This is a self-coaching workshop for individuals who want to gently start to practice using coaching for focusing life goals, energising themselves and overcoming obstacles in life.

Coaching and self-coaching, is for those who want to start the day in an encouraging, positive and thoughtful way. It’s also for those who when returning home, might want to have some practical tools that they can use on themselves instead of or alongside using a professional coach.

By the end of the workshop you should be able to; identify how coaching skills and metaphysical self-coaching tools support your daily life, use coaching tools and techniques to feel good about yourself and your life, change your thinking for the better, learn from your experience and/or create focus in your life.

In essence you will leave feeling better about yourself and knowing how to help yourself on a daily basis.

Pre-breakfast yoga session.

Tuition on Greek Easter desserts.

Learn to follow the whisperings of your body, heart, and soul. Guide everyday life with the extraordinary resources of your intuitive mind and find the courage to change. This is a course on using the creative imagination to understand yourself and guide your life. Imagery has the proven effect of deepening and speeding up any learning, healing or creative process. Dina will use image work to help you explore what is holding you back from the past, what is calling you in the present and future, how you can improve your relationships with others and with yourself and make new choices in your life.

How do we know where our soul is guiding us, how do we commit to what we know, and what do we have to let go of to do so? Much of our illness, depression and burnout underline the danger of driving ourselves down pathways that are no longer right for us. Through harnessing the power of the imagination, we become able to listen to the whispers of our soul, find our truth and follow it. Imagery has the proven effect of deepening and speeding up any learning, healing or creative process. This workshop will utilise Imagework as a means of stepping back, tapping into and understanding our old patterns, and freeing ourselves to find a new vision.

Pre-breakfast yoga session.

Discover what can make the difference in your communication and in your enjoyment of life. Move, dance, write, paint, sing, improvise, speak….. surprise yourself!  Dare and share; be inspired by and trust in your innate abilities and gifts. Step out of your comfort zone...............and like it there!
We will train the artist’s right brain which is longing to be called into play and given a larger arena in which to expand. Remember Rumi, "Beyond the ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field.... I’ll meet you there."

Move, dance, write, paint, sing, improvise, speak, surprise yourself, dare and share, be inspired.

People often ask why psychotherapists trawl through the past so much, so that personal development starts to feel more like archeology.  The reason for this is that our early relationships, our early experiences of attachment and separation, become models for later life.  How we experienced our first relationships gives us not only a sense of who we are through the way we are related to, but also of what we can expect from relationship.

Current research in neuropsychobiology shows the importance for brain development in babies of the experience of love and attunement.  Research also shows that our brains can continue to develop, even in adulthood, through experiences of closeness and unconditional positive regard.  In other words, supportive relationships, both inner and outer, can trigger brain development that might have been missing because of early misattunement and neglect.  

"Opening the Heart" will focus on ways in which we can expand love.  Through large and small group exercises, movement, meditations, creative activities and therapeutic group work, we will make inner connections and expand loving contact with the parts of ourselves we don't like or think are unloveable.  We will focus on acceptance of who we are and look to change the unhelpful and out-of-date beliefs we have about our loveability.  We will explore early experiences of love, where appropriate, and move on from unhelpful feelings that keep us turning to the past.

In the context of the confidentiality, safety and openness of the group process, we will discover we are not alone in some of our deepest fears and failings and that we can offer  and receive support from one another.  We will laugh and cry and discover our shared humanity.

To love and be truly loved by another, we must become our own perfect partner.

Pre-breakfast yoga session.

Helen brings a wealth of songs to her workshops – songs from all around the world, gospel, chants, her own award-winning compositions. She teaches by ear, ensuring everyone is included regardless of experience, and prides herself on getting everyone to sing! Her infectious enthusiasm leaves no one doubting their own voice or ability, and spreads the joy of singing in harmony together.

Learn to de-stress your life, reduce anxiety and manage your “ego moments”. You can calm your mind, put on one side your inner chatter, and connect with your true Self. Then you gradually awaken joy in your heart, bring it into your life and infuse your whole life with inner peace and new purpose and meaning.

