connect with what is yours to do
and the wisdom to do it well
We live in an extraordinary decade.
The way we live, the decisions we make, are shaping life on the planet now and for centuries to come.
A new kind of leadership is called for
that is inherent in every person, expressing their gifts,
not from one-sidedness of intellect, but from wisdom of connectedness,
from unification of mind and body,
being one with nature, one with life.
Our purpose is to help you be that leader.
where EMBODIED ZEN TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS converge to TRANSFORM YOU INTO AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER
What you’ll get from our accredited programs and certification pathways:
- Embodied Leadership Training: Beyond cognitive tips, learn to integrate head, heart and hara in how you resonate with people and situations, learning to “flip” problems, manage energy and skillfuly use 4 energy patterns, influence others, and realize desired goals.
- Wise decision making: Dynamically balance paradoxes and move beyond intellect to the intuitive wisdom that arises from being one-with.
- Authentic connection to your Whole Self: Come home to a felt sense of who you were/are before you felt separate and experience how your leadership expands fearlessly.
- Sustainable Resilience: Create a virtuous cycle of greater thrving on the inside to bring greater thriving into the world.
- Zen Meditation: More than mindfulness, experience a deep integration of mind-body as one and connection to a vibrant community of practice.
Here’s some of what leaders have learned in our programs and the difference they’ve made:
A physician accepts a promotion to lead a department at a major university, saying she felt readied by IZL training, and in her first year is awarded faculty director of the year.
An artist ups her game to create fearlessly and
teach others how to do the same.
A medical director improves and inspires her department by putting meditation cushions in her office, where employees now gather for meditation and deeper conversations.
A corporate leader re-evaluates her career and finds a new purposefulness that she is determined to grow into.
A tired but talented technology leader describes “coming home to himself” as he learns to connect with hara and expand his senses.
A physician suffering from burnout says at the close of a ZL program this is the first time she has “felt whole”.
A somatic coach learns to work with the 4 energy patterns and radically expands her business.
A physician remembers to embody the first flip – center, enter, add value – as she engages each patient.
earn a certification:
FEBI Coach
The Way to coach / faciliate with the unique personality tool linking mind-body & leadership
Zen Leadership coach
The Way to transform coaching using the powerful reframing “flips” of ZL
get started here:
HEAL 1: In-person Program
November 2 – November 5
WI
This rare, in-person opportunity to immerse yourself in the setting of a Zen dojo is open to the first 10 people to register.
Zen Leader 1: March 2024
March 7, 2024 – March 10, 2024
Embody the basic flips of Zen Leadership from transforming problems to realizing a desired future.
HEAL 1: March 2024
March 7, 2024 – March 10, 2024
Apply the basic flips of ZL to healthcare with results and resilience in this accredited program.
See Offerings for all of our programs
recent & Upcoming Events
Back by popular demand! This special online event is inspired by a favorite session at the recent One Earth, One Health, One With Summit. Tom Mansfield introduces his Cards for Life in an interactive, experiential workshop on Sept 15th from 9-noon CT.
Join Ginny Whitelaw in this October 12th event with UPWARD Women as she shares a regenerative “permaleadership” cycle for creating a thriving world.
Discover how you can:
– Cultivate the resilience of connectedness and inspiration of one-withness
– Restore your energy and focus it on what you want
– Work with nature and 4 vital patterns in your nervous system to bring your desired future into the present
Come, explore how you can lead like a force of nature. No time better than now to…
Back by popular demand! This special online event is inspired by a favorite session at the recent One Earth, One Health, One With Summit. Tom Mansfield introduces his Cards for Life in an interactive, experiential workshop on Sept 15th from 9-noon CT.
Join Ginny Whitelaw in this October 12th event with UPWARD Women as she shares a regenerative “permaleadership” cycle for creating a thriving world.
Discover how you can:
– Cultivate the resilience of connectedness and inspiration of one-withness
– Restore your energy and focus it on what you want
– Work with nature and 4 vital patterns in your nervous system to bring your desired future into the present
Come, explore how you can lead like a force of nature. No time better than now to…
Learn more about the inspiring speakers and powerful practices shared in our One Earth, One Health, One With leadership summit
for people, planet and the future – and what’s next.
Not sure where to start? No problem.
Let us know your interest and we’ll be happy to connect you
with the right person or program.
Insights
from our community
Leading In The Age Of Resilience
Dr. Whitelaw reminds us that in this Age of Resilience, we need to remember our one-withness.
Wise Old Sayings
Andy Robins Roshi reflects on a conversation he has with an elderly woman. She shared some wise words that serve as important reminders for us all.
We Won’t Be Smarter Or Faster Than AI, But Here’s A Way To Be Wiser
Dr. Whitelaw explores the connection between AI and climate change. She offers 3 internal and external practices for leaders in these times.