A THREE night immersive experience designed to reboot your entire being.
When: 21-24th June 2024, gates open 5pm on Friday evening, opening circle 7pm. Checkout 10am Monday morning.
Where: 42Acres, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5HL
It’s time for you to see that you are one powerful human being who has everything you need within you to change your current state of mind and start to thrive NOT just survive.
During the event:·
Sensory Awakening Practices
Nature Immersion
Breath work & fire
Wild swimming
Movement + Mobility + Play
Diverse Breathing Modalities
Group Ice Baths (Ice Drums Fire)
Inspiring Talks
Voice Awakening Practices
Mens and Womens Circles
Fire And Drumming Ceremony
Music
Ecstatic Dance
Cacao Ceremonies
Sweat lodge
All hot drinks and deliciously wild and organic meals are included
Shared 4 person bell tent accommodation included in the price of a standard ticket, or you can buy a Non Accommodation ticket and book accommodation with 42 Acres directly.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Move - Mobilise – Play:
Through movement, mobility and play we will nourish our mind-body loop to radically connect with our natural vibrations inside and out, experience higher states of being and raise our collective frequency.
With just a little Move Mobilise and Play-hydration, years’ worth of conditioning unravels, people vault right over the socially constructed walls they have built up around themselves, the flow rushes forth and those previously inhibited independent individuals take the first steps to merge together and operate as one. Through it, we can stimulate and reboot our senses, rewire neural pathways, make new connections and interactions and soon develop a collective imagination with our 100 Human Tribe. This Move Mobility Play segment not only fulfils our fundamental need to move and for human connection and wakes up our happy hormones, but facilitates the kind of communal problem solving, mutual support and teamwork that enables us to lose ourselves in something larger than our own. And once those play gates are open, once the inhibiting doors of judgement are off, we find that we want to play more and more….
Conscious Connected Breath:
Through a blend of powerful breathing modalities, we will create an experience of deep presence and empowering self-awareness, that allows for a much deeper connection to true self. We will be unscrewing the intellectual lid and opening up the portal to the unconscious world.
The breathing modalities will flow beautifully, creating the space for you to receive intuitive nudges and insights into who you really are, beneath the façade. You’ll be flying high on your own supply and diving deep down into belly-raw emotions, unravelling negative emotions, releasing energetic blockades, and rebooting your mind, body and soul.
Ice Bath:
Ice baths have become somewhat of a modern-day rite of passage, through which we are seeing huge waves of people having awakenings. Experiences like these help us see beyond our limitations, and what has been normalised. If your individual consciousness changes then your reality changes.
Consider the Ice bath as a micro hit of adversity, you will learn the transferable skills of how to master your breath and mindset to face the (perceived threat) ice bath challenge. You will learn to use cold adaptation techniques to improve focus, reduce stress, enhance mental and physical performance, boost the immune system and most importantly discover that at your core you are one powerful human being who has everything within you to change your current state of mind.
Voice Awakening:
Singing and making sound is one of the most natural and instinctive things humans can do. Working with our voices can open us up to new levels of self-expression, self-understanding and unbounded depths of creativity, whilst balancing the vital wellbeing of the body and mind. Yes, all of that just with your voice!
Through a mixture of meditative sound practices, expressive voice play and song, we will incorporate awareness of breath, body and mindstuff, whilst exploring our connection to ourselves and others. Absolutely no prior experience necessary!
Cacao Ceremony:
“The potency of a Cacao Ceremony comes from clear intention, meaningful group connection, and the willingness of the seeker to join Mother Cacao in a deep personal journey.” - Jeff Lester
Plants are medicine. The indigenous cultures understand and hold intimate relationships with Mother Earth and the plants she grows. Ceremonial Cacao is a "power plant medicine" used for opening our heart chakra. It is common to experience love and elevated emotions in great depth. In the ceremony, we open the space by honouring the cardinal directions; asking for support and guidance to embark on an individual and collective journey. You can expect any, or all of the following: intention setting, singing, dancing, meditation, lots of feels and beautiful vibes.
Men’s and Women’s Circles:
Mens and Womens work is about honouring and healing both the healthy feminine and the healthy masculine within. We’ll gather in circle to learn how to show up and inspire each other, working with our unique gifts as men and women. This will be a safe space to express ourselves, share and empathise within our own genders, so we can better support the other.
