Re:Volution men
S E S S H I N
Awaken to your highest potential and reclaim your inheritance as an “Ascended Man” through inner work and practical skills.
February 22-23 2025
When is the last time you felt fulfilled, as if you were living your fullest potential? What about the last time you can remember embracing yourself, feeling truly comfortable in your own skin? Have you ever felt “the call” towards your highest potential, towards self-mastery?
This “sesshin” is your sign, a calling forth to your highest Self. In this retreat you will experience:
Exercises & Workshops
To awaken towards your higher calling and develop your purpose in this life.
Identify & Develop
A roadmap to get back on the path you were meant to walk.
Nervous System Resets
Breathing practices & movement sequences to “plug back in” the CNS.
Deep Inner Work
Reflections, identify triggers for unhealed traumas manifesting themselves as “bad habits” and integrating a healthy and positive self-love attitude.
Physical Tempering
Hard bodies, sharp minds and soft hearts. Develop yourself with a holistic methodology brought to you via 15 years of professional coaching.
Recovery
Train hard, think deep and recover with intent. Ice baths, saunas, sacral breathing, CNS resets and many more tools are at your disposal.
The “Secret”
The science behind the mysticism of your greatest weapon to defeat the lower mind and put your life on “easy mode”.
In our modern world men are devoid of their traditional “rites of passage” so, we’re making our own. Ancient wisdom can help guide us but we must find our own solutions to the problems of our society.
YOU are the solution. Your light is needed more than ever. Men who have healed their inner wounds and step into their full power add to the lives of all who they come in contact with. They are present, aware and deeply curious. They are seen, felt and heard because they are needed.
The focus, your entire life, has been on yourself and your pain, your lack. As such, you will attract lack, pain and self-centeredness never truly achieving what you set out to do and never having enough, lacking gratitude. No matter how hard you try to “be grateful” you just can’t fake it.
WHY?! Why am I like this?! What’s wrong with me? Are things I used to say on a daily basis. This was my subconscious mantra / affirmation. It became my conscious reality. It took me 15 years to reap the rewards of my efforts towards self-mastery but it doesn’t need to take nearly that long. In fact, the process can be (almost) as quick as you’d like it to be, it is mostly just a choice. Surely you must be patient and do the work set forth but it is far less of a dread to climb a mountain when you focus on the one step in front of you.
When you don’t know which step to take first, take the first step…
Are you ready to launch into a new paradigm?
We are a channel and receivers of energy.
Healing in Lebanon.
What is a “Sesshin”?
We are borrowing a Japanese Zen idea, the “sesshin” literally translates to “touching the heart-mind” and was a sort of intensive retreat for the monks to go deep within. While the work of Zen monks is neither our work nor our path (unless this does, indeed, become part of your particular journey) we will be embracing and embodying the ethos of re-connection to Self as a powerful ignition towards Self-mastery with energy to spare.
Why Re:Volution Men?
It seems the world is screaming for a revolution and men are the doers of this world, called towards purpose and protection. But, what kind of revolution do we wish to partake in? I have been to war and studied the history of conflict… war has not saved the world. I have studied political leaders and their massive influence… politics has not saved the world. I have studied religions… they, too, have not saved the world. It is not our mission to look outside ourselves to conquer what we deem as sub-standard, but to do this work inside ourselves.
This is the revolution of the Spirit, the consciousness ready to rise within each and every one of you. This revolution is a simple one of choice. Choose to make yourself a reflection of your perfect Spirit. There’s work to do…
Furthermore, a “volution” is an ever-turning motion; forward momentum. In this reality if you are not moving you are dying. If you are not seeking continual progress then you are screaming to the universe that you do not wish to take part or play in it, so it will not offer you its gifts.
The picture should be forming in your mind now. Just as any great painter, you must develop your vision of the final product and then lay paint to canvas. The seminal work is only a small fraction of the story, though, as the practice to get to this stage will take many years, the good news is - the awakened man will not see the forest, but each tree, one at a time. He will not see the long road, but the step in front of him.
When is the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago. Begin NOW.
Practicality; what will you experience in this “sesshin”?
Realization of your highest purpose / desire: a practice from a master yogi teacher, from ancient lineage re-written for the western man.
Actions to take now: my experience and some realistic advice on where to begin.
Practicum: exposure to a series of practices which must be developed as habits.
Mindset re-learning: deprogram yourself from the external world and harness creative energy.
The “Secret”: only a fraction of men will even hear this advice, only a fraction of them will take it seriously, only a few will put it to practice and fewer, still, will succeed in wielding the ultimate power in this world. The “shortcut” we all want with a price tag few will consider.
Kettlebell, Calisthenics & Sandbag workshop: don’t neglect your body "It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable" - Socrates.
Continuity of effort: we are building a community of self-actualized, Spirit-focused warriors with hard bodies and soft hearts, who will accept their awakening of consciousness and be a gift to all who encounter their presence. As such, we will remain in contact with one another. Your brothers will need your help at times and you will need theirs, as will I. Together we keep going.
Extras: this retreat is all about big ideas and life-changing practice but we will also have workshops for topics such as business development and entrepreneurship strategies, especially as the retreats develop.
While an actual sesshin is a mind-altering (perhaps, disturbing) intensive self-study; we will be focused more on basic tools and developing a caring attitude towards ourselves. “Positivity” gets thrown around a lot but my aim is to get you to experience what this really means and how it applies to your life in effort for you to achieve whatever you want and, more important, your highest calling.
This retreat is not going to be dreadful, but fun! There is nothing I’ve found on earth more exhilarating than being on task, positive, clear-minded and set to purpose. If you’re ready to “step-off” I’m stoked to welcome you. Please fill out the application below and we will connect in-person, video or voice call to see if this is the right experience and the right time for you.
Who this is for:
Men who are ready to self-heal.
Men who are ready to achieve their biggest goals.
Men who are ready to let go of their shame, guilt and pain.
Who this is not for:
Men who are looking to escape.
Men who are not open to healing.
Men who cannot take constructive criticism.
Who am I
My name is Luke, which means “a light in the darkness” and, apparently, that’s what I’ve been sent here to be. I’ve experienced my fair share of traumas:
* Alcoholic family
* Physical, mental and emotional abuse
* Leaving home at 17 to join the military
* Tours in the Iraq and Afghan wars
* Death of loved ones
* Disaster zone missions
And I’ve also experienced my fair share of coping mechanisms and excuses, allowing myself to get drug through the proverbial mud. But you know what they say “no mud? no lotus” my pain became my greatest ally. All the work I did on self development never healed me but it was ready for me once I peered inwards to begin healing my traumas.
Only then did I begin to self-actualize fully. Now I see my purpose clearly and the tools I have accumulated along the way are really paying off.
I want to share my successes and failures with you. We are a generation of men led by no one and no thing, at least nothing good for us. We can change it. We HAVE TO change it, nobody else can or will.
The time is NOW, that is why we call it present; it is a gift. Share your presence with the world…
Lodging
This first sesshin is as local as possible and barebones. I want to cut my teeth on the delivery of these gifts so local men are my target audience but there are a number of airbnbs in the area. I can connect you to share rooms / houses if need be.
Location: The Collective
401 Klock Rd.
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Dates & Times
Saturday, February 22nd 10:00am - 6:00pm or later
Sunday, February 23rd from 11:00am - 5:00pm or later
Investment: $250
If your application is approved and we’re all on the same page then welcome! Reach out if you have issues with funding, the aim of the first couple “sesshins” is to develop the curriculum so energy and work exchange is also accepted.