This journey in the art of discovering inner contentment aims to help you learn to

    •    Become present in the moment when you need to
    •    Utilise the power of self-awareness
    •    Manage and still the mind
    •    Notice how your ego disrupts your "state"
    •    Connect to your Inner Self, your source of peace, contentment and joy
    •    Develop practical applications for use in everyday life

We will combine sessions of teaching and discussion with meditation, NLP visualisation, laughter yoga, small-group and paired work, and self-awareness coaching. The course introduces a whole way of being that integrates eastern yogic philosophy and western transpersonal psychology to help you on your journey to manifest a calm, fully aware and balanced way of life.

What can so often distract us from our contentment are seemingly the things, situations and people that we encounter in our daily lives. Yet if we can hold true to ourselves and our awareness of Who we Are, things can be different.

In this companion workshop to “Peace in your Heart”, we will explore how you can sustain inner peace in daily life. This course will help you to

    •    Learn to be fully present and connected to your inner Self in everyday situations
    •    Be more aware of your “ego moments” when they occur  and be more able to manage them
    •    Understand the nature of the Shadow parts of ourselves that we see reflected in others
    •    Utilise Witness consciousness in managing and shifting your state
    •    Learn how you can release yourself from your limiting patterns
    •    Use the power of intention and stay “on purpose”

We will be using teaching input, experiential work, NLP visualisation, laughter yoga, meditation, music, small-group and paired work, and self-awareness coaching. The course will draw both on yogic philosophy and practice and western transpersonal psychology. This will help you to develop your powers of Awareness and become more able to live harmoniously with others and manifest your vision in daily life.

Pre-breakfast yoga session.

Painting inner and outer landscapes on this island of outstanding beauty - we will visit sea locations painting the ever changing mood of the turquoise sea. Using techniques derived from abstract painting we will learn to 'free up' our style by painting Mandalas (round paintings), which connect us to a deeper sense of ourselves. We will also construct sculptures using materials gathered from nature and present an exhibition of our work. This course is good for beginners to advanced artists. Please bring paints, canvas and/or paper if you have them, otherwise materials will be provided.

This course will help participants open up to their inherent creativity by finding the mutual note that draws them into the field of their potential. The imagination is a healing force and Hazel will guide participants through a variety of creative arts including: Bodywork, Movement into African Dance, Voicework into Singing and Theatre, Poetry and Elements of Psychosynthesis to playfully and gracefully free your spirit.

You will focus on looking at the external environment from different perspectives and understand how you have created your 'map of the world' through your beliefs, values and attitudes. 

You will learn how to develop a vision that will guide you through life and the milestones needed to realise it. In this process you will find out what's a priority and what isn't.

We will look at different forms of leadership and 'model' leaders to understand how they combine emotional, creative and spiritual intelligence to best effect.

There will be opportunities for you to learn more about these concepts and to apply for example, creative management techniques to develop your own leadership skills.

We will look at some of the future challenges facing society and the impact/change they will bring. We will apply leadership models to help solve these problems as well as creating new opportunities.

This course helps those who are in leadership positions or want to be the leaders of the future.

Pre-breakfast yoga session.

Cuban Salsa
John has been teaching partner dances for 12 years and has a gift for teaching beginners how to Salsa and Tango. He has led numerous dance based holidays to Cuba and Argentina and has taught in Spain, Egypt, USA, UK, Ireland and New Zealand. His highly accessible instruction style and natural enthusiasm both inspires and empowers dancers and non-dancers alike.

Flirtshop
Do you want to want to find your inner Casanova or submerged Mae West? Or just have more fun and less fear in your communications with others? Flirtshop is a crash-course in self-awareness, a guide to coming out of your shell, suspending self-censorship, selling your assets, and relating to others with ease and cheerfulness.

Games, exercises, role-play, coaching and discussion encourage you to make the first move and keep the confidence flowing. We’ll look at eye-contact, body language, opening gambits, knowing what you want, and how men and women differ in approach and response.

