to the glory and wonder of the natural world, but also to ourselves, our lives and our understanding of our place in the world.

There seems to be a gentle, yet unmistakable awakening happening. An increased desire to get out into nature. And whether we realise it’s a pull to find our way back to what it is we have lost in ourselves or not, doesn’t matter. Most important is the shift.

Our belief is that in order to thrive, we need to reconnect with who and what we are – all of which is, and can be found in nature. Our specific focus here is the forest. We’ll introduce you to sensory and meditative invitations that will help you find your way back to an easier way of living. One where you intrinsically know and understand your place in the world and how your connection with nature will bring you back to wholeness, happiness and a thriving, well- balanced life. The range of scientifically-backed benefits of regular shrin-yoku practice include:

• Balancing blood pressure
• Lowering stress levels
• Improving cardiovascular and metabolic health
• Lowering blood-sugar levels
• Improving concentration and memory
• Increasing anti-cancer protein production
• Improving pain thresholds
• Improving energy levels
• Boosting the immune system with an increase in the count of the body’s natural killer (NK) cells

Facilitators

PREETHI NAIR

“The storyteller who makes up the skills gap” The Financial Times

Preethi is a writer and innovator who works with leadership teams globally to communicate vision, lead culture change and build communities within their organisations. She is a visiting professor at various business schools (Cranfield School of Management, London Business School and Headspring) teaching modules on creativity, storytelling and personal leadership.

With twenty years of experience, projects range from facilitating the board of an Investment bank to communicate their strategy in a story format, working with Deutsche bank’s leadership team with their D&I strategy by building communities through storytelling and most recently, working with TikTok’s senior leadership team to become better communicators.

Preethi is author of 4 books, she has written, produced and performed a one woman show in London’s West End and is currently writing a television series for the BBC.

JUSTINE CLEMENT

Justine is a city-based CEO, founder of a B Corp travel and experiences agency, turned Shinrin-yoku guide and Conscious Connected Breath coach. She believes that in order to thrive, we need to reconnect with what and who we really are.

She was the CEO of a ground-breaking £2m backed experiential travel start-up unmissable, working with global brands such as Unilever and PepsiCo. She also launched wellbeing agency The Life Adventure, which works with the UK government to set and improve their wellbeing agenda. She’s also Non-Exec Director for a community solar farm project and crowd-funded a community project called the Selsey Sea Bathing Society to encourage women of all ages back into the sea. She’s co-author of a lockdown-inspired book called I AM EVERY WOMAN and a forthcoming guide to nature connection, called Wonder Woods – Finding Wisdom In The Forest.

COST: £950pp/£5700 total for 6

Including 1 day intensive 10am-4pm at Nower Wood Private Nature Reserve, Leatherhead, Surrey, with coffee,teas, herbal teas, healthy nibbles, healthy lunch and afternoon snacks before departure, plus 4 x 90 mins video calls/check ins.

To book email justinec@thelifeadventure.co or call her on 07714 333418 to discuss in more detail.

The Green Pharmacy: Shinrin-yoku/Forest Bathing for organisations

Shinrin-yoku is the Japanese practice of immersing yourself in nature whilst gently engaging all of the senses. In this virtual Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing) workshop, you’ll learn about the immersive experience of connecting with the forest,  the healing and calming properties of trees and plants, and how to enhance our sensory connection to nature (wherever you live).

Being close to trees has powerful benefits in reducing stress, increasing happiness and a sense of awe, and a feeling of being grounded and ‘held’.  When we feel connected to people and places, we feel a sense of belonging and wholeness. We feel ourselves truly alive and connected, in some indescribable way. Yet over thousands of years, human beings have gradually become mere onlookers – bystanders, not just to the glory and wonder of the natural world, but also to ourselves, our lives and our understanding of our place in the world. Yet there seems to be a gentle, yet unmistakable awakening happening. An increased desire to get out into nature. And whether we realise it’s a pull to find our way back to what it is we have lost, or not, doesn’t matter. Most important is the shift.

This one-hour talk will take you through the ancient wisdom and modern science of Shinrin-yoku to reveal the amazing healing and wellbeing benefits of trees, as well as exercises for you to take and try for yourself either in the city or in the countryside. There will also be a short Q&A session to give you the opportunity to get answers to questions which will help you find your way back to an easier way of living – one where you intrinsically know and understand your place in the world and how our connection with nature will bring you back to wholeness, happiness and a thriving, well-balanced life.

