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A leadership retreat for men entering the second phase of life.
This six-day retreat is designed for high-achieving men ready to pause, listen, and engage with is calling to them about their life's next stage. In a confidential, facilitated setting, we engage small groups of men at the intersection of therapy, personal growth, and leadership through dialogue and experiential work, combining ancient and modern modalities in a safe and expertly held space.
We invite you to join our founding seed group of 8 men to explore your next path with clarity and courage.
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville, North Carolina is a place where ancient forests meet vibrant streams, where mist rolls across the hills, and winter stillness deepens us inward.
The Land Speaks
The natural surroundings are not simply a backdrop. They are a participant.
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Mountains that hold you.
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Lakes that invite reflection.
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Quiet that sharpens your inner listening.
The land invites you to step outside of your usual role and enter a more spacious, grounded, and honest dialogue.
Private Rooms. Nourishing locally sourced meals. Quiet Natural Beauty.
A 6-day / 5-night executive retreat designed to support men in leadership positions who are feeling the call of their "second mountain."
"Are you experiencing a challenge in the life you have created,
or feeling the call into another way of living that is unconcerned with the life you have outgrown?
...The old maps that have guided your life are no longer useful. 'Throw them away,' your soul says."
-Kedar Brown, M.Ed., CHT
Men's Rites of Passage
Key Elements
- Limited to men with similar life experiences
- Small, intensive cohort of 8 participants
- Confidentiality agreements.
- Nature connection as a path to self knowledge
- 2 Psychedelic Ketamine sessions
- 1.5-day Death Lodge: guided self-examination, group work, drumming and storytelling, rooted in nature-based rites of passage
- Self reflection prompts & Breathwork woven throughout
- Evening Fireside Chats for integration and goal setting
- A Founding Seed Group for future leadership programs
The retreat is held with the intention that what is explored here is brought back into daily life with clarity, strength, and authentic purpose.
Medical Safety:
The psychedelic Ketamine sessions at the retreat are supervised by an experienced medical team, led by a board certified Emergency Medicine physician. A required medical and psychological evaluation before arrival is included. Ketamine sessions are administered and supervised by both physicians and licensed therapists, ensuring both physical and psychological safety.
Throughout the retreat, two fireside chat sessions provide a structured space to explore leadership themes and personal growth edges. In these sessions, participants bring real questions or dilemmas into the group and engage in focused dialogue, reflection, and peer feedback.
This method allows for authentic leadership to emerge through conversation, collective insight, and shared presence. Each session is facilitated with clear structure, centering exercises, and integration moments, creating a dynamic environment where perspectives deepen and direction becomes clearer.
Program
Day One. Arriving.
Introducing ourselves to the land and to each other. Creating a transformational container. Confidentiality and setting our intentions.
Day Two. Opening.
Death Lodge begins and we open to parts of ourselves we haven’t met before.
Day Three. Descent.
Deeping into the Death Lodge process and connecting with what is calling to us as we prepare for a psychedelic journey.
Fireside chat: How do I carry this work forward into my life?
Day Four. The Threshold.
Breathwork followed by individual, personalized psychedelic Ketamine journeys.
Day Five. Commitment.
Group psychedelic Ketamine circle followed by deep integration and self-commitment. Fireside chat: How do we carry this work forward in service to others?
Day Six. Departure.
Moving intentionally back into our lives with a new path of action.
Core Staff Team:
Signi Goldman, M.D.
Psychiatrist. Experienced Psychedelic Psychotherapist. Longstanding Retreat Facilitator and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy trainer. Trained Rites of Passage Guide, Ceremonialist and Death Lodge Facilitator.
Rutger Engels, Ph.D.
Psychologist. Published Researcher. Thought Leader on the topic of Leadership as a Change Agent in Society. Held Leadership Positions in Private Sector Companies as well as Academic and Public Policy Institutions.
Kedar S. Brown, M.Ed., CHT
Creator of the Death Lodge Ritual Process. Trained Psychotherapist. Director of Rites of Passage Council. Internationally known Ceremonialist and Intuitive Healer.
Yael Baldwin, Ph.D.
Psychotherapist. Depth Psychologist. Author. Trained and experienced Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Provider. Experienced Psychedelic Retreat Facilitator. Trained in Death Lodge Ritual Process facilitation.
Medical Staff:
Meidad Goldman, M.D.
On-site Supervising Physician. Board Certified Emergency Medicine Doctor. Experienced administrator of Psychedelic Ketamine. Formally trained in Psychedelic Medicine and Director of a Psychedelic Ketamine Clinic.
Ann Lentini, M.D.
On-site Assisting Physician. Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist and trained Psychedelic Medicine Provider. Experienced administrator of Psychedelic Ketamine on Dr. Goldman's clinical team.
Cost and Application
This is a founding Seed Group. Participation is by personal invitation and conversation.
The investment for this retreat is
€5300- ex VAT or $6,300 USD
Invoices can be provided for deduction as business expense for growth and leadership development. Payment in installments is possible.
If you feel called to join, reach out for a dialogue about whether this journey is right for you.
