Rest & Resilience Retreat

16 - 18.5.2025
Fri 17.00 - Sun 16.00

The Rest & Resilience Retreat is a 2-day immersive experience designed for leaders, changemakers, and sustainability practitioners seeking to replenish their energy and deepen their leadership capacity. This retreat offers a unique opportunity to shift from a reactive, survival mode to regenerative leadership, integrating eco-somatic practices, nervous system regulation, and nature’s wisdom to restore creativity, clarity, and resilience. Taking place from May 16–18, 2025, it invites participants to connect with like-minded leaders, explore new ways of being and thinking, and step into a more sustainable, visionary way of leading.

Rest & Resilience Retreat

As a leader driving change in an era of relentless complexity, you may find yourself caught in urgency, struggling to pause, reflect, and sustain your energy for the long road ahead.

In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world, business leaders and changemakers are constantly reacting to crises. This constant fight-or-flight state limits creativity, clarity, and the ability to see long-term solutions. But what if resilience wasn’t just about enduring more—but about leading from a place of deep rest, connection, and renewal?
The Rest and Resilience Retreat is a 2-day immersive experience designed for leaders, sustainability practitioners, and changemakers who seek to replenish their inner resources, cultivate clarity, and reconnect with what truly matters.

Explore new ways of being, thinking and collaborating.

Step into a nourishing experience during May 16th – 18th 2025. Unlike traditional leadership programs, this retreat integrates eco-somatic practices, regenerative leadership principles, and embodied awareness—helping you shift from burnout and survival mode to a more sustainable, grounded, and visionary way of leading.

During this retreat, you will:

Reset your nervous system—Learn practical tools to move out of constant urgency and into a more grounded state.
Expand your leadership capacity—Shift from reactive to regenerative leadership by aligning with nature’s rhythms.
Experience deep rest & renewal—Engage in eco-somatic practices that nurture resilience at a physiological and emotional level.
Strengthen community & collective agency—Connect with like-minded leaders who understand your challenges and share your vision for systemic change.
Reignite your creativity & strategic thinking—Make space for new insights and clarity that often emerge in stillness.

Spaces are limited, so secure your spot and embark on a path to sustainable impact with clarity, compassion, and courage. 

Program

The retreat is planned so that our time together is nourishing yet joyful, empowering us to navigate the complexities of today with fresh perspectives and tools.  We will stimulate our minds, hearts, and bodies by integrating learnings from the wisdom of nature through somatic practices and regenerative leadership.

Friday afternoon – Arrival & Grounding

  • Opening circle, introductions
  • Reflections: Impact of our current System and culture to our wellbeing
  • Creating a sense of Resting: Discover what you need to truly rest and reconnect with your body’s innate intelligence.
  • Embodied Safety – Cultivating a Sense of Inner Security: A practice of self-regulation and nervous system support
  • Dinner and fire circle

Saturday morning – Sensing Interconnectedness

  • Body Connection – Awakening Somatic Awareness: Through guided movement and breath, we explore the body’s inner landscape, enhancing interoception and deepening the sense of self-awareness.
  • Intergenerational connection: Joanna Macy: Practices from the 7 Generations
  • Nervous System Regulation – The Art of Recovery:  We support the nervous system’s capacity to shift from stress to restoration, strengthening adaptability and resilience.

Saturday afternoon – Other ways of knowing

  • Body Consciousness –
  • Care and Nurturing – Attending to the Needs of the Body
  • Community resilience through care practices
  • Nature immersion
  • Sauna and gentle care practices

Sunday morning – Collective Resilience

  • Awakening Flow and vitality, preparing the body for easeful engagement with the world.
  • Deep Rest & Relaxation– The Power of Stillness
  • Reflections: Our agency for Systems Change
  • Closing circle & lunch

      FAQ

      Q: Do I need prior experience in somatic practices?  No, all practices are accessible and designed for all levels.

      Q How does this differ from a regular leadership retreat?  Most leadership programs focus on strategy and skills—this retreat integrates embodiment and resilience to support sustainable, long-term leadership.

      Pricing

      We have room for a limited number of 16 participants.

      Participation will be confirmed with the completion of the retreat fee. Accommodation and food will be paid directly to Frantsilan Tila via their website.

      JOIN US FOR THIS TRANSFORMATIVE RETREAT AND STEP INTO A NEW PARADIGM OF LEADERSHIP—ONE THAT IS ROOTED IN REST, CONNECTION, AND REGENERATIVE RESILIENCE!

      Retreat fee:

      290 €

      Price includes all the facilitation during the retreat Fri-Sun.

      Accommodation and Food at Frantsila Farm

      Enjoy nourishing vegetarian meals and comfortable accommodation in shared rooms at Frantsila.

      Price for accommodation and food: 246 € (includes tax)
      The price includes:

      • Accommodation for 2 nights
      • All meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and evening tea)
      • An evening sauna

      Book your stay: info@frantsilantila.com / +358404193288

      Registrations: by May 2, 2025

      Cancellation policy for Accommodation with full board at Frantsila: If you cancel within 14 days of the course start date, we will charge 100% of the course fee. With a doctor’s certificate, we will only charge an administrative fee of €30. In case of an obstacle, you can transfer your registration to another person.

      Frantsila reserves the right to cancel the course due to low participant numbers or other reasons. In such cases, we will refund the full course fee.

      Zeynep Falay

      Zeynep Falay von Flittner is the founder of Falay Transition Design, and Design Activities for Regenerative futures. She is an experienced design leader, entrepreneur, design consultant and public speaker combining systems thinking, foresight and human-centric design to develop new methods and approaches to support companies and networks to build new capabilities around sustainability transitions. Zeynep is very passionate about accelerating sustainability transitions with the power of creative practices.

      Anni Rissanen

      Anni Rissanen is a dance artist, pedagogue and choreographer. She teaches dance, pilates and somatic movement in her studio Virgiinia (www.virgiinia.com) and for dance and movement professionals in Helsinki. She organizes movement retreats in Lapland and the Finnish archipelago. Anni is a pioneer in somatic practices and has long experience in teaching embodied movement.