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Join us for 4 days to transform our relationship with Earth through a living paradigm.
From lack, scarcity, competition and war, to infinite creativity, abundance, and joy.
In a time when our relationship with Earth & Self is wrought with challenge, we are invited to reconnect in an immediate and embodied way. In an open friendly community at Zen Rocks, two formidable women, avid earth advocates welcome us all to share, practice, and activate a new relationship with the earth, the self, and other beings!
In this first time collaboration, three avid earth workers from very different backgrounds, Mirto, a permaculture educator and gardener & Elise, a compassionate lobbyist for the environment, are inviting us through creative ways of self-expression and earth cultivation to sensitize our body and mind to the marvelous balance of our ecosystem.
In this retreat you will be taught sensitive, exciting, and beneficial ways to work with the Earth, through hands-on methods, and embodied practices such as: gardening, planting a permaculture garden, moving through yoga, meditation, guided imagery and dance. You will be introduced to a step-by-step guide to working & blossoming with the Earth:
Mirto Fifa will share with us practical tools and methods for permaculture gardening, a natural concept of self-management of our food and waste for the benefit and quality of both our local and wider community. They will guide us through the following steps:
Elise Buckle will be sharing with us, a signature offering of global environmental and peace activist, Joanna Macy, “The World that Reconnects us to the Earth.”
3 Days to Transform Our Earth Relationship
Professor of Epxeriential Permaculture Environmental Education, CEO of Re:Think Social Cooperative and Director of Farma Fifa Permaculture
“RE: THINK PROJECT , a study on waste self-maintained, as a tool for a sustainable society, where we have established the Community Compost Network for free and common use by citizens, where the waste producer becomes a compost producer. The network can absorve annually around 400 tones of organic waste and it is maintained by its own users.FARMA FIFA PERMACULTURE EDUCATION, A SCHOOL IN NATUREWe produce environmental programs and we perform and educate schools groups and groups of adults in permaculture methodology, in the circle of the seed /plant (natural and traditional farming) ,in natural composting, in botanology. and natural remedies and DIY crafts and arts, through a holistic approach, based in democratic education and inspired from the schools of practical education, such as Waldorf-Steiner education.”SEEDKEEPERS”, a project with great environmental value for the region as it maintains and evolves continually collection, planting and breeding from old, Traditional varieties or varieties that tend to disappear. We maintain and grow a bank of traditional seeds in our farm , we preserve a voluntary traditional seed keeping network, ¨ Seedkeepers ”
Environmental expert, Co-Founder of SHE Changes Climate and CEO of Climate & Sustainability Mindfulness and leadership mentor
Elise Buckle is a globally recognized expert who has been working in the field of climate and sustainability for over 20 years. She is Co-Founder of SHE Changes Climate, CEO of Climate & Sustainability. She has been nominated as International Gender Champion (IGC) since early 2023 and is now the Co-Chair of the IGC Climate and Gender Impact Group. Elise has a strong track record of building successful global alliances to deliver positive impacts for climate, people and nature, including the Planetary Emergency Partnership, the Nature-Based Solutions Coalition hosted by the UN, the Leaders Pledge for Nature and the G7/G20 Summit alliances for sustainable finance. She is also a leadership mentor and teaches sustainability and entrepreneurship at the Glion Institute of Excellence in Hospitality.
A visionary and activist for positive change, Vivi returned to her homeland, Greece, in 2004 with a strong impetus to effect positive change through building enlightening communities. In her life and work she has been trying to integrate Yoga, Zen, and Tantric Philosophy, the spiritual paths she has sought to combine for over 20 years, while a filmmaker in California. Through her journey of teaching and practicing Yoga, Pilates, and meditation, Vivi has been able to find a way of practice that makes us strong in all levels and helps us to triumph even in challenging circumstances.
After years and years of meditation Vivi discovered in the powerful pithy teachings of her teacher, Sally Kempton, (https://www.sallykempton.com ), an immediate experiential path, a shortcut to enlightenment…
Zen Rocks is a place of beauty, community, and dedication to a deep practice for personal healing and global transformation. Sprawled within endless olive groves, with stunning views of mountains, sky, and sea, Zen Rocks was created as a center for deep practice, healing, community and harmonious inter-being.
