Innate Experiences

02/06/2024

Started as a joke but then we looked at it again… and actually it’s pretty accurate

03/05/2024

We started the year with 2 colives in South America to take a break from the European winter, thinking we just needed some sun ☀ but the profound energies of the jungles of Colombia and the Scared Valley of Peru and the Inca culture brought us what we needed.

Peru 🏔️ the Sacred Valley, the ancient wisdom of the Incas and really beautiful intentions of the group led to some really deep inner journeys and special moments.

Colombia 🌴 primal flows and physical movement, the abundant life of the jungle, and the energy and kindness of the local people created and intense container for change.

Both tribes were containers for deep interchange, for lightness of energy in a community setting, laughter and friendship.. which continued after the colives ended too.
With post-colive colives, adventures, and smaller reunions.

…Now we’re back to Europe in Portugal cause let’s be honest, summer in Europe is great ☀️

Join one of our next colives:

• Meditation & Yoga colive, May - North Portugal
• Meditation ‘Reset & Renew’ colive, September - North Portugal

Apply on our website.. link in bio

P.S. If you swiped til the end and are wondering what’s going on... we are still wondering too.

10/04/2024

Lessons 10 and 11 in the caption👇

10. ’Laughter’ is your barometer 😅

Don’t take it all too seriously. If you find yourself unable to laugh at an attachment you have, you’re probably unhealthily invested into it. ’Let it go’ for a while.

11. People are as nice as YOU are ⛰️

All of us are in this human experience, ’doing our best’.
If you give compassion, trust & openness - and not from a place of transaction or expectation - then it will come back to you, from others... In mountain-loads :)

22/02/2024

Through daily mindful sessions, we’ll practice living openly, kindly and creatively. Balancing our attention between our Self and the community.

During weekdays, we’ll do a morning & evening meditation. Offering an entry into different teachings, practices and states.

Improving mental clarity, releasing tention, raising performance and even reaching altered states of consiousness.

On Sundays, there will be a halfday practice, to truly take things deeper inwards.

Join us and come co-create a more fulfilling way of life with other warm, curious and driven creators.
Apply now at the link in bio 👉

30/11/2023

It scares me to say this out loud. Because the dream feels so big and I know the journey to it will be tough. But it also sets my heart racing. And fills me with more and more excitement.

I believe that this campus is a shared dream – no, a shared remembering, amongst so many of us...
.. That we can create a more fulfilling way of life, while still thriving in our modern world.

So, we're going to go for it in 2024.

In that vein; if you know of anyone who has created a retreat venue, or understands fundraising in the world of real estate. I'd love to get an intro.

Or if you want to get involved in any other ways, just DM me.

Let's do this!

25/11/2023

[Update!] We missed the last, most special day of the retreat in the last post. So we're reposting, including day 7: YOUR VISION 🔥

If you're looking for a true break in your life, to get clarity over next steps, or are curious about who you are beyond your thoughts … this is for you.

Seven days of meditation, movement & breathwork. To unlock the next version of you.

​For the first 5 days, this retreat combines a committed daily meditation practice with yoga sessions, breathwork, ayurvedic food and ancient teachings. In a completely silent and screens-free setting.

On the sixth day we combing our meditative practices with sharings, and more playful activites. Before using the final day to capture the insights into a vision for our life going forwards.

So that you can you can reconnect with your innate being – finding the stillness, purpose and fulfilment that is within you.

From the rigor of this seven day inner journey, the space may arise within you for something wonderful to emerge.

Learn more and book your spot at the link in bio

23/11/2023

If you're looking for a true break in your life, to get clarity over next steps, or are curious about who you are beyond your thoughts … this is for you.

Seven days of meditation, movement & breathwork. To unlock the next version of you.

​For the first 5 days, this retreat combines a committed daily meditation practice with yoga sessions, breathwork, ayurvedic food and ancient teachings. In a completely silent and screens-free setting.

On the sixth day we combing our meditative practices with sharings, and more playful activites. Before using the final day to capture the insights into a vision for our life going forwards.

So that you can you can reconnect with your innate being – finding the stillness, purpose and fulfilment that is within you.

From the rigor of this seven day inner journey, the space may arise within you for something wonderful to emerge.

Learn more and book your spot at the link in bio

10/11/2023

Ohhhh YES ... that's right.

