Teen Journey

A Powerful & Fun-Filled Experiential Camp led by Renowned International Leaders, designed specifically for Teenagers aged 13-18.

 

August 30 - September 5, 2010

 


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Teen Journey Introduction
 
Experiential & Powerful…

Show up at school knowing Who You Are and
how to live your life with excellence & authenticity

Identify your Inner Purpose and gain confidence, clarity and strength
Learn about building friendships, bonding and trust through self-exploration
Express and discover Who You Are in relationships with friends and community
Discover the power of NOW by deep transformative sharing
Initiate into your own Inner Power and Authenticity
Rites of Passage and ceremony by Native Elders Filled With Fun Activities…

Rappelling & Climbing, Canoeing, High & Low Ropes Course, Archery, Kayaking, Hiking, Singing, Music and Dancing, Sculpting, Native Sweat Lodge Ceremony, Evening Camp Fires with Drumming - and much more!
     Teen Journey, August, 2009
 
Teen Journey Details
 
Teen Journey goes far beyond an ordinary teen camp experience. While incorporating many fun activities that we have long come to associate with summer camp, including the opportunity to create deep, long-lasting friendships, there is also an invitation into the awareness of the depth and sacredness of the task of being a person of integrity and honour. A person who is true to themselves and a valuable member of a community. We will introduce young people to tools and multi-disciplined perspectives that will support them with their most important task in life…discovering and expressing who they really are in order to contribute to the whole.

Accepting one’s own unique essence, experiencing interconnectedness with all living beings, inevitably leads us to an understanding of our own soul’s purpose. While many of the experiences during this week will be transformational in nature it is first important to understand the process of being an adolescent, psychologically. There are two major forces that drive us as human beings in our development, the force for togetherness and belonging and the force for individuating, deciding for ourselves who we are and what course our life will take, the force for autonomy and freedom. As children we naturally choose the force for togetherness signified by our family and tend to shift or unconsciously accommodate ourselves to fit into the family rules and beliefs of what is good or bad in order to belong. Every family has a different set of rules both spoken and unspoken of what it means to be a member of this family. Because our very survival does depend on the contact and care from our family we will cut off or repress parts of ourselves that may not be accepted in this particular system in order to feel secure. Children will always choose the force for togetherness and belonging and adapt themselves to fit.
Yet the force for autonomy, for the freedom to decide who we are and what we will stand for, can only be submerged for so long. The stages in our lives when the clash of these two forces is most apparent is at 2 years old and again in adolescence. The 2 year old is starting to say NO, and wanting to do it themselves as a demonstration of their independence from the caregivers. The same task appears again in adolescence. The teen wants to define themselves as a separate unique being.

Whether this natural task goes smoothly or not will often depend on the parent’s response to it. It is the teenager’s job developmentally to now begin to test the family boundaries and themselves in their personal discovery of who they are. This is often a time of collision between parents and teens and much of that chaos can be brought to harmony if we understand what is actually helpful and supportive, what aligns with this task and what does not. Fight the flow of this drive and you are in effect upping the ante in terms of the teens needs to act out or act in. Teen Journey will include the parents in a closing day workshop to learn both how better to communicate with their teens and increase their understanding of themselves and how this time can actually be an expansion in awareness for the whole family.

Teen Journey will invite teens into first an understanding and expressing who they are through intimate sharing in small group circles with teen mentors. A trained Assistant’s Team will oversee these groups and ensure that each teen is cared for, not pushed but invited into a sacred expansion of their humanity, spirituality and unique purpose.

Holding space for the entire group for the 8 days of this remarkable and creative journey will be workshop facilitators Tasha Simms M.A. R.P.C. and Ian Barhydt. Through the creativity of ritual, meditation, visualization, dance and intention, a safe and familiar container is formed that allows for stepping into the unknown to learn to trust one’s inner guidance and accept oneself. Various internationally acclaimed leaders including Malidoma Patrice Some, Satyen & Suzanne Raja from WarriorSage, Mahara Brenna and Native elders will come to the camp to work with the teens both in helping them experience themselves in new and deeper ways and then calling on them to creatively determine their place in the whole community from the perspective of what they are called to give.

Each person is unique and has much to contribute to this community, just as the community will become a safe and solid container to hold the teen in their personal exploration and questioning. Once this level of confidence and purpose is reached then the teen can decide what their particular gifts are that they can offer back both globally and to their community.

The beauty of this program will not end after 8 days. Both the possibility of ongoing gatherings as a community and smaller more intimate group work will be available for the following year. Groups will focus on various themes as well as checking in to offer a supportive environment of learning and sharing. Group work can be available to parents as well in order to facilitate healthy parenting and personal exploration.
 
