About this Retreat
I help men who feel lost or stuck reconnect to themselves, step into their power, and find their direction.
As much as I love my father, he didn’t give me the guidance I was seeking as a child.
He did his best, but he didn’t have the tools.
For years, I didn’t understand why I felt so lost.
Now I know: I was missing something essential - a strong model, a clear direction, and a sense of initiation into manhood.
That realization set me on a lifelong search.
I spent my 20s traveling the world, seeking teachers, sitting in men’s circles, and learning what true strength, honesty, and brotherhood feel like.
Along the way, I faced my shadows, broke old patterns, and reclaimed the parts of me I had buried for years.
Through this journey, I’ve come to understand the deep challenges many men face today: the silence, the confusion, the longing for connection and guidance.
This is why I do this work - because I know what it feels like to be lost, and I know what becomes possible when we find the courage to face what’s real.
I hold this work sacred.
Sitting with another person witnessing their truth, their struggle, and their potential is an honor I don’t take lightly.
I bring both compassion and challenge because real transformation doesn’t happen in comfort.
I believe every person carries untapped strength and wisdom.
With the right space, tools, and support, you can rise into who you’re truly meant to be.
Details of this retreat
The Rite is a 4 day immersive men’s retreat designed to help men reconnect with themselves, break through old patterns, and step more fully into the man they know they’re meant to be.
This is not a vacation, and it’s not passive self-development.
The retreat is built around deep experiential work in a small group setting, combining guided men’s work, embodiment practices, honest conversations, emotional awareness, nervous system regulation, breathwork, reflection, challenge, and authentic brotherhood.
Throughout the retreat, participants will explore the patterns, defenses, fears, and unconscious behaviors that shape how they show up in relationships, at work, in intimacy, in their sense of purpose, and in life.
The work is designed to help men:
build deeper self-awareness
understand their emotional triggers
reconnect with clarity and direction
develop grounded confidence
strengthen their capacity for presence, honesty, leadership, and connection
The retreat creates a strong container where men are invited to step away from distraction, performance, and isolation, and instead experience what becomes possible in an environment of truth, challenge, support, and real human connection.
Everything is held within the quiet and powerful natural setting of Gaia Retreat Center in Nevada City, California, with accommodations, gathering spaces, and chef-prepared meals designed to fully support the experience and the depth of the work.