The day begins with early morning yoga followed by breakfast and then, the centrepiece of the day, the late morning courses. These courses run for three hours per day, for five days. On a two week holiday, they continue into the second week after two course-free days.
On a two week holiday if you would prefer to take a course from either of the other two programmes (Writers' Lab and Art Studio) for the second week, then please tell us your preference in advance by phoning us on +44 (0)1983 865566 or emailing us at office@skyros.com. You may be able to change to a different course once you're at the Skyros Centre but this is subject to space.
Please find below the 2013 Life Choices courses.
The price of the holiday is inclusive of accommodation in a twin shared room, two meals per day (usually breakfast and lunch, but sometimes dinner instead) and participation in all courses and activities. Single upgrades are available. Travel costs are not included.‘On this idyllic island my life changed for ever.’ The Daily ExpressListed below are the holiday dates, prices and courses available. Select the course title and facilitator's name for more information.
Successful Relationships Sat 8 - Sat 15 Jun 2013 LC1
Relationship and Communication Skills – At Home and at Work
We are in numerous relationships and need to communicate regularly - whether with a partner, colleagues or family. Most of us would like more fulfilling, successful relationships and would prefer not to avoid or struggle with some conversations.
Interactive and fun, this course will give you the opportunity to develop your self-awareness and discover how your attitude and beliefs affect your relationships. You will learn how to handle emotions; practice new communication skills; discover keys to connection and develop more confidence in your interactions.
A fully trained and certified Coach, Juliette has been leading workshops and coaching individuals, couples, teams and business leaders for 12 years. She is a highly trained and experienced Leadership and Change Specialist and Relationship Coach.
Through one to one coaching and leading workshops, she supports individuals, couples and teams in improving their personal and professional relationships. She teaches enhanced leadership and interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence and is passionate about living from the heart and communicating authentically. She also enjoys working with teenagers, teaching them how to become the best they can be.
The Path of Happiness Sat 15 - Fri 28 Jun 2013 LC2
Feeling good, but I could feel better? What about those people who always seem to be happy in their lives? Wouldn't it be great to be more like them more often?
Positive Psycology, based on the latest research, focuses on what makes some people happier and healthier than others, rather than just focussing on what makes us depressed or ill. The key to happiness is to identify and build on our personal strengths, and not to waste too much time working on our weaknesses. However, we also need to develop emotional intellegence and mindful awareness, so that we do not dwell too much on the past or the uncertainties of the future, and can have more 'here and now' choice in our relationships and our life path.
The course will focus on finding connection with others. All this and lots of fun too!
Michael Eales, psychologist, writer, and leadership coach for 28 years, is one of the leading figures in Humanistic Psychology. He is co-author of The Personal Management Handbook and The Coaching Cube and a management consultant with major organizations.
He was part of the staff team of the Human Potential Research Project at Surrey University and has trained many practitioners in the field.
He has written for film and television. He co-wrote and acted in the film 'Inertia' (Dir. Anna Campion), which opened at the London Raindance Film Festival, and ‘Bipolar’ which premiered in 2006 at the Edinburgh Film Festival, and is currently working with Anna Campion on a film adaptation of a novel.
This workshop is a practical introduction to what coaching is and how using self-coaching skills can help you in life. You’ll use coaching tools to focus on your own life goals and energise yourself. You’ll also explore how self-coaching can help you identify gentle ways to overcome obstacles in life.
During the programme you’ll learn inspiring, energising and reflective coaching techniques that you can use with peers or by yourself. You’ll experience how these can really make a difference to your daily life.
Andry Anastasiou is an experienced, qualified coach, coaching trainer, and has been teaching in personal and professional development for 21 years and coaching for 13 years.
She is an ‘Insights Discovery Personality Profile’ Licensed Practitioner and a Fierce Conversations Facilitator. She has a strong background in healing and self-healing techniques; Qi Gong, self-hypnosis, meditation and relaxation. She works with a diverse client base, from the holistic to the more mainstream professional.
She writes a regular blog called Holistic London and has been featured in and on the cover of Coaching at Work.
