The first Novavis Program. This is what a week looks like when you finally stop. Grebaštica, Dalmatia — April 2026.
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Where it began

In April 2026, we opened the doors to our first Novavis program in Grebaštica, Dalmatia: The Ambassador Program.
A small group came together for seven days — to slow down, reconnect, and hear themselves again.
This is what that week looked like.

Their own words

Ute during the horse-guided session
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I really felt this is an opportunity to calm down and forget the time and just do something for myself and not for others. Just for me. It was very refreshing. I really would like to do it once again.

Ute

Program - Day by day

Day 1
You are welcomed. Then the day is yours.
A proper arrival — a welcome drink, a proper hello, someone there to receive you. Depending on when you arrive, your first individual conversation may already take place today — the starting point for your personal clarity map, decision framework, manifesto and 90-day alignment plan.
Arte Oliva arrival
How the day unfolds
Arrive when you arrive. We will be there — a welcome drink, a proper hello, a moment to settle in without any pressure to be on.
The rest of the afternoon is yours. Walk, sit by the water, sleep, or simply do nothing for the first time in longer than you can remember.
In the evening, dinner together. By the end of it, the people around the table will feel less like strangers than you would expect.

For most people, this is the first unscheduled afternoon they have had in months.

Day 2
A first look at the place. And at each other. We start a photo diary.
Some sightseeing, a joint dinner — and your first individual conversation with us, if it hasn't happened yet. Unhurried, no format. The beginning of your personal clarity map, decision framework, manifesto and 90-day alignment plan.
Grebaštica sightseeing
How the day unfolds
The morning is free — sleep in, walk, or find a spot with coffee and watch the coast.
We start the photo diary — a visual thread that runs through the whole week, capturing what words often miss.
Your first 1:1 conversation, if it hasn't happened yet — a chance to say what brought you here and what you are hoping for.
Some sightseeing in the afternoon, then joint dinner to close.
Day 3
The week begins to take shape. First yoga.
Yoga and joint breakfast open the day. A free morning, then the first art and creative session in the afternoon — not about skill or results, but about accessing something that meetings and decisions tend to crowd out.
Novavis Yoga
How the day unfolds
Morning yoga — for many, the first time in a long time they have started a day this way.
Joint breakfast together, the group a little more at ease.
Free time until the afternoon — no output expected, no pressure to use it well.
First art and creative session — not about skill or results, but about accessing something that words and decisions tend to crowd out.
Some sightseeing as the afternoon winds down, where timing allows.
Day 4
The horse session. A trip to the farm, which you will never forget.
Horses respond to how you actually are — not what you say, not how you present yourself. That makes them unusually hard to fool.
Horse session
How the day unfolds
Morning yoga and joint breakfast. Free time until the afternoon — follow your instincts, continue your photo diary.
Late afternoon: the horse-guided session. No riding. No performance. Just you and the horse, in a field, with whatever you have been carrying.
It can be confronting. Quietly revelatory. The understanding tends to arrive a day or two later.
Joint dinner to close — by now the conversation around the table is different.

No experience with horses needed. Or wanted.

Day 5
The rhythm has arrived. Back to the canvas.
Yoga, breakfast, a free morning. The second art session in the afternoon — people are often surprised by what comes up the second time.
Art session Novavis
How the day unfolds
Morning yoga and joint breakfast — by now these feel like anchors rather than activities.
Free time in the morning. Read, walk, sit with what surfaced the day before.
Second art and creative session in the afternoon. There is more to work with now.
Evening sightseeing along the Dalmatian coast.
Day 6
Trip into nature. The Wall of Grebaštica.
A walking tour to the Wall of Grebaštica. Moving through a place while thinking out loud tends to unlock things that sitting in a room does not.
Wall of Grebaštica
How the day unfolds
Morning yoga and joint breakfast.
Free time before the walk — the morning is yours.
The walk to the Wall of Grebaštica takes you through wild Mediterranean landscape. Along the way, your guide connects the plants, the history and the place to what you are working through this week.
The wall was built in the 16th century to protect the people of this bay. Standing next to it, looking out over open sea, tends to put things in perspective.
Joint dinner to close the day.
Day 7
The final full day. It earns its place. Winery and the last dinner.
A final art session and your closing 1:1 conversation — where your deliverables come together. Then a winery visit and the last dinner as a full group.
Winery Dalmatia
How the day unfolds
Morning yoga and joint breakfast.
Free time before the afternoon session.
Third and final art session — by now something has shifted. The work tends to show it.
Closing 1:1 conversation — your clarity map, decision framework, manifesto and 90-day plan come together.
Late afternoon winery visit, then the closing dinner. The last evening as a full group. It tends to feel like it.
Day 8
A slow morning. Then departure, at your own pace.
No rush, no ceremony. A joint breakfast or lunch if the timing works, then everyone leaves when they are ready.
Breakfast last day
How the day unfolds
No alarm, no schedule. The morning belongs to you.
Joint breakfast or lunch together, depending on when people need to leave.
Departures at each person's own pace. The week does not end with a ceremony. It ends the way it began — quietly.

People tend to leave carrying something they did not arrive with. That is the point.

What they left with

Every participant left the week with something written. Something to hold, return to, and act on.

Personal Clarity Map

A visual overview of where they stand, what pulls at them, and what truly matters right now.

Decision Framework

A personal set of criteria to help them make choices that are aligned with who they are, not just what is expected.

Personal Manifesto

A written statement of their values, direction, and what they want to stand for going forward.

90-Day Alignment Plan

Concrete next steps for the first three months after the week, grounded in what came up during the program.

1:1 follow-up call

Two weeks after returning home, to help them stay on track and work through what the week brought up.

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"Space changes people.
That's the design."

Arte Oliva
Grebaštica, Dalmatia

Arte Oliva sits on the Dalmatian coast in Grebaštica — a small, unhurried corner of Croatia that most people never find. It is a family-run hotel, owned by Anastasia and her family.

She knows every corner of it. She chose it not because it was available, but because it's the kind of place that does something to people the moment they arrive. The pace changes. The noise drops. The sea is there.

You will have your own private apartment for the week — your own space, your own rhythm, within a shared experience.

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8 places September 24 - October 1 or October 2 - 9, 2026 Applications close August 31

If this feels right —
the next step is simple.

There are 8 places on the September & October programs. If something resonated — even quietly — we'd love to hear from you. The first step is a short conversation. No commitment, no pressure.

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Address

Grebaštica donja 228
22000 Grebaštica
Croatia

Van Aldenbruggenstraat 7
5864 AZ Meerlo
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