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Location
 
Camp Jubilee Retreat and Conference Centre lies halfway up Indian Arm at Orlomah Beach, between Deep Cove and the Indian River, near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Camp Jubilee is situated on a 128 acre ocean front site of unspoiled evergreen forest at the base of Mt. Seymour. Shone and Underhill creeks cross the property providing complete privacy. Guests find Camp Jubilee Retreat and Conference Centre a beautiful, relaxing location to get away and have some fun. We offer modern comfortable accommodations and spectacular scenery, for your perfect get-away.

This unique facility, accessible only by boat, is just a short 30 minute ride from Deep Cove in North Vancouver, B.C. Water transportation is provided in the cost.
View Camp Jubilee in a larger map Where you'll stay:

Cedar Pan Abode Cabins - There are 13 cedar pan abode cabins housing 10 people per cabin. The cabins offer bunk style beds complete with bathrooms and great views of Indian Arm or the surrounding forest.

Our main facility is centred around Jubilee Lodge, featuring warm cedar decor, indoor fireplaces and picture-perfect views of Indian Arm.

Camp Jubilee offers:
- Recreation room with fireplace
- Fordham Hall
- Lighthouse Lounge
- Waterfront BBQ Pavilion
- Forest Amphitheatre

Things to do:

Rappelling/Climbing - The rappelling/climbing wall is a natural rock face. Participants will have the opportunity to rappel/climb up to 60 feet.

Voyageur Canoeing - The Voyageur Canoe is a large canoe which holds 16 guests while steered by a Camp Jubilee program instructor. Guests will be instructed how to safely participate in canoe activities, learn basic paddling skills and explore Indian Arm.

High Ropes Course - The High Ropes course is located 30+ feet above the ground. The elements are constructed of cables, logs and ropes and are designed to present a physical and emotional challenge to the participants.

Low Ropes Course - The low ropes course is a series of seperate elements. Each element presents the group with a specific challenge. Each obstacle is unique, but all require the group to plan and execute as a team in order to reach their goals.

Archery - Participants will learn how to safely and correctly hold a bow and how to make an arrow go straight and maybe even hit the target! Archery develops coordination and concentration.

Kayaking - Indian Arm offers a perfect kayaking location. A Camp Jubilee program instructor will lead you through a safety session, basic paddling, performing a wet exit and exploring Indian Arm.

Hiking - Camp Jubilee offers well-marked hiking trails.

For more information about Camp Jubilee, please visit www.campjubilee.ca                                                               For more information and directions to Camp Jubilee, please visit www.campjubilee.ca
 
Tour Inclusions & Price
 
Teen Journey Includes: 6 nights accommodation at Camp Jubilee, North Vancouver, B.C. Canada All meals from lunch on Day 1 to lunch on Day 7 Boat transportation from Deep Cove, North Vancouver to Camp Jubilee All exercises, lectures, discussions and ceremonies let by amazing international leaders and teachers All activities such as canoeing, kayaking, swimming, archery, hiking, high and low ropes courses, climbing, arts & crafts, sculpturing, singing, music and dancing! Evening campfires with drumming Half day workshop for parents “How to Improve Communication with Your Teen” (on the last day) Monthly Follow up Meetings (fun, inspirational, experiential & educational lectures, workshops, concerts, dances & gatherings for teens & parents), the 12 months following Teen Journey Does Not Include: Airfare to Vancouver, B.C. Canada Transportation to Deep Cove, North Vancouver, B.C. Cancellation & Medical Insurance (ask us for a quote if your are Canadian Cost to obtain valid passport (if required) Any item that is not specifically detailed on our website or in the final program details
 
Information for Parents
 
You have already embarked upon a journey with your children; it started the day they were born. The steps and texture of that adventure varies from family to family especially as our society includes so many different kinds of families.

Single parenting whether by choice or through divorce permeate today’s world. Same sex couples, blended families are also far more common. While raising children can be both expansive and challenging in the best of times, as our society has evolved in terms of technology it has lost much of its sense of community. There is much truth to the saying “it takes a village to raise a child”. Both for the parent and the child the sense of support, resourcefulness and mentorship that was available to everyone in the past seems almost lost. Teen Journey intends to change that.

Parents will be offered a 3 hour intensive on the last day of Teen Journey which will focus on communication and evolving beyond reactivity. Then by creating an environment that will continue following the camp which includes group sharing and learning, we hope to generate an experience of unity and resourcefulness.

