And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom.
Anais Nin
A beautiful and peaceful centre amongst tranquil rivers, lakes and grounds
Moulin de Breteuil, Route Treport, D316, 80430 Lafresguimont-Saint-Martin, France
Opening to Life is a response to the fundamental human yearning to be as we are; a natural longing for what we might describe as ‘present being’. Awareness plays a pivotal role in responding to this call. It can also be extrapolated that awareness is the pivotal function that will allow for the possible evolution of human consciousness.
As awareness dawns, space opens to simply witness, not only the beautiful, but that which has been held in a web of thoughts, opinions and judgements. This simple seeing yields deep insights and offers an opportunity for letting go of what is no longer useful. This ‘awareness’ to which we are pointing is not a doing, but is rather a function of being. It is through awareness that we are opening to life and allowing our indwelling teacher, our true Self, to presence.
For this course, we are fortunate to be in a beautiful lakeside country setting with river running through. As we are at a mill, a leat runs under and through the dwelling that will be our home-base. This flowing water and rural environment, together with quality natural food meals, adds a conducive physical container for holding our deep dive into opening to life and our possible evolution.
Our programme will begin with an opening session on the first evening, followed by ten full days of sequential curriculum consisting of activities such as group process, meditation, dialogue, games, body and breathwork, as well as hiking, swimming and whatever extemporaneously occurs. We will complete with three and one-half days of “living the work” in community.
Evan Root
We invite you to take a quiet moment, relax deeply, and tune into your inner listening. If you are feeling a call to engage with this course or if you have any questions or considerations you would like to explore with a person on the organising team, please call or email us. We will be more than happy to have a conversation with you.
Energy is released when an unequivocal move is made from and for your true, deep Self. Participating in the Opening to Life course is an investment capable of yielding a lifetime of benefit, and it begins when you enrol.
Evan Root will be our course facilitator. Evan has more than four decades’ experience working with, as well as giving trainings in, emergent process facilitation. He has consulted and facilitated on three continents in a wide range of environments including prisons, large and small businesses, government and charitable organisations, and most centrally through gatherings, courses, and meetings for individuals who feel drawn to participate. The assistants on this course each have 20 or more years’ experience working with Evan.
Awareness, as it relates to food and its selection, preparing and eating, is an integral part of our course. Our meals will be wholesome, balanced and principally vegetarian. Our cooks will be Françoise Auvray and her assistant Philippe Enée.
Françoise participated in a similar long course with Evan, and is well acquainted with the needs and flexibility required for our programme. For many years she has both cooked and taught cooking at the Concord Institute in London where food for transformational work is emphasised as a core feature. She and Philippe are based at an organic farm-kitchen also in in Normandy.
The opportunity that is inherent in this course exists and is available thanks to the inspiration and commitment of a group of people who have had the opportunity to participate in a short course with Evan at the Concord Institute in London.