Dear Colleagues and Other Friends:
"APHRODITE, CEO*"
The Ancient Greek Goddess Aphrodite, known as the Goddess of Love, embodies core values associated with the emerging New Capitalism. In her archetype are the seeds of feminine models of leadership -- personal connection, full engagement, co-creation, and caring community - the social currency of business today.
This radical Threshold V retreat brings you back to the "cradle of civilization," the Goddess' energetic birthplace on the island of Cyprus in the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. There you will rediscover your own Aphrodite face to face. And get a jump start in rejuvenating your work with the love principle.
Sound like something you'd like to give yourself in the new year? Call me to see if it's right for you, or read on for more details about: How the Weekend Supports Your Goals; Who is Leading It; Logistics and Other Details.
HOW THRESHOLD V SUPPORTS YOUR RESULTS
The Threshold V program supports you in three ways, to ensure that you go home with practical results and a pragmatic plan:
1. Breakthrough Insights: Why Aphrodite?
The Divine Feminine was known to the Greeks as Aphrodite, and to the Romans as Venus, who named the planet. This Threshold weekend is the debut of a breakthrough technique in astrology called The Venus Star PointTM to help expand your awareness from an egoic approach to a heart-and-love centered approach. You will experience how your personal Venus Star Point motivates you to express what you were born to do, accessing your best talents and creativity for your deepest fulfillment. You will also discover how your own Star Point feeds and is fed by others' -- a tool to help you choose collaborators, partners and to build teams with complementary skills and purpose.
2. Roadmap for Living Your Discoveries:
This Threshold V experience closes the gap between the feminine, human values and the notion of success and fulfillment in the world. You will explore how the love principle can further your leadership goals at work and in other key aspects of your life. Our long established, five step system for clarifying an organization's goal and aligning its behaviors is available here to each individual participant who wants to bring congruence to their vision, their values and their lifeplan, as Personal SoulBrandingSM
3. Physical Integration of Discoveries:
We are not just mental, emotional or spiritual beings. Our bodies hold memories, on the surface in muscles and movement patterns, and even at the cellular level. We need to gently dislodge the old in these bodies to make room for the new. In Threshold V, gentle movement sessions, integrated into the daily program, provide you the opportunity to enjoy the sensual release of "stuck" energies and the pleasure of integrating your new found sense of well-being in your body, mind and spirit.
-- SOUND GOOD? SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS, OR CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. We will keep each Threshold group small. So, if you are inclined to give yourself this gift of renewal in the new year, let me know soon. --Elsie
A PEEK at the FACILITATORS
Elsie Maio – Seasoned counselor in Positioning for Business and Identity Transformation (McKinsey, Wall Street, SoulbrandingSM). Dubbed 'the guru of values-led branding, Elsie guides you to interpret the rich insights from right-brain discoveries during the weekend and to create your practical Personal SoulBrandingSM roadmap and action plan.
Ruth Alpert -- expert in using physical movement to align body/mind/spirit, Ruth will lead daily sessions to help integrate insights and inspiring experiences through her unique techniques and wisdom.
LOGISTICS AND OTHER DETAILS
From Thursday evening, May 20 to Monday morning, May 24 we will explore the Feminine Principle at the reputed birthplace of Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty and harmony on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Our personal-sized group is limited to 15.
The Venue
We'll stay in Paphos at the 5 Star Elysium Cyprus Hotel, a member of the Great Hotels of the World.
Deluxe level accommodations for 4 nights, double occupancy
1/2 board (breakfast and one other meal/day)
Excursions and ceremony at sacred sites on the island, including the Temple of Aphrodite, Aphrodite's natural pond bath, and Aphrodite's Rock in the sparkling Mediterranean sea.
The Program
Starts with an intimate Welcome Dinner for our private group, hosted by your facilitators on the evening of Thursday, May 20.
Threshold V's three-day structured program starts immediately after breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 21 - 23 and closes at breakfast on Monday, May 24. During that time, your three facilitators will guide you, separately and in group, through processes to stimulate intuitive and metaphysical insights into the timeless secrets of the universal love principle, and then to integrate those insights into a left- and right-brain model of personal reinvention.
We are proud to announce that Threshold V is the inauguration of Arielle Guttman's breakthrough insight tool, the Venus StarPointTM During the weekend, this tool will be tailored to your specific personal profile, and will help confirm your unique destiny gift, the keys to harmony and thriving in your relationships, how that knowledge enhances performance of the teams you recruit and work with, as well as in family dynamics.
Your insights are then brought back to a practical, tactical plan for rejuvenating the direction of your life in a Personal SoulBrandingSM blueprint for living the Love Principle fully -- at work and at play -- starting Monday morning.
This entire experience is deep and personal. It is cradled in the continuous healing support of gentle movement (Ruth's Bod.EaseSMsystem) to release stress and help you integrate the new learning in your body at a cellular level.
All in the inspiring, elevating beauty of the Mediterranean home of the goddess.
The Fee
US$4,375 includes Venue and Program costs. If you intend to come, we encourage you to commit early so we can ensure the hotel and excursions schedule - beautiful Cyprus is a popular destination in May!
Early Registration Bonus
And so, register before February 14 for early registration fee of $4,035.
Bring a Friend Bonus
Maio&Co Threshold weekends are profoundly rewarding, and for some life-changing. This is the kind of experience you may want to share with loved ones. Every friend you bring lowers your fee by 10%.
The three of us look forward to welcoming you at our private dinner on balmy Cyprus May 20!
Cheers! -- Elsie, Arielle and Ruth
Maio&Co Threshold weekends are a series of extreme retreats for executives, entrepreneurs, and their advisors who are looking to explore beyond traditional, left-brain information into creative solutions that wait in the well of deep, intuitive knowing. The retreats are informed by the natural energies, indigenous ceremony and metaphysical nuance of their venues. These include the shamanic traditions in the Southwestern US, ancient dream incubation in Central Greece, and the alchemical traditions of magic associated with in Cornwall, England.
* Huge thanks to Barbara Bonfigli, author of Cafe Tempest, for this brilliant moniker for our Threshold Weekend
SMBod-ease is a service mark of Ruth Alpert, 2010. TMThe Venus Star Point is a trademark of Sophia Venus Productions LLC, 2010. SMSoulBranding, SMSoulBrand, Threshold Weekend are service marks of Maio and Company, Inc. 1997-2010
