GATHERING OF FORCES

GATHERING OF FORCES: TOPANGA, CA OCTOBER 2-4, 2026

Where vitality is restored, meaning is authored, and depth is cultivated.

You’ve meticulously crafted a life. You show up. You give your gifts. And still ... underneath the momentum, the striving for success, the endless self improvement: something is missing.

Most men never slow down long enough to truly meet that thing. You stay busy, stay comfortable, stay distracted: thinking that if you could just achieve or get more (fill in the blank) ... you would finally feel complete.

Gathering of Forces is for the man who's begun to lose interest in playing that game.

For the man who's grown tired of his relentless thinking about past failures or future successes.

For the man who is moment-to-moment moved towards deeper and more skillfully attuned bodily presence.

For the man who has understood that his depth of being, force of love, and spacious awareness are his strongest currencies.

Gathering of Forces is a rare and potent training for both new and experienced practitioners — not a seminar, not a workshop, not another retreat that leaves you inspired but unchanged. It’s a living, breathing crucible where you work with your body, your breath, your attitude, your gifts, your shadows, and the dynamic experiences alive in a solid group of men.

You’ll leave with more than insights. You’ll leave having felt something in your body and awareness shift.

WHAT WE TRAIN:

Breathwork and embodiment practices to unlock and direct your life force
Martial training to sharpen presence, timing, and physical awareness
Shadow work and group process — meeting the parts of yourself you’ve been managing around
Council and reflection with and from other men who aren’t here to bullshit each other
Ceremony, awareness, and stillness — practices that ground you at the center of any storm
Celebration, laughter, and the kind of camaraderie that doesn’t happen at the office