Spirit Walks - Nature Exploration and Fun

### Who We Are:

We're an inclusive and friendly group, originally united by our love for nature walks, now exploring creativity and personal development together.

### About The Artist’s Way:

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a bestselling guide to tapping into your creativity. It’s a 12-week program designed to help you break through creative blocks, discover hidden talents, and bring more inspiration into your life. Through exercises like journaling, creative play, and reflection, the book helps you reconnect with your inner artist, regardless of your background or experience.

### Who Is This Meetup For:

This is for anyone who wants to follow The Artist's Way step-by-step, while exploring the joy and freedom of creativity. Join us anytime! While regular attendance is encouraged, feel free to drop in occasionally. We started in January 2024 and are now at Week 10 (Chapter 16). It's still easy to catch up—each chapter spans multiple sessions.

### What We Do:

We meet on Saturdays to work through the book's exercises in a structured, workshop-style format. We spend time completing exercises individually, then share our experiences as a group. Some exercises include optional "homework" to do during the week. Occasionally, we do hands-on activities like collaborative image boards.
Sample Exercise – Imaginary Lives (from Week 1):
In this exercise, you imagine five alternate lives you could be living if there were no limits—whether you dream of being a musician, an astronaut, a baker, or a painter. After listing your five lives, choose one to explore through a fun, creative activity during the week, like visiting a bakery if you imagined yourself as a baker. This is meant to spark joy and remind you that creativity can be playful.

### Recommended Reading & Activities:

• Read up to the current chapter.
• Between meetups:
• Artist’s Date: A fun, solo, nurturing activity (~2 hours).
• Morning Pages: Journaling (~3 A4 pages daily or as often as possible).

### Tentative Schedule (Saturdays at Zsuzsanna's place in Jezus-Eik):

• Workshop: 2 PM to 6 PM (bring your own lunch and a little something to share/try/inspire)
• Optional Nature Walk: After or before the workshop, in nearby Tervuren Arboretum

### Optional Morning Activities:

• Spirit Walk/Natural Movement Workshop: 10 AM to 1 PM, led by Ken. For more info, see his event description.
• Cold Water Dip: 9:15 AM at Renipont Beach, led by Wim Hof instructor Didier Godart, followed by hot chocolate.

We hope to see you soon!

Zsuzsanna

The Spirit Body sessions are weekly outdoor group gatherings on saturday morning, focussed on building (back) physical, emotional and mental resilience by actively engaging with nature's elements in a forest-like environment.

The 2-3h sessions focus on gradually increasing the physical resilience, but also include emotional and mental aspects to restore general holistic balance in body, mind and spirit. Having no competitive stake, we do explore and play creatively around our personal comfort zones, sliding in and out, at times challenging our personal beliefs, convictions and limitations.

The sessions have therapeutic properties, but presented in a light, fun and engaging way. We connect interpersonally, supporting, motivating and inspiring each other through dynamic solo, duo or group play and exercises.

We hike in the forest, finding nature's objects to creatively 'play' with: we could hang for a while on a tree's branch, we could run together uphill, balance blindly over fallen trees, do some weight-lifting with logs or a big stone... We keep the fun and 'togetherness' high and take time to rediscover the intimate beauty of nature: making hot tea from a freshly-picked medicinal plant, do a silent or nature touch meditation, contemplate on the importance of valuable, intimate connection with ourselves, the environment and the others.

PRACTICAL
We have our weekly mini-adventure/work-outs on saturday morning 10h-13h sharp. Meeting and end-point is always Parking Forest Playground Everzwijnbad, Weertsedreef 8-10, Oud-Heverlee (please read location description well, Google Maps can be a bit tricky). Every week the itinerary and the program will differ depending on weather, mood, groups composition and intentions of the day.

The focus remains on physical growth, in a fun and engaging way, each at their own pace. Exercises can be intensified or reduced on an individual level, depending on personal limitations or goals.

We only cancel the event in extreme weather conditions: heavy rain, hailing storm/lightning,... Light rain, snow or ice won't stop us, it could actually be more fun.

Since you actually might get a bit dirty and sweaty at some point, please prepare for outdoor nature workout: sporty shoes with ribs, sporty clothes that might get a bit dirty, a small towel (feet might get dirty or wet), maybe a pair of extra socks or tight sports gloves. Bring some water, a small snack and a mug to drink the herbal tea.

