Thursday Jun 7th - Monday Jun 11th 2012
Cost: $2750 includes all food, camping gear, transportation, facilitation fees. Does not include airfares.
This tour will be led by the esteemed Aboriginal Elder and Healer, Frank Ansell, www.frankansell.com.au, and co-facilitated by, Andrew Leitch and Bodhi Aldridge. This is a Mens Heart Leadership journey that will tap into the wisdom of the 80,000 year history of our indigenous people as well as their deep connection to the land in the heart of Australia. In these times of great change and many challenges it is imperative we look for new ways of connecting and engaging as Men and as Leaders. This means firstly looking inside of ourselves and finding who we are, who we would like to Be and then bridge between these two states of being.
This is a 4 day wilderness retreat in the East MacDonnell range, east of Alice Springs. We will spend the 4 days camping and reconnecting to ourselves, our heart and to the land. There will be facilitated activities to enhance this process.
At Leadership from the Heart Tours, we feel that there is a great opportunity for men to be able to explore all of themselves and to understand what Leadership means to them, in a safe and supported environment. In today’s fast paced society there is little time for reflection and understanding as to what supports us in the world and supports our relationships.
We will drive east, around ninety kilometres, to Trefina Gorge in the McDonnell Ranges. On the way, we will stop at a few of the sacred sites, such as Emily’s Gap and Corroboree Rock. Here, we will allow ourselves to drop into the different space and time that exists in these magical places. During the four day camping adventure that follows, Frank will facilitate a deeper feeling of connection to the land. Time will be taken to integrate. Bodhi and Andrew will help provide the framework to help facilitate a greater understanding of ourselves, and the land we are on. Upon completion of the trip each person will have a greater understanding of their potential as a leader, be it of a business, organization or family. An important aspect of this trip will be the work done around the campfire in the evenings. For thousands of years, men have sat around fires, dreaming and wondering. Fire is the alchemist’s tool of creation, and we will use fire to help find the creative and powerful energies that may currently lay dormant within. This work is designed especially for men to be able to reach inside and find parts of themselves that they may want to explore, but are unsure of how to do this. Cost $2750 includes all food, camping gear, transportation, facilitation fees. Does not include airfares.
Andrew
Andrew brings to this trip a unique blend of his life path to date. He spent the first 20 years of his professional life dancing his way a round the earth. He trained as a professional ballet dancer at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne, Australia. He then moved about the world dancing in Spain, France and the US until deciding to settle again in Australia. He then opened and managed 4 Businesses in the health industry with his partner Melinda.
Over the last few years he has been practicing psychotherapy and Transformational Leadership and Executive coaching, and using all of his skills as a way to help people discover their power. He leads regular trips to the centre of Australia and other parts of the world mixing the wisdom of the ancient cultures with the knowledge of today. It is a life long passion of his, to bridge the ancient and the new. He is also a facilitator at the Institute of Energy Science.
Through all of his experience so far he has a great understanding of the Body ,Mind and Spirit and how these aspects of self interact and shape our beliefs and longings.
He believes there is only one way to our true power, and that is to know ourselves as deeply as we can, and then to tell the story of who we are, with our whole heart.
Bodhi
Bodhi Nick Aldridge is a former lawyer and international business coach. After graduating from the Queensland University of Technology, he practiced law for 15 years specialising in commercial law and estate planning.
After training as a Business Coach, he sold his law practice in 2001 to become partner in a business coaching practice, Open Up Communication. He worked with Open Up for 7 years, spending his last two years working exclusively with international clients in London, Glasgow, Edinborough and Auckland. Bodhi became known as 'the coach for business coaches' as well as large real estate francises , law firms, accounting firms and financial planners. But he has worked with a diverse range of industries from manufacturing and building to sports and IT, as well as many community organisations.
In 2008 he decided to take a sabbatical to deeply pursue some of his interests and passions - surfing, yoga, buddhism, ayurveda,, energy work, community projects and becoming a grandfather. It was at a Spirit Adventure Tour in Central Australia that he met Andrew Leitch and they discussed their mutual interest in bringing spirit and heart back into business.
Bodhi has been married for 27 years to Counsellor and Spiritual Worker, Amala Aldridge. They have four children, one grandchild and are planning for the arrival of a new puppy. They live at the beach in Northern NSW.