Choose Life at Any Risk Sat 6 - Fri 19 Jul 2013 LC4
The essence of this group centres around the idea that people get stuck in many aspects of their lives: relationships, work, self perceptions, self esteem. There are many reasons for this stuckness, but the essential idea is that people will not take the necessary risks, and if they do, will often not experience the ensuing anxiety and discomfort long enough to maintain the growth, shift, or move in directions that will ultimately bring greater satisfaction to their life goals and dreams. Thus, avoidance of anxiety becomes primary for many, and they remain stuck in relatively unsatisfying relationships to others, themselves, family, and their vocation. Similarly, they may be spiritually depleted, and not sufficiently connected with their spirituality nor humanity. Further, they often do not go for, or sabotage, the very things that would make a positive change in their lives.
Through the issues that arise in the group, '"stuff " that people bring to the group, and from what emerges over the life of the group, participants may become more aware of how they hold themselves back, and the origins of these concerns and fears. Sometimes this awareness leads to one more step in the direction of growth, and sometimes it is a giant leap which has life-changing positive changes.
After building some safety and trust in the group, I tend to facilitate the process of the group utilising structures, interactions, and exercises derived from many years of experience in working with groups which serve to heighten awareness and challenge the stuckness. I also inform participants that it is always their choice as to whether they participate in any structure, and can choose to stop at any time. Individuals who attend have final responsibility for their choices in the group which participants often find most challenging, but ultimately most empowering.
Individuals soon begin to share at a more personal level about their concerns and difficulties, and then using a variety of approaches including some from psychodrama and gestalt therapy, and anything else that I can responsibly use, I will facilitate their process which often, but not always, helps them to experience the blocked emotions, gain new awareness, and experience more satisfying ways of being. Besides powerful emotional release, other possible outcomes from attending this workshop are: greater awareness and consciousness, a change in perception of self and others, a richer connection to yourself and others, and a deepening sense of your own humanity. Other potential benefits include greater clarity and direction about current situations where ambivalence predominates, increased self-esteem and feeling more alive by being more genuinely in touch with yourself and others.
Ari, a Skyros facilitator since 1982, runs personal and professional development courses worldwide.
Within a safe group setting, he will guide you to face whatever blocks you in any area of life, and perhaps take the risk of creating a new way of living and being.
Choose Life at Any Risk Sat 20 - Sat 27 Jul 2013 LC5
The essence of this group centres around the idea that people get stuck in many aspects of their lives: relationships, work, self perceptions, self esteem. There are many reasons for this stuckness, but the essential idea is that people will not take the necessary risks, and if they do, will often not experience the ensuing anxiety and discomfort long enough to maintain the growth, shift, or move in directions that will ultimately bring greater satisfaction to their life goals and dreams. Thus, avoidance of anxiety becomes primary for many, and they remain stuck in relatively unsatisfying relationships to others, themselves, family, and their vocation. Similarly, they may be spiritually depleted, and not sufficiently connected with their spirituality nor humanity. Further, they often do not go for, or sabotage, the very things that would make a positive change in their lives.
Through the issues that arise in the group, '"stuff " that people bring to the group, and from what emerges over the life of the group, participants may become more aware of how they hold themselves back, and the origins of these concerns and fears. Sometimes this awareness leads to one more step in the direction of growth, and sometimes it is a giant leap which has life-changing positive changes.
After building some safety and trust in the group, I tend to facilitate the process of the group utilising structures, interactions, and exercises derived from many years of experience in working with groups which serve to heighten awareness and challenge the stuckness. I also inform participants that it is always their choice as to whether they participate in any structure, and can choose to stop at any time. Individuals who attend have final responsibility for their choices in the group which participants often find most challenging, but ultimately most empowering.
