“What could be more fulfilling than supporting a curious new generation?
They can be aware, innocent and alive.”
Inspired by the new generation
If the new generation is going to invent the world of tomorrow, let’s facilitate the tools and knowledge that they need, in a fun way through the biggest “playground” for exploration and expression possible.
The idea behind Impulse has been building up through 20 years of collective and individual training led by Vasanti. To witness the beauty of the energy of the young generations has touched her so deeply, that it served as the inspiration to create Impulse Festival.
Through her experience Vasanti understood that, far from the idealized vision of youth, the “quarter-life crisis” is marked by a lack of meaning, pressure and the quest for happiness. This crisis —whether it is societal, ecological, human, biological or identity-based— is real, and taking this turn is essential.
The Festival Founder
Vasanti : The soul of Impulse
A forerunner Body Psychotherapist specialized on Sexual Grounding Therapy® and Vegetotherapy (original therapeutic of Wilhelm Reich). She has been teaching “Love and Ecstasy Training” for many years. And enjoyed 20 years of experience working with the young generation.
She works with people of all generations, backgrounds, and cultures, leading workshops of her own creation. For over 30 years the common thread running through her work has been the energy of life, a synthesis that incorporates the full complexity of the person. She is committed to bridging the gap between psychology, ancestral rituals and Tantra.
Inspired by Babaji’s teaching and her life as a wife and mother, Vasanti facilitates a transformation process full of humanity and professionalism.
IMPULSE 2023 – THE TEAM
Passionated specialists & sparkling newcomers
ORGANIZATION MADMAN
Emmanuel is the founder of the IVOLVE training organization. Coach in relational development, Holacracy, collective intelligence and shared-governance organizations. He works in organizations and institutions, on the themes of power and authority, group therapy facilitation, individual and collective development, emerging models of governance, stress management, creativity and collective intelligence. Driven by his passion for human people and shamanism, he explores links between traditional healing and occidental therapies. His approach is inspired by the dynamic spiral of Clare Graves, Augusto Boal’s theatre-forum, MAPS research and Brian Robertson’s Holacracy.
Through his experiences at Burning man and Nowhere, he brings a part of the Burn identity to Impulse.
THE VOLUNTEERS LEAD
Angèle is our volunteer lead, she can change your day just with her smile and her good energy.
We are grateful to have her this year for taking care of the volunteers!
You can contact her by email: impulse.belevole@gmail.com
Annick is the accommodation referent, queen of organization and Chinese puzzles, she will always bend over backward to find space for those who request it (excluding camping)
MEDICAL CARE
Claire is an infectious diseases doctor and coordinates the Parcours programme in the infectious diseases department of the Avicenne hospital in the Paris region, which receives exiled people who have experienced violence in connection with their migration.She will be there to answer your medical needs and your questions about sexual health
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THE TEACHERS AND ARTISTS RELATIONS LEAD
Thanks to her experience in organizations, Mathilde will be our support in helping our teachers and artists to be in the best conditions possible.
She will bend the program thanks to her powers, and thanks to her, we’ll have the best line-up for 2023.
No time or budget constraints will resist to her will!
Olivier is a sailor, he has just returned from a four-year sailing trip around the world. He crossed the three great oceans. He likes to present himself as a connection weaver, his desire is to act and collaborate for a more aligned, more sober, and more respectful world.
Olivier is also a certified coach, a bit of an artist, and a former entrepreneur, he has long led groups of men. He will be the emotional support and will organize the forums.
PHOTO AND VIDEO
Mercedes is a trilingual multimedia storyteller from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She graduated from the International Center of Photography (I.C.P.) in New York and is trained in Regenerative Thinking. She is passionate about investigating the relationships between the Global South and the West. By creating intimate encounters between the photographer and the subject, her work focuses on the power of regenerative art and how it can help to decolonize our bodies and minds. You can take a look at her work at www.mercedesgorostiaga.com
THE ASSOCIATION
IMPULSE FESTIVALS has been created in October 2018 with the intention of organizing and supporting the festival throughout the years.
The festival has a clear structure and a helpful governance.
This project is also supported by a great team of incredible young adults and thirty (Gladys, Marceau, Claire, Manu, Angèle, Jean-Pierre, Nicolas, Olivier , Mercedes, Maryline, Olivier, Anna, Annick, Noé, Mathilde, Helia) and lots of volunteers who will be present during the festival. Without their impulse, this creation of beautiful madness would not have been possible.
