Work & Study Program

  Italy

• Torino: 
Torino (Turin)

Term: Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester 
Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: May - October

Description: We've created a space for your personal empowerment, your development towards a more joyful, fulfilling and conscious way of experiencing your daily life. This holistic training program offers you the opportunity to improve the quality of your life.

Would you like to discover a new way of experiencing and managing your daily life and work?
Are you seeking inspiration for inner and outer change in your life?
Would you like to discover and develop more of your talents, individual skills, and strengths?
Have you reached a point in your life where you're ready to take a turn and give your life a new form of expression?
Do you want to enrichen your life with new experiences after having spent years of work-life routine?
Would you like to find yourself interacting with new and different people - in day to day living, at work, and in many varied lifetime situations?

This invitation is for you to take some time for yourself and experience life at Centro d'Ompio for one to five months while working with our international team. Together with like-minded people you can explore life and discover new, powerful ways of being.

Highlights:
Lectures and work:

The weekly study part will consist of daily body exercises (like Yoga and Qi Gong) and meditation in the morning, 3 seminar units (each 2 hours) on personal growth, communication and creativity, 3 feedback circles.

At the beginning and the end of each program block (month) there will be one individual coaching.

The weekly working part consists of five hours of work per day, five days a week.

Free time:

You have two days off per week.

One day a month we organize a trip in the surrounding region for the group. We will also be holding evening activities such as the sweat lodge, night walks, fire, dancing or selected movies.

What you can take with you on your further life-journey:

What and how much you take with you depends on how fully you open up and get involved in the program. It is up to you to take full advantage of this opportunity. Nobody can do this for you.

* experiences and inputs on staying rooted in your power in every situation
* knowledge on how to get in touch with the deep joy coming from inside yourself
* being aware of the possibility of choosing love and respect for yourself and the world around you in every moment
* awareness
* experiences that strengthen your trust in yourself and the world
* courage to listen to your inner voice and follow it
* the power to choose
* a taste of freedom in action
* inspiration expressing your creativity
* new contacts and new friendships

Qualifications:
Your Input:

Come with an open mind and heart and let transformation within yourself begin on its own. Feeling youthful in spirit, your age won't matter.

You should be able to communicate in English, as the program is held in English and it is also the principal language spoken in the house. (The two other languages spoken here are German and Italian).

Cost in US$: 1,090

Optional classes with guest teachers are included.

Additional individual sessions (like coachings and massages) are available with surcharge.

The monthly contribution of 850 Euros includes:
    * 3 seminar units per week (2 hours each)
    * 24 work-hours as an opportunity to immediately apply that which you have learned
    * evening activites such as sauna, bonfire, sweat lodge, dance,...
    * one excursion per block
    * full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner; vegetarian buffet mostly organic)
    * use of the full infrastructure (incl. sauna and a big swimming pool)
    * 10 hectars of woods with many walking paths
    * accomodation in comfortable apartments with double rooms (single rooms available with surcharge; depending on availability)
    * a lot of fun

Price reduction is possible, upon booking more than one month.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Average age is 30-35, taking a break from usual life situation to reflect and prepare the own new life after the experience.

Age Range: 20+

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 5-20

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview

Centro d'Ompio's Mission Statement: Centro dOmpio has the goal to provide a space in which people can grow and free hidden energies. The noticeable energy of nature and the mild climate provide an ideal environment for people, who want to open themselves to meditation, personal growth and spiritual experience. We've created a space at the Centro d'Ompio for your personal empowerment, your development towards a more joyful, fulfilling and conscious way of experiencing your daily life; a space which will provide you with an opportunity for sharing new experiences with like-minded people.

Year Founded: 1987