We extend an invitation to you to come and connect with these magnificent beings in their natural habitat. The exquisite beauty and the joy they bring will expand all that you feel is good and well within you, enhancing your capacity for living your life to the fullest. It is quite a privilege to share and witness such profound events.
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The WildQuest Retreat Lodge is situated in the friendly little fishing village of Porgy Bay. Light, airy and spacious, with its own bay-side terrace and mooring, the lodge provides the ideal environment to relax after a day on the ocean. Close to the village centre, the WildQuest lodge is also just 200 yards from a beautiful beach.
The rooms, just a few steps from the water, are newly built, quiet and comfortable. All rooms are double-occupancy, non-smoking with private bath, small fridge and air-conditioning. There are also some private single rooms or a limited number of bay-side rooms that are available as an upgrade. So let us know early.
In the main house we have our dining room, and also our beautiful meditation/meeting room. From our terrace as well as from our bay-side rooms, the sunrise views over the bay are spectacular.
We provide simple, tasty, wholesome meals for you
Three nourishing meals are provided each day, with lunch usually taken either onboard the boat, or on a deserted beach somewhere. Our regular cuisine includes vegetarian, chicken or fish dishes, and for one evening in the week we dine out in an authentic local restaurant so that you can experience Caribbean food, culture and island music.
We have an excellent cook on our team who prepares our tasty, healthy meals, and is happy to cater for most special dietary needs. Please let us know when you make your reservation if you have any special dietary requirements.
Meals are served in the dining room in the main house, or we can enjoy our meals outside on the terrace overlooking the bay.
Our Boat, DolphinQuest
Our boat, DolphinQuest is a 'Lagoon 410' catamaran, and is conveniently docked right at our Retreat Lodge.
As a catamaran, she is very stable and doesn't roll from side to side. DolphinQuest provides a gentle introduction to the simple beauty of being out on the ocean. It's also very comfortable inside and out, with plenty of places to relax in the shade or sun. There is a head - marine toilet -aboard. Wide rear steps give easy entry in and out of the water.
When cruising out to meet the dolphins we will mostly be using the boat's motors, which are surprisingly quiet, but when we have sufficient breeze we will simply sail along...
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This is a very special group of Atlantic
Spotted dolphins living in Bimini. They have developed a close
bond with people who communicate with them and swim among them.
They respond to our love and spontaneity. The more you can swim,
spin, dive, play and sing, the more excited they become! And so
do we! Our times together are an expression of joy and appreciation.
We have a policy of not touching the dolphins, and because of
that, they come very close. We are the students, learning from
them in their open ocean world. Our communications are telepathic
and empathic. They respond to our feelings, they understand our
thoughts and vibrations - past, present and future.
This relationship is based on trust, curiosity and complementarity.
We have many things in common with our dolphin friends.
These dolphins are a near-shore species traveling within the tropical
waters of the Atlantic. They are recognized by their spots, which
proliferate as they age. They often swim in smaller groups, riding
the bow wave of boats. They lead very complex social lives, which
include frequent touching of each other, mating, birthing, traveling,
feeding on small fish, echo locating, seaweed games and playing.
They are graceful, fast and highly flexible; and as we swim in
the midst of them, we will observe these fascinating behaviors.
The Spotteds give birth in summer and their gestation period is
12 months.
For many people, this unique encounter in a natural setting is a life-changing event. When you look into a dolphin's eye, you immediately feel the warmth and unconditional love. You sense them scanning you and learning who you are at a deep soul level. As this is happening, you are receiving their joy and love. It is beyond words, but you will understand from deep within, how profound it is, when we experience this human-dolphin reunion first hand.
We will learn to enter Dolphin Consciousness
to maximize our time together. As we enter into their higher vibration
and experience the power of healing sounds, waves of ancient wisdom
surround us. It is inspiring and comforting. It tells of peace
and co-creation. In this gentle setting, our human pod will be
a Source of support as we enter new realities together - joyfully
in the Light.
The founder of Dolphin Connection
International, Joan Ocean is a researcher and world-renowned
speaker on the subject of free-swimming dolphins and whales. An
author and video producer, Joan's internationally acclaimed books
have been published in more than seven languages. Dolphin Connection:
Interdimensional Ways of Living and Dolphins Into The Future.
For the past twenty years she has traveled to oceans and rivers
around the world to visit with many species of dolphins and whales.
In 1988 she met the Bimini Spotted and Bottlenose Dolphins for
the first time, chartering a boat to bring a pod of people to
meet the local pods of playful dolphins. It was a great reunion,
as if the dolphins had been waiting for us to arrive and meet
to communicate with them. These pods in the Bahamian waters are
regularly interactive with swimmers and they have profound wisdom
to share with the human race.
