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Evolute Institute

EVOLEAD: A TRANSFORMATIONAL PSYCHEDELIC RETREAT JOURNEY

OUR FLAGSHIP Program for the personal DEVELOPMENT of pioneering minds

EVOLEAD is a unique personal development program specifically designed for accomplished professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, change-makers and other pioneering minds. EVOLEAD is for those who want to grow, re-invent the way they operate in the world and unfold their full potential.

The program includes a 3-week virtual preparation and 2-month virtual aftercare phase with multiple virtual group and four individual coaching sessions as well as high-end learning material and evidence-based insights. The core of the program, however, is a 4-day on-site retreat where participants can experience a psychedelic psilocybin truffle journey in a safe, legal and supported setting in the Netherlands.

With EvoLEAD, we help people unlock their creative powers, connect with their innermost purpose, re-orient & find a new path, and catalyze their personal and professional growth.

EvoLEAD is a transformational retreat and our original contribution to the world and our gift to entrepreneurs, change makers & leadership pioneers. 

What does better being mean to your life?

Why am I not fulfilled although I have achieved so much already?

Authenticity & Clarity

Re-orientation, deepening of purpose & self-knowledge, aligning mind, heart & body, building clarity about ”what’s next”

Work eats my life. How can I be calmer and less stressed?

Resilience & Balance

Addressing stress, improving performance, finding a new balance & peace, cleaning up old baggage, getting unstuck, gaining aliveness & strength

How can I become better at relating, feeling & communicating?

Connection & Perspective

Accessing multi-perspectivity & our own inner multiplicity, reducing identifications, accessing deeper relationality, empathy & attunement

I’m curious & want to explore the depths of my mind. Who am I? What is this all about?

Conscious awareness & Wisdom

Accessing new spaces, expanded mindset, broader goals, fostering wisdom & systems awareness, exploring mind at large

evolead journey: preparation, immersion & integration

Overview over your 3-months Evolead journey

To maximize your benefit from the program, we have structured the curriculum into three phases

I. Preparation

3 weeks, part-time, virtual sessions
The better you are prepared for our intense immersion, the deeper will be your experience. You will get to know your fellow program participants and the team and learn what's important for the upcoming weeks. We cover important aspects such as intention setting, the importance of set & setting for a fruitful journey, how we can understand consciousness and the mind from a scientific perspective, what we know from research what happens with the mind under the influence of psychedelics, what vertical inner development and personal growth is and how we can enable such growth, and we have some reading and prep work for you.

II. Immersion

4 days, full-time, on-site retreat
This is where you will meet your fellow program participants as well as our facilitators and guides in-person at our retreat center in the Netherlands. We have a curriculum for you that includes mindset development experiences, exercises around resistance and acceptance, connection & trust building as well as capacity building for dealing better with inner tensions and the difficulties and paradoxes of life and leadership. There is also space for contemplation and journalling to get more clarity around values, vision and purpose. You will experience altered states first-hand through breathwork, mindfulness meditation and movement practice. You will be prepared for your psychedelic ceremony with legal 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 special gift to the world, and how you want to develop your leadership. We have space together to start the digestion and integration process, individually, together, and in nature.

III. Integration

2 months, part-time, virtual sessions
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 - both in your private and in your professional life. You will receive the necessary support from your fellow group of participants and from our coaches, both in multiple virtual group and in 1:1 coaching sessions where we will continue to guide you on your personal and professional path. A community of like-minded and like-hearted EvoLEADers is waiting for you to support you and to hold you accountable to your own commitments.

"We support you in unfolding your potential towards a life of vitality, connectedness, balance, creativity, and overall flourishing."

DMITRIJ ACHELROD

LEADERSHIP COACHING AND FACILITATION

NAOMI STUBBÉ

BREATHWORK & FACILITATION

PATRICK LIEBL

INTEGRATION & FACILITATION LEAD

CHRISTOPHER KABAKIS

LEADERSHIP COACHING AND FACILITATION

RIANNE

MEDICAL LEAD & FACILITATION

EVOLEAD AT A GLANCE

A carefully curated 3-month- journey with like-minded pioneers

3-week digital, part-time preparation phase for deepening your experience: three group sessions + one personal 1-on-1 session

4 days full-time in our beautiful and peaceful private retreat center in the Netherlands. 2 personal 1-on-1 coaching sessions

2-month digital, part-time integration phase for transforming your life: three group sessions + one personal 1-on-1 coaching session​

Our pledge of quality and professionalism to you

Experience the power of altered states of consciousness in an unforgettable, safe and legal psychedelic truffle ceremony

Cutting-edge curriculum based on newest science and ancient wisdom traditions. A bespoke personal development curriculum for entrepreneurs & leaders

Promoting your growth with psychology, meditation, body- and breathwork, art, and leadership capacity building

Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019

We focus on your individual intention and needs with 1-on-1 coaching sessions before, during and after the retreat

Maximum safety thanks to our skilled and experienced facilitators (psychologists, psychiatrists & MDs, psycho-spiritual guides) and a medical-psychological screening procedure
The support & guidance during the retreat is key for us – so we make sure our facilitator-participant ratio is exceptionally high (1:2)
A learning experience that 
will open new horizons
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Dr. Dmitrij Achelrod,

co-founder Evolute Institute

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LET'S HAVE A CHAT...