Individuals soon begin to share at a more personal level about their concerns and difficulties, and then using a variety of approaches including some from psychodrama and gestalt therapy, and anything else that I can responsibly use, I will facilitate their process which often, but not always, helps them to experience the blocked emotions, gain new awareness, and experience more satisfying ways of being. Besides powerful emotional release, other possible outcomes from attending this workshop are: greater awareness and consciousness, a change in perception of self and others, a richer connection to yourself and others, and a deepening sense of your own humanity. Other potential benefits include greater clarity and direction about current situations where ambivalence predominates, increased self-esteem and feeling more alive by being more genuinely in touch with yourself and others.
Ari, a Skyros facilitator since 1982, runs personal and professional development courses worldwide.
Within a safe group setting, he will guide you to face whatever blocks you in any area of life, and perhaps take the risk of creating a new way of living and being.
Learn to follow the whisperings of your body, heart, and soul. Dina will use image work to help you explore what is holding you back from the past, what is calling you in the present and future, how you can improve your relationships with others and with yourself and make new choices in your life.
If you want to re-focus your life or your relationships and you want to have fun and a creative time doing so in the wonderful setting of Skyros, this is the course for you.
You may feel you want to make some changes and are not sure how to get going, or in what direction.
You may feel as though your life is good but there are some gaps.
You may just feel as though you want to take some time to explore your life and your options.
Everyone has a different way of thinking about what it means to have a fulfilled life and sometimes we can get so caught up in living and working that we don’t get a chance to stand back and reflect on where we are going and what we want our life to be like. We often devalue or don’t even notice the tools and resources we already have to take us through life.
What is the Course
Building on your strengths, Kate’s course will help you to identify and enable the kinds of changes you want to introduce into your life and to create a map for a contented and successful future.
It will be practical and informative as well as experiential and enjoyable.
Everyone leaves with something to take away and add to their toolbag of resources for life!
What previous participants have said
“participation in this course could hold the key to a far better understanding of oneself... and importantly how one could move forward through life…”
“We explored our own family trees through creative, fun activities and role-plays and identified some interesting patterns from our backgrounds.”
“This workshop gave me a new, positive perspective on situations I have found challenging at home!“
"Kate’s course was a really special life-changing experience...”!
"The highlight was the Life Coaching programme with Kate Daniels."
“Kate has an innate gift of nurturing people through the process of change...”
“(Kate) created a safe environment and empowered us to express our thoughts feelings and needs with the utmost respect for the group”
"Kate is so giving of herself. She is like a ray of sunshine, warm, embracing and nurturing. I came home from Skyros feeling 3 inches taller, with memories and friendships that still sustain me, a shift in how I perceive myself and the world and the courage to try things that are out of my comfort level."
For many years director of Systemic Psychotherapy training at the Tavistock Centre in London, Kate continues to teach there and in addition has run courses and directed in Skyros for twelve years.
She started life as an actress and playwright but has been a registered psychotherapist for over 30 years, a profession she runs in parallel with her other loves of music and theatre. Pursuing a creative life is a passion – she currently has a sitcom in development for BBC Radio 4 and will shortly be launching her second CD as a jazz singer, made with distinguished jazz musicians JohnEtheridge, Alec Dankworth and Tony Coe.
Love Your Body, Love Your Life
Think of our bodies as a magic wand: used correctly they can truly be a doorway to helping you create an amazing life filled with energy, vibrant health and happiness.
On this course you will; experience the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits of having a gentle healing yoga practice and expand your mental and emotional tool-kit, so that you can get on with creating the body and living the life of your dreams. Learn how to connect to your inner knowing to bring deeper meaning, joy and purpose into your life. Identify and take baby steps so that you can start today to create and live a magical life that you absolutely love.
New Zealand born Katrina Love Senn is a Hatha yoga teacher, healer and author of the ground breaking 'Losing Weight is a HealingJourney: A Woman’s Guide to Losing Weight Naturally'. She is also the founder of online yoga magazine Yoga Girl Revolution. She has been featured on Sky TV, and in Natural Health magazine and High Spirit magazine as well as popular US lifestyle and wellness blog, MindBodyGreen.
Katrina leads Yoga and Detox healing retreats around the world, infusing her teaching with inspiration, love and encouragement to help people to reconnect back to their own inner wisdom.
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