Embodied Transition Design Retreat

Welcome to join us for an intimate, transformative 3 days experience where we will nourish our collective sense of better futures with the help of Transition design, Regenerative Leadership and Somatic Movement Practice. By stimulating our minds, hearts and bodies, we will explore new ways of thinking, collaborating, and dialoguing with one another in order to co-create solutions for complex systemic challenges.

The retreat is designed so that our time together is deep yet joyful, bringing clarity to ourselves about our purpose and agency, on how we can contribute towards building a more sustainable, fair and regenerative future society.

What we will do:

During the 3 days, we will apply systemic innovation methods from Transition design, to map the wicked problem of our times (such as over consumption or disconnection from nature, group will choose the focus). We will get inspiration from playful, creative techniques to imagine desirable futures, and through Somative Movement Practice, we will explore our emotional reactions guided by our bodies and embody these desirable future visions. Through the Regenerative Leadership lens, we will explore how each one of us can create conditions for life to thrive in the ecosystems and networks we are part of.

After the retreat you will:

- be inspired and equipped with useful tools and methods which you can apply in your organization or community

- be connected with other like-minded professionals in the field of sustainability and regeneration

- have a deeper understanding of the complex systemic challenges of our times, and the needed transitions

This retreat is for you if you feel called for:

- taking an action and develop solutions for the rising complex and systemic challenges (such as social inequality, climate change, biodiversity loss)

- learning a new approach combining analytical, creative, emotional and physical practices.

- taking time for yourself, rejuvenate, and connect with your truth and purpose

Total Investment for the retreat:

We have room for a limited number of 16 participants. You need to reserve your spot with a pre-payment of 108 € as part of this registration form. The full price of the retreat is:

For individuals:

790 €

For Companies:

950 € +VAT (which will also help us to invite one student for free)

The price includes :

1- Accommodation: In Tuomiston Kartano, a beautiful retreat center in Southern Finland (2,5 hours train ride from Helsinki). In rooms of 2-4 people.

2- Food: 6 meals in total (includes lunch & dinner on Friday, breakfast + lunch + dinner on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday) - Delicious, organic, and locally grown vegetarian *healing food* made with love by the hostess of the venue, Tuuli.

3- Retreat activities and facilitation: The retreat agenda consists of inspiring lectures, future scenario-building, and visioning exercises, solo reflection in nature, activities to connect with other changemakers, and embodiment sessions.

If any questions, send an e-mail to zeynep@falayconsulting.com

More about our hosts bringing in methods for Mind, Body & Heart:

Zeynep Falay von Flittner is the founder of Falay Transition Design, and Design Activists for Regenerative Futures Collective. She is an experienced design leader, entrepreneur, design consultant and public speaker combining systems thinking, foresight and human centric design to develop new methods and approaches to support companies and networks to build new capabilities around sustainability transitions.

Anni Rissanen is a dance artist, pedagogue and choreographer. She teaches dance, pilates and somatic movement in her own studio (www.virgiinia.com) and for dance and movement professionals in Helsinki. She organises movement retreats in Lapland and the Finnish archipelago.

Iina Santamäki is an entrepreneur, specialist at Sitra, and collaborator of many projects, specializing in regenerative leadership and sustainability, facilitation and process design, and systems thinking and change processes. She enjoys holding space for people to show up as they are, understand one another beyond words, be the bridge between different ways of knowing, and learn through self-reflection, dialogue, and deep questions.

More about the methods that will guide the Retreat Experience:

Transition Design is an evolving discipline combining methods from transition management, system innovation, design and sustainability to identify and analyse wicked problems and establish processes and collaborations to achieve positive long-term societal transitions.

Somatic Movement Practice is a creative approach to body, movement and consciousness. Somatic movement improves human function and body-mind integration through mindful and restorative movement. We use sense and movement based exercises to open awareness and find a deeper connection with our body. Through embodied practice we strengthen our human agency and ability to connect and communicate our surroundings. The exploration of somatic practice is the relationship between our inner embodied experiences and the relation to the other, and the social systems that shape our lives.

Regenerative Leadership is a way of being and leading that aligns with the logic of life. It is about creating conditions for life to continue flourishing on Earth. Being caretakers of the Earth and seeing nature as our greatest teacher. Its principles are inspired by nature's inherent regenerative, vibrant, self-organizing, and resilient principles. Regenerative Leadership is about continuously expanding our awareness and transforming our relationship with ourselves and with the living systems, we surround ourselves with.