The focus of the week is discovering who you are as an individual so you can tap into what you have to give. The focus of the following months will include sharing in groups for teens as well as separate groups for parents. The wide variety of topics that will be covered is sure to stretch and stimulate as well as invite a sense of tribe, a sense of ongoing community.

Raising a teenager in a healthy way can and will poke at all your unresolved issues. And that is GOOD news. In learning how to be a solid parent with clear conscious boundaries as well as practicing the flexibility needed in order to receive your teen, the opportunities for you to grow individually are endless. They really are a mirror for all your unfinished business. Perhaps it is time to clear that up and thank them.

Your teen develops a healthier sense of self and you rewrite your family history to generate more and more differentiated individuals including yourself. Knowing that you are making your family a healthy and safe environment with your contribution of integrity and purpose creates a ripple effect that can literally change the world.
 
Information for Teens
 
You are a unique person and you have unique gifts. You may not know what they are….yet. You may still be in the dark about understanding all the aspects that make up both your personality and your very essence. However this time in your life, up, down, elated, confused and all the feelings in between, is very important. Do you have the feeling you are meant to decipher something? Do you have the sense that there is more?

At Teen Journey we will start with what is.

Start with what you do know and learn to let go of anything that is not working for you anymore. How you define yourself will impact both what you feel and what you think in your every day life. It will determine the kind of relationships you have, the people you will be attracted to and ultimately the kind of life you will live.

Being a teenager is not always easy. You may be feeling a lot of other people’s expectations, from your family, from your friends. Without knowing clearly who you are and what you stand for it’s easy to get overwhelmed or confused by others opinions. Sometimes it may feel like the only way to define who you are and what you want is to say what you are not and what you don’t want.

And then there is the comparative thing. Comparing yourself to friends or the images society gives you of what is attractive and what is not, comparing yourself to music or fashion icons or even to other members of your family, you may find yourself not measuring up. It’s like there is an inner critic living in your head and if the outer world doesn’t evaluate you and find you lacking, your inner voice will. We tend to be far harsher judges of ourselves then anyone else ever could be.

This inner voice mostly sees the negative and then in order for you to not feel bad or have others notice you might have to pretend that you are ok. That calls for you to wear a mask…bottom line….wearing a mask is tiring. It drains you of energy and wears you out. Taking it off feels too scary. Even knowing what is real and what is not can seem overwhelming at times.

What we are committed to offering you at Teen Journey is a safe and fun haven designed to support you in your inner exploration. Your voice will be honoured and respected as you peel away the layers of who you are not and begin to identify the real you. We will use music and movement and drama as well as small group sharing with like minded friends to co-create a community atmosphere that will call on the best in you.

You will ask yourself lots of tough questions…you will come up with even tougher answers. And the best part is you will do this with a circle of true friends. Life long friendships and support that begin in this week of adventure can be sustained all year long and when you find yourself needing someone to understand whatever you are going through, your support network will be there.

Yes I know it may all sound just a bit too heavy, just a bit too adult agenda driven. And yet with a little willingness you will feel a sense of connection and belonging that you can trust and count on in the days ahead. And you will have fun too. Swimming, kayaking, rock climbing, drama, music and dance are just some of the activities offered.

Are we asking for you to trust us? Yeah I guess. For sure at the beginning and then our hope is that you will begin to feel the sameness and connection that can be felt when we open to ourselves and each other. This sameness is a feeling that goes beyond age….beyond gender….. beyond color……beyond story. This energy of interconnectedness is felt when we as a group tap into a force that is bigger than we are individually….a force that flows through us all. Call it love…call it heart….call it tree…it really doesn’t matter. At Teen Journey you will be offered an experience of this connective energy. Will you take it?
 
Price Per Person


Early Bird (Before June 1)*:
CAD $1111.00
After June 1*:
CAD $1999.00


*Plus 12% HST Tax Special! Register with 3 of your friends (4 to a group) and receive a $100 per person discount!


 


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About Your Teen Journey Leaders
 
