GetWiLD – Empowering Changemakers

Your Nature Quest (wilderness Solo) experience can result in a dramatic a substantial increase in creativity, and a more clear, centered and harmonious awareness, all of which leave you more than well equipped to handle any challenge 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.

Knowing your inner self is at the heart of true leadership. This WiLD training provides a setting for you to establish a deeper inner connection. By removing the noise of everyday life you will enable yourself to connect to what is emerging in your life and get in touch with your deeper purpose. We invite you to immerse yourself and listen inwards. To de-mask and enter a safe space away from societal expectations. You will gain a re-calibrated inner compass that allows you to summon balance and focus in the places where decisions are made.

Knowing your inner self is at the heart of true leadership. Get WiLD invites you to take a dive deep inside. We invite you to join us on a Nature Quest into the wild. Nature Quests are contemporary versions of the ancient tradition of going into nature alone for contemplation and renewal. This week of immersion will give you an opportunity to deepen your connection with yourself and nature. You will be able to recalibrate your inner compass – allowing you to find balance and focus in places where decisions are made.

Dates and Places
We will gather in The Archipelago of Stockholm on the following dates:
May 24th – 27th
August 19th – 26th
and…
July 15th – 22nd we’ll gather in Vålådalen Nature Reserve in the North of Sweden
Get WiLD is a powerful personal leadership and awareness training in nature. Get WiLD is catered to leaders and social entrepreneurs around the world. It is a one week guided training with a 3-day solo at its core for up to 20 participants. It is a contemporary version of the ancient tradition of going into nature alone for contemplation and renewal. The quests will take place in May, July and August in the remote and pristine mountains of Vålådalen Nature Reserve, Northern Sweden and in the Archipelago of Stockholm.

The program is modeled on the Sacred Passage training developed by John P. Milton, coach to management gurus like Peter Senge and Otto Scharmer. This years Get WiLD will be an advanced training emphasising meditation practices and group work among the participants to gain deeper insights into the unfolding process of embodying true leadership.For those who wish to deepen the experience even more, tailored one-to-one sessions with the hosts are available at an added cost before and after the retreat.

The Training
At the core of the training is the 3-day solo in nature, creating a setting for you to relax, find harmony and establish a deeper connection to your inner self and a deeper sense of interconnectedness with the natural world. Before and after the solo you will be engaged in group processes with your co-participants, camp-fire dialogs and meditation practices to deepen your experience.

Solo retreats into wild nature have been used by indigenous peoples around the world for contemplation, renewal and re-alignment. Retreating alone in wild nature provides a very powerful opportunity to stop, step back, look at your life from a distance and connect to the immensity of nature that we’re part of and interdependent of. Get WiLD, which is led by experienced guides, is a contemporary version of this ancient native tradition.

Your safety is of utmost importance. The program will ensure that the solo experience takes place in a safe environment. The hosts and guides will help you prepare for, and return from your solo in ways that helps you integrate your inner and outer experiences.

The program will enhance your awareness. As Einstein said: “Problems cannot be solved from the same level of thinking that created them”. The new acquired clarity and connection from this experience is an invaluable gift for life.

The FEE
Early bird special (before April 15th): 610 Euros.
After April 15th: 700 Euros.

Contact us to hear about our scholarships for students and people in special circumstances.
The price includes tuition, local logistics and use of campground. The price does not include meals or transportation.

How to Register
There will only be room for a limited amount of participants which will be assigned on a “first come – first served” basis. Register directly to Goran Gennvi on gennvi@naturakademin.se, Mark Hessellund Beanland on mark@markbeanland.com. And feel free to contact us for more information.

Once you’ve signed up you’ll receive a detailed letter including all the relevant practical information and payment details.

The Quests
July 15 – July 22, 2012
Vålådalen Nature Reserve
Vålådalen is a beautiful valley near Åre, Sweden and has been the home of Sami peoples for generations. We will meet the local caretakers who still preserve the ancient Sami traditions, camp by a pristine lake and gather around a fire in a traditional Sami Kota. For the solo’s we will climb the mountain Ottfjället. A mountain ripe with sacred sites and amazing vistas. Read about the location on nulltjarnsgarden.se (Swedish). Or see it on a map here; http://bit.ly/getwildmap1.

The Hosts
Göran Gennvi
Has during the last three decades worked as a strategic management consultant mainly focused on sustainability and the inner condition of leaders and how to cultivate deep and lasting change in organizations through executive teams. He has been a strategic management consultant to top executive teams for 20 years and is the founder and CEO of Nature Academy Learning Lab. He is committed to bringing WiLD (“Wisdom, innovation, Leadership and Dialog”) programs out to business and the community. In the beginning of 1990 he started to utilize nature as the main teacher and classroom for innovation and change. Göran lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.

Rowan Francis Simonsen
Is a KaosPilot, founder of Upstream Consulting and a father. He designs and facilitates processes and nature experiences focused on unfolding people’s highest potential and reconnecting to a place of inner strength and peace. His practice is fueled by a love for and connection with nature. Key words for Rowan’s work is leadership, sustainability, hosting, facilitating, and integrating technology and people centered processes. Rowan lives in Bogota, Columbia.
Web: up-stream.dk

Mark Hessellund Beanland
Is a KaosPilot. He runs a one-man consulting firm specializing in leadership development and social entrepreneurship. He works with organizational culture, personal development and project management. Mark is dedicated to the development of longterm strategies for sustainable development that marries the complex dynamics of culture with the unbridled beauty and delicate balance of nature. Mark lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Web: markbeanland.com