Something happened in Greece, at the beginning of the summer, in the Cyclades islands, on the island of Syros.

A small group of people gathered at the Alkyon Hotel to get acquainted with oriental physical techniques. These have nothing to do with New Age ravings from last century's sixties. By all means, times have changed!

 Rather, participants were looking for a deep-rooted mindfulness, more in contact with today's world, and addressing today’s challenges.

If you want to change the world (and your own country), you have to revisit your inner world, reshape your way of thinking, of being, of acting. You have to adopt a new way of behaving.  You have to recuperate your suppleness, be it mental or physical, and change orientation, just as a diver changes his course and focuses his frontal lamp onto a new direction.

Also, you cannot take the attitude of a victim nor that of an accuser (as both create stagnation).

 Be aware. With simple means, awake your body (which reflects your soul) and bring it to a superior level of mindfulness. Recur to Chinese gymnastic (Qi Gong), auto-massage (Do In) and meditation. The first makes the body more supple, the second balances organs' functioning and the third chases parasite thoughts, that so often block and impediment us. Let us not ignore food: food is our first medicine.

 This group gathered participants from Greece, England, France, the US and New Zealand; they all happily made the experiment. Week after week, bonds of complicity developed, and each paid attention to each other without any judgment. On the departure day, travelers could see a couple of people on the quay or on the boat executing centuries old movements, waving each other goodbye, not exchanging any word, not recurring to any sophisticated technologies. From now on, a link is created between them, and distance is not an issue.

 By working on their body and their spirit, they reactivated Socrates' famous motto: "Know thyself".

 Yes! Renewal, changes in society and in paradigm come from Greece. Like the Indignants that rose in Spain, initiated people to a new form of society got in motion in Greece.

 Eve Calingaert for Alkyon Hotel

From 08/09/12 to 16/09/12, come to the Alkyon Hotel and immerse yourself in wellness!