Set against the dramatic expanse of the Mediterranean sea, this heavenly corner of the earth is beckoning us on a unique journey of personal growth.
Through mindfulness meditation and somatic practices we are invited to re-connect with our essential nature, rest, restore, and meet the most positive creative version of ourselves again.
Practice Areas:
There are several terraces on which yoga classes currently take place depending on the sun and the time of the day.One of our most unique attractions our newly build magnificent yoga deck. Large enough to accommodate 50-60 people with great views of the sea and horizon, our finely crafted Yoga Deck is actually one of the best places in the world to practice. You are up there in heaven practically, with mesmerising views and a very pleasant breeze even in the hottest summer days, our Yoga Shala makes your trip to Mani worthy and memorable.
Meals:
Home cooked, vegetarian and/or vegan meals may be prepared according to your needs and preferences. We use local seasonal produce grown from our land or neighboring gardens. Fresh goat milk, daily eggs, and hand picked fresh fruit can be added to your menu. Your meals are prepared by wonderful inspired cooks.
Retreat Package (including Accommodations, Program & Meals) - The prices are per person.
Zen Rocks will assign roommates in the shared rooms below, according to the registration type.
Novalis Cultura or regenerating culture is the way to regenerate our environmental, social, and personal impact on communities and the planet, rebuilding our life, through a symbiotic unity of nature and culture, reducing the consequences of the climate strike maintaining the global biodiversity. Sustainable food production, alternative energy production, democratic, eco-based education, transition to eco-community synergies, artistic creation, personal development, youth mobility, policies and strategies for sustainable societal transformations, alternative communities, policies against any form of discriminations (social, racial, political etc) are the intertwining tools and elements of the new anthropotype of Novalis Cultura.
THE WORK THAT RECONNECTS IS A FORM OF GROUP WORK DESIGNED TO FOSTER THE DESIRE AND ABILITY TO TAKE PART IN THE HEALING OF OUR WORLD.
Since its inception in the late 1970’s, it has helped countless thousands of people around the globe find solidarity and courage to act despite rapidly worsening social and ecological conditions.
This work is also known as Deep Ecology Work (as in Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan), Active Hope (as in Japan) and Despair and Empowerment Work (as it was known in its first years).
This work can be done alone and has enriched many individual lives, but it is designed for groups. Its effect is deeper and more enduring when experienced interactively with others, for its approach is improvisational and its impact is synergistic.
Workshops have varied in length from an evening to a full lunar cycle.
From the first public workshop in 1978 it has been the aim of the Work to help people trust their raw experience and give voice to what they see and feel is happening to their world. Its interactive exercises frequently involve role-play and a shift in assumed identity; the Work aims to engage and expand people’s moral imagination, bringing wider perspectives on our world, while fostering both compassion and creativity.
CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION
The Work That Reconnects is informed by Deep Ecology, systems thinking, Gaia theory, and spiritual traditions (especially Buddhist and indigenous teachings), as well as group wisdom from earlier workshops. Common to all of these is a non-linear view of reality. It illuminates the mutuality at play in self-organizing systems, and unleashes the power of reciprocity.
Furthermore, central to our use of systems thinking and the Buddha Dharma is the recognition that self-reflexive consciousness is a function of choice-making. Whatever the limitations of our life, we are still free to choose which version of reality –or story about our world– we value and want to serve. We can choose to align with business as usual , the unraveling of living systems, or the creation of a life-sustaining society.
Our aim is to make the course financially accessible whilst covering the costs involved in producing and running the course and, if possible, supporting our Thriving community here at Zen Rocks.
Together, we Thrive!
Join the program for a whole day. Meals included.
(2-5 scholarships available) For those in need of financial assistance, students & youth, feel free to attend the program and support us by donating without breaking the bank! (You will need to provide your own accommodations & meals)
You are welcome to join and camp at Zen Rocks by bringing your own tent. This rate helps us sustain the course, the creators, instructors and community that is offering it. (Including daily meals)
This rate helps us sustain the course, compensate the teachers & instructors, while you enjoy your stay in our Glamping Tents or Dorms. (Meals included)
This option helps sustain the course and enables us to offer more scholarships while enabling us organizing future events. (Room accommodations & meals included)
