EVOLEAD is a 4-day immersive personal and leadership development retreat specifically designed for leaders, decision-makers and entrepreneurs. It includes a 2 week preparation and 2 month aftercare phase with multiple virtual group and individual coaching sessions.
With EvoLEAD we help leaders unlock their creative powers, connect with their innermost purpose, and catalyze their personal and professional growth. In a setting of carefully selected participants, tailored content, and with the help of experienced facilitators, we employ consciousness-altering technologies together with reflective, contemplative and experiential practices.
* discounted rates available
EVOLEAD was designed for leaders and decision-makers who wish to take the next step in their life: personally and professionally.
We offer an intense multi-week curriculum that specifically applies the power of altered states of consciousness (ASC) to do transformational work. ASC are conditions that are significantly different from an ordinary waking state. These states temporarily change the overall pattern of subjective experience and allow us to perceive ourselves as well as the world around us from an entirely different perspective. We can take a step back from our routine ways of thinking, feeling, and sensing and hence become emotionally, intellectually and viscerally more receptive to the present moment. ASC can be experienced through a wide range of modalities, e.g. mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, some forms of bodywork, prolonged deliberate physical exertion, or psychedelics. Many of these practices have long traditions of use to promote growth and healing.
At EVOLEAD, we carefully curate a selection of these modalities to create a unique and experiential leadership development program. Cornerstones of the program are insights into consciousness development & leadership mindsets, the training of mindfulness & emotional intelligence, and the direct experience of altered states of consciousness through psilocybin-containing truffles in a safe and legal setting with experienced guides. All of this takes place in a trusted environment of peers, building a community of leaders that accompany and support each other during and after the EVOLEAD program.
We use different technologies to induce altered states of consciousness, in particular breath- and bodywork, meditation, and psilocybin truffles for peak experiences
We train our participants with different techniques of contemplative practice (e.g. with the ACT framework and HAKOMI-style mindfulness) to become grounded and aware of oneself
We assemble a coherent yet diverse group of like-minded leaders who will support each other during and beyond our programs
We employ frameworks that help you understand what leadership mindset you are usually operating from and explore how you can access higher-level mindsets, such as the systemic-autonomous mindset
To maximize your benefit from the program, we have structured the curriculum into three phases:
The better you are prepared for our intense immersion, the deeper will be your experience. You will get to know your leadership cohort and learn what's important for the upcoming weeks.
Organization: 2 weeks, part-time, virtual sessions
This is where you will meet your leadership cohort in-person. You will be prepared for your psychedelic ceremony with psilocybin-containing truffles and will have the chance to dive deeply into unchartered territories of your mind. You will do challenging but highly rewarding individual and group exercises to better understand yourself and your leadership.
Organization: 4 days, full-time, on-site sessions in the Netherlands
After you return from the immersion into your day-to-day life, now is the time to solidify your insights and ensure that you put into practice what you have learned. You will receive the necessary support from your leadership cohort and from our coaches.
Organization: 2 months, part-time, virtual sessions
(19:30 – 22:30 CET via Zoom)
(19:30 – 22:30 CET via Zoom)
(19:30 – 22:30 CET via Zoom)
We have two guiding criteria for the admission of applicants to our program: safety and quality of our cohort.
Safety:
Quality:
We would like to highlight that taking psychedelics (psilocybin-containing truffles) is not the primary goal and intention of EVOLEAD. Rather, we perceive psychedelics (psilocybin-containing truffles) as an instrument for insight and development, an extraordinarily powerful “consciousness technology”. Given the right mindset, ceremonial setting, preparation and integration, psychedelic experiences can potentially catalyze profound development. To induce a deep state of altered consciousness, our participants consume legal psychoactive psilocybin truffles on the day of their guided psychedelic ceremony.
These truffles contain the psychedelic molecules psilocin and its phosphorylated counterpart psilocybin. Once ingested, psilocybin is metabolized by the body into psilocin, and then unfolds its serotonergic effect – what people usually refer to as “the trip”.
The dose of ingested truffles can be adapted to each participant’s individual profile and preferences.
In the Netherlands, psychedelic truffles are legal, while psychedelic mushrooms were classified as a scheduled substance in 2007. The legal truffles are sourced from authorized and quality-controlled manufacturers in the Netherlands.
We maximize your safety by the right assessment, preparation, facilitation, and integration.
Assessment:
We undertake a physical / mental health screening via an online questionnaire and a phone call to minimize the risk of any potentially adverse health-related outcome. Clinical evidence shows that psilocybin from truffles is a physiologically safe substance with no known addictive effects (e.g. see here).
Preparation:
Participants will learn about a responsable approach to working with psychedelics (risk and harm reduction). Latest scientific evidence will be presented about the potential upsides and downsides of using psychedelics. In addition, they will receive guidance in how to navigate during states of altered consciousness.
Facilitation:
The psychedelic ceremonies with legal psilocybin-containing truffles we offer are guided by world-class, experienced facilitators. Our experts give you enough freedom to make your own steps and will be always at your side in case you need their support.
Integration:
Psychedelic experiences with psilocybin-containing truffles can be very profound and feel seismic. Journeyers can go through intense emotions days and weeks after their ceremony. This is why we crafted an integration program that will help you incorporate your insights into your life in a sustainable manner.
We know very well how important privacy is to most of our clients. We will never share any information about our clients publicly or to any third-party. We will never post photos of participants from our retreats without the prior explicit written approval from the affected participants.
We process personal data (e.g. name, email address) in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”).
The EVOLEAD 4-day immersion will take place in the Netherlands.
Our exclusive retreat center is located in a calm and green spot 90 car minutes away from Amsterdam.
The facilities offer a relaxing and private atmosphere with ideal conditions for deep work.
All participants will be housed in simple but high-quality private rooms.
We will offer fresh and healthy drinks and vegetarian food.
To reduce your burden of planning, we offer pick-up services from and to Amsterdam Centraal (train) and Schiphol Airport.
We will get in touch with you regarding your logistics as soon as you have been admitted to EVOLEAD.
Our highest aim is to provide a safe environment for profound self-exploration and transformation. Participating in our program is an investment into your personal development and probably a “once in a lifetime” experience.
The full price for the EVOLEAD 5-week leadership development program is EUR 5.900. This includes all costs for the entire program (screening, prep & integration group sessions, 1-on-1 coaching sessions, ceremony, curated content, facilitators and coaches) as well as accommodation, food, and drinks. Your travel costs are not included in this price.
In case your financial situation doesn’t allow you to pay the full price please reach out to us – there is a limited number of stipends available for low-income and non-profit leaders and we will discuss your options with you on an individual basis.
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