A journey into
the heart of change
We offer transformative experiences, as a resource for personal and collective transformation.
If we are to shift the world, we must shift the way we think, see and relate.
We create spaces where we can claim our innate creative power back from a system that drains our energy and keeps us in firefighting mode.
Guided by nature and ancient wisdom, we build brave sanctuaries where we can unlearn, come back into balance and tune in with our inner knowing.
“There where is the nous, lies the treasure” - Gospel of Mary Magdalene
:: N O U S ::
The invitation
To quiet down the mind
Filled with the master’s tools
How do you intend to bring down the master’s house?
To peel away the layers
To clear our gaze
To feel into our broken parts, mirrored in a broken world
Like phantom pains of amputated limbs
When we are ready
We can re - member
that once we were whole and
like the moon, we know :: our light and our darkness
like the acorn, we know :: our infinite possibilities
like the water, we know :: our power from within
Let’s meet at zero degrees of separation
Where egos and roles and societies dissolve
Let’s meet as our full selves
and live into radical love
for ourselves
for all beings
for mystery
Beyond the certainty of the old
there is a place
where dissolving is solving
and being is doing
Where joy is swirling
and
uncertainty is blooming
into the new
In a world on fire, retreating and slowing down feels counter-intuitive for many of us. At N O U S we consider it a brave, radical act and a vital step towards collective transformation. We believe individual and collective liberation are interconnected.
It takes courage to go on an inner journey to start to unlearn and heal what centuries of domination, oppression and separation have done to us.
And it takes community. Returning to right relations (with ourselves, others and the natural world) is not individualistic or self-centred. It’s an intentional journey to move from the disconnect we are living in modern society to a deep interconnectedness with the web of life. We consider it a political practice, which can guide us from an ego-centric to an eco-centric future.
N O U S experiences offer safe and brave spaces for small groups to embark on a shared journey to start to:
Restore the relation with themselves, others and the natural world
Unlearn patterns instilled by the dominant system
Our transformative experiences are rooted in:
SANCTUARY - To slow down and to be, in stillness and in nature, to soften, to let go, to make space.
HEAD:HEART:BODY:EARTH - A blend of individual/collective practices and wisdom traditions - to guide us into remembering and returning to our whole selves.
CO-CREATION - Sharing circles take a central role in our time together. We believe in the power of group energy and intentionality.
COMMUNITY – Experiences are embedded in a shared journey, which continues in community.
N O U S Experiences
N O U S intends to contribute to the growing need for collective spaces and healing architecture around the inner dimension of collective change.
N O U S connections offers an on-line home for people to connect with each other and to access existing information, initiatives and retreats rooted in the intersection between inner and outer change.
N O U S Connections
Timeless wisdom for modern activists :: soulful activism :: inner and outer technology :: the wounded healer :: silence is revolution :: …
Written and curated by the N O U S team, this is a space to get inspired, challenged and nourished.
N O U S Inspiration
“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think”
- Gregory Bateson
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