A week of Surrendered Leadership, Embodiment and Nature Connection in beautiful Norway. With the Relating Arts retreats we invite you into an exploration of body and mind, moving towards effortless being and action in everyday life.
Circling
Surrendered Leadership
Authentic Relating
Nature Connection
Tai Chi and Qigong
Body Therapy
The retreats are intimate experiences for max 13 participants and takes place in the beautiful archipelago of Southern Norway.
Dates in 2025:
August 4-10
August 25-31
Each retreat starts off with a 2½ day immersion where we dive deeply into practice together and create a container for living from authenticity, presence and aliveness. The following days of the retreat we invite you to practice self leadership (with our support) into what is most important for you. We will facilitate morning and evening sessions to create a frame around these open explorations.
The unstructured time will also be a chance to enjoy what the local area has to offer: organized fishing trips, oyster safaris, island explorations, mushroom picking, expeditions to the local bronze age settlement, swimming, sun bathing, forest walks and bike trips to local, scenic villages are among the possible options.
While the main scheduled activities at the retreat are based on Authentic Relating, Circling and Surrendered Leadership, we will also weave in other practices such as sitting meditation, bodywork, embodiment practices and various aspects of relating to nature.
The retreat kicks of with a 2½ day immersion intended to bring us all into a solid frame for self-practice the rest of the week.
Every day will start with a Surrendered Leadership session where we connect as a group.
We are inspired by how our interpersonal relating can be influenced by the nature around us.
We will lead various embodiment practices inspired by elements from Tai Chi and Manuvision Body Therapy.
Explore the archipelago of Southern Norway by land or sea. Visit the local forests or go island hopping by boat.
We grow most of the produce ourselves in the garden and will go fishing to bring you seafood straight from the ocean.
We have various options for accommodation available depending on your budget and your need for comfort and privacy. All prices include a full vegetarian/pescetarian meal plan based on the vegetables of the season and the catches of the day.
We have four double rooms spread out in the house and the adjacent building.
€1250/person
Large and light dorm on the 1st floor of the house with 4 single beds.
€1050/person
Bring your own tent + sleeping gear and put it up anywhere in the garden.
€950/person
The venue is “Kaasestua”, a 300+ m2 house in a rural area located in the archipelago of Southern Norway, half an hour outside of Kristiansand. The house is close to the forest and 50m from the ocean. It comes with a large garden, private bathing bridge, boat and our own developing vegetable garden.
You are invited into the heart of Peter’s childhood for an all inclusive retreat, surrounded by nature and the sea. We will share three meals a day of healthy, delicious vegetarian/pescatarian food based on home grown vegetables, self caught fish and berries and mushrooms from the local forest.
We want to have the retreat at this venue to create an intimate, personal and most of all real setting for exploration of what it means to be human.
Peter encountered Circling in 2015, became a certified facilitator in 2016, and has since been instrumental in building a community around Circling and Authentic Relating in Denmark. Peter regularly hosts Circling weekends throughout Europe and is a senior leader for Circling Europe.
Ronja Lofstad discovered circling in 2014 and it has been an active part of her life since. She has facilitated circling evenings, weekends, retreats and courses in Copenhagen for years and is currently assisting on Circling Europe’s six-month circling leadership training.
Dét nærvær Peter bringer, når han leder Circling, bringer han også I sin kropsterapi. Jeg opsøgte ham på grund af ondt I ryggen. Han hjalp mig med at navigere I min depression og med at få udtryk for undertrykte følelser, så jeg kunne være i min egen krop.
Morten
Kropsterapi
It feels like ten days’ worth of richness happened in that short time. Yesterday may have been one of the most important days of my life. My heart feels overflowing with love today like a mountain spring (gentle, not gushy)!
Caroline
Circling Weekend
Jeg var vild med hvad workshoppen gjorde ved min grounding. Der var perfekt sammenhæng mellem indholdet og Peters undervisningsform – roligt, tydeligt og tilpas udfordrende.
Kamilla
Tai Chi og Qigong
Jeg havde en virkelig god og lærerig dag med mange indtryk og positive udfordringer af egne grænser. Jeg endte med at gå fra festivalen med en følelse af, at være blevet klogere på mig selv – og mere modig.
Nikkie
NÆR festival 2023
Normalt er jeg ikke god til at modtage behandlinger, men Peters nærvær, intuition og måde at møde kroppen på gør mig tryg og jeg får arbejdet dybt med nogle gamle ting jeg har gemt som spændinger i kroppen. Jeg får hjælp til at møde mig selv med nærvær og varme. Peter spejler skarpt og kærligt alt der er. Varmeste anbefaling fra mig.
Bella
Kropsterapi
I came to Copenhagen for the weekend Circling immersion. What a deep trip and process it was! Grateful for every experience. I feel Peter created a safe place for me to open up and connect with myself and others in the group.
Juha
Circling Weekend
Kontakt NÆR v. Peter Munthe-Kaas hvis du har spørgsmål til arrangementer eller ønsker at samarbejde om et projekt.
+45 51501738
peter@munthe-kaas.dk
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