It won’t hurt a bit, you’ll meet new people and we’ll really enjoy the process. Then you can go out and test your new risk-taking self.

‘I haven’t laughed so much in ages….people were raring to get back into the real world and start flirting for England’ Sally Shalam, Sunday Express

Emotional exploration within a safe group setting will be combined with breathwork, yoga, movement and visualization to help you clear the blocks that are keeping you from flourishing.

You will learn how to ground and centre yourself to maximise your sense of stability in life.

This is an opportunity to develop your sense of personal power and learn to trust who you are.

You will take home an increased self awareness, renewed creativity, increased energy and a sense of optimal wellbeing.

Free yourself from the restrictions of the material world and move towards an integration of mind, body and spirit.

Emotional exploration within a safe group setting will be combined with yoga, breathwork and mindfulness exercises to help you transcend your perceived limitations enabling you to feel whole, free and liberated as you speak, see and feel your truth.

Maximise your full potential and allow the unknown to inform and guide you. Learn to develop your self awareness and intuition whilst achieving a sense of optimal well being,

Pre-breakfast yoga session.

Join composer Laura to make sweet music in a fun and creative way.
(No previous music making experience is required)

Like the islands summer’s breeze, colour will take you on a vibrant journey through the rainbow. Colour harmony, colour psychology, the healing qualities of colour as well as your birthday colours that shape you and your relationships, are explored step by step. A great source of inspiration for art, movement and sound, colour will arouse the artist within.

This experiential group is based on our wish to know ourselves better at a deeper level, and how do others experience us - both their initial impression and a more developed impression?  The first question is worked on by intensive pair-work where you reveal more deeply who you really are. It is often a very enlightening experience that sometimes leads to reinforcing self-beliefs and providing new awareness as to who you are.. Feedback as to how others see you - both initial and later impressions -  is provided through a range of experiential exercises,and opportunities to obtain a greater level of truth by asking the group for specific feedback about yourself. 

The essence of this group centers around the idea that people get stuck in many aspects of their lives: relationships, work, self perceptions, self esteem. There are many reasons for this stuckness, but the essential idea is that people will not take the necessary risks, and if they do, will often not experience the ensuing anxiety and discomfort long enough to maintain the growth, shift, or move in directions that will ultimately bring greater satisfaction to their life goals and dreams. Thus, avoidance of anxiety becomes primary for many, and they remain stuck in relatively unsatisfying relationships to others, themselves, family, and their vocation. Similarly, they may be spiritually depleted, and not sufficiently connected with their spirituality nor humanity.  Further, they often do not go for, or sabotage, the very things that would make a positive change in their lives.
 
Through the issues that arise in the group, '"stuff "  that people bring to the group, and from what emerges over the life of the group, participants may become more aware of how they hold themselves back, and the origins of these concerns and fears. Sometimes this awareness leads to one more step in the direction of growth, and sometimes it is a giant leap which has life-changing positive changes.
 
After building some safety and trust in the group, I tend to facilitate the process of the group utilising structures, interactions, and exercises derived from many years of experience in working with groups which serve to heighten awareness and challenge the stuckness. I also inform participants that it is always their choice as to whether they participate in any structure, and can choose to stop at any time. Individuals who attend have final responsibility for their choices in the group which participants often find most challenging, but ultimately most empowering.
 
Individuals soon begin to share at a more personal level about their concerns and difficulties, and then using a variety of approaches including some from psychodrama and gestalt therapy, and anything else that I can responsibly use, I will facilitate their process which often, but not always, helps them to experience the blocked emotions, gain new awareness, and experience more satisfying ways of being. Besides powerful emotional release, other possible outcomes from attending this workshop are: greater awareness and consciousness, a change in perception of self and others, a richer connection to yourself and others, and a deepening sense of your own humanity. Other potential benefits include greater clarity and direction about current situations where ambivalence predominates, increased self-esteem and feeling more alive by being more genuinely in touch with yourself and others.

Pre-breakfast yoga session.

