Nothing Missing Leadership:
accessing wisdom and power through forest practice
​at Windhorse Farm with Jim Drescher, LaMeia Reddick, and Nick Matheson

In this 3-day, 2-night weekend retreat we will explore leadership as a path of healing. The view of Nothing Missing Leadership is that everyone is fundamental healthy, whole, and worthy, that everyone has the capacity to thrive, and that everyone deserves to thrive. Through reflection and embodiment practices, we will explore the four-step cycle of caring and the four engagements in order to increase our power to benefit others. Wisdom is what we know before we think about it. Power is our inherent capacity to engage skillfully in the world. Leadership is realizing the fruits of wisdom and power to heal wounds: our own, others', society's and those of the whole environment. Natural systems, in this case ancient forests, are clear mirrors in which we can see our own natural wisdom and power reflected.

Although we will sleep in Juniper Lodge, we will be out on the land most of the time. Conceptual teaching will be interwoven with experiential practice and peer mentoring so that we come away with an embodied sense of the wisdom and power of our own unique leadership. This will be a "nature-immersion" retreat; twelve non-human teachers of the forest will awaken our intrinsic qualities, and we will explore how to implement these in our lives and our work.
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There will be opportunities to work with particular challenges (obstacles and/or opportunities) you are encountering in your personal or organizational leadership. Please let us know if you are experiencing a challenge you want help with during this retreat. 

The retreat hosts

LaMeia Reddick is a social entrepreneur specializing in Community Engagement and Facilitation. She is passionate about creating the conditions for people to build strong relationships  to do good work together. As a multi-skilled leader with over 12 years experience working in the field of community development, LaMeia has seen that there is no problem too big to solve when there's a genuine will to address social issues and a commitment to work together.

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Nick Matheson is a leadership coach, business owner, and former physiotherapist. He is a committed student of the forest at Windhorse and of the contemplative practice of watercourse walking. His extensive experience with the healing power of natural movement has merged with Nothing Missing in surprising ways that have benefitted many participants. Nick's experience has shown that immersive learning in nature is one of the most powerful ways to connect with one's true source of leadership for personal and organizational impact. 

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​Trained as a forest ecologist, Jim Drescher, co-director of Windhorse Farm (windhorsefarm.org) and founder of Nothing Missing Leadership (nothingmissing.ca), has been a serial entrepreneur for over 50 years. His teaching and coaching work plays at the confluence of the ancient Buddhist leadership teachings and his family lineage of nature practice. For the past 28 years his practice ground has been in the forests, gardens and wetlands of Windhorse Farm in Nova Scotia.
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Arrival time 2:00 Friday 
We will begin at 3:00 sharp. On Sunday afternoon we will end at 4:00 sharp.
Everything in between will be rich and spacious, with full explanations and practice experience of the cycle of caring and of the four engagements. All this will be hosted in and by the forest itself, with Jim, LaMeia and Nick as your guides and translators.
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The cost of the program, including course fees and materials, accommodation in Juniper Lodge and catered meals, is $550.00 ​plus 15% HST. There is some funding available to assist participants, so if you need it, please ask.

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