The Edge - International school for Leadership and Spirituality

Living on the Edge

August 1-7, 2004

In the summer of 2004 The Edge, International School forLeadership and Spirituality, opens its doors with it’s first International Summer School: Living on the Edge. It will be a full week of exploring one’s inner and outer edges with the help of the Transformation Game. If you are interested in exploring one or more of the following questions:

The Transformation Game 

For this summer school week, we will use a large-scale and expanded version of the Transformation Game specially designed for this event. It differs from the box game that you may know in that it is more complex and multi-levelled, and that we will work in a group of up to60 people at the same time.  

This Game is a unique collaborative learning process which provides a playful yet substantial way of understanding and transforming key life issues. Working in teams around a path on the floor, you will explore your personal goals and issues related to the questions above while also engaging withcollective dynamics. As you explore your intentions on different levels, you will gain wider perspectives on your particular attitudes and patterns, recognise and build on your strengths, let go of or transform ineffective behaviours and attitudes, and discover and integrate new directions.

Many of the squares and cards require you to exercise initiative and imagination, to share on a deeply personal level and to make your own choices and decisions -- just like life! 

Moving along the path brings opportunities toreceive insights, face and identify challenges and blockages, share appreciations and truthful feedback, experience miracles and transformation, go through periods of depression and isolation, give and receive service, and exercise creativity. Other potential experiences include connecting with angels, exercising free will, checking and acting on intuition, finding new ways and resources to deal with difficulties and setbacks, exploring how to reduce stress, and sharing awareness and blessings with one another and with the earth.) 

The Game takes time, focus and a true desire to work towards your own transformation. It comes alive through sharing and interaction. With two skilled guides, this experience is a powerful springboard for growth and development and a wonderful opportunity to make a quantum leap in your engagement with your life’s journey. 

The Game operates as a diagnostic tool and creates an environment in which you can make real-time shifts in energy, perception, attitudes and behaviour. It provides a unique opportunity for personal and group learning, and a tangible experience of our interconnectedness.  

This experience will also allow participants to explore and experience the flow of the curriculum of the school that will begin in September 2005.

Some other aspects of the week 

The week will opened with a keynote lecture about Living on the Edge, by Erik van Praag, Dean of the School.

The week will involve some hard work, and when one works hard one has to relax hard.Sothere will also be leisure time. Time towalk in nature, to enjoy the entertainment planned for some of the evenings, and time to sit in the sunshine with a drink, orto have a chat. A piano is available for those who wish to make music. Please bring your own instruments too! And of course a party at the end to celebrate all our hard work and learnings.

For whom?

This week is meant for everyone who has the courage to know himself and wants to make a difference in the world. You can come alone, with your team, with your partner, with your grown-up children (from age 17 on), your parents, your friends. (fortwo or more persons a discount is available – see under practicalities).  

Where?

The event will be held on the Den Alerdinck estate, near Zwolle, in the facilities of the School. Beautiful gardens and the surrounding nature invite you to wander and relax. You will be lodged in simple and comfortable single or double rooms, each with its own shower and toilet. It’s a great place to both work and relax. The setting invites your insights and will inspire you to deepen your understanding of yourself and others.

Your staff

The Transformation Game will be facilitated by Judy McAllister and Mary Inglis, teachers at The Edge.


Judy McAllister		  Judy McAllister is a Canadian who transplanted herself to Scotland in 1977 whenshe became a member of the Findhorn Foundation Community. She has spent the last 25 years living and working in this internationally known spiritual community.Although her first and foremost passion is working with people, Judy also for 5 years was the Focaliser (read MD/CEO) of the Findhorn Foundation. She served as aDirector, and as the Chairperson of the trading arm of the charity. As a consultant she has worked with clients as diverse as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shell, and small local voluntary groups. Shehas worked in several European countries as well as in Canada, the USA and Brazil. She has given presentations at the UN in both New York and Geneva.

Mary Inglis 		  Mary Inglis was born in Scotland, grew up in Nigeria and Lesotho, and went to school and university in South Africa, where she also worked as a journalist as well as training in experiential educational approaches. For the last 30 years she has lived at the Findhorn Community, where she is a long-term faculty member of the Findhorn Foundation. Mary is managing director of InnerLinks UK, and works internationally with designing and delivering seminars and facilitator trainings in various versions of the Transformation Game, as well as courses in personal and group development and creativity. Other areas of expertise include: leadership workshops, creative writing, andcourses in creativity and dream work.

Erik van Praag		 The week will be chaired by the dean of the Edge, Erik van Praag, who also will deliver the keynote lecture. Some information about him:Born 1940, psychologist (graduated University of Amsterdam, 1965), father of three children and grandfather ofthree. Worked as a teacher and department head at the university, as manager in a psychiatric hospital and as a psychotherapist. Recently he contributed to organization development and -transformation as amanagement trainer, personal coach and business consultant.He has experience in Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Estonia and in the USA. He has written many articles and eight books, including: Room for Happiness (Publish America) and Spiritual Leadership (Paraview). 

Staff will be assisted by Dutch trained facilitators of the transformation game.

Practicalities

The summer school week starts the 1st of August in the afternoon and ends after breakfast on the 7th of August after breakfast. The working language for the week will be English.

The fees for the week (which include room, board coffee and tea) are € 3000 for corporate participants, and € 1500 for private participants or participants from not-for-profit organizations. Partners ofcorporate participants pay € 1500. A10 % discount is offered for groups or teams of 2-10 persons. For even larger teams prices can be negotiated. A further 10 % discount is available for anyone registeringbefore April 1st. 2004.  

If a profit is made by the summer school (which requires a certain number of participants), those monies shall be used to provide scholarships for students of The Edge. These scholarships shall be offered specifically to students from countries with weaker economies such as Russia, Eastern Europe, the Mid- or Far East, etc

The maximum number of participants is 60 persons.

To register, please fill out the registration form, or send a hard copy to:

The Edge, c/o De Voorde, Den Alerdinckweg 2, 8055 PE Laag Zuthem, Holland. Tel. #31(0)529 408300 (registration), #31(0)529 401115 (information); fax: # 31(0)529 408316.

E-Mail: Officemanager@theedge.nu

Upon receiving your registration, we will send your further information about payment. Your registration is confirmed after payment of a non-refundable € 300 deposit per person.