Open: Leaders' Retreat
Upcoming Leaders’ retreat
We live in unprecedented times.
The challenges and opportunities before us demand new approaches to power and leadership.
Leadership means being connected to your true, authentic power. It requires vision, courage, creativity, flexibility, resilience and communication skills. The safe and intentional use of psychedelics, combined with the best of personal development work, can be an immense accelerator for your own growth and the development of such leadership competencies.
Psychedelics are an exceptionally powerful consciousness “technology” that shifts you out of your everyday perspective and can offer you new insights and direction for your personal and professional path. They can help you discover yourself more deeply, expand into your potential, address blocks in your life and/or transform unwholesome patterns.
Leadership also means responsibility. It demands being in service and acting with integrity. Our global collective crisis (comprising an environmental crisis, a mental health crisis, and ultimately a crisis of meaning – to name but a few) reveals a stark crisis of leadership. Those who are in a position of influence, however small or large, have an opportunity to usher in a way of leading that recognises our fragile and sacred interdependence with the web of life, in service of our collective evolution.
The Alalaho Leadership Retreat is a unique opportunity to embark on an unforgettable journey with a group of fellow leaders who are dedicated to personal, professional and collective growth and transformation.
In the company of peers who share your aspirations and your struggles, we will explore how to navigate common leadership challenges such as making tough decisions and dealing with crises, facing self-limiting beliefs, imposter syndrome, projections by others, stress, exhaustion and burn-out, and tap into the wisdom and opportunity contained in all challenges.
We will do so using altered states of consciousness, personal development modalities such as self-inquiry, mindfulness, purpose work, shadow work and embodiment practices, and the best of leadership thinking around governance, culture creation and organisational systems. It is your chance to be challenged, inspired, and deeply nourished and resourced in both body, heart and mind.
Who is it for?
Our Leadership retreat is an exclusive retreat for people in positions of influence and responsibility: these will often be C-level executives, senior managers, team leads, entrepreneurs and founders, or creatives. They are for those leaders who are ready to take the next step on their personal and professional journey, willing to go on an empowering and demanding journey of self-exploration and transformation, and ultimately dedicated to the greater good.
Our OPEN retreats offer an accessible entrypoint into psychedelic and other forms of inner exploration and personal growth. They are available to all, regardless of prior experience of psychedelic substances.
Disclaimer
- Our retreats are for people in good mental and physical health. We do not offer therapeutic or medical treatment.
- Even though the vast majority of our participants have very meaningful and beneficial experiences, there is no guaranteed outcome from participating on a retreat.
- The majority of research indicating the positive effects of psilocybin was done in a clinical setting, which is very different to that of a retreat environment. More research is needed to explore the benefits offered by the psilocybin experience.
What’s included?
PREPARATION SUPPORT
Giving due energy to preparation before the psychedelic journey not only reduces the possibility of anxiety and tension blocking the flow of the experience, it also enhances the probability of an enriched, deeper experience. Ahead of each retreat, you will receive reading material and suggested exercises to support your preparation for the retreat. One week before the retreat you will also have the opportunity to meet your lead facilitator and fellow participants via video call, allowing you to get to know each other and feel safe in the group, as well as ask any burning questions you might have.
On the retreat itself, we offer one-on-one sessions with the facilitators, and individual and group activities to help you feel well prepared and supported, as well as safe and bonded with the group before stepping into the unknown.
INTEGRATION SUPPORT
In many ways, the journey only really begins when the psychedelic effect subsides. In the days after the ceremony, we incorporate solo and group integration activities, and individual one-on-one sessions with the facilitators to give you the opportunity to explore the deeper nuances of your journey. We also offer 3 weeks of support following the retreat – through group video calls as well as suggested exercises – to help you weave the insights from the retreat back into your everyday life.
“The attention to integration was amazing, extremely impactful, and probably the main reason I’d recommend these retreats.” Li, 32 years old
GROUP EXERCISES & GROUP SUPPORT
On the retreat we can safely explore relating to one another in a held and loving space. Tremendous healing comes from being witnessed and accepted as who we are. In traditional contexts, psychedelics have often been used in group settings, the benefits of which were recently explored in a research study. The group is also a major resource in the integration process. In a society that hasn’t yet incorporated the use of psychedelics and other peak experiences into its fabric, the community of fellow retreat participants plays a central role as allies and companions on this extraordinary journey.
“I learned so much simply from being in the company of fellow participants, facilitators and volunteers. It was so wonderful to feel part of such a supportive community.” Duncan, 35 years old
MEDITATION & CONTEMPLATIVE EXERCISES
Embodiment practices
NATURE CONNECTION
HEALTHY, EXQUISITE FOOD
CREATIVE EXPRESSION
RITUAL AND CEREMONY
MEDITATION & CONTEMPLATIVE EXERCISES
Embodiment practices
NATURE CONNECTION
HEALTHY, EXQUISITE FOOD
CREATIVE EXPRESSION
RITUAL AND CEREMONY
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” Anais Nin