Teen Journey Leaders for 2010! Jonathan Willcocks, Head Facilitator - “Village Chief” ‘Jono’ is the President, Founder, and Chief Voice & Visionary of Pinnacle Pursuits, a Vancouver-based international award-winning experiential learning, leadership, and adventure team-building company that works with various groups in Canada and around the world. Jono has joined Teen Journey in the capacity as ‘Head Facilitator’ or ‘Village Chief’. He will be overseeing the vision of the project and helping to guide the overall flow and intentionally of camp as the experience unfolds during the week. Jono brings a depth of experience and wisdom to Teen Journey. He is a powerful experiential educator, team-building facilitator, transformational coach, athlete-adventurer, speaker, author, consultant, philosopher, naturalist, learning theorist, visionary, and award-winning entrepreneur. He has the wisdom and expertise to coach individuals and groups to reach their personal potential in life, leadership, learning, creativity, business, wellness and play! For over 20 years, he has engaged, inspired, and empowered thousands of organizations and leaders - young and old - around the world, to help them better achieve their truest selves and fullest potential with purpose, passion, clarity, courage, commitment, authenticity, and a sense of adventure! Jonathan is a Certified Executive Leadership, Team, and Life Coach, holds a University Educational degree in Kinesiology and Human Potential, is a qualified Recreational Therapist, and is highly certified in various outdoor expedition and adventure skills. Jonathan is an active member of the business community, an advocate for sustainable living, and the recipient of various renowned national and international leadership awards. His commitment to life-long learning and his passion and enthusiasm for using group dynamics, nature and adventure as a metaphor for self-inquiry, self-discovery and embracing challenge and personal transformation, is inspiring and contagious! For more information on his work, please visit www.PinnaclePursuits.com and on his background, inspirational stories and adventures, please visit www.JonoWillcocks.com. Ela Rezmer, Founder, - "Mother of the Village" By placing faith in current circumstances, whether good or bad, Ela believes that solutions confidently arise and deliver the best possible outcome.  She is very energetic, fun-loving, and loves to work with teens. Ela wants to improve people's lives and guide them toward joy, meaning and purpose. As an Interior Architect, Ela’s most passionate desire is to create a unique, personalized environment that delights the eye, invigorates the senses, inspires minds, entices imagination, heals and refreshes the soul. Further illustrating her dedication to artistic expression, she enjoys creating playful and engaging projects. Recently she designed a bench for a public sitting design competition for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. When Ela enlisted help of her teenage children David and Daniel, they designed a bench named “Friends” that mimics two people with open arms. Ela has a wide variety of education in the design field & she graduated with a Masters Degree in Interior Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture & Industrial Design of Academy of Fine Arts in Europe. Influenced by European design, her natural style is simple and elegant, incorporating contemporary architectural features. During Summer Camp for Teens Ela will be leading the sculpturing workshop. More Info - http://www.ElaRezmerDesign.com

Joseph 'Pepe' Danza Pepe is an electrifying percussionist and multi- instrumentalist. A native of Montevideo, Uruguay, he began classical guitar studies at age eight, and started his professional career at thirteen. He continued his studies in guitar as well as in piano, composition, music history and the physics of sound at the National Conservatory. All along he was naturally immersed in his native Candombe rhythms, the national groove of Uruguay and a fundamental element in the identity of all Uruguayans.

Pepe developed an early keen interest in world music and different expressions of spirituality which eventually led him to spend three years in Japan studying Shakuhachi and Buddhism , another two years in India and Sri Lanka for Indian music, Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, Brazil for studies in Afro-Brazilian practices, Samba and Bossa Nova music, and shorter periods in Indonesia (studying gamelan), Korea and the Philippines. He also has lived several years in Europe and the USA, performing and recording Latin , Jazz and Contemporary music with a number of local ensembles, and studying systems such as Sufism and the Gurdjieff Work.  

Moving to Canada in 1989 he specialized in the study of world percussion while quickly establishing himself as one of the foremost drummers and band leaders on the West Coast. His credits include performances with South Indian master drummer Trichy Shankaran, singers Ann Mortifee and Christine Ducan, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir, and concert tours throughout Europe, Asia and New Zealand. In his extensive touring he has shared the stage with the likes of Ani DiFranco, Oscar Lopez, the Dalai Lama and David Lindley. Pepe is the leader of his own groups: Drum Prayers, a multi-cultural drumming ensemble, and the recently formed Roots/Blues group The Blues Poets. He also tours as a solo artist. As a teacher Pepe has been working with Vancouver's School Board, teaching Samba music to children of all ages and workshops for music teachers. He is presently working with the youth Marimba group Kunaka. He also conducts group and private percussion lessons for adults at home, and travels across British Columbia giving two or three day intensive workshops. He has received countless award nominations including Musician of the Year in 1999 (West Coast Music Awards), Juno for his work with Asza, Leo awards for his work in film music, and Jessie awards for his theater scores.
Tziporah Tziporah facilitates a person’s awakening, guiding one to access their highest state of being. Transformational Breath guides traditional Tantra to a new level of presence and joy. The journey merges Self - Spirit and Sexual healing energy. Allowing for Integration and clearing of the limiting patterns which block our highest expression of intimacy and love. Tziporah has a deep vision of sharing the most powerful way on the planet for vitality, optimal health, relational intimacy and clear higher connection.

