Retreats
When leaders step out of performance and into presence, everything shifts.
Leadership Forum & Executive Team Retreats
What if your next retreat wasn’t about strategy or alignment – but about finally stopping long enough to remember why any of this matters?
These retreats are for leadership groups – YPO, EO, WPO forums, C-suite teams, and private executive cohorts – who are ready to move beyond the surface. Beyond team-building exercises and vision mapping. Into the honest, vulnerable work of reconnecting with why you lead, how you’ve been leading, and who you are when the performance finally stops.
Set in extraordinary natural settings across Southern Africa and worldwide, each retreat is designed specifically for your group. We create the container. You bring the willingness. What emerges is trust, clarity, and the kind of connection that changes how your members lead – and live.
What we work with:
- Emotional intelligence and self-awareness
- Conscious breathwork and somatic practices
- Inner work that surfaces blind spots and dissolves defenses
- Reflective dialogue and authentic storytelling
- The restorative, grounding power of nature
When you step away from the noise, you finally get to see clearly. When you return, you lead differently – with more presence, less reactivity, and a renewed sense of what actually matters.
If your forum or team is ready for real transformation, let’s design an experience that stays with you long after it ends.
“In twenty years of experiencing regular leadership forum retreats, this experience has been the most profound and impactful we have ever experienced.”
Rob Sussman, CEO, Integr8 Group & Member of YPO
Heart Quest Leadership Retreats
A modern rite of passage for leaders seeking clarity, purpose, and inner freedom
You’ve achieved much. But beneath the momentum, the responsibility, the relentless pace – there’s a part of you that’s been waiting. Quiet. Patient. Longing to be remembered.
Heart Quest is a 4-day immersive retreat designed for individual leaders ready to step off the treadmill and reconnect with what actually matters. This isn’t rest. It’s reckoning.
A guided journey into nature and self, where you’ll release what you’ve been carrying, meet what you’ve been avoiding, and return to the leader you are when the performance finally stops.
The Journey
Preparation (Day 1):
Arrival, grounding, and sacred preparation. Through breathwork, circle work, and deep inquiry, you’ll drop the noise of daily life and open to presence.
The Solo Quest (Day 2-3):
A 24-hour solo immersion in nature – no phone, no watch, no distractions. Just you, the land, and what wants to emerge. Fully supported, deeply transformative.
Integration (Day 4):
Return at sunrise for nourishing food, heartfelt storytelling, and guided integration. You’ll leave with clarity, tools, and the inner alignment to carry this forward.
What’s included:
- Luxury accommodation in Franschhoek
- All meals and logistics
- Two experienced facilitators
- Breathwork, circle work, and somatic practices
- Inner child healing and integration
- 24-hour solo in nature (fully supported)
- Post-retreat integration support
What participants say:
“The most powerful and magical experience of my life. A ceremony of journeying into the depths of my heart to find my deepest truth… words cannot do this experience justice.”
— Chris Bates
“I opened to deeper levels of my being… I felt a sense of belonging, I felt safe, I felt heard. The Quest marked a change in my life and renewed my spirit.”
— Debbie Ausker
What facilitators and practitioners say:
I have been blessed to have attended a number of ceremonies held by Volker and can say the he is top of his game. The space he holds is filled with kindness, love, care and understanding.
His knowledge with regards to the ceremonies I have been to have exceeded my expectations. I would not hesitate to recommend such a wonderful brother.
Riki Scruton
EHS Training
I have attended a number of ceremonies with Volker and highly recommend him to fellow knowledge seekers.
Volker has the gifts of kindness, integrity and strength. He holds a sacred space that allows you to go where you need to, with the reassurance that he will keep you safe. His work has helped me delve deep into my shadows, understand the path I need to follow and open my heart to the beauty that abounds.
I am so grateful for the medicine and the tools that he shares. It is an honor to attend his ceremonies.
Gail Weiner
Life, happiness & mindfulness Coach
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