At the end of every retreat, we have each retreat participant summarize their retreat experience into a word or mantra that they’ll take with them into their lives going forward. Nick has made it a tradition to take these phrases and turn them into a piece of visual art.

One of the repeating refrains of the entire trip is to remember to skip! We can so easily lose the joy and wonder of being a child—an energy that exists within all of us. Throughout the retreat we would all break into spontaneous bouts of skipping. Try it! You won’t be able to keep a smile from your face.

This retreat group has kept an active group thread where participants have sent skipping videos from all over the world: an amusement park, the streets of San Francisco, Burning Man, a yoga class, in front of throngs of strangers at the Eiffel Tower. It has been a powerful reminder to play. If we forget to laugh and enjoy life we lose the point!