Ecstatic Dance:
Imagine jumping, howling, beating one’s chest, going for it with syncopated, heart-led dancing to the rhythm of drums, let’s throw in a fire for good measure and BAM! you have everything you need, everything we used to have as a species, to access heightened states. Now imagine the absolute energy force of collective emotion generated by this uninhibited fun being expressed en masse.
Connect to the rhythms of your heart, release the body, free the mind and awaken the soul in this freestyle conscious dance journey.
No shoes, no drugs or alcohol, no distractions and no judgment, this is a space to embrace “all ways of free-form dance” and fully express your truest nature without limits, to reach moments of pure liberation and ecstatic highs through movement and music.
Sweat Lodge Ceremony:
A type of Sweat Lodge, a Temazcal is a Mexican purification ceremony; for relieving stress, cleansing toxins from the body, releasing negativity and revitalising life force. Especially beneficial for your immune system & balancing mind, body & spirit. Essentially, it is a steam bath in a natural dome. Large rocks are heated on a fire outside, then placed inside a natural bowl in the center of the dome & doused with water and herbs. The medicinal steam & the power of the natural elements help us to open and cleanse. As a key part of indigenous medicine, it has been used widely for thousands of years for the treatment & prevention of disease, stress, weight loss, depression, skin conditions, disease & much more.. The Sweat Lodge dome itself represents the ‘Womb of the Earth’ as its energy is distinctly nurturing, bringing us closer to our Panchamama.
Fire Ceremony:
The fire pit provides the perfect holding place for integration and the potent transformational practices to unravel. This is a place for our collective connection, reconnection and the sharing of our individual and collective experience. The fire provides the space to let go, to reinvent, to simply settle, be warmed and be. Through fire ceremony, the stage is set to honour and integrate the lessons learnt. Fire ceremony is a timeless tradition. We like to think of the fire as a portal, an opportunity to sit with our ancestors, to tune in, appreciate, be grateful and share our story.
We will experience and explore through a mixture of fire, breath, dance, song, drumming practice, and intention setting.
Meet Your Coaches
Tony Riddle
As an ultra-endurance athlete and expert Natural Lifestyle Coach, Tony hosts retreats, workshops, and works 1-2-1 with clients helping them to look inwards and reconnect with their natural selves. He has spent the past 20 years developing and refining a robust way of life based on the principles of a natural lifestyle. A gifted coach and communicator, Riddle has taught the Philosophy to thousands of people worldwide, through talks, workshops, retreats, social media and the NatLifeTribe, an international subscriber-based community.
Tony has been featured extensively in the press from The Times, Style Magazine, Guardian, Psychologies Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Telegraph Magazine, New York Times, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Runners World, Red Bull, The Guardian, Evening Standard, The Metro and appeared on BBC Breakfast, Sky News, The Rich Roll Podcast, Dr Rangan Chatterjee’s Feel Better Live More Podcast and many others. He has appeared at wellness festivals across the UK and Europe, is a VIP ambassador for Vivo Barefoot and regarded as a trailblazer for challenging what’s humanly possible within the field of barefoot running and endurance.
Kate discovered yoga and voice practices early on in life and can’t imagine how she’d have survived without them! Now a professional musician, holistic voice coach and yoga teacher, she feels lucky to be sharing things she wholeheartedly believes support a freer, more joyful human existence.
With training and teaching experience in various strands of yoga asana and philosophy, meridian theory, sound therapy and mindfulness, as well as postgraduate training in voice from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Kate has learned from and worked with many wise and wonderful souls. She leads classes, retreats and workshops internationally as well as working with clients one-to-one on practices of body, mind, spirit and voice. Kate’s practices work to gently and playfully release blockages in self-expression. By providing tools to support and empower both our sound-making and capacity for self-listening, we can explore and ease tensions in the body and voice, free ourselves of old patterns and inhibitions, boost our confidence, cultivate compassion and communication skills, and have an awful lot of fun.
Chris is a dynamic human who infuses his multi-passionate lifestyle with a deep exploration of what makes us human. From teaching Yoga to hosting his own Podcast & leading a local Men's group he encourages human connection, adventure and play. Music has always had deep purpose in all areas of Chris's life and work, as it serves to profoundly impact and enhance our experience. When DJing Ecstatic Dance he bridges movement and music to harmonise the body and mind.
Jeff is a student and teacher of yoga and any practice that expands the human consciousness.
Originally from Atlanta Ga, USA, Jeff has explored the world studying and training extensively in practices ranging from yoga and meditation to shamanic ceremonial traditions. He has assimilated a catalogue of impactful life tools that bring people together with high vibes and deep connection to life.