We're heading to the Sacred Valley in Peru; one of the most majestic and beautiful parts of the world. Surrounded by the Andes mountains, lush colours and the timeless wisdom of the Incas.

Our hosts Kasper and Raquel .life have planned an inner journey that combines breathwork sessions in the morning/evening, alternating with somatic movement practices.

Which, when combined with the landscape, community and Incan culture ... will take us into a space of innate joy.

There'll be some wonderful cultural experiences too, courtesy of Raquel, who is Peruvian and whos family is from the region.

Learn more and apply on our website. Link in bio

12/10/2023

You always have a choice.
Stop pretending to be 'busy'.

14/09/2023

We're creating a second home - for the modern seeker.

Those who explore consciousness, the wonders of nature and communal ways of life.
But who also take action and follow their own paths.

As humans, our true nature is one of joy and strength. Deeply connected to the natural world, and the tribe we live in – with clear minds & healthy bodies.

FEELING TRULY ALIVE.

So, how do we bring that innate connection back?

​For us, the path lies not in running away from modern life. But instead, in integrating both worlds.

​Doing practices that bring us into the present moment.
Exploring the wonders of nature.
Sharing moments with others on the path.

And then, from that place of deep connection, taking action in the world as it is.
Learning from our mistakes, making things happen and lifting up those around us.

When you join our community you’ll get full access to:

• all of our colives & retreats, at a discount

• monthly online meetups to deepen your practice and support your inner journey

• a community of modern seekers

👉 Learn more and apply on our website.
Link in bio

21/08/2023

Your teacher at the Meditation colive in November, in South Portugal: Matthew Immergut.

He is a meditation instructor and coach.

And the co-author of best-selling meditation book, The Mind Illuminated.

His spiritual path has taken him through several types of deep inquiry including over twenty years of committed Therevada- Mahayana meditation practice. His teachers include Culadasa, Leigh Brasington, Daniel Boutemy, and Bhante Vimalaramsi.

He also works as an Associate Professor of Sociology at Purchase College, SUNY where he has developed a minor in Contemplative Studies and teaches classes on meditation, happiness & social theory.

06/08/2023

Zeger Gabriel will be our teacher at the Inner Sound Colive, in Portugal.

After years on the jazz and improvisational music scene, Zeger began delving into music as medicine.

Travelling the world for over a decade to immerse himself in sacred music traditions ... through India, Africa and South America ... he was able to partake in active sacred music traditions where sound & music were intentionally applied for spiritual alignment. Going particularly deep into the path of Nada Yoga, ‘the exploration of consciousness through sound’.

Now, playing and listening to music has become a form of meditation; a journey through the subtler realms into the depths of our being.

25/07/2023

When was the last time you gave your self the space to truly do nothing?

That is – to rest, to play, to float around. For a few days, long enough to completely relax.
Without screens to distract.

For me, it was the period just before I launched Innate.

A whole two months – of doing whatever.

And it resulted in the creation of this company.

At first that makes no sense.

But take a step back.

Creation is the other side of the coin ... to doing nothing.
They go together.

Logically, this makes easy sense.

If we're always in the process of doing something, then anything else we do will, by definition, be a continuation of that.

The space for nothing is what allows for a clean break in the current stream of 'doings' that we're attached to.

And from there, something new can emerge.

You'd think that's exciting.
But it's also terrifying.

Because to really, truly release what we're attached to doing ...
is to let the current version of our Self die.
And to step into the unknown.

What comes next, from your doing nothing, you cannot control.

That's the whole point.

You'll only know once you're truly relaxed.

But one thing is for sure.
That next version of you, and what you create ...will be rather wonderful.

And so we come to the apparent paradox...

doing nothing every once in a while might just be the most productive thing we can do.

So ... when can you next take a few days in a row, without screens, to make space for "doing nothing"?

11/07/2023

Fusan Ryushin is a Zen priest in the tradition of Soto Zen Buddhism, and a dharma heir of the late John Daido Loori, Roshi.

Ryushin was the abbot (leader) of Zen Mountain Monastery for 6 years too, and has been practicing Buddhism since 1983.

Along with decades of Zen experience, he is a trained psychiatrist, and prominent speaker.

He also has been recently spending a lot of time exploring the intersection between Zen and psychedelics, training in ayahuasca ceremonies in Brazil amongst shamans.

Integrating his strict Zen trainings, he follows a more relaxed 'middle path' philosophy now, and is excited to bring that playful energy into our lives over the month at our Zen Colive in October.