We invite you to schedule a call with us. Together, we can delve into any questions or concerns you might have. We can explore whether our retreat program is right for you at this time, and ensure you feel confident about and ready to embrace this transformative experience.

 

 

OUR MAIN RETREAT CENTer in the Netherlands

Ground YOURSELF IN AN exceptional PRIVATE RETREAT CENTER surrounded by nature

What our Program participants say

UPCOMING EVOLEAD RETREAT program DATES 2023 & 2024

cal_mar_23

fully booked

Preparation

  • Week 1: Mar 02, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 2: Mar 14, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 3: Mar 21, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Immersion

  • Week 4: Arrival on Mar 28, 2023at 12:00 CET | Land van Yemaya, NL
  • Week 4: Departure on Mar 31, 2023 at 15:00 CET | Land van Yemaya, NL
 

Integration

  • Week 5: Apr 11, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 8: May 03, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 12: May 30, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom

 

Dates for preparation and integration are provisional and subject to change. Immersion dates are fixed.

The main retreat language is English. Our facilitators speak multiple languages though and your 1:1 sessions plus individual conversations can be in German, French, Dutch, Russian or Spanish as well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding language.

cal_may23

fully booked

Preparation

  • Week 1: Apr 12, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 2: Apr 25, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 3: May 02, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Immersion

  • Week 4: Arrival on May 08, 2023 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
  • Week 4: Departure on May 11, 2023 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
 

Integration

  • Week 5: May 23, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 8: Jun 15,  2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 12: Jul 11, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Dates for preparation and integration are provisional and subject to change. Immersion dates are fixed.

The main retreat language is English. Our facilitators speak multiple languages though and your 1:1 sessions plus individual conversations can be in German, French, Dutch, Russian or Spanish as well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding language.

July2023_20-23

fully booked

Preparation

  • Week 1: Jun 28, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 2: Jul 06, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 3: Jul 13, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom

Immersion

  • Week 4: Arrival on Jul 20, 2023 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
  • Week 4: Departure on Jul 23, 2023 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL

Integration

  • Week 6: Aug 3, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 8: Aug 24, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 11: Sep 13, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom

All dates for preparation and integration are provisional and subject to change. Immersion dates are fixed.

The main retreat language is English. Our facilitators speak multiple languages though and your 1:1 sessions plus individual conversations can be in German, French, Dutch, Russian or Spanish as well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding language.

Sept21-24_2023

fully booked

Returner Preparation

  • Aug 30, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Sep 11, 2023 | 20:00 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom

 

Returner Immersion

  • Arrival on Sep 21, 2023 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
  • Departure on Sep 24, 2023 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL

 

Returner Integration

  • Oct 04, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
cal_nov_23_23

places available

Preparation

  • Week 1: Nov 02, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 2: Nov 09, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 3: Nov 16, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Immersion

  • Week 4: Arrival on Nov 23, 2023 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
  • Week 4: Departure on Nov 26, 2023 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
 

Integration

  • Week 5: Dec 07, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 8: Dec 21, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 11: Jan 15, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Dates for preparation and integration are provisional and subject to change. Immersion dates are fixed.

The main retreat language is English. Our facilitators speak multiple languages though and your 1:1 sessions plus individual conversations can be in German, French, Dutch, Russian or Spanish as well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding language.

2024_July25-28

places available

Preparation

  • Week 1: Tuesday July 2, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 2: Tuesday July 9, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 3: Tuesday July 16, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Immersion

  • Week 4: Arrival on Thursday July 25, 2024 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
  • Week 4: Departure on Sunday July 28, 2024 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
 

Integration

  • Week 6: Wednesday Aug 6, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 9: Wednesday Aug 27, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 12: Wednesday Sep 17, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Dates for preparation and integration are provisional and subject to change. Immersion dates are fixed.

The main retreat language is English. Our facilitators speak multiple languages though and your 1:1 sessions plus individual conversations can be in German, French, Dutch, Russian or Spanish as well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding language.

