Classes & Events
We offer online and in-person classes, wilderness expeditions, and facilitator training, that provide a transformational experience bringing your personal and professional life into alignment.
Classes & Events
Circle Lab
Conflict as a Catalyst
May 14, 2025 | 4pm - 5pm PST
Virtual
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Free
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Far from being a negative force, tension, and conflict can spark innovation and progress when managed well (and even when managed not so well). This meeting will focus on harnessing the creative energy that arises from disagreement and friction, transforming it into opportunities for growth, understanding, and collaboration.
*Scholarships Available
Seven Devils' Revenge
June 7, 2025 | 7am - 1pm
Brookings, Oregon
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$150
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Attention all hybrid, mountain, and tactical athletes! This message is for those driven by a passion that can only be quenched through complete physical and mental exertion. Are you ready to push your limits and join something greater than yourself? You're invited to participate in an exhilarating race that will challenge you and contribute to a larger cause. This is a fundraising event for the Open Circle Foundation to support first responders and front line service workers.
*Scholarships Available
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Beginner
The Listening Circle Training (online)
June 4, 6, 11 and 13, 2025 (online sessions 2-3 hours)
Virtual
$195
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In this online training for organizational and community leaders, you’ll learn how to use the Listening Circle practice and principles to cultivate diverse, trusting groups around a shared mission—driving synergy, innovation, and well-being.
*Scholarships Available
Beginner
The Listening Circle Training (in person immersion)
August 15–17, 2025
Eureka Plumas State Park, Graeagle California
$495
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Join the Open Circle Training Intensive in the beauteous mountains of Northern California. Transform how your community or organization collaborates. Build an agile and adaptive team, organization, or community; Strengthen mission-driving effectiveness; Enhance communication and trust; Spark creativity and action. Connect with leaders from corporate, non-profit, education, agriculture, and more, all united in the mission to create resilient and impactful communities.
*Scholarships Available
Advanced
Guiding Change: Soul and Spirit in Leadership
October 16-25, 2025
Kern River Canyon in Kern County, California, within the Southern Sierra Nevada
$2,250
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Join us in the awe-inspiring wilderness of the Southern Sierras for a 9-day immersive training designed for leaders, facilitators, and change-makers navigating transformation—both within and around them. Guiding Change: Soul and Spirit in Leadership invites you to step beyond the demands of daily life and into a landscape where rivers, ridgelines, and reflection become your greatest teachers.
*Scholarships Available
Expeditions
Intermediate
Strength to Serve: Leadership Mastery Program
Siskiyou Wilderness, Oregon
June 22–27, 2025
$1,950
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Strength to Serve is a 6-day backpacking and leadership program in the Siskiyou Wilderness, Southern Oregon. Designed to foster empathy, courage, and purpose, it combines outdoor adventure with personal growth. Participants engage in guided hikes, community building, and a solo fast for deep reflection. Through service to self, others, and the world, this program empowers leaders to reconnect with nature, build resilience, and lead with authenticity. Join us for a transformative journey.
*Scholarships Available
Intermediate
Solitude: Wild Rogue Men’s Trip 2026
Lower Rogue River Trail, Oregon, USA
April 12-17, 2026
$1750
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For men who serve others—leaders, first responders, educators, veterans, and caregivers—this 5-day backpacking journey along Oregon’s legendary Rogue River offers the chance to step away from the day-to-day and reconnect with purpose. Refuel your mind, body, and spirit.
*Scholarships Available
On-Demand Classes
We offer several introductory online classes that you can take at your own pace, whenever it suits your schedule. Our classes include video tutorials, source materials, and exercises to enhance your learning experience.
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Scholarships
We are committed to accessibility and offer scholarships through our foundation to individuals in non-profit social and environmental service roles, veterans, and youth from under-resourced communities.
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Veteran & Youth Programs
Through our foundation, we offer free programs to youth in under-resourced communities and to people who work in service roles, like veterans, nurses, and teachers.
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The Open Circle Experience
Discover the unique qualities that set our programs apart from other professional and personal development classes and events.
Nature Informed
Using nature as a guide, we align your goals with the broader landscape of human experience to build clarity and confidence.
Hands-On Learning
We offer hands-on, human-centered learning with a mix of online resources and live experiences, where you can apply principles in real-world scenarios.
Expert Facilitators
Our facilitators have a mix of academic credentials and practical experience, ensuring a well-rounded and well informed experience.
Collective Wisdom
We work with the collective wisdom of our participants to enrich the learning experience and to foster connection.
Facilitators
At its core, Open Circle’s philosophy is about helping people become the best version of themselves. It’s not just another feel-good experience that fades away; people walk away with important answers, profound shifts, and a renewed sense of self.
- Atz Kilcher, Founder, Heroes Healing Homestead
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