opening doors to ideas, education and diversity
“If you want creativity, cut one zero from the budget.
If you want sustainability, cut two zeros!”
EduRetreat is an initiative based in Singapore to learn, share and assimilate diverse philosophies and practices through curated, small group travel.
Today it is a call to action.
EduRetreat offers intellectual, philosophical, cultural, linguistic, and aesthetic exchanges among scholars who are iconic and legendary. As a traveling (un) conference EduRetreat participants exchange intimate dialogue with one another and the people, projects, and places visited. As a group, participants learn through each individual’s own curiosity and mutual respect.
Since 2008 groups have made trips to Singapore, different regions in India, and most recently Brazil. The purpose is to cross-fertilize cultures and philosophies while retaining each culture’s distinct strengths. The process expands participants’ worldview. EduRetreat Varanasi, India was planned for February 1 - 15 2019. Future travel venues will be EduRetreat Amazon, 2022 and EduRetreat Nile, September 1st 2023.
More and more I feel that the capacity for trust, wonder and continued curiosity depends on the experiences of early childhood.
The trip to India reawakened all that for me - color, sound, taste, delight, wonder and trust.
- Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson, Cultural Anthropologist, Reflective Guide EduRetreat 2013
EDURETREAT VARANASI Feb 2019
“‘Everything EduRetreat has at its core, made of course even more transforming because of the quality of the participants and the encounters you facilitate...as always, is an experience to change perceptions and challenge long held beliefs.’”
Our Philosophy
We build relationships by inspiring participants to:
Move beyond the known
Make the world their classroom
Stretch their capacities as influential thought leaders and change makers
We make what we learn visible by:
Channeling energy
Sharing and assimilating other philosophies
Provoking mindful exchanges
Reflecting, rejuvenating, and rejoicing
Removing barriers to the new and the different
Supporting one’s own internal and external dialogues
Your Experience
Is reflective
Supports worthy projects
Spreads break-through ideas
Makes learning visible in published words and images
Sparks our own or our followers action
Seeds good ideas so they generate research and alliances
“To travel with EduRetreat is to ride a magic carpet to places you did not know you deeply needed to visit.”
EduRetreat AMAZON 2022 IS ON!
Details coming up soon! I am in the thick of forest of possibilities, weaving two epic weeks of traveling together to the Peruvian Amazon in early November, 2022. We are taking time to ensure this is safe and comfortable (and timely!) immersive experience from IQUITOS for small group of enthusiastic minds from around the world.
Needless to say it will have all the cultural and adventurous charm, provocations, and reflections so unique to EduRetreat travel encounters.
Email vashima@mac.com if you are interested ( or curious) to consider this once in a lifetime opportunity to get up, close and personal encounters in the the Amazon - river and forest and communities.…. gather new narratives to flow like the river, without fear- you have my personal invitation!
EduRetreat Varanasi 2019
Be taken by wanderlust and driven by passion for both external and internal creative living - unravel the metaphors of mind for a wiser and happier YOU!
Revel in immersive travel experiences to seek, wonder and navigate uncharted territories via the heart - beyond the logical mind.
Reframe metaphorical constructs to engage with strength, beauty and the contradictions in the overlapping crossroads of past and the present.
Rejoice in immersive exploration, diverse dialogues, deep listening and collective reflections.
Explore why a culture of reason, intellectual curiosity, humility, compassion and fellowship can offer the insights to human civilisation of 21st century.
Learn what happens when ideals and theory meet the realities of societal, national and global contexts.
See anew the hardships, rewards and the nature of these places - way beyond the gaze of a tourist.
BE present in intimate conversations with local citizens, activists, artisans and scholars to enrich mind, heart, body and soul.
“Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.
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Find out more!
for EduRetreat 2022 Amazon
To reserve your spot, request more information and/or payment details to plan and confirm your travels, please click below or email Vashima Goyal - vashima@mac.com
EduRetreat will provide you payment options for these as well as other details to plan the maximum out of your spectacular Travel&Learn EduRetreat.
All information provided will only be used to help cater a personalised package to each individuals needs.