Compassionate Leadership
Post-Davos Retreat, January 2024
Compassionate Leadership: An embodied practice to deepen in coherence and awareness in your life, work and purpose
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Under the guidance of Tibetan lama and scholar Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, our annual Compassionate Leadership retreat is designed to introduce participants into the theory and practice of Tibetan Buddhism as a powerful tool to radically shift our perspective and deepen our toolkit to become the aware and compassionate leaders the world so urgently needs.
Our Method
Compassionate Leadership is an approach Conscious Leadership that is rooted in the principles of Dharma and Tibetan Buddhism. Over the years, our experience has evidenced the many complementarities between Dharma and Conscious Leadership. Now, we are teaming up with top Dharma Teachers and Leadership Coaches to unveil a new approach to Conscious Leadership.
The Pillars
Clarity of Purpose: Sharpen your sense of purpose and meaning to make decisions aligned with your values and beliefs.
Virtuous Decision-Making: Understand the causes and conditions of virtue and non-virtue in decision frameworks, and take clear, virtuous action to bring about positive transformation to all your relations.
Mindfulness and Self-Awareness: Increase awareness of your own thoughts, feelings, and actions to become a more resilient, adaptable, and mindful leader.
Empathy and Connection: Cultivate equanimity, generosity, empathy and meaningful connection to others in order to create more positive and supportive work environments, foster stronger relationships, and inspire your teams to work together towards a common, greater goal.
Daily Flow
Tailored, daily embodiment practices such as Tibetan Qi Gong, Pranayama Breathing Yoga and Walking Meditation.
Healthy, locally-sourced breakfast by local chef Marco Brandenburg.
Teachings and Practice to cultivate awareness, detachment and peacefulness, led by. Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche and supported by in-house artist and musician Moncaya.
Macrobiotic lunch by local chef Marco Brandenburg, enjoyed in silence in order to integrate insights gathered during the morning activities.
Group-oriented space for co-creation: Q&A with Khenpo, building bridges across participants, themes and sectors, etc.
Curated Dinners with guest artists to foster connection among participants.
Evening sessions built around art, introspection, relaxation and surrender
Location
We believe in balance and connection to nature as key ingredients for meaningful impact work. Only a short drive away from Davos, our cozy retreat venue at the feet of the slopes is the ideal space to combine deep work sessions with optional ski outings.
Meet the Team
Spiritual teachers, leadership coaches, experienced facilitators and artists combine their unique powers in this one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary team.
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche
Spiritual Director & Lead Facilitator
His Venerable Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche was born in Tibet and is a long time student of His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. When he was seven years old he received the vows of Refuge from Garchen Rinpoche, and at the age of twelve he became ordained as a monk.He studied the philosophy of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism under numerous Khenpos, such as Khenpo Munsel and Khenpo Jigme Phunsok. Currently, Khenpo is the Spiritual Director at various Dharma centers in Canada, Ohio, Mexico and Brazil, and travels the world sharing Dharma wisdom through retreats, in-person and online gatherings.
Astrid Brinck
Leadership Coach & Co-Facilitator
Astrid Brinck is Director of the Inner Freedom Institute. As an experience-based educational curator, educator, individual and organizational mentor, inspirational speaker and systemic therapist, her work bridges the traditional and non-traditional perspectives for the thriving of human relationships, organizations and self mastery.
Read Astrid Brinck’s full bio here.
Virginia A. Navarro “Moncaya”
Artist & Co-Facilitator
Moncaya is a true interdisciplinarian: she is an artist, facilitator, author, entrepreneur, data scientist and engineer. An experienced facilitator of retreats and transformational processes, she merges with her team elements from Design Thinking, Impact Strategy and Conscious Leadership Principles to create a unified, holistic framework for understanding purpose, values, direction and objectives.
Moncaya is too a unique artist and gifted musician who bridges frequencies from the Four Directions, combining Andean, pre-hispanic and traditional African and Asian instruments with synths and beats to create deep sound and ceremonial journeys.
Álvaro Guirao
Founder & Host
Álvaro Guirao is the Founder and CEO of Wisdom Health and our sister company Optimal XR. A serial tech entrepreneur, he has 14 years experience as Computer Systems engineer in financial technology, 7 years founder and CEO, 5 years experience in Mental Health and Wellbeing Science & Technology, and 4 years experience Conscious Leadership development. During the retreat, Álvaro will lead meditation and breathwork practices as part of the daily morning routine in order to ground us and open our awareness before we begin our day.
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