Compassionate Leadership Retreat
Deepen in Compassion, Awareness and Impact
Gift yourself the time and space halfway through the year to deep-dive into the depths of Dharma practice, sharpen your awareness and intentions, and connect to likeminded individuals who are on the path to create long-lasting positive impact in the world.
Guided by Tibetan Lama and Scholar, Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, this immersive 6-day retreat provides in-depth training for industry leaders, using a powerful framework for advanced self-awareness and compassionate decision-making based on the millenary wisdom and practice of Vipassana.
13-18 JUNE 2023 | IBIZA, SPAIN
Compassionate Leadership: An embodied practice to deepen in coherence and awareness in your life, work and purpose.
Our Method
Compassionate Leadership is an approach Conscious Leadership that is rooted in the principles of Dharma and Tibetan Buddhism. Over the years, our experience has evidenced the many complementarities between Dharma and Conscious Leadership. Now, we are teaming up with top Dharma Teachers and Leadership Coaches to unveil a new approach to Conscious Leadership.
Combining Tibetan Buddhism and Conscious Leadership, our method weaves the power of mindfulness practices, ancient meditation techniques, leadership principles and impact frameworks in a unique journey that leaves participants with clarity on purpose, values, direction and concrete tools to transform all of it into action.
The Pillars
Clarity of Purpose: Sharpen your sense of purpose and meaning to make decisions aligned with your values and beliefs.
Virtuous Decision-Making: Understand the causes and conditions of virtue and non-virtue in decision frameworks, and take clear, virtuous action to bring about positive transformation to all your relations.
Mindfulness and Self-Awareness: Increase awareness of your own thoughts, feelings, and actions to become a more resilient, adaptable, and mindful leader.
Empathy and Connection: Cultivate equanimity, generosity, empathy and meaningful connection to others in order to create more positive and supportive work environments, foster stronger relationships, and inspire your teams to work together towards a common, greater goal.
Daily Flow
Daily embodiment practices such as Tibetan Qi Gong, Pranayama Breathing Yoga and Walking Meditation.
Healthy locally-sourced breakfast.
Teachings and Practices to cultivate awareness, compassion, widened perception and non-attachment, led by Tibetan Lama Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche.
Macrobiotic lunch, enjoyed in silence to integrate insights from morning activities.
Afternoon hands-on sessions with co-facilitator Virginia A. Navarro on Conscious Leadership, Compassionate Decision-Making and Strategy tools.
Curated Dinners to foster connection and collaboration.
Evening sessions built around art, introspection and surrender.
Location
For the second year in a row, we are leading our annual Compassionate Leadership retreat in the beautiful Hekamiah Retreat Center in Northern Ibiza. This unique, luxurious and nature-rich venue center comprises 10 stunning rooms in the heart of the island’s lush forest ecosystem, and is equipped with a sauna, swimming pool, yoga shala, a special copper meditation pryamid and an exclusive kitchen team preparing high-end, tailored and locally-sourced cuisine.
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The Team
Spiritual teachers, leadership coaches, experienced facilitators and artists combine their unique powers in this one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary team.
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Lead Facilitator
His Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche was born in Tibet and is a long time student of His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. When he was seven years old he received the vows of Refuge from Garchen Rinpoche, and at the age of twelve he became ordained as a monk.He studied the philosophy of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism under numerous Khenpos, such as Khenpo Munsel and Khenpo Jigme Phunsok. Currently, Khenpo is the Spiritual Director at various Dharma centers in Canada, Ohio, Mexico and Brazil, and travels the world sharing Dharma wisdom through retreats, in-person and online gatherings.
Virginia A. Navarro “Moncaya”
Co-Facilitator
Moncaya is a true interdisciplinarian: she is an artist, facilitator, author, entrepreneur, data scientist and engineer. An experienced facilitator of retreats and transformational processes, she merges with her team elements from Design Thinking, Impact Strategy and Conscious Leadership Principles to create a unified, holistic framework for understanding purpose, values, direction and objectives.
Moncaya is too a unique artist and gifted musician who bridges frequencies from the Four Directions, combining Andean, pre-hispanic and traditional African and Asian instruments with synths and beats to create deep sound and ceremonial journeys.
Álvaro Guirao
Founder & Host
Álvaro Guirao is the Founder and CEO of Wisdom Health and our sister company Optimal XR. A serial tech entrepreneur, he has 14 years experience as Computer Systems engineer in financial technology, 7 years founder and CEO, 5 years experience in Mental Health and Wellbeing Science & Technology, and 4 years experience Conscious Leadership development. During the retreat, Álvaro will lead meditation and breathwork practices as part of the daily morning routine in order to ground us and open our awareness before we begin our day.
The Details
Location & Dates
Hekamiah Retreat Center
Ibiza, Spain
13-18 June 2023
Contact Álvaro: +41779642881
Pricing
Altruist Private Room (2 available) + donation to Khenpo: 4.500€
Supporter Private Room (2 available) + donation to bring Dharma to Climate conferences like COP28: 3.900€
Shared Room (6 available) : 1.900€
For the Ibiza local community:Local Daily Ticket: 120€ (without accommodation, not valid for the final Ceremony, vegan lunch and dinner included)
Local Full Retreat: 720€ (without accommodation, includes the final Ceremony, vegan lunch and dinner included)
* Retreat pricing includes:
Luxury private or shared accommodation in one of Ibiza’s top private retreat venues.
High-end cuisine, prepared freshly on-site. Our dedicated, haute cuisine staff prepares locally-sourced, healthy meals characterized by a delicate preparation and careful presentation.
Daily meditation and consciousness practices led by Tibetan lama and scholar Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche.
Daily leadership and strategy sessions led by Virginia Alonso Navarro and Alvaro Guirao, our in-house impact strategy and facilitation team.
Deep transformational work and ceremony led by Rinpoche.
1-on-1 optional cleansing session with Camilo Popayan, our in-house healer and facilitator from Colombia.