This document advertises a Mindful Leadership Week retreat taking place in August 2015 in eastern France. The retreat is designed to help participants slow down, decompress, and develop mindful leadership skills through meditation practices and exercises led by expert instructors over the course of a week. Participants will learn techniques for resilience, emotion regulation, and breaking negative thought patterns to become more focused, empathetic, and effective leaders. The retreat offers a relaxing program in a beautiful setting and has received positive feedback from previous participants who felt it helped them better connect with themselves and manage stress in their daily lives.

1. Slow down Decompress Thrive!
Mindful Leadership Week
August 16 – 22 & August 23 – 29, 2015 – Chateau Gressoux – Haute Saone, (near Dijon) France
“The more we are in touch with ourselves, the more we are in touch with
our basic goodness and will make decisions that are good for all of us.”
Greg Burdulis
Are you usually in a hurry and feel like you are always behind? Do you feel like you want to slow
down, but can’t? Do you frequently over-think and experience difficulty turning off your mind?
Do you want to connect more with your intuition? Do you want discover,
reflect on and cultivate your authentic leadership skills?
Then join us! We offer you a week in a beautiful eastern France to escape from the daily hassle and
to find your core again. With us you can slow down, re-balance and come to stillness. You will have
the time and space to sit in silence before the questions that really matter to you. By the end, you will
have recharged your batteries to 100%.
www.mindfulleadershipweek.nl
Join us!

2. With the guidance of mindfulness and meditation experts Greg Burdulis and Bert Barten you will
learn techniques to be resilient under pressure, to regulate your emotions, and to break through
negative thinking patterns. The distinctive result is YOU, as a more focused, persistent, empathic,
and effective leader.
Gregory Burdulis practiced over
25,000 hours of meditation as
a monk in Burma. Today he is
an executive coach and teaches
contemplative practices and related neuro-
science at Google, eBay, Facebook, PepsiCo,
Eli Lilly and Pinterest.
Week 1:
Arrival: Sunday August 16 (17.00)
Departure: Saturday August 22 (11.00)
Week 2:
Arrival: Sunday August 23 (17.00)
Departure: Saturday August 29 (11.00)
Programme: a rich and relaxing mixture of
meditations, exercises, reflective solo time and
time in nature to develop your leadership skills.
Meals: Excellent, vegetarian and lovingly
prepared. Please notify us of any food allergies
when booking.
Costs: € 2.750,- excl. VAT, includes food and vac-
comodation/€ 1.750,- excl. VAT for self emloyed/
private paid. Limited number of single rooms
available. Single room supplement: € 100,-.
Bert Barten has practiced
meditation and mindfulness
training for more than 20 years
and integrated it into his work
as the director/entrepreneur of theatre events
throughout Europe. Today he develops execu-
tives into more authentic and powerful leaders
using storytelling and theatre skills.
Language: English and Dutch
More information & registration:
Adriaan de Man, tel: + 31 (0)6 51 35 60 50
www.mindfulleadershipweek.nl
www.mindfulleadershipweek.nl
“This week has been about meeting my inner-most
self. I gained access to the here-and-now and I
learned how, at any given moment, I can recon-
nect to its calm spaciousness and leave my stress
behind. This will help me be more present for the
rest of my life”
Chris Müller, Freiburg (G) (participant 2014)
“I experienced the real power of silence and
slowing down; it helped me enlarge the space in
my mind – so that even when outside things don’t
change, the way they affect me is different”
Carlo Fontana Giusti, Rome (I) (participant 2014)
“The Mindful Leadership Week is an incredible
opportunity to reflect on your everyday existence
on a healthy, constructive and generative way. It
has given me helpful insights how I will live my life
going forward.”
Björn Atterstam, London (UK) (participant 2014)