Welcome to NEO
Life Changing Artistic Adventures
Creative Quests for Explorers of The Soul.
Is there anything more beautiful and nourishing to the Soul than being inspired by Art? Whether it's tapping into our own genius, or witnessing it's divinity in others, Art is not just a luxury, it's VITAL, and makes a huge difference in our lives.
New Earth Odysseys (NEO) was created by and for art lovers, seeking to create and share moments of artistic magic with each other. Our holistic week-long gatherings combine music, dance, storytelling, playful and creative workshops, educational classes and inspiring performances, together with healthy food, soulful connections and beautiful nature.
NEO is a playground for creatives who crave more quality, depth and refinement in their artistic holidays. Festivals are great, but often lack focus and depth. Retreats are also amazing, but can often become too singular and stuffy.
We seek to find a balance in that subtle and happy middle ground between the two.
In that playful place where all things are possible!!
"Creativity is God at Play." - Richard Rudd
Authentic Adventures For The Curious Soul
For most of the last decade, our team organized avant-garde festivals around Europe and Central America. However, the last years our events have evolved into much more deep, intimate and refined retreats, combining the best of both worlds.
Pioneers in this new genre as well, NEO is the only organization of it's kind to fuse together the variety filled offerings of festivals with the depth and nuance of more immersive journeys, to create a radically new gathering that is large enough to be juicy and exciting, but also small enough to not be overwhelming and exhausting.
The result is a revolutionary new experience - Authentic, inspiring and life changing journeys merging art with mindfulness and collaboration with creative play.
So that's what we d0 - we design bold, playful, immersive, one-of-a-kind experiences that prove educational, enriching and deeply nourishing.
Every NEO retreat is a hero/heroine's journey. This is your call. If you are ready to answer it -
Then may your heroic new story begin here!
Are You Ready For Your Odyssey?
UPCOMING EVENTS
ABOUT US
NEW EARTH ODYSSEYS
Our Mission? To create authentic, unique and transformational journeys that are rooted in mindfulness and centered in the heart. Holistic Retreats where we explore new worlds of consciousness, creativity, and community together.
The New Earth is our vision for communities of creativity and harmony, built on shared values and fellowship. We see every gathering as an adventure of the spirit, where you, as a participant, are the protagonist (Odysseus) in your own unfolding story.
A new epoch is upon us, and we set sail right into the heart of it, taking small groups of voyagers like yourself on these artistic quests of depth, feeling, purpose and meaning.
Sound & Silence - A Story of Artistic Ingenuity
For more than a decade, we have been designing transformational journeys for sacred rebels like you. Since the beginning, our founder (Alexander Sarvaan) set out on a mission to revolutionize the way people experience art.
As a lover of music, dance and many other expressive arts, but also a highly sensitive person easily overwhelmed by large crowds and loud, chaotic atmospheres, he sought to find an event that offered holidays with high quality artistry, but in smaller, more subtle and intimate group settings.
Unfortunately, he couldn't find it anywhere. So he decided to create a festival on his own.
Without any experience or guidance, he dove into this new endeavor with vigor, determined to design a unique, elegant and peaceful artistic experience for himself and others to enjoy.
And that's how the original Sound & Silence Festival was born.
In so doing, he created an exciting movement, invented a new event genre, and discovered (to his great surprise) that he too was an artist. In fact, it dawned on him that everyone is an artist. This revelation inspired him to write a poem called:
"Everything Done With Love, Is Art"
Knowing when to stop, is also an Art
But! Lo and behold, he still became overwhelmed by festival intensity. Caught in the trap of chasing "bigger, better, more!" he fell into a major burnout (several times), followed by some serious health challenges.
That's when he realized he had it backwards - it's not about getting bigger, it's about going deeper. He began to redefine and redesign the Sound & Silence Experience, and quickly discovered that yes,
Less is More.
Hence, the last few years have been a process of experimentation and evolution, and letting go of old scripts and concepts. Letting go of the Sound & Silence story itself. After countless refinements we have finally arrived at the sweet spot, and with it the beautiful new container that we now call:
New Earth Odysseys
So here we are, still designing sacred escapades for creative rebels, but doing so in the most balanced way we know - Deep journeys with small groups of courageous people, otherwise known as:
Soul Family.
We're Taking You To Breathtaking Places
FEEL THE VIBE
"The kind of meeting of a lifetime ... the magic happens in the gatherings... a natural state of connection and happiness! I had the most beautiful experiences."
Teresa from Portugal
"Pure Magic ... The Gathering is much more than a festival, it's like coming home, home to a place where my visions of how a new society could work had an example ... "
Mitsch from Germany
"The Gathering in Corfu was without a doubt the best retreat I've been in. I'm very happy to know that you will continue to create the most magical meetings again."
Andrea from New Zealand
"I completely underestimated the power of singing, dancing, celebrating and surrendering into an idillic athmosphere with people dedicated to their inner journey. After few days I was deep into my heart and received inputs on how to review my life, much gratitude!!!"
Marco from Italy
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