Music
We will be playing songs, forming a band, having a laugh, bonding, performing, and then splitting up due to musical differences. No previous experience necessary, all levels of musicians and singers welcome.

Creativity (bring instruments, cameras, anything with which you would like to express yourself)
The courses could take any form but they are essentially about self-expression through creativity. We might play or sing together, or use writing, drawing, photography, or film or any other creative form to show something of who we are and what we want to say in a safe environment. We allow ourselves the luxury of low expectations, and are learning to listen to and go with our instincts, attempting to silence the critical voices, and overcome old blocks, which may be reducing our contentment.

Outdoor Art.

This experiential group is based on our wish to know ourselves better at a deeper level, and how do others experience us - both their initial impression and a more developed impression?  The first question is worked on by intensive pair-work where you reveal more deeply who you really are. It is often a very enlightening experience that sometimes leads to reinforcing self-beliefs and providing new awareness as to who you are.. Feedback as to how others see you - both initial and later impressions -  is provided through a range of experiential exercises,and opportunities to obtain a greater level of truth by asking the group for specific feedback about yourself. 

The essence of this group centers around the idea that people get stuck in many aspects of their lives: relationships, work, self perceptions, self esteem. There are many reasons for this stuckness, but the essential idea is that people will not take the necessary risks, and if they do, will often not experience the ensuing anxiety and discomfort long enough to maintain the growth, shift, or move in directions that will ultimately bring greater satisfaction to their life goals and dreams. Thus, avoidance of anxiety becomes primary for many, and they remain stuck in relatively unsatisfying relationships to others, themselves, family, and their vocation. Similarly, they may be spiritually depleted, and not sufficiently connected with their spirituality nor humanity.  Further, they often do not go for, or sabotage, the very things that would make a positive change in their lives.
 
Through the issues that arise in the group, '"stuff "  that people bring to the group, and from what emerges over the life of the group, participants may become more aware of how they hold themselves back, and the origins of these concerns and fears. Sometimes this awareness leads to one more step in the direction of growth, and sometimes it is a giant leap which has life-changing positive changes.
 
After building some safety and trust in the group, I tend to facilitate the process of the group utilising structures, interactions, and exercises derived from many years of experience in working with groups which serve to heighten awareness and challenge the stuckness. I also inform participants that it is always their choice as to whether they participate in any structure, and can choose to stop at any time. Individuals who attend have final responsibility for their choices in the group which participants often find most challenging, but ultimately most empowering.
 
Individuals soon begin to share at a more personal level about their concerns and difficulties, and then using a variety of approaches including some from psychodrama and gestalt therapy, and anything else that I can responsibly use, I will facilitate their process which often, but not always, helps them to experience the blocked emotions, gain new awareness, and experience more satisfying ways of being. Besides powerful emotional release, other possible outcomes from attending this workshop are: greater awareness and consciousness, a change in perception of self and others, a richer connection to yourself and others, and a deepening sense of your own humanity. Other potential benefits include greater clarity and direction about current situations where ambivalence predominates, increased self-esteem and feeling more alive by being more genuinely in touch with yourself and others.

Pre - breakfast yoga session.

Most of us spend a great deal of time, energy and money on our appearance. Those who don't have often given up on what seems like an impossible task. The Secret of successful dressing and wardrobe management lies in wearing and buying cloths that reflect YOU, your personality, body shape and your colouring. In my workshop we will look at "what is Image" "what makes up image" and "why is image significant". We take a look at Body Language & Communication styles and the key factors in selecting clothes for your life style.

We then get down to the nitty gritty of body shapes (not a tape measure in sight).  This part of the course will involve you looking at your overall shape and how clothes sit on your frame.... there is no right or wrong frame - we are all unique. This work is done as part of the group and may require some wearing of swimsuits for a very short time. Tights and thin leggings with a swimsuit would also work. Men you will ideally have some shorts with you. We then look at your style type and how you project your personalities through the clothes you wear. We then look at garments, the cut that best suits your shape and accessories ie: glasses jewellery. Men if you wear suits for work, please bring one and ladies please bring a typical outfit that you wear for work and both men and ladies do bring an item of clothing that you find difficult to wear so it sits at the back of your wardobe. If we have time we will also look at wardrobe management/planning and of course shopping effectively.
 
