Personal Development for Pioneering minds
At EVOLUTE INSTITUTE, we create profound learning and development experiences using the power of altered states of consciousness. We welcome those entrepreneurs, change-makers & leadership pioneers to our programs who would like to deepen their practice of self-exploration and who are ready for re-orientation and personal renewal. We support you in unfolding your potential towards a life of vitality, connectedness, flourishing and balance.

If you seek change within and beyond yourself, yearn to re-connect with your inner source of purpose and aliveness, want to go deeper in your inner work, or feel drawn to an initiation to a wholehearted life, you are right with us.
Start exploring which of our offerings suit your current needs best to move towards an authentic and fulfilling life – a life well-lived.
We offer the right experience based on where you are on your journey
Discover our workshops and retreat programs
How you can benefit from our programs
Our Participants grow on a personal and professional level
PERSONAL LEVEL

Self-knowledge
Gain true insight into yourself, deeper than ever before

Connectedness
Experience a deepened connection to yourself, others and your environment

Purpose & Vision
Connect to your yearning, find your unique contribution in life and build a meaningful vision
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL

CLARITY
Learn how to remain centred, playful and clear in uncertain environments

RESILIENCE
Lead from your core and deal better with the stresses of everyday life

IMPACT
Learn to lead from a position of confidence and intuition: calmly, compassionately and effectively
Discover our flagship program for individuals and organizations
Preparation
3 Weeks
Immersion
4 days
integration
2 months
EVOLEAD
Our Psychedelic Retreat program for entrepreneurs, change-makers and pioneering minds
- We offer the professional and supportive environment you need to safely embark on an empowering and demanding journey of self-exploration and re-invention.
- Our retreat program creates a unique space for transformative learning & relating, where personal and leadership 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 1:1 personal & business coachings plus peer exchange formats to catalyze profound insight and mindset growth in a community of like-minded pioneers.
Upcoming Psychedelic Retreat Dates

fully booked
Preparation
- Week 1: Jul 25, 2022 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 2: Aug 1, 2022 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
Immersion
- Week 4: Arrival on Aug 9, 2022 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
- Week 4: Departure on Aug 12, 2022 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
Integration
- Week 5: Aug 25, 2022 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 8: Sep 15, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 11: Oct 13, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom

fully booked
Preparation
- Week 1: Nov 23, 2022 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 2: Nov 29, 2022 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 3: Dec 5, 2022 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
Immersion
- Week 4: Arrival on Dec 10, 2022 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
- Week 4: Departure on Dec 13, 2022 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
Integration
- Week 5: Dec 21, 2022 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 8: Jan 11, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 11: Feb 1, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom

places available
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
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.

places available
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 6: May 23, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 9: Jun 15, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 13: Jul 11, 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.

places available
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.

places available
Preparation
- Week 1: Aug 30, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 2: Sep 07, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 3: Sep 14, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
Immersion
- Week 4: Arrival on Sep 21, 2023 at 12:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
- Week 4: Departure on Sep 24, 2023 at 15:00 CET | Centrum Athanor, NL
Integration
- Week 6: Oct 04, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 10: Nov 1, 2023 | 19:30 – 21:30 CET | via Zoom
- Week 14: Nov 30, 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.

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
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.
Preparation
Custom
Immersion
Custom
integration
Custom
EVOLUTE ORG
Our PROGRAM CUSTOMIZED TO YOUR ORGANIZATION's or clients' needs
We provide tailor-made solutions for organizations that want to take their leadership teams’ mutual trust & alignment to the next level.
- Modules of our program will be adjusted to the needs, strategy, and culture of your organization.
- Possible program focus areas: Mindsets development, authentic relating, communicating out of alignment and presence, building clarity on vision, mission & purpose of the team and the organization, creating psychological safety and a sense of belonging, being able to hold the tensions & paradoxes of leadership, building an organisational culture of emotional leadership with values, purpose & meaning.
- Allow your leadership team to attune and recalibrate in the context of altered states of consciousness – with expert facilitation & guidance and with or without psychoactive substances.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED INSIGHTS
Explore our blog to find out how inner work in altered states of consciousness can help you enhance your personal and professional life and take your leadership.to the next level

Deep Inner Work – Fostering integration through and beyond psychedelic work (Part 7 of 8)
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One key concept in intentional, ceremonial psychedelic work is integration – which means that after having a peak experience, after accessing new spaces of altered states of consciousness, we need to engage in additional work in the days, weeks, months, and even years thereafter. But what does integration mean beyond psychedelic work? Read on…

Murakamy Podcast #37: Bessere Führungskräfte dank psychedelischer Erfahrungen
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Christopher Kabakis und Dmitrij Achelrod vom Evolute Institute haben ein Leadership Programm entwickelt, bei dem es vor allem darum geht, sich selbst besser kennen und spüren zu lernen. Sie wollen Unternehmer:innen, Entscheider:innen und Führungspionier:innen helfen, intentional an ihren Entwicklungs- und Wachstumsthemen zu arbeiten, durch engmaschige Begleitung im Rahmen von Coaching, Gruppenerfahrungen und katalysiert durch eine hochdosierte psychedelische Erfahrung. Christopher und Dmitrij sind davon überzeugt,..

Deep Inner Work – Increasing Psychological Flexibility (Part 6 of 8)
In this 6th out of 8 articles, we want to look at deep inner work from the perspective of increasing psychological flexibility.
Steven Hayes, PhD, intellectual godfather of the so-called 3rd wave of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), has written extensively of the power of CBT to enhance psychological flexibility as part of what is necessary when engaging in therapeutic and coaching processes.
Hayes distinguishes 3 different “kinds” of selves…