Classes & Events
We offer both online and immersive, nature-based, classes and events that provide a transformational experience that brings your personal and professional life into alignment.
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.
Upcoming Classes & Events
Open Circle FacilitatorTraining
Gold Beach, Oregon
January 31, 2025
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Feb 2, 2025
(
16 hours
)
$350
*
Lay the groundwork for Social Resilience in community and mission driven organizations. In this training for organizational and community leaders, learn how to use the open circle practice to cultivate diverse, trusting communities and teams around a shared mission, driving synergy, innovation, and well-being. Learn the core principles and practical skills for leading open circles—enhancing active listening, building trust, and fostering empathetic communication.
Challenge:
Beginner
*Scholarships Available
Strength to Serve: Leadership Mastery Program
Eastern Sierras, California
June 21, 2025
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Jun 29, 2025
(
9 day backpacking and online coaching
)
$4,500
*
Imagine a program tailored for service professionals and non profit leaders where your journey is the driving force of your mission. "Strength to Serve" is a 2-month program that fosters transformation with empathy and courage. It includes a wilderness intensive, 1:1 coaching, and online educational sessions with a community of dedicated individuals. The core of this program is a 9-day backpacking retreat in the Eastern Sierras in California, empowering you to lead and serve with lasting principles.
Challenge:
Intermediate
*Scholarships Available
Soul and Spirit in Leadership
Owyhee Canyon Oregon
October 16, 2025
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Oct 25, 2025
(
9 Days
)
$3,500
*
Join an exclusive group of intrepid leaders, innovators, and pioneers on a new kind of leadership soul and spirit adventure deep in wild canyons of Owyhee Oregon, with its expansive wilderness, place of abundant winding rivers, rich life, and diverse human community.
This is an advanced program by application only.
Challenge:
Advanced
*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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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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