Learn more about the Zen Colive at the link in bio

30/06/2023

By the coast of Portugal, near world-famous surfing destination Peniche.

Dive into Zen teachings each morning, and meditation practices honed by generations.

Led by the renowned Konrad Ryushin Marchaj...

The head of a renowned Zen monastery for over a decade.

Then get your work done, chill on the beach, play volleyball (yes, we have a full-size sand-floor volleyball court within our campus!), share events and have communal meals.

Apply on our website. Link in bio

18/06/2023

Awareness. It's the most precious of our resources.

Where we pay attention literally defines our reality.

As the saying goes "where your focus goes, your energy flows".

Yet, more than ever, our awareness seems out of our own control.

Our attention spans have been decimated, by screens and dopamine addictions. And where we choose to use our limited attention – is determined by a stream of social media nonsense and the people around us who consume it.

So – how do we increase our consciousness and orient ourselves well?

👉 For Consciousness, meditation is your best path. More often, for longer, and with experienced guidance.

👉 For Orientation, visualisations and journalling will help most. Particularly when rooted in healthy philosophies that have stood the test of time – like Stoicism, Buddhism, non-dualism, Tao etc.

What’s something you want to practice more of?

12/06/2023

A month coworking by green valleys and pristine rivers 🍃
Immerse yourself into sound journeys together.
Mixing music, singing, sound sets and spirituality.

We reckon there'll be some unbelievable jamming sessions in the evenings with our tribe on this one (!) 🙌

Apply now, we only have 9 posts left. Link in bio

09/05/2023

We’re 1 week in on the May meditation colive, and the tribe has moved from that first - a little shy and more distant - speed dating (pic 2) to increasingly getting closer and weirder 🤪

The more authentic we allow ourselves to be, the more meaningful (and fun) connections we make.

28/04/2023

In december 22 said he'd come to another colive... and he did.

We had not only him, but FOUR other people joining their second colive with us in Bali, March '23 - only 3 months after their first one in Portugal ( .girl )

Other Innaters are gathering and meeting up around the world or collaborating on projects. and , for example 🙌

We wanted to create a tribe that feels like a second home for conscious, curious and playful entrepreneurial people, and it's quickly happening.

And while we'd like to take credit for it, it's mainly happening thanks to THE PEOPLE.

And their belief we can co-create a more fulfilling life together.

Join the tribe, we still have a few spots left for the June Meditation colive in Northern Portugal. As usual, link in bio 👉

20/04/2023

🔟 The time for sharing has come 🔟

If the first year of Innate was about 'Harry's journey & hopes' ...

this second year will be about 'our community's journey & hopes'.

Though I've had lots of help this first year, most stuff has been driven by me. That period of 'self ownership' is coming to an end now. The universe is making that abundantly clear, with these signs...

• colives are filling up with ease
• venues are reaching out to us
• investment is being offered to us
• enlightened teachers are joining us
• Innate members are reaching out across tribes
• a community is growing around us.

Innate no longer belongs to me.

It's time to welcome others into owning the Innate story.

09/04/2023

“So what happens at these colives?”

There’s a theme, yes. And we do the daily practice every morning.

But there’s so much more than that.

The latest Yoga & Meditation colive in Bali, we experienced weekend trips around the island, communal dinners, ecstatic dances as well as art, intimacy and music workshops. We loved simply spending time together and connecting.

Oh and we jammed a lot - but we bombarded our stories with that already, so we spare you those videos (for now 🙃).

Each colive is different.

Different theme, different location and different people who bring their unique energies and talents to the group.

But everyone is here for the same reason and with the belief that we CAN co-create a more fulfilling way of life.

That’s what makes every colive a month full of joy ✨

Thanks to the tribe for making this happen 🙏

19/02/2023

We all know that meditation is good for us.

But can it also be fun??

Because, afterall, meditation also allows us to experience the present moment.

To be here, now.

In a society that's overly goals oriented, we spend so much of our time stepping over the present moment in pursuit of a future that will never arrive.

But if we can readjust, take a moment each day to step into the present moment – we can reorient ourselves towards spontaneity, creativity and feeling alive for the rest of our day.

And, well, if that isn't the point of life, then really, what is?

So... on the Innate meditation colive, we do just that.