We have lots of fun, learn how to save tons of money and enjoy shopping again. When you get home you will be able to analyze your clothing and plan a workable and wearable wardrobe. No more time-wasting shopping trips and you will also feel good about your appearance.

Exploring the power of Improvisation to develop flexibility and adaptability in dealing with the unexpected and expanding your comfort zone. Develop your skills in using voice and body to deliver an effective message, experiment with breath, listening, and eye contact as powerful tools in communication. Mime illusion technique revealed and made easy! Return from your holiday knowing how to do the wall, mime walk, moon walk and climb an invisible ladder. Memorise, rehearse and perform your very own Shakespearean monologue.

Intimacy, while sometimes hard to find or maintain, is what we yearn for. Intimacy is also the doorway to meaningful connections and loving relationships.

Whether your longing for a deeper connection with your love partner or with family and friends, the first step is to deepen the connection with yourself. In growing your awareness of body, emotions, mind and soul you become more 'at home'.

This course invites you to make friends with parts of yourself you have confined to the dark corners of your psyche. It invites you to be true to yourself and to feel into another person, at the same time. It will encourage you not to shut down, but learn to open in consciousness.

This workshop provides a safe and nourishing space where you'll be invited into guided meditations and processes. There will be dance, some physical touch, some times of silence and reflection, some times of sharing. Always you will be encouraged to be in tune with yourself.

This workshop is an invitation to move through whatever keeps us from enjoying open-hearted connection with others.

Embrace the Beloved is about falling in love with yourself and your life. It is about being willing to let yourself be human, fallible, passionate and vulnerable. It makes loving relationships possible.

This workshop includes touch, guided processes, meditation, dance and open sharing circles. It will provide a safe and yet powerful environment in which you can learn to trust your own natural energies and find a freedom and passion to take back into your daily life.

Pre - breakfast yoga session.

If you can talk, you can sing! Join this course, run by an exceptional singer with three number one dance hits in the UK, and experience the power of sound and song. Whether you are new to singing, or have some experience, this course will be an exciting journey of vocal discoveries. Using breath, movement, dance, song, improvisation, harmony, toning and more, you will be given the opportunity to sing and create. Free your voice, increase your confidence, enjoy self-expression, ignite your creativity and stimulate healing on all levels.

Digital camera technology is now so advanced that most of the photos we take will be properly exposed and sharply focused. But there is still one thing the camera can’t do – it can’t provide the ‘eye’ of the photographer, and the ability to compose an image that is artistically satisfying. Finding a beautiful subject for a photograph is only half the battle – the challenge then consists in making a picture of that subject which goes further than a mere record and becomes a piece of art. We’ll be exploring that challenge together! In this course I will encourage you to expand your creative vision, looking at ideas about how colours behave and interact with each other, how different types of natural light will affect your image, and how you can create an exciting and visually balanced composition.

Mastering Uncertainty
We cannot make uncertainty go away. The question is how do we learn to live with impermanence so that’s its effects do not spin us out into a state of fear and paralysis, so that we can find inner peace even in the midst of suffering and chaos. The Zen path of self-mastery aims to jolt us out of intellectual ruts and unconscious blocks so we can find the strength of our own centre. It does not mean grandiose control over, but rather understanding, flexibility and personal discipline. This course will draw on a mix of western psychology, eastern philosophy and Native American wisdom to explore self-mastery. It is a chance to limber up in order to face life with more confidence.

The Path of Happiness
Feeling good, but could feel better? What about those people who always seem to be happy in their lives? Wouldn’t it be great to be more like them more often?

Positive Psychology, based on the latest research, focuses on what makes some people happier and healthier than others, rather than just focussing on what makes us depressed or ill.

The key to happiness is to identify and build on our personal strengths, and not to waste too much time working on our weaknesses. However we also need to develop emotional intelligence and mindful awareness, so we do not dwell too much on the past or the uncertainties of the future, and can have more ‘here and now’ choice in our relationships and our life path.

