Encountering Nature Beings - Walking Holiday

The HolidayBrač is an ancient island with a rich and varied history. Today it is the focus of a heart centre in the Earth that channels cosmic love, and dis-tributes the Earth’s vital energy across a wide region. Situated on the highest peak of all Dal-matian islands, it also features a landscape tem-ple dedicated to Slavic Gods and Goddesses. This week we will dedicate to nature beings: to experience the elemental beings of wa-ter, earth, fire and air, of mountains, rocks and the sea as well as the guardians of new and oldsacred places on Brač. Walking the beauti-ful landscape, we will learn a range of tech-niques to connect with them and their wisdom. Thus we will explore the unseen dimen-sions of the outer landscape, investigate how these touch our inner landscape, and find inspiration for our personal development. We also take time to be and enjoy: to go for a swim, to relax, to cook and eat together.

Sabine EngelhardtThe impulse to move to Brač came to me four years ago in meditation. Following this intuition I found the heart centre here. My role is to sup-port the co-creative process, in which we find and live our visions, our unique expression of the Divine. As a founding member of the Charity Gea Viva I am currently working on creating a gar-den which helps people to connect with them-selves, the multidimensional levels of nature and each other. A bioarchitect and geomancer, I have trained with Marko Pogčnik and others. I harmonize spaces for individuals and business-es and create in designs in balance with nature. The IdeaThe gatherings unite geomancy, personal and collective development, and help to deepen our connection with the subtle levels of existence around us, ourselves, the community and each other. The underlying intention is to find and live our visions and fully step into our role in the ongoing process of global transformation: liv-ing the truth of our hearts, balancing male and female, and expressing our unique experience of the Divine.

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by Sabine Engelhardt 12. - 19th October 2013, Island Brac, Croatia

Beach in Murvica

Milna Sunset in Milna

Sabine Engelhardt

Tree eye

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ProgrammeEach day we start with a morning mediation, and finish with a sharing in the evening. Tak-ing trips to a range of sites across the island, we will walk each day between two and five hours to discover some hidden treasures. En route we will explore the subtle dimensions of the landscape and its beings.

Usually we will cook together, but there is also the possibility to sample the island‘s culinary highlights according to the group‘s desire. We are based on the Gea Viva site in the picturesque seaside village of Milna. Camp-ing is possible on the site, or you can book an apartment.

Saturday, 12.10. 16:00 Meet in Split harbour, transfer to Milna on the Island Brač.

Evening meal, opening round and introduc-tion.

Sunday, 13.10. We will start the day with a meditation in the stone circle auditorium on the Gea Viva site. Later In the afternoon, we will take a short walk to the Osibova bay, with its chapels. Op-portunity to go swimming.

Monday, 14.10. Along old mountain paths, we walk to the remote seaside village Smrka and connect

with the cultural landscape of the island. Smrka has an articulated spiritual channel, which we will experience. The way back takes us along the picturesque coastal paths with views of the neighbouring island Hvar.

Tuesday, 15.10.Exploring Brač‘s landscape temple, we will visit Vidova Gora (St. Vitus‘ Mountain), the Dragon‘s cave and Dragon‘s harbour. We will drive to Vidova Gora, the place of the slavic God Vid. Situated on a site that has been sacred for gen-erations, is a chapel that is dedicated to him. There it is possible to experience the landscape angel of Brač. Then we will drive to Murvica and visit the ruined monastery of Dračeva Luka (Dragon‘s harbour), who is the focus of Brač‘s heart centre. After a break and lunch on the beach we will climg up to the Dragon‘s cave that was originally a place of the Goddess Mokoš. Today the cave has a rich variety of reliefs, mostly from the time when the cave was a monk‘s hermitage.

Wednesday, 16.10. We will have a joint morning meditation, oth-erwise this will be a free day. Those who wish can take a boat trip to the harbour village of Bobovišče, which has a natural spring.

Thursday, 17.10. Koloč is an amazing natural rock formation, with a strong cosmic connection. We will drive there, experience this place and walk along pic-turesque paths to the Blaca monastery. Today this balances the more active places on Brač and has a very calming quality.

On the path to Vidova Gora

Dragon‘s cave

Stone circle auditorium Heart centre

Monastery Blaca

Koloč

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Cost and RegistrationThe workshop contribution is ��0-��0 Euros in-��0-��0 Euros in- Euros in-cluding food and camping. Please decide on the appropriate amount according to your income. Travel and entrance fees are additional. Accom-modation in shared rooms is approximately 1� Euros a night and apartments are approximate-ly �0 Euros for two. If you wish to book accom-modation other than camping, please let me know.

Please register by 30th September and secure your place by paying a deposit of 100 Euros to Gea Viva. Account details:

IBAN HR6��4�400�110�9�1496

SWIFT RZBHHR�X

To register or if you have any further questions, please contact:

Sabine Engelhardt,+3�� 99 749 3711

sabine@geaviva.net

www.geaviva.net

Friday 18.10. Drive to Dol, a village nestled between im-pressive rock formations. Energetically, this is place of the virgin aspect of the Goddess, which we will connect to. From there we will walk through olive groves to Škrip, the oldest settlement on Brač, going back 3000 years. It shows traces of Illyrian, Roman and Croatian cultures. Possibility to visit the museum and to try home-made wine and olive oil.

In the evening we will have a closing round and celebration.

Saturday 19.10. Departure. Earliest possible arrival in Split at �:00 hours in the morning.

Practicalities Split can be reached by plane, coach, train and car. The bus and coach stations are in the harbour. From the airport it takes approxi-mately one hour to reach the city by coach. Transfers are organized from Split harbour to Milna on the island Brač. If you need any further information regarding travel arrange-ment, please contact me.

The workshop language is English with trans-lation into German or Croatian as required.

In October day temperatures are between 1� and �� degrees, and about 10-1� de-grees at night. We will spend the major-ity of time outdoors, so please bring walking boots, water bottle, sun and rain protection.

View from Vidova Gora

Linda with her owner

Gea Viva Site

Stone circle

Bobovišće

In the Dragon‘s cave