Ray Charlton
About my experience on the course…
The course exceeded my expectations in range and depth. This was achieved through a rich mix of participants from India and the UK with varied backgrounds and knowledge of NLP, all working moment by moment in a shared set of guided experiences in a spirit of individual and shared responsibility. There were opportunities to engage with other people in the training room, at meals, through yoga, walks, a temple visit, an elephant ride, visiting the ashram, drumming, local and city shopping, conversations with hotel staff, walking on the beach…
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About my learning on the course…
I was challenged to go beyond improving my facility with NLP tools and techniques, to invest trust in others and in myself. By engaging emotionally as well as intellectually and giving and receiving feedback, I was able to relax, to risk, to discover my personal wants and qualities, and to find purpose and identity. Every participant was encouraged and supported to express what most mattered to us – to be real. Rather than seek to become more skilled in applying theories and techniques I learned to start with what is, now: to be more present and become more aware of, alert to and responsive to both my own state and that of others. I learned to be more alive, more in touch with wellbeing.
About the Place….
Kerala was for me a quite wonderful place. Here was the fabled beauty of the Malabar Coast vibrant in stately coconut palms, dripping banana leaves, darting red dragonflies, zig-zagging jetblack butterflies, “a good stretch”, intrusive crows, white headed fish eagles, slender elegant open boats, endless golden beaches, shy scuttling crabs, warm wild sea, dancing dolphins, unfamiliar tastes and scents and spices, dosas, kulfi, coffee-with-milk, golden garlands, wide smiles, adventures with an elephant, riotous colours, regal costumes, fleetingly perfect azure skies, fierce sunshine, lowering grey clouds, thunderous inundating rainfall, dazzling deafening drumming, saturating humidity, glorious hibiscus blooms, heart stopping martial artists, dizzy dancers’ laughter, picture postcard backwaters, improbable coracles, bizzy-busy auto rickshaws, slowly revolving ceiling fans, invisible cicadas singing in the darkness…
The Organisation…
Excellent. Air conditioned conference room, all necessary equipment and facilities, plenty of drinking water, tasty refreshments, delicious meals, comfortable clean accommodation, helpful friendly staff, wonderful excursions, yoga, cricket, volleyball…
Anything else?
Thank you to Sue, a model of excellence—joyful, challenging, compassionate, present; Pat, Ashok, Arul, Anand, Colin, Swami Ji, Kate, Toby, the resort staff—and all who contributed, behind the scenes or as participants in the Kerala Krew—for a life-enhancing experience.