{"id":34302,"date":"2023-01-06T17:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chamai.be\/event\/wild-awareness-zijnsweek-21-tot-25-juni-2023\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T08:10:52","slug":"wild-awareness-zijnsweek-21-tot-25-juni-2023","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/chamai.be\/en\/event\/wild-awareness-zijnsweek-21-tot-25-juni-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Awareness forest week – 1st to 4th of August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A four-day retreat in the forest for yourself and in community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During this retreat, you spend a week in a community in a magical place in the woods of the Ardennes. You live off grid, sleep in a tent or hammock and connect deeply with nature through meditation, rest, walking. You get extensively in touch with your own Wild Nature. There are moments together in group and also plenty of time for yourself in nature.<\/p>\n

Being together as a community in nature gives you renewed confidence in yourself. In this way, you naturally become aware of who you are and how you can be a part of the forest. We support each other to embrace our own presence, be there for ourselves and grow with the forest in this Greater Presence.<\/p>\n

Programme of each day<\/strong><\/p>\n

We start each day in silence with meditation and reflection. Then we have breakfast together. Each of the participants and facilitators take on a task in the camp each day, either in the morning or in the evening: gathering wood, fetching water, making fire, cooking, doing the dishes, etc. After the day’s tasks, we hold a sharing circle and then everyone takes their lunch and follows their own path in the afternoon: resting, writing, meditating by a stream, going on a day hike, collecting plants, woodworking, making a nature work of art,.. Sometimes we meditate on a question that came up in the sub-circle or give each other an assignment or exercise to get more deeply in touch with our own Wild Nature.<\/p>\n

By late afternoon we return to camp, after which we enjoy cooking together and sharing our stories of the day by the campfire (as happened in the tribes). The evenings are mostly free, but there is always the opportunity to create a ritual together, dance or sing. The first days of the week you stay mostly in the close vicinity of the camp, with lots of rest, time for yourself and nature. The last 2 days you will help in Chamai’s community rewilding forest project on site or in the surrounding forests.<\/p>\n

Day 1 – Grounds in the forest<\/p>\n

15:00 Arrival at Chamai retreat centre
\n16.00 Departure to basecamp in the forest
\n16.30 Introductions and practical arrangements
\n18.30 Supper
\n19.30 Free evening<\/p>\n

Day 1 to Day 3 – Connecting together in the forest<\/p>\n

08.30 Silent meditation and yoga
\n09.15 Breakfast
\n10.00 Share circle
\n11.30 Day tasks
\n12.00 Making lunch and free afternoon
\n13.00 Free afternoon: hiking, nature connection exercises, time for yourself
\n17.00 Return to camp
\n18:30 Supper
\n20:00 Free evening around the campfire with songs, music,…<\/p>\n

Day 4 – Rewilding day<\/p>\n

08.30 Silent meditation and yoga
\n09.15 Breakfast
\n10.00 Making lunch
\n10:30 Briefing and theoretical input
\n11.00 Community work in the forest, lunch by the fire
\n15:00 Free
\n17:00 Dinner
\n19:00 Observation & part circle
\n20:00 Social gathering<\/p>\n

Day 5 – Rewilding day & farewell<\/p>\n

08.30 Silent meditation and yoga
\n09.15 Breakfast
\n10.30 Make lunch, pack
\n11.30 Briefing and theoretical input
\n12.00 Community work in the forest, lunch by the fire
\n14.30 Nature ritual
\n15:00 Final observation and part circle
\n16:00 Farewell<\/p>\n

On the last day, we end around 3pm in the forest. We will then return to the retreat centre to collect our cars and say goodbye to each other.<\/p>\n

Registration and prices<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social price: <\/strong>on demand via email, 490 euro (max. 2 persons)
\nStandard price<\/strong>: 590 euro
\nSupporter & business price<\/strong> (if you would like an invoice): 690 euro<\/p>\n

Deadline to register is at the latest 10 days before the start of the retreat and subject to payment of registration. Later is not possible due to organisational reasons.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Are you registering at least 2 months before the retreat?<\/strong> Then you will get an early booking discount of 70 euro, if you transfer the full participation fee in one go (not valid for social prices).<\/p>\n

Your registration is complete as soon as you have sent an email to chamaicentre@gmail.com<\/a> and transferred the full registration fee to the following account: BE12 7340 4886 7292 \u2013 Sophie Vandenkerchove, mentioning your name + Wild Awareness forest week and date.<\/p>\n

If you cancel your participation, a part of your enrollment fee will be withheld to cover the administrative costs of your cancellation. Two months in advance 25% of your contribution will be retained, one month in advance 50% and 2 weeks in advance: 75% of your contribution. If the retreat has to be cancelled due to external organisational reasons, your registration will be fully refunded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Guides of this retreat<\/b><\/p>\n

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Sophie Vandenkerchove<\/b><\/p>\n

Sophie is a lover of the Wild \u2013 within and without. Sophie grew up in the forests of the Belgian Ardennes, where she nurtured a strong connection to the land of her ancestors as a child. After roaming wild places in the cities, she moved back to her village with a dedication to offer her life to the well-being and healing of her ancestral land. Out of this, Chamai came into existence: a nature-based learning centre, where she offers residential workshops and experiential journeys in and with Nature and collaborates with others. In her own work, she interweaves the power of ceremony and presenceness with her soulful love for her place, nature and people. She is passionate about pilgrimages, solo time in nature, silent retreats and all those experiences that bring together a good balance of adventure, presence and gentleness. Feeling and bringing each other home, is her life\u2019s longing and service.<\/p>\n

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