Your two speakers for this enlightening talk on Shinrin-yoku are Stefan Batorijs and Justine Clement. Stefan is trained as a psychotherapist and Outdoor Activity Leader. He’s also an Associate Lecturer at Plymouth University on the D.Clin. Psych training for 20 years teaching the benefits of Nature to assist mental health recovery. He set up the Ecotherapy Project with Plymouth NHS, and since 2017 have been offering training courses in Shinrin Yoku based in South Devon.

I just wanted to say how much I loved your talk last evening, Justine. I’ve thought of nothing else since! I am part way through watching the Earthing movie and have scoped out some local places for my first bathe. Oh and I’ve walked barefoot in the grass this morning! Thank you for inspiring me!

In this 60-minute webinar will explore:

• A short history of Shinrin-yoku in Japan
• The science behind Shinrin-yoku
• How trees impact our physiology and psychology
• The importance of grounding in everyday life and how this will benefit your health
• Redefining intelligence for a new world
• The importance of awe and wonder
• How Shinrin-yoku can have a positive effect on depression, anxiety and sleep issues
• Lessons from nature
• How Shinrin-yoku can help to improve your mental clarity
• The top 6 benefits of Shinrin-yoku
• Practical exercises to connect with trees and nature
• Q&A

The Magic of Manifestation

“The perfect mix of the spiritual and the intellectual, Dr Shomit Mitter combines the profundity of Indian meditation techniques with the efficacy of Western hypnotherapy…  Sensational!” — Tatler 

Taken from his radically successful series of off-line workshops, these ground-breaking techniques from Shomit Mitter will help you discover 10 comprehensive, profound and exquisitely accessible approaches to becoming the creator – rather than the recipient – of your life.

If you have tried and failed to create the life that you really want, it is probably because you have been using the resources of the conscious mind. It is quite natural to approach problems logically and to plan outcomes using common sense.

But if this hasn’t worked, it is unlikely you will achieve much success by working harder using the same tools. You will need a paradigm shift. And this is what this workshop provides. This works when all else fails, when you haven’t a clue as to how to achieve your objective. That is why the results that the course has achieved have been referred to as “magical”.

You’ll learn what sportsmen call being “in the zone”, a state of flow in which your desires manifest almost effortlessly. Each session has a “theory” you back and by the end, you will have accessed greater power than you ever knew you could harness and life will arrange itself around you just as you want it to – as if by magic. Of course it isn’t magic; there is a method to all this, and you will learn how it works.

The course uniquely blends the wisdom of east and west, the approaches of the ancients and the best of modern western practice. Shomit speaks with infectious enthusiasm and clarity, and the exercises that follow are at once easy to practice and deeply transformative. This is an interactive workshop which includes guided meditations, teachings and links to homework to be completed by yourself, in-between sessions.Read More

The Physiology of Stress

Stress is normal. Our bodies need cortisol (the stress response) to function on a daily basis. The problem is that stress is now chronic and we are unable to regulate it. Understanding the physiology of stress is the basis for better regulation.

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

The Secrets Of Resilience

This online talk, filmed live, discusses what it really takes to be positive, strong and motivated under stress

This online talk covers what it really takes to be positive, strong and motivated under stress in order to be resilient. Stress is universal – and it is a killer. To learn how to deal with it is not just advisable, it is vital. Getting stress out of your life takes knowledge, commitment and an action plan. Resilience is a capacity present in all of us. It is the ability to both recover from setback with learning, and to adapt oneself to changed circumstances. It is more than mental toughness, it is the flexibility to find new ways of thinking, feeling and behaving in order to achieve our goals.

Our presenter, Dr Shomit Mitter is one of London’s leading hypnotherapists. He lectures widely on stress management in the workplace and has clients both in the City and more widely amongst entrepreneurs and professionals. His lectures and workshops have always been popular because they are refreshingly practical. You will leave with a clear understanding not only of the reasons why you get triggered, aggressive and exhausted when stressed, but of the concrete steps that you can build into your everyday life to remedy this and become more resilient. This lecture is vital if you want to improve not just your performance at work but the way you view life as a whole.

Filmed as one talk lasting 58 minutes.

The Weekday Raw

Forget about complex, time-consuming or “boring” raw food…
Learn to create simple, irresistible
 raw meals… easy enough for weekdays

Weekday Raw is a new kind of approach to eating raw, designed to make it
 easy to eat raw food on any day of the week… without expensive 
equipment or time-consuming recipes.

