HEAL Programs

You’ve been called to medicine to heal others. You see so many ways to do that better. How can you reimagine practices and bring others along? How might you flip problems to opportunities, manage fear and conflict, and get better results with joy and resilience?

Healthy, Embodied, Agile Leadership - HEAL -
is your pathway.

Learn from front-line physicians and the Zen masters who trained them how to be a HEALing force for your patients, practices and systems

  • A proven curriculum of in-person and online programs combining physical Zen training and essential leadership skills that help you:

    • Flip problems to opportunities

    • Release tension and extend energy

    • Shift from fear-based reacting to connected co-creating

    • Get out of your own way and let the Way flow through you

  • More than 90% of our graduates give our programs their highest rating and highly recommend them to others.

  • Learn how to integrate the mind, body and energy in ways known to support enduring, intentional change.

  • Immediately apply learnings in your healthcare practice as you work on personalized cases and projects.

  • Be inspired by and learn how to replicate the success of a food-as medicine program piloted in family medicine.

Transformation and Impact:

“IZL has been a really big part of my leadership journey...Having a daily practice in Zazen helps ground me and start my day; it helps me breathe into what is mine to do today.”

Alex Adams, MD, Director of Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity, Montana State University

“I was fortunate to join the very first IZL training program and have participated annually since 2012. The training has made me a better listener, more patient and attuned to those around me. I have less fear of the unknown and a deep sense of inner peace. HEAL programs gave me courage to become a department chair and health system leader in California…We increased the number of patients served by >50%, recruited 25 new faculty, 60 new residents, and balanced our budget.”

Cindy Haq, MD, Professor Emerita, University of California, Irvine

“In HEAL training, you will become clear about the important work that is yours to do and leverage your inexhaustible compassion and undeniable power that comes with that work.

- Kristi Crymes, DO, Residency Faculty, Cox Health

Pathway Structure

Enroll in each program separately or scroll down for how you can commit to the online pathway at significant savings.

HEAL1: Leading with Energy and Connection

Discover how to use challenges, paradoxes and even your own weaknesses to breakthrough to new possibilities and a boundless sense of self. Experience the power of connection in realizing your goals.

HEAL 2: Leading Fearlessly, Transforming Relationships

Imagine what you would make possible if you were fearless. Or how you could strengthen others and your relationships if you were less triggered. Learn to work with fear and watch your life and leadership flourish.

HEAL 3: Leading Transformation

Complete and integrate all of the flips of The Zen Leader as you sense the whole picture, reclaim your whole Self, break through limits, and bring a desired future into the present.

  • In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the HEAL program and SSM Health. SSM Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

    ACCME – physicians

    SSM Health designates this live activity for maximum of 25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 
    Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    ANCC – nurses

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All qualify for CME

Dive In

The three HEAL Programs build on one another and, together with a 4th program – FEBI-4U – comprise the pathway to certified HEAL Practitioner. Enroll in the entire pathway and we’ll honor your commitment with our biggest savings.

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Ideally, take FEBI-4U before or after HEAL 1 to develop more skill and agility working with your energy for the rest of the journey. Learn more.

How it Works

Enroll in the Pathway and we’ll confirm with you when you’d like to attend each of the 4 programs online. If you’d like to take some or all of the programs in person, please contact us for the pathway price, as it includes lodging and meals.

If something later comes up where you can’t make a program, we’ll roll your registration forward to the next offering over a period of two years.

Your Investment

  • Approximately 80 hours of training over 4 programs

  • Can be taken over a period of your choosing, from 3 months to 2 years

  • Regularly $2096; if purchased separately with discount: $1546

  • Special pathway price for online HEAL pathway: $1299

Scholarship Opportunities

We want to make our programs available to all who are eager to join. If resources are a barrier, you may apply for a partial scholarship.

If you can help make our programs more available by donating a little extra or gifting a program, we and those whom it benefits thank you!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We design our online agendas with options, so that they work with time zones around the world. We also record sessions so that no one has to attend beyond midnight local time.

  • If you sign up for the online pathway and later wish to take one or more of the HEAL programs in person, we will be happy to apply your online fee and ask you to pay only the difference ($850 per 4-day program) to cover lodging, meals, venue expenses and materials.

  • No worries, we can transfer your registration forward to a future offering or you may be eligible for a refund. See our cancellation policy here.

  • We recommend taking the programs in the 1-2-3 order, with FEBI-4U coming before or after Zen Leader 1. But if it works better for your schedule to start in Zen Leader 2 and pick up Zen Leader 1 later, that is also possible. You have to have taken at least one other Zen Leader program before attending Zen Leader 3.

  • If you’re committed to making a positive difference in your personal or professional life, you fit our definition of leader, and we’re here to help you do it better.

  • IZL’s CMEs are accredited through SSM Health, which is connected to the EEDS CME Credit system. Upon completion of a HEAL program, IZL will send you the Activity Code for that program and you can log in and claim your hours.

  • No. Our training is compatible with any religion or none at all. We introduce physical Zen training, including meditation, to help you break through barriers and free the mind.