Beskrivning

What: a unique opportunity for you to GetWiLD on a Nature Quest by being alone with yourself overnights in the Archipelago.
Why: Give yourself a” gift” – a unique, transformative, deep experience by reconnecting to Nature.
Who: One that wants to calibrate one’s inner compass and reconnect to inner-, outer and true Nature.
Where: In our Nature Quest, we are visitors to a remote area in The Stockholm Archipelago that offers a unique nature with well-preserved habitats, flora, and fauna, which allows you to have immersive nature experiences. But it also means that you must be extra cautious when you visit there. This is because the forces of Nature shape the Archipelagos. Including erosion and rising or falling sea tables, as dynamic landmasses, archipelagos tend to offer dramatic scenery and breathtaking view.

When:
April – June 2023
Friday 28th – Sunday 30th of Apr 2023
Friday 12th – Sunday 14th of May 2023
Friday 2th – Sunday 4rd of June 2023

Price per person:
3.500 SEK inc VAT private
3.500 SEK + VAT self-employed
8.000 SEK + VAT for organizations

How: Sign-up by using the checkout below.

OBS: 10%  discount when you reserve one month before the starting date

The Quest:
Nature Quest is a guided wilderness experience built around a Solo time alone in Nature. It’s a contemporary version of the ancient ritual of going into Nature alone for contemplation, renewal, and realignment. Retreating alone into the wild Nature Quest and sharing your experience with other participants provides a powerful opportunity to step back and reflect on your life.

It opens one up to a relationship with the natural world, which can enrich your own life and give one a deeper understanding of Nature as a whole. Spending time alone in Nature is at the core of our genetic coding – when we are in solitude in Nature, we enter a world of long-past experiences and become free and wild again.

Before and after the Solo, you will engage in sharing processes with your co-participants, such as campfire dialogues and awareness practices to deepen your experience. Some practices cultivate and refine the perceptions and senses, while others involve body scanning, meditation, and teaching wilderness skills. Together, the rules and sufficient time will help you prepare and integrate the experience into yourself and re-enter your daily life.

More about the Nature Quest, a sense-based experience in Nature
Busy rhythms in life make it essential to step back and re-evaluate the paths we walk regularly. Nature Quest is a guided wilderness experience built around a Solo time alone in Nature. It’s a contemporary version of the ancient ritual of going into Nature alone for contemplation, renewal, and realignment.

Retreating alone in wild Nature and sharing your experience with other participants provides a powerful opportunity to step back and reflect on your life and work while reconnecting to Nature. It opens up an experience of a deep relationship with the natural world, which can enrich your own life and others and give a deeper understanding of Nature as a whole.

The retreat
The core of the retreat is the Solo time alone in Nature. It creates a setting for you to relax, find balance, and establish a deeper under­standing of your inner self and a more profound sense of interconnectedness with the natural world. Before and after the Solo, you will be engaged in group processes with your co-participants, campfire dialogues, and meditation practices to prepare yourself for the Solo and support you to integrate the Solo experience before returning to your everyday life.

During the Solo, you will find a particular spot for yourself in Nature and stay there for the Solo time.

Sensing
Researchers have identified two forms of attention: focus and non-focus. Focus attention is put into use in everyday life and is very demanding because competing stimuli must be eliminated. This brain frequency appears mainly in the left hemisphere. Over-using it creates mental stress, dysfunctions, and reduced tolerance for disappointments and misfortunes. Non-focused attention generates creativity, curiosity, and rapture. It comes spontaneously with pleasing sights, sounds, and smells. Non-focused attention seems to be a distinctive feature of the right hemisphere.

Consciously entering into the non-focused attention frequencies is one of the central skills we practice at our Nature Quest programs. Our aim is that all our participants will be more creative and balanced after having rediscovered and exercised their senses, thus enabling them to enter into the different domains and facets of their consciousness, all according to the demands of the situation.

Read more: This is your brain on Nature, National Geographic.

Fasting
During most Nature Quests, we suggest but do not insist that you fast during the Solo period. We have had great success with the ’Master Cleanse’ method of choice. Master Cleanse instructions will be included in the packing list. If you choose to fast, your diet on the days before and after the Solo should be light and easy to assimilate. If you do not fast, we suggest that you keep on a light and simple diet, with only two meals a day, and that you progressively reduce the amount of food eaten (particularly heavier foods) the longer you are out on the Solo. Be sure to drink at least half a gallon of water each day, even if fasting. If you are eating, you will bring your own food during the Solo.

Read what the science says: Fasting can help against brain diseases, The Guardian.

Your safety
Your safety and well-being during the Nature Quest are of our utmost concern. Participating in a Nature Quest is as safe as going on a hike. Daily checks allow for verifying the safety of everyone involved while still honouring your solitude. A gathering place is nearby, and a call will bring an adjoining solo partner or guides to your site shortly. During the 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.

Departure & Arrival:
We will gather Friday morning and engage in preparing for the Solo. In this case, a Solo spends two nights alone in a remote spot with your ”Self.” Then, around noon on Sunday, we will come back together to integrate the Solo experience before you return to the city. The Quest will be held in either English or Swedish, depending on the participants’ language.

The Process
The GetWild process works with individuals or groups. The group size allows each person ample opportunity to receive focused attention and personal coaching and benefit from the wisdom and experience of other group members. In this program, we will give a brief overview of theories, methods, and tools and” read more” like – Theory -U,” Thanksgiving Address”, Nature Awareness & Tracking, Way of Nature and The Twelve Principles, Shamanism and the Medicine Wheel, e t c.