Studying cetaceans through respectful interactions with them in their natural habitats, Joan has been welcomed into their pods. She experiences their sonar and sound frequencies as acoustic images and reverberating tones, which heal and expand human potentials. These sound frequencies, interact with the intelligence in the cells of our bodies and activate our inner wisdom. Contact with dolphins and whales brings us into Dolphin Dreamtime where we experience an expanded state of higher consciousness.
With a Master of Science degree in Psychology, Joan is a shaman and scientist who understands that dolphins and whales, living unlimited lives in the ocean, immersed in the Noetic codes, with brains more complex than the human brain are the teachers in these human-cetacean interactions.
Email: Joan@joanocean.com
Practical Information:
** Travel Documents & Customs:
** Weather:
From May to October the air temperature is usually 80-95F (26-34C).
It is cooler on the boat with the ocean breeze. Water temperature
is 78-85F, (25-30C). Those who tend to get chilled easily may
want to wear a light-weight wetsuit.
** Cancellation policy:
No refunds will be given for late arrivals or early departures or if improper documentation results in denied plane boarding for entry into The Bahamas.
** Cancellation Insurance
& Weather:
We strongly recommend that you purchase seminar/travel cancellation
insurance to cover any personal emergency situations or unexpected
inclement weather.
In the event that the seminar has to be cancelled due to weather
conditions, Dolphin Connection will not be able to refund your
tuition, since the hotel and boat are paid many months in advance
and they do not refund this money. This occurrence is so rare
it is hardly worth mentioning, but it is a good reason to spend
the little extra to buy the seminar insurance.
**Seminar tuition includes:
Accommodations in Ft Lauderdale (one night) and in Bimini (5 nights),
shuttle to airport, breakfasts, lunches, 4 dinners, five catamaran
trips to meet the dolphins, use of kayaks, and the latest communication
information about our ocean lives with the pods as shared by the
dolphin themselves, Joan and the group of kindred people attending
this reunion & gathering.
Please note that the following is NOT included in seminar tuition:
Registration:
A $495 non-refundable deposit will confirm your space. The balance
of $1500 will be due by April 20st, 2009. ( April 27th for second
trip)
Payments can be made by Visa or Master Card, or
by check in US funds made payable to "Dolphin Connection"
and mailed to: Dolphin Connection - PO Box 102 - Captain Cook,
HI 96704 - USA.
TRAVEL INFORMATION:
Arrange your travel to Fort
Lauderdale International airport in Florida.
Arrive anytime on Saturday.
We will meet and stay on the evening of Saturday June 20st ( or
the 27th for second trip ), 2009 at a nice hotel in Fort Lauderdale,
(we can arrange extra days there if you wish to arrive earlier).
We will all have a meeting after dinner at 8 pm.
On Sunday June 21nd morning ( or the 28th for second trip ), we go together to the Ft Lauderdale Executive Airport and take a 30 min flight on the chartered island plane.
(Please note that air ticket from
Ft Lauderdale to Bimini is not included in the seminar tuition
and that you will have to book this special chartered island flight
through our partner in Florida. Price is around $260, including
tax.)
After checking into our rooms at the Retreat Lodge and having
breakfast we go out on the boat to meet the dolphins and play
in the warm Caribbean ocean!
You will return to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, arriving around
midday.
Fort Lauderdale International Airport: Many budget airlines fly into here including:
Southwest, Spirit, Jet Blue, Air Tran, America West and most of
the large carriers. We fly to the island and return by island
plane from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. If you are returning
home via Miami Airport, it is a 1-2 hour shuttle ride.
Miami International
Airport is approximately a 1-2 hour ride by shuttle bus from
the hotel.
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This year I have enjoyed experiences with the very interactive Spotted Dolphins of Bimini.
This is the location of ancient Atlantis, where many of us have met before. During our dolphin swims we visit the remnants of Atlantis -- undersea, rectangular rocks of a wall or ancient dock just 40 feet beneath the surface. It extends for 1 1/2 miles. As we swim above it and dive down for a closer look, we see remains of stone anchors, cut artifacts in gray marble and uniform, rectangular slabs of stone with sharp angular edges and smooth sides. These were discovered in 1968, the year that Edgar Cayce predicted sunken Atlantis would be discovered. I am very interested in the uncovering of ancient cities world-wide that tell us more about who we are as multi-planetary people. This is a part of my new research that I am happy to share with you.
The Spotted and Bottlenose dolphins who live here are very playful, and fascinated by human swimmers! This year we came upon a rarely seen fish ball. The dolphins were sonaring a school of fish, keeping them together in a ball and circling round for a fish feast for two hours. The fish chose to use us as a shield, staying directly under us, and so we were subjected to much dolphin sonaring!! It was such a strong energy boost, that we could barely talk and walk for the rest of the day. I think it's called BLISS.