That's it! Hope to welcome you all in good vibes and spirit!

Ken

The Spirit Body sessions are weekly outdoor group gatherings on saturday morning, focussed on building (back) physical, emotional and mental resilience by actively engaging with nature's elements in a forest-like environment.

The 2-3h sessions focus on gradually increasing the physical resilience, but also include emotional and mental aspects to restore general holistic balance in body, mind and spirit. Having no competitive stake, we do explore and play creatively around our personal comfort zones, sliding in and out, at times challenging our personal beliefs, convictions and limitations.

The sessions have therapeutic properties, but presented in a light, fun and engaging way. We connect interpersonally, supporting, motivating and inspiring each other through dynamic solo, duo or group play and exercises.

We hike in the forest, finding nature's objects to creatively 'play' with: we could hang for a while on a tree's branch, we could run together uphill, balance blindly over fallen trees, do some weight-lifting with logs or a big stone... We keep the fun and 'togetherness' high and take time to rediscover the intimate beauty of nature: making hot tea from a freshly-picked medicinal plant, do a silent or nature touch meditation, contemplate on the importance of valuable, intimate connection with ourselves, the environment and the others.

PRACTICAL
We have our weekly mini-adventure/work-outs on saturday morning 10h-13h sharp. Meeting and end-point is always Parking Forest Playground Everzwijnbad, Weertsedreef 8-10, Oud-Heverlee (please read location description well, Google Maps can be a bit tricky). Every week the itinerary and the program will differ depending on weather, mood, groups composition and intentions of the day.

The focus remains on physical growth, in a fun and engaging way, each at their own pace. Exercises can be intensified or reduced on an individual level, depending on personal limitations or goals.

We only cancel the event in extreme weather conditions: heavy rain, hailing storm/lightning,... Light rain, snow or ice won't stop us, it could actually be more fun.

Since you actually might get a bit dirty and sweaty at some point, please prepare for outdoor nature workout: sporty shoes with ribs, sporty clothes that might get a bit dirty, a small towel (feet might get dirty or wet), maybe a pair of extra socks or tight sports gloves. Bring some water, a small snack and a mug to drink the herbal tea.

That's it! Hope to welcome you all in good vibes and spirit!

Ken

The Spirit Body sessions are weekly outdoor group gatherings on saturday morning, focussed on building (back) physical, emotional and mental resilience by actively engaging with nature's elements in a forest-like environment.

The 2-3h sessions focus on gradually increasing the physical resilience, but also include emotional and mental aspects to restore general holistic balance in body, mind and spirit. Having no competitive stake, we do explore and play creatively around our personal comfort zones, sliding in and out, at times challenging our personal beliefs, convictions and limitations.

The sessions have therapeutic properties, but presented in a light, fun and engaging way. We connect interpersonally, supporting, motivating and inspiring each other through dynamic solo, duo or group play and exercises.

We hike in the forest, finding nature's objects to creatively 'play' with: we could hang for a while on a tree's branch, we could run together uphill, balance blindly over fallen trees, do some weight-lifting with logs or a big stone... We keep the fun and 'togetherness' high and take time to rediscover the intimate beauty of nature: making hot tea from a freshly-picked medicinal plant, do a silent or nature touch meditation, contemplate on the importance of valuable, intimate connection with ourselves, the environment and the others.

PRACTICAL
We have our weekly mini-adventure/work-outs on saturday morning 10h-13h sharp. Meeting and end-point is always Parking Forest Playground Everzwijnbad, Weertsedreef 8-10, Oud-Heverlee (please read location description well, Google Maps can be a bit tricky). Every week the itinerary and the program will differ depending on weather, mood, groups composition and intentions of the day.

The focus remains on physical growth, in a fun and engaging way, each at their own pace. Exercises can be intensified or reduced on an individual level, depending on personal limitations or goals.

We only cancel the event in extreme weather conditions: heavy rain, hailing storm/lightning,... Light rain, snow or ice won't stop us, it could actually be more fun.

Since you actually might get a bit dirty and sweaty at some point, please prepare for outdoor nature workout: sporty shoes with ribs, sporty clothes that might get a bit dirty, a small towel (feet might get dirty or wet), maybe a pair of extra socks or tight sports gloves. Bring some water, a small snack and a mug to drink the herbal tea.

That's it! Hope to welcome you all in good vibes and spirit!

Ken