This comprehensive workshop, from inspiring raw food chef Russell James, is of the most popular you’ll find on the subject because it gives you all the tools and recipes you need to become ‘Weekday Raw’.  That means easy to prepare meals, that still look impressive and will help you eat a high raw diet.  This course is broken down by season, and includes tips on how to lightly cook plant based foods that will go well with these raw recipes.

First up is the Winter Selection which you’ll see below. Shortly we’ll be adding the Spring, then following that, Summer and then onto Autumn. All are included in the cost of the workshop.

And just so you know:

Eat raw without the expensive equipment. No need for a dehydrator or any special equipment – just get “cooking”.

No discipline or willpower required. Only irresistible raw food that’s too good to pass up.

What you’ll learn

• Russell’s secrets for making amazing raw risottos, pastas, noodles, and rice dishes… quick enough to throw together on a weeknight.
• How to “seal in” maximum nutrition, even when cooking… by using my specialised light cooking methods that everyone can master.
• The delicious raw alternative to sandwiches… Russell’s “sanswich” with plenty of creative fillings to keep you full and satisfied.
• Never be bored by salads again: whip up one of Russell’s many delicious weekday salads… tons of flavour and ingredient variations
• The easiest way to start your busy day right … with amazing raw breakfast ideas like Russell’s 5-minute muesli or his chia porridge with quick berry jam.
• Amazing raw snacks and side dishes…like juices, smoothies and samosas.

Some of the feedback already received on this course:

“WOW. I just bought this and couldn’t wait to get into it so I just went through this entire workbook and WOW…I did not expect all of that, I am truly blown away. You have outdone yourself Mr. James 🙂 I cannot wait to keep going, I’m going to be up all night in the kitchen now!”

“I have been following my instinct towards a raw lifestyle this year. This course has sealed the deal! Many, many thanks chef. Every recipe has been delicious! This is life-changing stuff!!”

Transformational Leadership

In today’s rapidly changing world, learning to lead and design our communities and organisations to ride the turbulence creatively is critical to our ability to make a positive impact. This workshop covers the subject of evolutionary change, and the implications for us as individual leaders, as well as for our organisational cultures and structures. It combines intellectual rigour with personal challenge, collaboration with creative expression. You’ll engage with integrative maps of organisational and leadership development, as well as instantly applicable practices for becoming more effective and dynamic as individuals and collectives.

Wake Up! Escape A Life On Autopilot (2 nights)

Background

With the demands that we have on our time and attention, it is no wonder that we find it tough to always be who we truly are. Just to survive, we have to socialise to the norms and make constant compromises just to ‘fit in’. Our habit loops take over. Before long, we have lost touch with what makes us special and unique.

Wake Up! is an app, a book and, in this case, a 2 night/2.5 day program that helps you step back from all the busyness and reconnect with who you are, what’s important to you and how you spend your time.

Working with dynamic learning and development consultancy Upping Your Elvis’ unique creative approaches, we help you become more conscious and aware, giving you the skills and confidence to stay on track and not let the world shape your daily experience for you. The Wake Up! Experience goes deeper than Wake Up! the book or app can ever go but is based on the same principles of escaping autopilot so we can all lead a more technicolor and extraordinary life.

It is held in idyllic surroundings in Lyme Regis, Dorset, and involves a full submersion into beautiful countryside, nutritious local food and the collaboration of like minded folk.

Brilliant for teams and individuals alike and ideal for anybody looking for a personal boost.  Also, undoubtedly good for anyone wishing to become a more accomplished and creative leader.

Who is it for?

Anyone who feels like they need time to have some fun, get their energy right and give attention very selfishly on themselves. It’s particularly suited to those who love creativity and surrounding themselves with beautiful nature.

Where is it held?

At Rhode Hill House, Lyme Regis, Dorset, the home of the Baréz-Brown family

What will we do?

This will be a creative immersion into your life. You will get a chance to play with your perspectives to help you connect with your passions and your unique talents, making sure that they show up every day.

You will also learn some pretty cool ways to ensure that every day counts, your energy is working well for you and that when you feel stuck, you have ways to get moving again.

Creative approaches are at the heart of this workshop so be prepared to throw yourself in. We won’t spend much time with clever models and learning frameworks; in fact none at all. The workshop is deeply experiential where you will go on a journey with like-minded folk and expand your understanding of what’s really possible. And whilst we do it, we’ll have a stomp along the sea, be fed the most nutritious food from the best chefs in Dorset (aka the River Café crew) and reconnect with what loving life is all about.

