The Fellowship includes three week-long leadership seminars over a 12-month period. The seminar process relies heavily on a diverse and exceptional group of people making a deep commitment to their own reflection and to engaging in sustained dialogue with each other. At the simplest level, this means being present and fully prepared for all seminars.
At the heart of each seminar is text-based dialogue, getting grounded in nature, and mind and body connection. If selected as a Fellow, you will complete several readings prior to each seminar in order to participate fully in text-based discussions. For each seminar, readings will be sent at least one month in advance. The curriculum is a mix of contemporary and classical readings, and most of the readings do not come from education. We have found that the combination of these carefully curated readings, deep personal reflection, and the diversity of perspectives within each cohort results in dialogue that is profoundly meaningful to participants.
We curate cohort communities that are vibrant spaces of curiosity, reflection, and learning and include leaders holding multiple differences in background, experience, perspective, and orientation.
We’ve learned over time that this environment is fostered by participants’:
dedication to their personal learning journey;
commitment to suspend judgment on what they believe to be true;
value for interdependence and desire to build durable bonds across lines of difference;
ability to stay in inquiry, holding complexity and discomfort with openness and resilience; and,
skill to self-regulate and navigate differences in values when activated.
We care deeply about leaders and their well-being. In order to create the most productive experience, one’s ability to adhere to our Pahara Community Commitments is required. If you desire a space where everyone shares your worldview, this is not the right experience for you. If your personal experiences or needs warrant more than can be reasonably managed in a group of 24 leaders, please assess if the timing feels right for you to apply.
Seminars begin on Monday evenings and end by noon on Fridays. All seminars are held on our campus in Bailey, Colorado. Please make sure that you have checked dates and times carefully, and can commit to being in person, present, and prepared for each of the seminars in its entirety, including travel days, before applying. You will be asked to provide a statement of support from your manager or board chair confirming their support of your participation.
In addition to in person seminars, we will hold a virtual session ahead of the first seminar. These sessions will be full day virtual sessions. The virtual session and seminar dates for cohorts launching in 2025 are:
May 2025 - Option 1
- New Cohort Orientation: April 4, 2025
- Seminar 1: May 5-9, 2025
- Seminar 2: October 6-10, 2025
- Seminar 3: April 20-24, 2026
May 2025 - Option 2
- New Cohort Orientation: April 4, 2025
- Seminar 1: May 19-23, 2025
- Seminar 2: October 20-24, 2025
- Seminar 3: April 27-May 1, 2026
August 2025
- New Cohort Orientation: June 27, 2025
- Seminar 1: August 18-22, 2025
- Seminar 2: March 16-20, 2026
- Seminar 3: August 3-7, 2026
September 2025
- New Cohort Orientation: June 27, 2025
- September 15-19, 2025
- Seminar 2: March 16-20, 2026
- Seminar 3: August 3-7, 2026