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Master Class

You’ve had some breakthrough insights on this journey, so you know how much this training can help people. How can you join with others to ever improve how we teach and apply Zen Leadership to bring more healing, thriving, and beauty into the world?

Here’s your chance.

Join in this annual opportunity to raise the bar for how we coach, teach and apply Zen Leadership to what’s needed in the world.

  • Bring the flips of Zen Leadership to life through your own expertise, expanding our curriculum and modes of teaching

  • Explore connections and expansions of Zen Leadership with synergistic disciplines and guest instructors

  • Apply and help others apply Zen Leadership to real-world issues and inquiries

  • Improve your coaching and learn form others using the flips of Zen Leadership and the energy patterns of FEBI

  • Share best practices for teaching in-person and online

  • Foster ideas for further growth in our community and what’s next for IZL

  • Deepen, expand and share your lived experience of connectedness with fellow practitioners, coaches and instructors

“IZL Master Class is always a highlight of the year. You never know what it will hold but you can trust it will be well worth it and probably just what you didn't even know you needed.”

Kelly Bannister, Biocultural Ethicist, ZL Instructor

“The real work starts from here, so if you’ve loved IZL so far, this will take you to a new level of head-over-heels in love.”

Jasleen Kaur, Project Manager, ZL Instructor

"This is one the best development opportunities you can create for yourself. The training and thought leadership is of the highest caliber and fully applicable to leadership, coaching, and facilitation."

Maria Kukhareva, Leadership Consultant and Coach

How does it work?

An annual gathering among our most seasoned community to refresh, expand and apply Zen Leadership

  • ZL (or HEAL) practitioners, ZL coaches and instructors are eligible to attend

  • ZL coaches and instructors are required to attend at least every other year to maintain their currency

  • Starts Thursday at 7 pm CT, runs through the weekend, and finishes Sunday at noon CT; approximately 25 hours of training

  • Options in the schedule plus selective access to recordings of live sessions enable participation from any time zone.

including practice and resources:

  • A comprehensive workbook, including video resources you can use in your teaching

  • New, relevant ZL applications or extensions with guest instructors

  • Case study coaching on ways to apply ZL in your life and leadership

  • Opportunities to review and practice coaching with ZL flips

  • An opportunity to teach and learn from other instructors

  • Further guidance in Zen meditation

Register Now

We are now accepting registrations for:

Regularly $599; Register now for $449

Dates don’t work? CLICK HERE to be added to our waitlist and we’ll notify you when the next program is scheduled.

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

  • You’re eligible for Master Class if you’re a certified ZL Coach or Instructor or a ZL or HEAL Practitioner. This means you’ve completed the trilogy of ZL or HEAL programs, along with FEBI-4U.

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

  • 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.

  • You still qualify to attend the program. 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.