What Wake Up! The Experience will deliver 

•    Confidence – a renewed confidence in yourself
•    Excitement –  passion and energy for your work and life
•    Creativity – skills that you can use everyday to remain more conscious and aware
•    Clarity – a clear plan of what needs to change for you to tap into your unique genius everyday
•    Inspiration – about your world and the role you play in it
•    Impact – you will be in the driving seat of your life both at work and at home

Wake Up! The Experience is available as a bespoke group event. Please contact us to discuss your requirements in detail.

Comments on Chris’s work

He’s exceptionally good at what he does. I was making a list of the most influential people or things in my career and this was in the top 3.

Chris Binns, Managing Partner MediaCom

So much big talk about transformation… Chris actually delivers it. Time and again. Part art, part gift, part crazy man. He works his magic every time!

Maria Eitel – Founder and President of the Nike Foundation

Wellbeing Power Hour (London)

Looking for something to invigorate, calm and help boost productivity at work? Our Wellbeing Power Hour may be the perfect idea for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week – running 9-15th May 2022 – or indeed for any time of year. 

Session overviews

1. Introduction to Conscious Connected Breathwork with Justine Clement

Breathing is an amazing 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.  In-person max 10 people or online max 20.

2. Journaling is the superpower! with author and playwright Preethi Nair

Scientifically proven to improve mental health and general wellbeing, journaling gets all the unwanted thoughts out and onto the page and creates room for fresh thinking, innovative thinking. In-person or online max – unlimited in numbers.

3. Mini Street Wisdom around the streets of your office with Justine Clement

Street Wisdom is an everyday creative practice you use as you walk. A smart fusion of mindfulness, neuroscience and wellness, it unlocks our minds and unblocks our creativity with every step. Suddenly every street is full of inspiration. And whatever our questions, we are finding answers are everywhere. In-person max 10 people or can be delivered online as a ‘street wisdom at home’ session. max 15 in-person or unlimited online.

4. Ballroom Dance session with Andrew Cuerden

An incredibly fun session providing simple ways that dance can help improve your overall wellbeing with a former dance teacher from Strictly Come Dancing. Max 60 people in-person only. Please ensure you have the office space for this activity.

5. Tai Chi

Based on disciplines related to the wellbeing of the body and mind with a focus on relaxation and opening. Sessions cover postures and exercises to help you relax tense and stressed points of the body. Max 15 – best done in person. Please ensure you have the office space for this activity.

6. Re-write your story with Preethi Nair

A powerful tool to look at the stories you tell yourself – the ones that are outdated and are holding you back. This is an opportunity for you to explore new exciting chapters. Max 20 – online or in-person.

7. Mindfulness

Practicing present moment awareness which involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress. Max 30 – online or in-person.

8. Nutrition

This session explores the effects of different food, and drink on our performance and wellbeing. Our bodies are miraculous machines that are designed to be fuelled and driven by the food we eat. Food is not just calories, it is medicine. Unlimited – online or in-person.

9. Have Better Sleep

Whether you’re a sound sleeper or suffering insomniac, join our sleep therapist to discover tips and techniques to ensure the sleep you do get – even if limited, is the most restful and restorative it can be. Unlimited – online or in-person.

10. Cultivating deep listening with Preethi Nair

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
Deep listening builds trust and loyalty, creates a culture of inclusivity and wellbeing. Teams that have leaders who listen are far more engaged and productive.  Unlimited – online or in-person.

COST: £600 per session/£3600 for 6
Select your 6 preferred sessions for a 6 or 12-week programme delivered either every week or every fortnight online or in your office (London based)

To book email justinec@thelifeadventure.co or call her on 07714 333418 to discuss in more detail.

What about YOU? Empower Tools

Sunday Times “…oddly arousing and crucially, tangibly, useful. I’ve never taken drugs but I’d liken ‘What about YOU?’ to a drug-fuelled high.”

The Daily Telegraph “…a polite warning; prolonged exposure to Jamie Catto could blow your mind…”

This utterly inspiring two day workshop was filmed and delivered in front of a live audience and is designed to facilitate bringing your ideas and projects out of your head and into the real world. Jamie mixes both a project-building masterclass with processes and games to amp up the levels of presence and make sure you’re creating from an inspired and empowered place, 100% of the time.