We'll spend an hour each morning meditating, and upto an hour each night too. Outside these twice daily weekday sessions, we'll have 'Silent Sundays' too – half-days of deeper practice in noble silence that will end with sharing circles and some surprises ; )

If we can deeply meditate, once or twice per day, and reach a deeply connected inner state ... how does that affect the rest of our day? When we're remote working, when we're meeting others, when we have free time?

It's likely that we'll live a more effortless, joyous and effective life.

Now, to reiterate... isn't that really the point of life?

Apply to join the next colive in May in northern Portugal. Link in bio

19/02/2023

19/02/2023

12/02/2023

There’s always a seminal moment when you realise the corporate life wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. That the dream job everyone told you to go for while you were at uni is… well, empty of meaning.

No doubt you’ve had a moment of realisation too, that got you to wondering “there’s got to be more to life than this…”

👎 The bad news is that, while there definitely is more to life, you’ll have to muddle through feeling lost and uncertain - deliberately and for years - before can find that fulfilling path through life.

👍 The good news is — you’re really not alone.
There’s a quiet revolution happening; thousands more of us young professionals every month are leaving the corporate world behind and leaping into the unknown to create careers that actually mean something, that lead to lives worthy of a story or two.

And there is a way you can make the journey to a more fulfilling way of life easier for yourself.

Surround yourself with others who also feel like there’s something missing, and who are also brave enough to do something about it.

Reach out to people who dare to live remarkable lives; to those who won’t settle for corporate mediocrity and are already asking themselves the hard questions.

Don’t feel lost alone.

You’ll have more moments of fun on that difficult journey, and create a life you love far sooner.

05/02/2023

The experience we'll have in May is all about the conscious practice of meditation and integrating that state of presence into your everyday life 🧘🌳

Learn more and apply at the link in bio

Also.. Have you meditated today yet?
Me neither... so let's go do that right now.
Even a minute is better than nothing.

22/01/2023

The moment we put these 'soft' attributes to the fore, we start to feel 'alive' again.

Now the challenge is... how do we make that the new 'normal"?

Our last experiment was a Meditation Colive in Southern Portugal.

And it was so much fun (!)
Not because of the theme, or the venue.

But because each person who came decided that the month would be full of warmth, openness and laughter.

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Want to join our tribe of warm, curious and driven creators?
Check out the upcoming colives at the link in bio and apply .

30/12/2022

Upcoming: The Yoga and Meditation Colive in Bali 🧘🌴
26 Feb - 26 Mar

Spots still available: https://www.innate.global/yoga-colive-feb

We're gathering those who are ready to immerse themselves into yoga & meditation together everyday for a month. While working remotely, surrounded by nature.

Join a tribe of conscious entrepreneurial people, by the lush tropics of Ubud. Do a physical yoga practice each morning together. Then get coworking – with fast wifi and deskspace. Finish by heading for sunset dinner, having deep conversations or dancing under the moon. Or join the meditation we'll host each evening.

This is not a retreat or a hackathon .... this is an experiment in creating a more innately fulfilling way of life.

What better way to start 2023?

23/12/2022

Warmth. Openness. Playfulness.

We completely undervalue them in modern society.

Heck, we even call them 'soft' skills - rather than the literal
'fundamentals of being human'

Why? Because they can't be quantified easily. And therefore can't be monetised easily.

But take them away from people, and we have burnouts, boredom, a life that lacks vibrancy.
Afterall, what really is the point of all the work & hustling & selling & producing & consuming & 'to do' lists ... if we aren't feeling 'alive"?

I'm writing this because our first Meditation Colive ended a couple of weeks ago.

And it was so much fun (!)
Not because of the theme, or the venue. But because each person who came decided that the month would be full of warmth, openness and laughter.

The moment we put these 'soft' attributes to the fore, we start to feel 'alive' again.

Now the challenge is... how do we make that the new 'normal"?

30/11/2022

3 weeks of meditating twice a day, spending time in nature, creating meaningful connections, playing and moving, looking inwards and getting work done.

Simply being in 'the now'.

This experiment was built around the question:

How would meditating everyday together for a month affect our working life, our relationships, our happiness?

There’s still 1 week to go, so we don’t have a final answer yet.

But what we already know for sure is that it creates a joyous vibe and an incredibly warm, curious and caring tribe.

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Applications for the Yoga & Meditation Colive in Bali are still open.
Apply now at the link in bio