Sentient Experientials at Guaria de Osa presents

A Vacation with a Purpose:
Open Hearted in the Wilderness
on April 5 - 12, 2006 in Costa Rica!

We welcome you to join us in this significant NVC Workshop/Training
on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica!

Drawing on the process of NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION, developed by MARSHALL ROSENBERG, this holiday workshop will take place on APRIL 5 — 12, 2006 at GUARIA de OSA RAINFOREST/BEACH DISCOVERY CENTRE & ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDENS where wilderness coast and tropical beaches kiss a pristine Pacific Ocean. Medicinal plant gardens, exotic and rare birds, surfing, scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, guided excursions, rest and relaxation are just some of the delights offered.

Each day will be a mix of workshop activities and leisure of your choice - in a Nature Sanctuary, surrounded by rainforest with fragrance of Ylang Ylang trees, scarlet macaws, howler monkeys ... and just a few steps to ocean swim, snorkel and surf!

Please be so kind to network this event to your community of colleagues, friends & family: www.guariadeosa.com

THE WORKSHOP LEADERS
GINA LAWRIE has a background in psychology, social work and management development. She works as an independent organization development consultant for over 20 years in private, public and not-for-profit sectors. She draws on many approaches, including Gestalt and complexity theory and since 1997 has also been a certified trainer with the Centre for Nonviolent Communication. In the past Gina taught meditation, the spiritual basis of NVC, and its integration with practical skills that she most values. Based in West London, Gina also works in Australasia, Singapore, US and Denmark.

ABOUT GINA
“My corporate clients and I value Gina's integrity, warmth and professionalism. At ease even with the most challenging of people, she connects and inspires.”
     — MALCOLM ROBERTS, International Consultant based in Australia

“Thank you for sharing your skill and perception with us. I have been experiencing a wonderful sense of space in my life ever since as choices become apparent where once only duties and obligations seemed to be.”
     — HELEN, Brighton, UK

“When I remember the session we had, I feel very happy, felt support and comforted, to have more clarity and ease in myself, my head felt certainly so much more quiet after that.”
     — BRIGITTE HASS

AMOLA HIPWOOD, over the last 10 years, works as a Holistic Therapist with a background in Bodywork, Psychology, Energetic Healing and Counseling - dedicated to personal and spiritual growth. AMOLA draws on various approaches and since 2003 integrates and embraces the spiritual and practical aspects of Nonviolent Communication in her work. Based in West London, she works in Europe and India.

ABOUT AMOLA
“I feel very comfortable with Amola because I have complete faith and trust in her. The first time I met her I felt her warmth and compassion and that feeling has never left me. The training has been brilliant. It has helped me cope with dealing with people/situations that in the past would have left me feeling angry, frustrated and unhappy. I have learnt new strategies in dealing with people/situations.”
      — TERESA BROOME, Teacher London, UK

“The initial meeting was one of skepticism as this was a new concept, however Amola helped us to realize how this training would help. Amola’s ability to put the group at ease and to open up was evident in the fact that even the quietest of the group was encouraged and able to contribute a great deal.”
      — ANDREA AMBLER, Nandos Distribution, London UK

“Amola was also able to bring into her own life issues that came up during the sessions, which was particularly good ‘cause so oftem the trainer keeps himself or herself ‘external’ to the training, which I think detracts from the impact; i.e. she modeled working with her ‘stuff.’ Basically Amola kept it live and in the preset.”
     — DRYAN KITCHENER, Karuna Trust, London, UK

Inspire Yourself to Participate Pronto!

Cost: £750 or US$1307 (exc flights)

NOTES:
1) Participants registering from countries in the Continent of America, please ring: (510) 235 - 4313) in California (please your number quite clearly!) and/or e-mail: puravida@guariadeosa.com

2) Participants registering from other countries in continents other than the Continent of America, please e-mail: admin@gnb.org.uk
and/or Tel: from UK: 07908 596746, or 0845 456 1050 (ansaphone)

3) Dahlia Miller arranges all your domestic reservations in order to facilitate your arrival to Guaria de Osa effortlessly. For questions about arrivals and all domestic reservations in Costa Rica, please contact: puravida@guariadeosa.com
and/or ring: (510) 235 - 4313 in California

4) Venue information: www.guariadeosa.com

5) Information about NonViolent Communication: www.cnvc.org

WHAT is NVC?
Nonviolent Communication is a global organization helping people connect compassionately with themselves and one another through Nonviolent Communication language, created by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.