The content we cover in this workshop is an amazing opportunity to receive everything Jamie has ever learned. It’s about getting what’s inside of you, OUT, and it’s about launching it into the world and it being loved by everyone. I want to show you how to live the whole dream. This experience, one I have lived through personally, is totally fulfilling and this is central to what this workshop is about; being received and seeing your gifts have a positive or even healing effect on your community and the world at large.

“I’ve said many times that my mission is to create a legion of likeminded souls who just by being themselves – present, authentic and often vulnerable – become catalysts for everyone who comes into contact with them.  When we meet people like this, who are comfortable to be seen and heard without hiding behind roles or being an ‘appropriate’ version of themselves, we become more relaxed and more authentic. Our freedom to be seen in our mess, in our eccentricity, in our fallibility, creates a permission in everyone we meet to lighten-up around all the sides of themselves that they believe aren’t welcome.  And when that happens, the Intimacy level shoots through the roof and the ensuing relief which expands though each of our central nervous systems is palpable.  This wonderful, playful, often foolish path is what I call The Path Of The Holy Banana. What happens to the other fruit when you place them near the Banana?  They

RIPEN.”

In this workshop Jamie also examines the polarity of the masculine and feminine and our relationship to giving and receiving.  He’ll also be sharing tools with you on how to be empowered in your vulnerability and how to take responsibility for how we feel and what we need in life.

Wilderness Leadership Trails – re-connecting man and nature

Introduction

When you combine a magical location, an inspiring teacher and nourishing food, travel has an almost alchemical power to it. Special journeys can irrevocably change us and many of us at one time or another have experienced this shift.

Our vision is to help people live richer, more fulfilling lives. This occurs when we begin to increase our self-awareness, understand how to be more conscious citizens, improve our feelings of self-empathy and empathy towards others and experience living in harmony with each other and with nature.

The Wilderness Trail

“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit” ~ Edward Abbey

A trail is not a hike. It is not a safari. It is not a personal endurance test. A Wilderness Trail is a deeply profound experience that is very difficult to articulate. It is a chance to return to your natural habitat. A digital detox. A deep experience of our own connection to the natural world. A chance to re-wild yourself and get inspired by the rhythm of nature. Your experience is carefully facilitated by guides who are arguably the best in Africa. The food is beyond what you could imagine. An authentic Wilderness Trail is unlike any other experience. Those who have been on this trail return again and again. You simply have to experience it to fully understand the power it can have on you, your team and your relationships.

This wilderness trail was pioneered by Dr. Ian Player well over half a century ago. After all of this time, the principles, the experience and the purpose of these trails remain the same. It runs over five days with a few days either side organised for you in a hotel. You sleep under the stars. You experience some of Africa’s most wild and sacred places. But most importantly, the trail experience is about you, a personal journey into wilderness and yourself. This is an experience that inevitably creates environmentally conscious leaders and ambassadors for our wild spaces.

Developing Wild Leaders

Wilderness Leadership helps nurture an understanding of what a leader is. The trail experience helps develop self-reliance, improves judgement, decision making, respect, and a sense of responsibility that helps leaders thrive in today’s rapidly changing business landscape.

The benefits of a wilderness experience

• Chance to destress and reconnect with who you really are
• Amazing bonding, team building and relationship building
• A Digital Detox, no cell phones, social media
• Detox – healthy food, no alcohol or artificial stimulants, exercise and personal space
• Tranquility – solitude and meditation. Stimulates flow of creative thinking
• Different stimulus of adrenalin and responsibility in looking after and working with peers
• Test personal boundaries and comfort zones
• Learn new skills- flora, fauna, bush craft, astronomy, ecology, tracking
• Become ambassadors for a cause – protection of wilderness areas, anti- mining and anti-poaching lobbyists,
• Rewild yourself and develop a language of wilderness and wild spaces
• Explore the spirituality of wilderness
• Wilderness immersion has a significant psychological healing properties
• No hierarchical pressure
• Leadership quality development
• Provides neutral space in which to explore company issues

FAQ’s

The trip is all inclusive, meaning you do not need to worry about anything. We include transport from Durban (or the nearest airport) and all your trail equipment.

Q: Special Dietary Requirements & Allergies?
A: Our guides are master cooks and we have catered for all sorts of allergies and special dietary requirements. Just let us know prior to trail if you have any special requirements and we will get it arranged for you.

