Our distinguished guest of honor is John P. Milton. A coach to ”management
gurus” like Peter Senge, Joseph Jaworski, Otto. Scharmer, Brian Arthur, and
others.
Rediscover your connection to nature INVITATION TO A NATURE QUEST AND WILD EXPERIENCE IN VÅLÅDALEN NATURE RESERVE, 1 - 9 JUNE 2013 WITH JOHN P MILTON AND GÖRAN GENNVI We are honored to invite you to an experience above the ordinary in the beautiful mountain region of Vålådalen, Sweden. Our distinguished guest of honor is John P Milton. A coach to ”management gurus” like Peter Senge, Joseph Jaworski, Otto Scharmer, Brian Arthur, and others. Peter Senge says: “Leaders, particularly in business, are finding that Milton’s capacity to guide them into an encounter with nature both allows them to find a deeper purpose and unleashes the creativity needed to live that purpose”.
The challenge We live in a time with many changes, challenges and opportunities. A time when being in touch with your own inner compass, is perhaps more important than ever. A time when change-making, at all levels, both as a professional and in our personal life, is about mobilizing your own and other people´s energy and your commitment to create and live through values of deeper meaning. It is our experience that when this kind of collective commitment is mobilized, true change is possible both within yourself as well as in our society.
The outcome Your Nature Quest and wilderness experience can result in a dramatic reduction of daily stress, an increase in creativity, and a more clear, centered and harmonious awareness, all of which leave you well equipped to handle the challenges and opportunities that life may have to offer. If you choose to trust: the natural world will bring you profound peace, self-respect and revelation - your authentic self.
The program – Nature Quest Nature Quest is a powerful awareness training and meditation retreat, combined with a guided, contemporary vision quest Solo in nature. Experiencing a Nature Quest can have a deeply transforming effect on your life. John P. Milton created The Nature Quest to incorporate his 12 Principles, which distil the core teachings of the world’s liberating wisdom traditions. His work has been visualized as a red-thread through the book “Presence” (authors: Peter Senge, Joseph Jaworski, Otto Scharmer and Betty Sue Flowers) especially within the chapter “Seeing with the heart”. Some of the practices covered are: meditation, Qigong, Tai Chi, GaiaFlow, cultivating and refining the perceptions and senses, wilderness skills, techniques for transforming blocked emotions and the 11 Direction Ceremony. The Nature Quest includes a 4 day Solo, time you spend completely alone with yourself and nature. The practices mentioned above as well as sufficient time for Sharing before and after the Solo with the leaders and the group, will help you to prepare and integrate the experience in yourself and your daily life. The Nature Quest is part of a World Nature Quest, where dozens of groups around the world gather for a special awareness training and to honour and share appreciation to nature and spirit. See http://worldnaturequest.org/. Your safety and well-being during the Nature Quest is of our outmost concern; in fact, participating in a Passage is as safe as going on a hike. A uniquely designed "buddy system" with daily checkpoints allow you, your fellow Passagers and your guides to verify the safety of everyone involved, while still honoring your solitude. In addition, a base camp is located nearby, and a call brings an adjoining solo partner or guide into your site within shortly. During the 4 day Solo no reading, writing or campfires are recommended. You may fast or eat simple foods of your preference and enjoy the comforts of your own tent. When you remove the demands, habits and trappings of everyday life, the essence of yourself can be revealed.
John P. Milton John P. Milton has pioneered for western civilization a unique, vital way of spiritual cultivation in nature. His vision quest and shamanic work began in the mid-1940s, at the age of seven. As a former Woodrow Wilson Scholar and professor of environmental studies at the University of Illinois, Springfield, John has conducted numerous lectures and seminars on the environment and earth-honoring spirituality within the United States, including at Harvard and Princeton Universities, and more recently, at MIT and Naropa University. He is a founding board member of The Academy for Systemic Change, recently initiated by Peter Senge and a group of close associates.
John was the first ecologist on staff at the White House in the 1970s, working with the President's Council of Economic Advisors. He is the founder of Threshold, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of sacred lands and The Way of Nature Fellowship. He also created the Sacred Passage process of awareness training, where his 12 Principles are widely taught. He is the author of “Sky Above Earth Below: Spiritual Practice in Nature” and numerous other books, articles, audio and video presentations on ecology and spiritual practices (www.sacredpassage.com) and (www.wayofnature.com).
