Mens retreat 1-5 December 2022 – CEMaH

Where are you heading in your life? Do you have an idea of where you are going, who you want to become and how to get there? Are you going through some significant changes in your relationships and what you value as important?

As men, we can find that a sense of purpose is necessary for a good life. It can give us a feeling that we are growing, learning and therefore that our lives are meaningful.

In this retreat we will combine two shamanic tea ceremonies with inquiries into three different layers of life purpose namely personal, relational and spiritual.

This time with a focus on learning ways to program our nervous system in a way so that we can stay calm under pressure and be “In the eye of the storm”.

Triggers of the nervous system define your behavior as a human being. We are essentially animals with extra brain power and everything in our surroundings turns on the nervous system in certain ways. Life for many people is like a storm where these triggers take control of us, push and pull us around, and no matter how badly we want to change, go new ways, deal with issues in a different manor, we’ll get pulled back to the old behavior.

What is the difference between working with breathing as a therapeutic technique and as a everyday tool to control the nervous system no matter where you are?

Through solo and partner exercises we will as men explore what happens when we are triggered, how it changes our behavior and what to do about it. How to become better at dealing with conflict, communication, setting boundaries and how all of lives issues can be worked on through the nervous system.

We will be using group sharings and group exercises, somatic explorations and mind-body practices for you to get a clearer impression of where you are at in your life – and what your particular purpose(s) in life could be.

As part of this we will ask and seek the answer to what happens when head, heart and guts inform each other and work together, so that a truly healthy manhood may arise?

In this retreat you will experience:

• Two Shamanic tea ceremonies
• Purpose workshops
• Nervous system programming aka NSP training
• Two virtual integration workshops
• An open loving masculine brotherhood
• Deep connections, support and time for bonding
• Beautiful natural surroundings

Included in this are also two virtual integration workshops and the possibility for adding a personal 1:1 therapeutic integration package with 3 online sessions of 60-75 minutes for DKK 1.500,-

If you are at a stage in your life where you feel the need to change, to deepen or get clearer on what you are doing, this retreat is for you.

Your facilitators at this course will be Aske Ludvig Rask, Bjarne Roursgaard and Dennis Lundtoft Thomsen.

Practical information:

Date: Thursday 1 December to Monday 5 December

Check in at the venue will be from 18 to 1830 on the 1 December. It is possible to arrive the day before the event. Just let us know.

The retreat will be followed up with two virtual integration workshops. Dates of those will be informed at the retreat.

In order to prepare for this weekend, you will need to do a special diet for a few days and prepare. We will send out a preparation e-mail with information for you two weeks before the event.

Language: The language of this event is English. If all participants understand Danish fully we will host the retreat in Danish. Translation will be provided if needed.

About the Facilitators:

Bjarne Roursgaard is the founder and owner of Healing Rejser

Read more here: www.healingrejser.dk/team

Dennis Lundtoft Thomsen

Dennis teachings are inspired by his own spiritual practices, his own continuous trauma release work and experiences in life and mostly focused on guided inquiry based learning through somatic explorations, exercises and meditations.

He has over the last 12 years studied with many different spiritual teachers mainly on the tantric Buddhist and tantric yogic path. Dennis is a trained psychodynamic, cognitive and somatic therapist and certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist. Privately he is a father and grandfather and has worked as a consultant, leader and company director for 25 years before dedicating his life to this work.

Aske Ludvig Rask

Body therapist, performance coach and founder of NSP training (NervousSystemProgramming). Guide at the retreat and facilitator of the workshop “Eye Of The Storm”