Q: How many people can go on a trail? (if not booking as a bespoke group)
A: Each trail accommodates between six and eight trailists.

Q: Are the trails guided and safe?
A: Two experienced, armed guides lead each trail. These guides are highly trained and in over 60 years we have never had a trailist hurt by an animal.

Q: Where do we sleep?
A: You set up camp in an area chosen by your guide and sleep under the stars, a once in a lifetime experience in its own right. Each trailist is expected to also stand night-watch and guard the fire while others sleep.

Q: How fit do I need to be to do a trail?
A: You do not need to be especially fit, provided you are over 15, healthy and can carry a rucksack and manage a few kilometers walking each day you should be fine. The duration of the daily walks are customized for your comfort. A trail is NOT an endurance test, in fact, it’s rather relaxing.

Q: Is there mobile phone reception on trail?
A: No sophistication (including mobile, watches, music or liquor) is allowed on trail. Trust us, you’ll love the experience of being away from that for a few days anyway.

Q: Is this a malaria area?
A: Although we do recommend mosquito repellent, our trail venues are not malaria risk areas, with the exception of Okavango Trails in Botswana.

Guides & facilitators

Our guides are some of the most experienced in Africa, specially trained not just for your own safety but to also facilitate your wilderness experience and give you deep, meaningful insight into Africa and the wilderness area. For many, this experience inevitably also opens up a deep insight into yourself. Reconnecting with nature at such a profound level changes the way you see the world, changes the way you see yourself and your experiences in the modern world.

Our guides have a vast amount of experience, they spend over 2000 hours a year in the wilderness and they are arguably some of the best in Africa.

Your guides are also highly trained to ensure your safety during encounters with wildlife such as Rhino, Lions, Elephants, Buffalo and other when on foot, something few people ever forget and fewer ever experience.

For bespoke groups from individual organisations who wish to travel as a team, we have a range of facilitators such a business leadership experts, psychologists and wilderness survival skills experts who we can also arrange to join your group.

In mid 2019 we’ll be linking this Wilderness Leadership Trail with our our Soul Safari, so you’ll begin your trail from one of the lodges we feature from uMfolozi Big Five.

Included:

• Group sizes range from 6-8 people – organised as either a bespoke group or bookable as an individua
• All trail equipment provided.
• Transport from Durban, airport pick up and drop off
• All meals, seriously good food, catering for any dietary requirements.
• Experienced guides to guide you and ensure your safety.
• All camping equipment including ground sheets, foam mattress, sleeping bags and rucksacks, cooking utensils, eating utensils, toilet-paper, spade, water containers.
• Transport from a designated meeting place to the wilderness area.
• Trail fees cover all gate fees, overnight fees etc… no hidden costs

Locations

iMfolozi, iSimangaliso, Pilanesberg, Okavango, Wild Coast and Drakensberg but we predominantly off this in iMfolozi.

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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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2 weeks at The Dawn
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Presenter Justine Clement

Justine Clement is Founder of The Life Adventure. Curiosity prevails, for she is a chaser of life's magic and wonders. The past 20 years have been spent understanding the path to true wellbeing, both her own, as well as how others can learn to take responsibility for their own health and wellness. She has spent much of her career sourcing and creating unique experiences for global brands, their marketing agencies, as well as for organisations. She's currently working on a community enterprise called The Selsey Sea Bathing Society, improving the confidence and outlook of women through outdoor swimming.

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1 day intensive 10am-4pm at Nower Wood Private Nature Reserve, Leatherhead, Surrey, with coffee,teas, herbal teas, healthy nibbles, healthy lunch and afternoon snacks before departure, plus 4 x 90 mins video calls/check ins.

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Presenter Justine Clement

Justine Clement is Founder of The Life Adventure. Curiosity prevails, for she is a chaser of life's magic and wonders. The past 20 years have been spent understanding the path to true wellbeing, both her own, as well as how others can learn to take responsibility for their own health and wellness. She has spent much of her career sourcing and creating unique experiences for global brands, their marketing agencies, as well as for organisations. She's currently working on a community enterprise called The Selsey Sea Bathing Society, improving the confidence and outlook of women through outdoor swimming.

