WISDOM IN THE WAVES

A 5 day retreat mixing Surf, Life Art Process® and Nature

led by Ken Otter and Stéphane Vernier

From Sept 4 10:00 to Sept 8 17:00 2024

With a unique combination of real surf sessions (designed for both beginners and more experienced users), Life Art Process® (dance, drawing, creative writing), sensory explorations in nature, and time for reflection and integration, you will explore the connections between the waves of the ocean and the waves of your life, and transfer your learnings into your daily life and relationships. You will leave with priceless discoveries that will inform your life!

EACH DAY
- ONE SURF LESSON with professional instructors and Ken's guidance - all levels
- LIFE ART PROCESS® SESSION of 2 to 3 hours (movement, drawing, creative writing, partner sharing) as a way to let our artistry make the unconscious visible to deepen the meaning of our explorations.
- Depending on the day, SENSORY EXPLORATIONS IN NATURE : the dunes, pine forests and by the sea to keep opening our attention, to synchronize with nature's rhythms and connect to its wisdom.
- REFLECTIVE SESSIONS with Ken to share his philosophy and teachings with us and help us make sense of our experiences.

By participating in surfing sessions with experienced surf instructors we develop the knowledge and skill of a surfer. Through focused conversations, body movement and aesthetic reflections, we explore the links between surfing and our life, and learn how to ride the waves of our daily lives more artfully.

What are the connexions between surfing actual waves in the ocean and being in the flow of life ?
1. Both require a wide field of awareness and participation in a complex, dynamic field of life energy.
2. Both require highly coordinated, focused, and purposeful action in response to meaningful patterns in this field of life energy.
3. Both require an intimate and reciprocal dance of interrelating—of giving and receiving.
4. And both require finding flow, as a pathway to fulfilling purpose and measuring success.

KEN OTTER,

Ph.D is a life-long surfer who also has over 30 years of professional experience in human and organizational development as an educator, coach and consultant, in the US and internationally. He is also a senior faculty member at the Tamalpa Institute in California.
Professionally, he links traditional and contemporary knowledge, art and science, body, mind and heart and grounds his work in his life-long inquiry on the interplay between inner and outer change and how this interplay is practiced toward individual and organizational wellbeing, and leadership artistry. it stand out

5 days : 550€ (surf sessions included, surfboards, and equipments provided)

Vegan and gluten free meals : 30€/day lunch and dinner
Accomodation : limited spaces available in 2 shared houses for 35
€/night. Register early if interested

Infos and registrations : stephane.vernier@yahoo.fr - +33 6 13 96 04 89