Embodied Emotional Intelligence & Soulful Leadership

Explore skills to more authentically express and resourcefully regulate emotions through the body for more soulful capacity in work and life

Ages 18+ | May 22 - 26, 2025| Return to Community Workshops & Events

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This immersive leadership program invites participants to deepen their understanding of emotional intelligence and explore the art of soulful leadership. Grounded in nature connection, embodiment practices, and a nuanced exploration of Primary, Secondary, and Transcendent Emotions, this multi-day workshop will guide practitioners toward greater self-awareness, authentic connection, and purposeful action. Participants will leave with tools to navigate the complexities of leadership with clarity, compassion, and creativity.

This program blends reflective practices, experiential learning, and nature-based exploration to cultivate emotional intelligence and soulful leadership. Over 5 days participants will engage in deep inquiry, embodiment exercises, and group dialogue to develop the skills and insights needed to lead with integrity and purpose. The program is designed for practitioners like therapists, facilitators, team supervisors, educators, nurses, and others who wish to embody transformative leadership in their professional and personal lives.

Join us for Emotional Intelligence & Soulful Leadership and embark on a journey to rediscover the heart of leadership. Together, we’ll navigate the emotional landscapes that shape our lives, reconnect with the wisdom of nature, and embody the soulful leadership our world needs now.

By the end of this program, participants will:

Deepen self-awareness through an emotional intelligence framework that integrates Primary, Secondary, and Transcendent Emotions.
Cultivate the ability to lead authentically and inspire others with clarity and compassion.
Enhance resilience and adaptability by drawing insights from nature and embodied practices.
Build more meaningful connections with peers and communities, fostering collective growth and transformation.

Core Themes

Emotional Intelligence Through the Lens of Primary, Secondary, and Transcendent Emotions

Primary Emotions: Understanding the fundamental emotions that drive our survival and immediate reactions. Explore how they shape decision-making and interpersonal dynamics.
Secondary Emotions: Delve into the layered, socially informed emotions that influence identity, relationships, and cultural norms.
Transcendent Emotions: Access emotions like awe, gratitude, and love, which foster connection to something larger than oneself and inspire visionary leadership.

Soulful Leadership Practices

Define what it means to lead soulfully, integrating authenticity, empathy, and purpose into leadership roles.
Discover how soulful leadership transforms teams, organizations, and communities through trust, collaboration, and shared vision.

Nature as a Teacher

Engage in guided nature connection activities to draw wisdom from the natural world and reconnect with intuitive leadership practices.
Explore parallels between natural ecosystems and leadership ecosystems, using metaphors like resilience, interdependence, and cycles of renewal.

Embodiment and Integration

Experience practices such as somatic movement, breathwork, and mindfulness to connect emotional awareness with physical presence.
Learn how to ground leadership principles into the body to enhance clarity, communication, and resilience in high-pressure situations.

Each Soulful Spaceholding and Leadership course is built around five key elements, designed to transform spaceholding and leadership from the inside out:

Deepening Connection to the Natural World – Shifting from ego-driven leadership to an eco-centered approach by drawing wisdom from connection to nature. Each course weaves in practices that strengthen our relationship with the living world.
Embodied Spaceholding – Moving beyond logic-driven leadership to a more holistic, body-aware approach. Through somatic practices, participants will develop practices to enhance resilience, presence, and the ability to lead with both strength and sensitivity.
Inner Depth Work – Redirecting focus from external achievements to deeper personal alignment and meaning. By exploring the inner landscape, leaders cultivate clarity, authenticity, and a stronger sense of purpose based on their unique gifts in the world.
Embracing the Sacred & the Unknown – Letting go of the need for certainty and learning to trust what unfolds. This component encourages leaders to engage with mystery, intuition, and practices that reveal the unseen possibilities that can shape meaningful change.
Leadership in Action – Moving from self-focused ambition to spaceholding and leadership in service of both human and more-than-human communities. Passion becomes purpose, and leadership becomes an act of care and commitment to the world.

To learn more before registering, or if you have a question about your registration or your payment arrangement, please contact us.

Financial Aid is currently available.

PROGRAM DETAILS

In-Person Course

Ages 18 +
All Genders

May 22 - 26th, 2025

Arrival Time: 11am PST

Departure Time: 3pm PST

River Root Farm, Deming, WA

Participants may camp on-site or arrange their own lodging nearby, and need to provide and cook their own breakfasts and lunch. Dinners will be provided Thursday - Sunday evenings, with food provided by Journeys. There will be a tea station set up at all times.

Bring all that you need to camp & sleep outside in the level of comfort that you prefer. (Tents are recommended as tarp space may be limited) An info/recommended equipment list will be provided

$750-$1950 Sliding Scale
$300 Deposit Due at Registration
Financial Aid is currently available

Please note there is a $40 minimum payment for anyone applying for financial aid and applications must be received at least 48 hours prior to the start date of the program

Questions?
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Staff

Facilitator

Jenny is a soft and wild teacher. A nurturer and an edge walker in one. Always willing to dive deep and seek the unexpected. As a natural weaver with soul, depth imagery and archetypal forces, the world of emotions sometimes came secondary. She had to humbly and diligently study to tune in more with her heart. She brings this humility and learning forward in facilitating this course. She has led international teacher trainings on emotional embodiment for Open Floor International. She is passionately the Executive Director of Rite of Passage Journeys and is regularly blown away in witnessing the transformative effects of Rites of Passage. She has been teaching embodiment,conscious dance and movement for over 20 years. She guides wilderness quests and facilitates workshops and classes in ceremony, embodiment and depth connection with the natural world. She has a Master’s degree in Leadership Education from UT- Austin and ran outdoor programs there and at UC-Cal Berkeley. In addition she has been a bodyworker who is infinitely fascinated by the fascia of the body and how it shapeshifts and adapts for us to survive and thrive. She learned a lot through being a bodyworker for how emotions can move freely through the body, but also get trapped and stagnant. Dreamwork, shamanic studies, ceremony and prayerful healing trance are lifetime muses of study. She is trained in trauma informed space holding and cares deeply about equity and inclusion accountability in her work. Her greatest daily influence is living on 14 acres by a wild river at a magical place called RiverRoot in NW Washington State. Waking to the sound of chittering eagles, witnessing the changes of the river, and feeling the song of the forest and mountains is having its wild way with her.