The course will focus on finding your sense of meaning and purpose, learning to live in the here and now, letting go into pleasure, developing emotional resilience and finding connection with others. All this and lots of fun too!

Pre - breakfast yoga session.

Digital camera technology is now so advanced that most of the photos we take will be properly exposed and sharply focused. But there is still one thing the camera can’t do – it can’t provide the ‘eye’ of the photographer, and the ability to compose an image that is artistically satisfying. Finding a beautiful subject for a photograph is only half the battle – the challenge then consists in making a picture of that subject which goes further than a mere record and becomes a piece of art. We’ll be exploring that challenge together! In this course I will encourage you to expand your creative vision, looking at ideas about how colours behave and interact with each other, how different types of natural light will affect your image, and how you can create an exciting and visually balanced composition.

Tsivi creates a very warm and supportive environment, encouraging even the shyest of people to participate.

This will be a unique and inspiring experience, developing your understanding of the creative process and combining thorough warm up exercises, and musical theory with fun practical exercises to foster learning and creativity.

Clutter isn't only physical. Mental, spiritual and emotional clutter can keep you from doing what you really want to do.

During our time together we will look at 'unloading' the clutter in our everyday life, work on emotional clutter that is getting in the way and discover how creating more space in all areas of life will allow us to attract the important things we want and need.

The main areas we will look at are de-cluttering your brain, your accountability system, your emotions, your body, your social life, your heart and soul, your home, your finances, your language and your behaviour. 

De-cluttering is the same principle as setting New Years resolutions or spring cleaning...it's about clearing out the old to make room for the new.  

How can you expect others (friends, family or a potential partner) to be attracted to you if you are not first attractive to yourself?

During our time together we will look at how attraction works, especially when it is for a partner, but will also look at attraction in general. We will learn what is attractive from the inside out, and understand that by being your authentic self you will attract like minded people and interesting situations towards you like a magnet.

We will consider love, lust and self limiting beliefs as well as things that have stopped you in the past from having the close intimate relationship you want.

This relaxed time together is ideal for men and women of all ages who have the desire to have a lasting relationship that really works.

Pre - breakfast yoga session.

Creative Music Making with Colin & Carly

Explore the 'Art of Jamming' and develop your sense of groove. Colin and Carly are experienced musicians who will share and explore in a simple and fun way some of the basic principles of building interesting rhythms, melody and lyric writing. Working as a group this course will give participants the opportunity to perform together through creation of an original piece. (No previous music making experience is required, and participants may bring their own instrument).

Creative Music Making with Colin & Carly

Explore the 'Art of Jamming' and develop your sense of groove. Colin and Carly are experienced musicians who will share and explore in a simple and fun way some of the basic principles of building interesting rhythms, melody and lyric writing. Working as a group this course will give participants the opportunity to perform together through creation of an original piece. (No previous music making experience is required, and participants may bring their own instrument).

Jewellery from found objects
Learn to use jewellery wires and a few beads to create earrings, necklaces and pendants. The main focus will be on collecting unusual pebbles, sea glass or even twigs that can be incorporated into the pieces that are made. The techniques that are learnt can be used in more conventional bead jewellery making at other times.

This workshop lets you find more about how you influence and are influenced, and gives an opportunity for taking more charge of how you do your living.

Each day of the workshop will give the chance for you to look in perhaps a new way, at a different aspect of your relationship to the rest of the human world. The present group will be our first reality. Then there are groups from earlier life, family and childhood. Then the contrasting groups in your contemporary life. The aim will be to give you greater insight into how you and others get on together, and in consequence, more control over how to achieve what you find you want emotionally.

Pre - breakfast yoga session.

Jewellery from found objects
Learn to use jewellery wires and a few beads to create earrings, necklaces and pendants. The main focus will be on collecting unusual pebbles, sea glass or even twigs that can be incorporated into the pieces that are made. The techniques that are learnt can be used in more conventional bead jewellery making at other times.