Learn
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
Growth versus Transformation: Rethinking Progress in Our Work
Feb 5, 2025 (1 hr)
Virtual
,
Free
*
This discussion will challenge the traditional focus on growth as the ultimate goal, contrasting it with the deeper, more profound process of transformation. We'll examine how to prioritize meaningful change over expansion and productivity, fostering a culture that values lasting impact.
*Scholarships Available
Circle Lab
Steadying the Moral Compass: Leading with Integrity in Conflicted Times
Mar 5, 2025 (1 hr)
Virtual
,
Free
*
This session will focus on maintaining a strong moral compass amidst external pressures and internal conflicts. We'll share tools and practices for leading with authenticity, ensuring decisions reflect core values even in turbulent times.
*Scholarships Available
Training
.png)
Beginner
The Listening Circle Training
Mar 28 - Apr 4, 2025 (2 hrs a day for 4 days)
Virtual
$350
*
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
Advanced
Soul and Spirit in Leadership
Oct 16-25, 2025 (9 days)
Owyhee Canyon Oregon
$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.
*Scholarships Available
Expeditions
Intermediate
Solitude: Wild Rogue Men’s Trip
Lower Rogue River Trail, Oregon, USA
Apr 12-17, 2025 (5 days)
$1750
*
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
Intermediate
Strength to Serve: Leadership Mastery Program
Siskiyou Wilderness, Oregon
Jun 21-29, 2025 (9 days)
$4,500
*
This two-month program is designed for service professionals and nonprofit leaders who want to grow through experience. Built on empathy and courage, it combines a 9-day backpacking retreat in Oregon’s Siskiyou Wilderness, one-on-one coaching, and online sessions with a committed community. This immersive program equips you with lasting leadership principles to better serve and lead.
*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.
Learn more
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.
Learn more
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.
Learn more
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
Stay in Touch
Sign-up for the Open Circle newsletter to receive updates on upcoming classes, events, and much more.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Sorry, something went wrong while submitting the form. Please try the contact page if you continue to get this error. Thank you!