2024_Sep20-23

invitation only

Preparation

  • Week 1: Tuesday Sep 3, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 2: Wednesday Sep 11, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Immersion

  • Week 3: Arrival on Friday Sept 20, 2024 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
  • Week 3: Departure on Monday Sept 23, 2024 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
 

Integration

  • Week 5: Tuesday Oct 1, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Dates for preparation and integration are provisional and subject to change. Immersion dates are fixed.

The main retreat language is English. Our facilitators speak multiple languages though and your 1:1 sessions plus individual conversations can be in German, French, Dutch, Russian or Spanish as well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding language.

2024_Nov15-18

places available

Preparation

  • Week 1: Oct 28, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 2: Nov 04, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 3: Nov 11, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Immersion

  • Week 4: Arrival on Nov 15, 2023 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
  • Week 4: Departure on Nov 18, 2023 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
 

Integration

  • Week 6: Nov 26, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 8: Dec 9, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
  • Week 10: Dec 23, 2024 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
 

Dates for preparation and integration are provisional and subject to change. Immersion dates are fixed.

The main retreat language is English. Our facilitators speak multiple languages though and your 1:1 sessions plus individual conversations can be in German, French, Dutch, Russian or Spanish as well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding language.

TAKE A PEEK INSIDE

the Evolead retreat experience

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How LEADERS BENEFIT FROM OUR PROGRAM

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Dr. Dmitrij Achelrod,

co-founder Evolute Institute

Is the Retreat program right for your personal growth journey?

We invite you to schedule a call with us. Together, we can explore any questions or concerns you may have. We can explore whether this program is right for you at this time and ensure you feel confident about and ready to embrace this transformative experience.

“We are here to support your exploration, at your pace, with no expectations.” – Dmitrij Achelrod

 

 

EVOLEAD was designed for entrepreneurs, organisational leaders, change-makers and other pioneering minds 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 “rational minds”, from our routine ways of thinking, feeling, and sensing and hence become emotionally, intellectually and viscerally more receptive to the present moment. With ASC we can truly expand our mindset, grow our inner capacity and work on our personal intention. At EVOLEAD, we carefully curate a selection of these modalities to create a unique and experiential personal 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 & medical staff. All of this takes place in a trusted environment of peers, building a community of leaders and pioneering minds that accompany and support each other during and after the EVOLEAD program.
ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS We use different “mind technologies” to induce altered states of consciousness, in particular breath- and bodywork, meditation, and legal psilocybin truffles for peak experiences.
MINDFULNESS CAPABILITIES zen circle of lifeWe 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.
LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY 4 connected peopleWe assemble a coherent yet diverse group of like-minded leaders who will support each other during and beyond our programs.
MINDSETS FRAMEWORK a person with a transparent head that looks into the brainWe 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.

Example Itinerary of the evolead journey

(19:30 – 21:30 CET via Zoom)

  • Getting to know the facilitators, guides & each other
  • Cultivating a beginner’s mind
  • The power of your Intention 
  • Guidelines for a safe journey

(19:30 – 21:30 CET via Zoom)

  • Current scientific understanding of the mind and consciousness
  • Current scientific understanding of altered states of consciousness and their effects
  • The importance of set & setting

(19:30 – 21:30 CET via Zoom)

  • What is vertical development and why is it necessary? 
  • Features of and conditions for personal and leadership development
  • Your story as a leader and human being

(on-site)

  • Arrival & check-in at retreat center
  • Welcome & Intention sharing
  • Leadership storytelling
  • Resistance & Acceptance
  • Breathwork
  • Meditation & wisdom

(on-site)

  • Meditation & movement
  • Leadership mindsets
  • Connection exercises
  • Values work & journaling
  •  1-on-1 preparation sessions
  • Ceremony with legal psilocybin-containing truffles

(on-site)

  • 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 practice

(on-site)

  • Meditation & movement
  • Synthesising framework – Bringing it all together 
  • Transfer to leadership
  • Values & committed action
  • Appreciation & closing circle

(19:30 – 21:30 CET via Zoom)

  • Connecting with the group
  • Integrating the experience back into everyday life
  • Values & vision work continued
  • 1-on-1 Coaching session

(19:30 – 21:30 CET via Zoom)

  • Connecting with the group
  • Zooming in on values-based & committed action
  • Integrating the experiences back into your work life
  • Update with give & receive groups
  • 1-on-1 Coaching session

(19:30 – 21:30 CET via Zoom)

  • Connecting with the group
  • Sharing your insights & lessons about yourself & your leadership
  • Give & receive
  • Leadership revisited

YOUR INVESTMENT INTO YOUR DEVELOPMENT

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