What is Nonviolent Communication?
Imagine connecting with the human spirit, in each person, in any situation.

Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone's needs to be equally valued.

Imagine creating organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment.

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) helps connect us with what is alive in ourselves and in others moment-to-moment, with what we or others could do to make life more wonderful, and with an awareness of what gets in the way of natural giving and receiving.

NVC language strengthens our ability to inspire compassion from others and respond compassionately to others and ourselves.

NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves, how we hear others and resolve conflicts by focusing our consciousness on what we are observing, feeling, needing, and requesting.

Nonviolent Communication language: It awakens empathy and honesty, and is sometimes described as “the language of the heart.”

What Do Folks Say About Guaria de Osa?

“Love, Love, Potency. Fabulous eco journey in the jewel of Central America.”
     — GANGA WHITE, founder of White Lotus Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

“Jonathon [ethnobotanist, founder and steward of Guaria de Osa] is an ambassador of Gaian consciousness. He is one of the jewels of the planet."
     — MICHAEL COTTINGHAM, Ethnobotanist, co-founder of The Herbal Medicine Program at The New Mexico College of Natural Healing

“Sacred Love”     — STING, England

“I came here as one and left as another. Thank you.”
     — SIMON ASTAIRE, London, England

“I felt as if I were on my own private South Pacific Island! Everyone is so kind, knowledgeable and helpful! Food is amazing! The orthopedic mattresses were well worth all the trouble it must have caused to get them here. Thank you for helping to make me conscious of my impulses and the power of my intuition. You are a treasure that I will always keep in my heart.”
     — BOBBY SAGER, Boston, Massachusetts

“Guaria de Osa is exquisite. We had a wonderful time. I have zero complaints as a group retreat teacher and a heart that is completely full of love for all of it. I am passionate about Guaria’s vision! All was exciting and challenging and just as it should be.”
     — PRUE BERRY "Music in the Garden" Retreat; current hostess at Rowe Conference Center, Massachusetts, US and former co-director; music therapist and professional landscape designer

“What a wonderful week of great adventure, beautiful scenery, and a great staff! Certainly a venture to look forward to doing again."
     — JUNE OUELLETTE, New York, North Coast Yoga Retreat

“Here at Guaria de Osa there are so many extraordinary sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures. As a totality being at Guaria moved us very deeply, from surf to ridge top, from the simplicity of rice and beans to the complexity of marimba music. Que Viva Guaria de Osa!!”
     — LINDA HJORTSHOJ and HOWARD BARTLE, co-founders of North Coast Yoga, New York

A Vacation with a Purpose
Protect the Rainforest with one vacation at a time at Guaria de Osa.

We invite healers, teachers and facilitators to co-host your workshop/retreat at Guaria de Osa and receive, in reciprocation, gratis your Osa Peninsula expenses.

Our campus is splendid for inner and outer work; yoga, pilates, dao-in, tai chi, capoeira, music, dance; ethnobotanical and permaculture studies and so on...

The environment is superb for surfers, scuba divers, bird-watchers, herpetologists, hikers/trekkers, ocean swimmers, stargazers, kayakers; scientific & cultural explorers; writers, wildlife photographers, artists; etc. etc. etc.

We welcome scholastic fieldtrips; meetings and conferences;
family reunions; exhausted activists; and all travelers who adore Nature!

Proceeds, in part, support The Osa Foundation/Grupo Osanimi’s Biodiversity Conservation Projects in the Ecuadorian Amazon and The Osa Peninsula - also known as the “Little Amazon” of Costa Rica!

Contact: Dahlia Kresch Miller
E-mail: puravida@guariadeosa.com
Tel: (510) 235 - 4313 in California (please state your number quite clearly!)
Tel: 358 - 9788 in Costa Rica (leave your name and number and allow 2 - 3 days for a reply) Our Vision

Download a color brochure (OpenHeartedInTheWilderness.pdf, PDF format) for this event.