The Climate Wisdom Retreat is a unique opportunity to step out of the day-to-day busyness and reconnect with what matters most. We will gather and practice in a beautiful 600-acre retreat center north of San Francisco, CA.
Our retreats blend nuanced leadership training with ample time for rest and rejuvenation. We cultivate skills for effectively navigating team dynamics. We nurture your access to presence, centeredness, and power in service to your organization, communities, and all life.
- Guided solo time and hiking immersed in nature
- Yoga & Qi Gong practice for recharging
- Small group communication exercises to build familiarity, cohesion, & trust
- Training on how work to with differences to unite rather than divide
- Work with key frameworks for understanding the full range of human growth and development
- Explore play as an optimal creative zone
- Improv and musical games to connect, laugh, and prototype different ways of being
- Learn how to work with the breath & body to maintain optimal focus and energy
- Practice stillness as an essential component of innovation
Spencer is the founder and trainer of the Climate Wisdom Fellowship. He is a graduate of Pomona College's interdisciplinary Environmental Analysis program, a Certified Integral Facilitator, and works as an executive coach and team trainer within organizations.
Spencer has over a decade of study in transformational process work with master teachers Thomas Hubl & Diane Hamilton. He works with leaders and teams to heal and evolve through a process of somatic coaching, process facilitation, and meditation training. Before coaching, Spencer ran a design-build firm for 10 years building office interiors and civic parklets. For 5 years, he served as the Community Director at a coliving property management company supporting communities to grow from initial formation to self-organizing, independent communities.
Spencer has trained for 15 years in Hatha yoga, Buddhist meditation, the improv musical form the Art of Circlesinging, and adult developmental theory. Outside of work, Spencer can be found making music with friends, building something with his hands, or hiking the California wildlands with his family.
sonj basha (she/they) supports the Fellowship through workshop assistance and program coordination. sonj has a background in equity advising, public speaking, and has trained in group work with Joanna Macy, the Regenerative Design Institute, and Sonbonfu Somé. sonj’s work has spanned supporting teams from grassroots to corporate with a lens for honoring diversity and fostering belonging throughout.
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Samantha is an assistant for the Climate Wisdom Fellowship supporting the participant experience throughout. She is a writer, coach, and consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area, passionate about the nexus of business, biomimicry, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence.
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Retreat Cost:
$1,200
Food:
$350, includes meals Thursday dinner - Sunday lunch
Lodging:
$100 - $330/night depending on room selection
Total (Depending on lodging selection):
$1,850 - $2,540
($1,665 - $2,286 - Early Bird)
Limited scholarships available. More info in application below.