Jeff facilitates workshops and trainings that inspire, empower and connect students to their inner journey and personal transformation. His brand, Jefe Living, sparks community around meditation and coaching to support individuals in their journey and transformational process.
Jeff has worked with “Mother Cacao” for several years, guiding dozens of ceremonies for communities all around the world.
Root of the Gods
Co-founders of Root of the Gods, a project that preserves and re-activates sacred wisdom. Ahau & Robyn hold space with joy, strength & love.
Ahau is a Mexican Medicine Man working with Traditional Medicines of his culture for the past 14 years, holding ceremonies, workshops and courses. Living fully in his life purpose of being of service to humanity, Ahau is a great teacher with a humble heart, his lessons and words valued by many communities across Mexico and beyond. A Vision Quester, a Temazcal Sweatlodger, a Drum Maker and a Wisdom Keeper - his stories and presence truly nourish the soul.
Robyn Leonie is an Explorer, Creator & Facilitator. Dedicating her life to uncovering the routes which we can take, that take us back to being in complete union with nature. Robyn has traveled the world studying the roots of our cultures and learning how they guide our human experience.
As part of the McKenna Academy team & trained in Psychedelic Integration by ICEERS - Robyn embodies a bridge between ancient and modern life in a uniquely simple way.
Catherine Bjorksten
My greatest passion is facilitating spaces of transformation for people to step into a higher, more authentic and fulfilling version of themselves. My past life was in marketing and advertising. A burnout and motherhood (I’m the mum of two teen boys) called me to the more holistic and spiritual side of life, which led me to study psychic development (College of Psychic Studies), introductory psychotherapy (CCPE), and Spiritual Counselling at the Holistic Healing College, all in London.
For the past 10 years, I have worked with people 1 to 1 offering soul plan readings, shadow integration and spiritual awakening mentoring and led retreats, held workshops, talks and women’s circles. And I am the author of “You are loved: essential spirit guides and guardians”.
In that time frame, I have also had the privilege to learn directly from indigenous elders from various lineages and dive deeply into their cosmologies and ways. I have also completed a three-year shamanic training, which included deep personal healing, initiations, and healing techniques.
And last but not least, I have apprenticed with great teachers in womb awakening and am currently mentoring with Jane Hardwick Collings, founder of the school of shamanic womancraft. We are here to remember the power and gift that is to be a connected woman. Connected to yourself, nature, community, and Spirit.
Chris James
‘We are all on a unique journey through life but I believe that the sum of our similarities will always be far greater than the sum of our differences. I believe in people. I believe we are all immensely powerful, innately wild, spiritual, and empowered human beings capable of far more than we allow ourselves to believe - but I believe in you!’ Chris James
With a deep and embodied understanding of the transformative power of the practices at ‘The 100 Human Experience’, Chris will be facilitating an integration practice. With a warm and compassionate approach, Chris creates a safe and supportive space for each and every one of the one hundred, to connect and integrate their experience.
Don't miss the opportunity to work with Chris at the closing of ‘The 100 Human Experience’, His guidance and presence always leaves a lasting impact. you tell your story online can make all the difference.
“Tony, I have been back engulfed in my normal life since last weekends ‘100’ experience, and yes it was an experience. Wow, my life has turned around thanks to what you have created. Yes I have had some lows (not many since returning home) but I feel I now have the ability and tools to help me bounce back and this has made me feel a better, thoughtful and more caring ‘Human Being’. People around me are saying ‘what’s the matter with you?’ and I can’t explain it in words very easily so I say ‘take a look at the website and trust’. My intention written on the piece of kindling at the opening ceremony was to find the real me, so if the person I am now isn’t the real me I will take this one instead. I met and connected with sooo many genuine beautiful spirits over the weekend to make a ‘TRULY MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE’ 🙏 To your team and yourself GRATITUTE 🌟, RECONNECT, REWILD AND BE HUMAN’ Thank you ❤️”
Pete Dowling
“Good time yes, but “good” doesn’t nearly cover it! The 100HX was for me was wonderful, breath-giving and beautiful. This weekend will have life changing affects on my life by enhancing an even bigger ripple inside of me for growth and wellbeing for myself and humanity.”
Hilmir Petersen Hjalmarsson
When: 21st - 24th June 2024, gates open 5pm on Friday evening, checkout at 10am on Monday
Where: 42Acres, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5HL
Price: £375 for a shared 4 person bell tent accommodation ticket; £325 for a Non Accommodation ticket (accommodation to be booked with 42 Acres directly)