Tziporah guides a journey gently, allowing clients to be more present and expressive to self, lovers, partners, family and all who they meet on the path. She intertwines the expansive expression of movement, breath, intimacy, coaching, intention and play in each gathering. Holding space in a graceful way, guiding each client and participant to his or her own inner knowing, manifestation power and realization.

Tziporah expresses self as a grounded transformational guide, sacred space holder, teacher, intimate coach, yogini, a former competitive bodybuilding and health/fitness professional, and spirit being who is honored and grateful to be a guide/vessel for this transformational journey. Her heart desire is to connect in loving service to the world.

Tziporah has experiences years of international travel and experience in the arts of Breath work, yoga, tantra ,intimacy and conscious relation-ship. She has trained with various yoga masters, breath work masters, lived and studied in Switzerland at the International school of Cranial Sacral and Shiatsu Massage, along with several leaders in the health and well-being industry. Tziporah's playful nature is expressed in her presence as she dances in the moment with Grace and merges this grace with All.

Currently she leads and co-facilitates her own ecstatic re-awakening and sensual weekends and week long seminars nationally. Tziporah also shares her vision in her travels and co-trains events with Founder of Transformational Breathwork, Dr. Judith Kravitz. She plays as a Dakini, and guide in Sedona, Arizona where she expands into Being Love, living in community and collectively shares in a higher vision of living as Spirit. Tziporah facilitates a person’s awakening, guiding one to access their highest state of being. Transformational Breath guides traditional Tantra to a new level of presence and joy. The journey merges Self - Spirit and Sexual healing energy. Allowing for Integration and clearing of the limiting patterns which block our highest expression of intimacy and love. Tziporah has a deep vision of sharing the most powerful way on the planet for vitality, optimal health, relational intimacy and clear higher connection.

Tziporah guides a journey gently, allowing clients to be more present and expressive to self, lovers, partners, family and all who they meet on the path. She intertwines the expansive expression of movement, breath, intimacy, coaching, intention and play in each gathering. Holding space in a graceful way, guiding each client and participant to his or her own inner knowing, manifestation power and realization.

Tziporah expresses self as a grounded transformational guide, sacred space holder, teacher, intimate coach, yogini, a former competitive bodybuilding and health/fitness professional, and spirit being who is honored and grateful to be a guide/vessel for this transformational journey. Her heart desire is to connect in loving service to the world.

Tziporah has experiences years of international travel and experience in the arts of Breath work, yoga, tantra ,intimacy and conscious relation-ship. She has trained with various yoga masters, breath work masters, lived and studied in Switzerland at the International school of Cranial Sacral and Shiatsu Massage, along with several leaders in the health and well-being industry. Tziporah's playful nature is expressed in her presence as she dances in the moment with Grace and merges this grace with All. More Jacky Essombe Originally from Cameroon, she grew up in Paris and now lives in Vancouver. She has toured in Canada, the United States and Europe with major recording artists and has appeared on television and radio in Canada and France. From 2006 to 2007 she was the host of a weekly television show on the French CBC TV channel called "A la Carte". A true ambassador of the African culture, Jacky's passion for her culture inspired her to become a professional dancer, dance teacher, storyteller, trainer and speaker and a TV and radio show host. She uses dance as a medium to express life to its fullest and also as a journey to a higher level of consciousness. As a dance instructor and workshop presenter, she gives more than just a dance lesson; she offers the experience of openness to the self through movement and body awareness, and a true cultural experience. Over the last five years, Jacky has been presenting the African Healing Dance Workshop for Women throughout BC, as well as helping people with all body shapes and fitness experience reach their fitness goals with her increasingly popular Afro'Robics classes. She loves to share the traditions, history and culture of Africa, and the wisdom of her ancestors, and she truly believes that the Western world can benefit from the ancient wisdom of indigeneous people. Her message: You belong!  This is your culture More info - http://www.jackyessombe.com/ Tony Papa, Director of Film Program   Tony is an established producer, director and editor has always placed creativity in the forefront of his life and his career. He spent 7 years in New York studying music, dance, acting, film production and photography and combined his knowledge to create music videos. His talents soon caught the eye of Dire Straits front man Mark Knopfler, who hired Papa to direct the music video for their #1 hit 'Private Investigations'. Followed soon, thereafter, with another music video for Huey Lewis and the News (Heart of Rock and Roll).

Papa soon found himself in Los Angeles making short films. Refining his skills in Vancouver, He developed a form of storytelling he called the "Musimentary&quo
 

 

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