Individual · In person
Global Open Enrolment
Open cohorts for individual leaders and founders who want the method without an institutional engagement.
Duration
5 days residential, plus 8 weeks of practice support
Location
Gelephu
Format
In person
Next cohort
June 2027
Fee
USD 6,400, including accommodation and meals
Who it is for
Founders, directors and senior professionals who make consequential decisions without a large institution behind them.
People who have read the evidence and want the practice, taught by the people who run it at national scale.
Cohorts are capped at twenty-four and deliberately mixed by country and sector.
The arc
Day 1 — Arrival
Orientation, baseline measurement, and the first sit. Phones are handed in until day five.
Days 2–3 — Attention
The core practices, the physiology of load and recovery, and the evidence for what practice does and does not change.
Day 4 — Application
Each participant works one live decision of their own with faculty and the cohort.
Day 5 — Departure
A practice plan that survives the calendar, and the schedule for eight weeks of support.
8 weeks after
Weekly group practice online and one individual coaching session. Measurement repeated at week eight.
What is measured
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)
Entry, exit, week eight.
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
Short form, entry and week eight.
Practice adherence
Minutes logged daily. Reported back to the participant only.
Film 01 — Between Breaths
The Settled Mind — The neuroscience of meditation: what measurably changes under sustained practice, and what the evidence does not yet support.
Watch the filmFaculty
Dr Liane Hofmann
Head of Research, Awaris
Leads the practice curriculum and the measurement protocol.
Tshering Yangzom
Faculty, BGLI
Teaches the Bhutanese contemplative sources and their governing application.
“Five days and eight weeks of follow-up. The follow-up is the part that stuck.”
Marta Oliveira — Founder, Corvo Health
“It is taught as a discipline, not as a mood. That is why I could keep it.”
James Okonkwo — Managing Director, Lagos Infrastructure Partners
Dates
Questions
Is the fee negotiable?
A limited number of places each cohort are held for participants from South Asian public institutions at a reduced fee. Ask when you register interest.
How fit do I need to be?
There is a walk on day three of about eight kilometres on uneven ground. Everything else is seated or slow.
Can I arrive late?
No. The first evening sets the cohort. Places are released if you cannot make it.