A welcoming letter
A letter with practical advice about the Quest, gear, advice for preparation, etc.: attached is a recommended but voluntary questionnaire to read and answer (only for oneself) with the purpose of better tuning in mind, heart, and soul to the Quest.

Digital meeting
A 90-minute introduction and getting to know each other to build security and trust in the group. Assess where you are right now and identify the areas in your work and personal life that need attention. Clarify what area(s) you want to explore during your solo time on days 2-6. Learn to utilize the GetWiLD process for calibrating the inner compass. A brief introduction to; Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, The Medicine Wheel, The 12 Principles, The U Journaling Practice, and Sensing e t c Q & A

Introduction day 1. – Wisdom and Intention
Practice and learn the GetWiLD tool and methods like; Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, The Medicine Wheel, The 12 Principles, The U Journaling Practice, and Sensing for calibrating the inner compass.

Solo days & nights 1-2  – Insight
Spend solo days outdoors in the mountains, in the forest, or by the seaside. Described as a profound” presencing” experience, a unique opportunity to be alone to experience and reconnect with Nature and GetWiLD fully.

Re-entry and Integration day 3.
Tell the story of your solo experience and expand your understanding of its message and meaning. Weave your insights from the days into a compelling vision that will inspire you to practical action. Clarify and commit to what it will take to bring your new vision into reality.

Day 1, preparing day.
Day/Night 1 – 2 will be at a remote, beautiful location
Day 3 re-entry days are held at the gathering place.

Packing List – Personal Equipment
A packing list will be sent in conjunction with the booking.

Pathfinder: Our pathfinder is Göran Gennvi, Sweden’s most experienced leader in nature quests. You will be introduced to the WiLD method to find balance and establish a deeper under­standing of the inner self and a sense of interconnectedness with the natural world. Göran Gennvi has worked as a pathfinder, leadership consultant, and coach. He has offered Solos in Nature for three decades, with the main focus on unearthing the inner conditions for leaders and individuals to cultivate great and lasting change and connect people with Nature. Göran’s inspiration for bringing about new perspectives and awareness comes from his lifelong, continuous time living in Nature and his close relationship with indigenous wisdom-keepers to get insights into ancient wisdom and science. Nature is and has always been his trustworthy partner and companion, and he finds that Nature’s beauty and ability to adapt, create, and renew, are beneficial. He believes that Nature helps us to reconnect to our senses and deepen our relationship to our inner and outer Nature, giving the possibilities for transformative learning.

Göran Gennvi is the founder and CEO of Nature Academy Learning Lab. During the last 15 years, Göran has worked closely with John P Milton, Way of Nature and Professor Chief Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation, and many Sami wisdom keepers.

For more information
For questions or further information: Göran Gennvi, + 46 8 716 36 77, gennvi@naturakademin.se

Testimonials

”Inte kunde jag ana att helt solokvist med ett tält, en renfäll, vatten, citroner och lite cayennepeppar, skulle bli några av mina viktigaste dagar i livet. Den starka upplevelsen av hur en känsla av Ensamhet förvandlas till en helt överväldigande upplevelse av Enhet blev så avgörande att jag nu definierar mitt liv som ett ”före” och ett ”efter” Solon.

När jag tillät den vilda fjällvärlden att hänföra mig, att föra mig bort från vardagens tankesplittring, uppstod två möten. Det första mötet var med vår fantastiska planet och hela himlavalvet därtill. Ett möte som plötsligt löstes upp med känslan av att jag var ju också detta. Begreppen ”ut i naturen”, ”vi måste vara rädda om naturen” kändes plötsligt märkliga – jag är ju detta.

Det andra mötet var mötet med mitt inre. Mina tankar visade sig genereras ur föreställningar och gamla mönster. Detta kunde i ”tystnaden” träda fram i ljuset på den lilla bergsplatå där jag slagit läger med dag och natt, fåglar och renar, bäckar och stenar. Identifieringen med mitt inre släppte och jag såg varigenom jag filtrerade verkligheten. Naturens kärlekskraft var tvingande. Känslan av gränslös frihet och tillit infann sig. I år är det minsann dags för nästa Nature Quest. Jag längtar…

Marie Ryd, dr i medicinsk vetenskap, vetenskapsjournalist och grundare av tidskriften Holone, ledarskapsutvecklare på neurobiologisk grund.

De tre dagarnas Solo var en av de mest kraftfulla verktygen för personlig utveckling jag kommit i kontakt med. När vi lämnar våra liv och distraktionerna bakom oss och ensamma ger oss ut i det vilda för att möta det som ligger framför oss händer något. Vi börjar se oss själva och de tankar och mönster som sällan kommer till ytan. De insikter som kommer under en solo är inte kognitiva, de är känslomässiga och därför mycket mer kraftfulla när det kommer till beteendeförändring. Upplevelsen är svår att sätta ord på, den måste delas och kännas, men jag lovar dig; den var av ett livsavgörande slag.

Erik Fernholm, VD 29k, forskare inom kognitiv neurovetenskap, positiv psykologi samt evidensbaserad coaching.

I was fortunate to participate in Göran’s Nature Quest in the mountains up north in Sweden. I got to some profound understandings about my life and my self.

Gadi Kenny, Founder Peoples Peace Found.