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About the Retreat:Psychedelic development program for entrepreneurs and pioneering minds
EvoLEAD: Leadership Development Beyond the Ordinary
Evolute Institute's 3-month flagship programme EvoLEAD takes leaders on an intensive and life-changing developmental journey: In a selective group of maximum 10 leaders (successful founders, CEOs, executives, change-makers), we will experience the transformative power of expanded states of consciousness. Guided by experienced experts, business coaches, medical doctors and psychologists, we will accompany you through a legal and safe ceremony with psychedelic truffles. In connection with leadership-relevant developmental content and contemplative as well as experiential practices, we create an intimate space in which deep connection and inspiration can be experienced. With deep inner work and custominzed coaching, we support your personal and professional development towards profound self-knowledge, the unleashing of your creative potential and the intuitive sensing of your authentic life vision.
Our purpose
We believe that leaders who know themselves are the leaders of a better tomorrow. We want to help leaders unlock their full creative powers, connect with their innermost purpose, and catalyze their personal and professional growth.
Our vision
We envision a world where leaders have the insight, competence, and courage to meaningfully contribute to the greater good. Where people in position of influence realize and embrace the full scope of both their potential and responsibility (response-ability). Where decision-makers act with a systemic awareness with respect to the effects they personally and their organizations have on people and the planet. Ultimately, we believe that a world where people feel fully connected with their environment and the larger web of life will be a significantly better world.
Our work
We provide leaders the environment they need to safely embark on an empowering and demanding journey of self-exploration. Our programs strive to create a unique space for transformative learning, where personal, leadership and organizational development meet in a context of altered states of consciousness. In addition to consciousness-altering technologies, we employ a diverse set of reflective, contemplative, and experiential exercises as well as peer coaching to catalyze profound insight and growth of our clients.
Description of Services:What's included in our EvoLEAD retreats
A carefully curated 3-months journey as your path to transformation
- Interview video-call
- psychological / physiological screening: written assessment + call with our psychotherapist
- Preparation (3 weeks, part-time): three group sessions (video-call) + one 1-on-1 session with your personal coach
- Assistance in setting your personal intention
- Retreat: 4 days in our beautiful and peaceful private retreat center in the Netherlands (accommodation included)
- One unforgettable, safe and legal psychedelic truffle ceremony
- Delicious vegan / vegetarian meals three times a day during your 4-day stay at our retreat center
- Private room with en-suite bathroom
- A generous welcome package (a little surprise for you)
- All content of our unique and cutting-edge curriculum based on newest science and ancient wisdom traditions
- All workshop materials
- Creative expression with arts
- One powerful breathwork ceremony
- Bodywork exercises
- Daily somatic meditations
- Embodiment workshops
- Fire ceremony
- Ecstatic dance
- Nature walks
- Working with resistance & acceptance
- Theory and practice of leadership mindsets for personal development
- Living with paradoxes
- Values work
- Science-backed action for committed action
- Integration (2 months): three group sessions (online) + one 1-on-1 session (online)
- Access to our growing community of inspiring leaders and change-makers
Example Schedule for our EvoLEAD program
WEEK 1 - PREPARATION: WELCOME & CULTIVATING A BEGINNER'S MIND
• Getting to know the team & each other
• Cultivating a beginner’s mind
• The power of your Intention
• Guidelines for a safe journeyWEEK 2 - PREPARATION: UNDERSTANDING THE MIND & CONSCIOUSNESS
• Current scientific understanding of the mind and consciousness
• Current scientific understanding of altered states of consciousness and their effects
• The importance of set & settingWEEK 3 - PREPARATION: PERSONAL & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
• What is vertical development and why is it necessary?
• Features of and conditions for personal and leadership development
• Your leadership storyDAY 1 - IMMERSION: THE BEGINNING OF A STORY
• Arrival & check-in at retreat center
• Welcome & Intention sharing
• Leadership storytelling
• Resistance & Acceptance
• Breathwork
• Meditation & wisdomDAY 2 - IMMERSION: THE DEEP DIVE – CEREMONY
• Meditation & movement
• Leadership mindsets
• Connection exercises
• Values work & journaling
• 1-on-1 preparation sessions
• Ceremony with legal psilocybin-containing trufflesDAY 3 - IMMERSION: LEADERSHIP REVISITED
• Meditation & movement
• Ceremony debrief and sharing
• Reflection & journalling
• 1-on-1 integration sessions
• Leadership mindsets revisited
• Group exercises (embodiment, working with paradoxes)
• Fire Ceremony
• Movement practiceDAY 4 - IMMERSION: THE WORLD WE CREATE
• Meditation & movement
• Synthesising framework – Bringing it all together
• Transfer to leadership
• Values & committed action
• Give & receive groups
• Appreciation & closing circleWEEK 5 - INTEGRATION: TOUCHING BASE & PERSONAL INTEGRATION
• Reconnecting with your peers
• Integrating the experience back into everyday life
• Values & vision work continued
• 1-on-1 remote coaching sessionWEEK 8 - WORK & LEADERSHIP INTEGRATION
• Re-connecting with your peers
• Zooming in on values-based & committed action
• Integrating the experiences back into your work life
• Update with give & receive groups
• 1-on-1 remote coaching sessionWEEK 11 - YOUR LEADERSHIP JOURNEY CONTINUES
• Re-connecting with your peers
• Sharing your insights & lessons about yourself & your leadership
• Give & receive groups update
• Leadership revisitedDetails
Founder(s) / CEO: Dmitrij Achelrod, PhD & Christopher KabakisGroup Size: max. 10 peoplePrice Range: €2,500-5,900Our Process
Overview of Experience:Highlights of your EvoLEAD development journey
- 3-week preparation phase (digital, part-time) with group and 1-on-1 sessions
- 4-day retreat in our beautiful retreat center in the Netherlands
- 2-month integration phase (digital, part-time) with group and 1-on-1 sessions
- One legal and safety-focused psychedelic ceremony with psilocybin-truffles
- Cutting-edge experiential curriculum based on newest science and ancient wisdom traditions
- Excellent ratio between participants and facilitator (2:1)Intake Process:With every candidate, we fist conduct one in-depth interview (1-1.5 hours) about their motivation to participate in our retreats. In case we consider the candidate is suitable for further consideration, we ask them to fill out an extensive screening questionnaire with over 60 questions that checks for physiological, psychological and psychiatric risk-factors and contra-indications (based on latest science). After that, every participant has a screening call with one of our psychologists. Only after this procedure we admit candidates to our program.
Psychedelic Substances Offered: Psilocybin (truffles)How does this Center source medicine?:We only use legal psilocybin-containing truffles in the Netherlands. Psilocybin-containing truffles are fully legal and can be purchased in official shops in the Netherlands. We do not use any other substances.
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