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A one hour live virtual talk

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

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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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On-demand access to online talk 58 mins

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Presenter Russell James

Based in London, Russell James is the UK's leading raw food chef. He eats raw food because it has massively improved his life, and he wants to show the world that it’s easier than we may think to all the benefits for ourselves. His story began years ago when he was eating “good” food (meat, chicken, veg and fruit), yet had very little energy and never felt on top of his game, in fact far from it. Up for trying anything to look and feel better, in 2004 he went to Koh Samui in Thailand for a 7-day fast. On day 5, he started reading a raw food recipe book he’d found in their library. The book’s explanation of the benefits of raw food made so much sense to him that he had an epiphany moment, which was to define his life and his career from that point onwards. Back in London, it proved to be an expensive, trial-and-error-prone epiphany, yet his drive and determination, and the incredible way he began to feel as a result, meant he persevered. His skin cleared up and he had boundless energy and motivation. Not trained as a chef, but off the back of his blog, he had people from all over the world flying in to take classes with him. Now, after a year in the US writing and teaching at culinary academies, he’s set up Raw Chef HQ in London and has just published his first hard copy book. We’re delighted that Russell has agreed to work with us on LearnShedLive

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Presenter Peter Merry

Peter Merry is Chief Innovation Officer at Ubiquity University, founder of the Center for Human Emergence Netherlands, and a founding partner of Engage!. He has worked in and across different sectors. As well as co-founding and leading the organisations above, his experience includes facilitating integral change processes in multinational corporations, and government ministries, and in multi-stakeholder initiatives with global stakeholders. He has also spent many years in the not-for-profit sector. He is a recognised expert in the field of evolutionary systems dynamics and Spiral Dynamics Integral in particular. He has had his first book published in English and Dutch (Evolutionary Leadership). He is currently researching the application of noetic science and energetics to whole systems transitions. In this context, he is working on a Ph.D. with Ubiquity’s Wisdom School.

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Presenter Chris Barez-Brown

Chris Barez Brown is a master of transformation. His unique energetic approach challenges businesses to embed a dynamic creative culture within their company ethos. Brands such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Unilever, Sony, Mediacom, ITV and WPP come back time and again as his results produce tangible returns on investment. The impact of his work with Unilever was recently featured in the Harvard Business Review. A talk delivered by Chris is, well, quite simply, like no other you will have experienced before. Chris’s life mission is people (with a side line in guitar playing!) This ethos, combined with a wealth of experience in innovation and leadership across 6 continents, means Chris’ talks are memorable, interactive and human. Through humour, charisma and expertise, Chris brings out the potential in everybody and people leave not just inspired and energised, but thinking a little differently about the world: Equipped with tangible skills to deliver immediate change to their lives. The Guardian recently summed up Chris’s style as ‘a long haired twinkly eyed cross between Richard Branson and a wizard’, which paints the most accurate picture: A dynamic business change-maker with a magical hippy vibe.

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Wake Up! The Experience is available as a bespoke group event. Please contact us for more details and costs.

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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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6 x 1 hour sessions either online or in your office (London-based). You may mix these as you like.

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Presenter Jamie Catto

Creator, Producer & Director of the multi-award winning 1 Giant Leap films and albums and founding member of Faithless, Jamie is now leading uniquely transformative workshops through LearnShedLive. Drawing from the richly diverse wisdom, techniques and processes he’s encountered during his ground-breaking filming, recording, philosophy voyages across all 5 continents, Jamie is now weaving these creative techniques and exercises to spark both professional and personal breakthroughs. “Jamie Catto is a human icebreaker with a prow of determination and a motor of love, slicing through the frozen seas around us.” Tom Robbins Some of the artists he has collaborated with include: MUSIC: Bono, Michael Stipe (REM), Alanis Morissette, Dido, Robbie Williams, Daniel Lanois, KD Lang, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry… FILM/TV: Dennis Hopper, John Cusack, Carrie Fisher, Billy Connolly, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Fry Other: Kurt Vonnegut, Noam Chomsky, Bob Geldof, Tom Robbins, Douglas Coupland

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On-demand access to videos

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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

Group sizes range from 6-8 people – organised as either a bespoke group or bookable as an individual
Flights if required
Transport from Durban, airport pick up and drop off
All meals, seriously good food, catering for any dietary requirements
Experienced guides to guide you and ensure your safety.
All camping equipment including ground sheets, foam mattress, sleeping bags and rucksacks, cooking utensils, eating utensils, toilet-paper, spade, water containers.
Trail fees cover all gate fees, overnight fees etc (no hidden costs)

Price contact us to discuss your requirements

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