Göran Gennvi Göran Gennvi has during the last two decades worked as a strategic management consultant, mainly focused on the inner condition of the leaders and how to cultivate deep and lasting change in organizations through executive teams. The source of Görans inspiration for bringing about new perspective and awareness comes from ancient wisdom and new science. Nature is his partner and companion, and he finds that natures beauty, ability to adapt, create and renew is extra ordinary useful. He believes that nature helps us to reconnect to our senses and thereby deepen our relationship to our inner and outer nature. Göran Gennvi is the founder and CEO of Nature Academy Learning Lab (www.naturakademin.se) and developed the program WILD (Wisdom, Innovation, Leadership and Dialog). It is a program designed to create positive and earth connected change for business and communies.
Location In the nature reserve - Vålådalen, which also is the area of the Sámi village ”Handöls Sameby”. This is a fantastic landscape where your 4 night Solo is above the timberline. The area is safe and clean. One of our local guides is the Same and reindeer owner Reidar Nordfjäll. Reidar will share with us the insight and experience of a sustainable life style, the Sámi way.
The broad outline is Saturday 1th June 2013 Train from Stocksholm Central to Undersåker (in the county of Jämtland). The train stops at Arlanda airport at xx.xx. Arrival at Undersåker (in the county of Jämtland) xx.xx Nulltjärnsgården Mountain Lodge. The programme will start at 19.00. Sunday June2rd Nulltjärnsgården Mountain Lodge Program at Site, preparation for Solo. Monday June 3th to Friday June 7th At noon, a walk to Solo sites at Ottfjället. 4 nights on the mountain Ottfjället Friday June 7th Return to the traditional Sami Site, Nulltjärn Mountain Lodge. Sharing and ceremonies. Saturday June 8th Sharing and preparing to ”re-entry” back home. Sunday June 9th Ceremony, return to Undersåker and train departure at xx.xx. Arrival at Arlanda airport at xx.xx and Stockholm Central xx.xx. Return is also possible by plane from Östersund to Stockholm on Sunday afternoon, for connecting flights on Sunday evening. Leaders: John P Milton and Göran Gennvi Language: English Place: Vålådalen and the mountain Ottfjället Dates: 12.06.01 - 12.06.09 (8 days – 4 nights solo) Program: by mail,
[email protected] Price for tuition and camping fee: For the 8 day course: 1400 €/1826 USD (12 000SEK) VAT included Booking tickets in Sweden: traintickets: + 46 771 75 75 75, www.sj.se flights:+ 46 8 797 4000, www.sas.se What Price Includes: The meals are during the time spend at Nulltjärn Moutain Logde (89/6). The transportation included in the price is from the trainstation at Undersåker at xx.xx Saturday 1/6 and to Undersåker on Sunday morning. If you have difficulties paying the full fee it is possible to apply for a scholarship at
[email protected]. For the Solo you bring your own food or fast. We recommend you to bring your own tent, that you also can will use at the Mountain Lodge. An equipment list and recommendation on food/fasting will be sent to you in your confirmation letter. At Östra Vålådalen, it is possible to sleep indoors in cottage. At Nulltjärn as well, although the number is limited. The cost for this is not included in the price. Extra fee will be added for accommondations indoor.
Registration and Payment Please submit your payment using our SECURE PayPal button at our website (klick on this link) Please bring the receipt of the payment and show it at the registration the first day, since the senders name is not always transparent at the statement of account. We gratefully receive your application as soon as possible – although not later than 10th of May 2012.
For questions or further information
[email protected], Göran Gennvi, +46 70 512 81 98 or Anneli Örtqvist, + 46 70 241 75 07 at Naturakademin Learning Lab.
This is what Jonas Roupé, Director of Strategy, Ericsson Global Services says after a simular program with John Milton in 2006: “In my work I have relied largely on my intellect and applied "the Harvard way" to the tough challenges that need to be dealt with. The simple techniques that John Milton taught us, during a retreat for business leaders, provided a turning point for me. It is as simple as: Slowing down the mind and letting the answers come without effort, and from a deeper source. I think all people - but especially those that lead others - should have access to these techniques. And the earlier you get them - the better!”
Sincerely yours, Göran Gennvi
