Birds of a Feather Dinners

Calling all digital wellbeing leaders! This gathering welcomes organizational leaders and influencers who share a common goal: to empower others in an informed and balanced usage of technology to support human wellbeing and thriving. Whether your focus is enhancing workplace productivity, improving mental health, or leading digital detox retreats, this gathering offers a rare opportunity to exchange groundbreaking ideas, share experiences, and foster friendships with those who resonate with this same passion.

What steps can be taken to accelerate the incorporation of learnings from mindfulness research into national political life? To persuade political leaders of the benefits of mindfulness and emotional intelligence in informing the process and content of policymaking? To foster an appreciation across the electorate of the transformational potential of a more mindful political leadership and citizenry? How can technology play a positive role?

In an era where society is increasingly interconnected yet seemingly divided, understanding the roles that race and religion play in shaping our consciousness is more important than ever. This dinner will serve as a platform for open, respectful dialogue, encouraging participants to share insights from their diverse backgrounds and disciplines. By examining how our racial and religious identities impact our perceptions and interactions, we can begin to uncover the underlying unity that connects us all.

Our yoga & meditation community has struggled to stay connected using the standard combination of Instagram. WhatsApp & Partiful. When social networking pivoted to social media, our feeds became full of brands & influencers instead of people we actually know. But we know that filling our minds and spending time with people who have a practice of their own provides support for our own practice.

Technology is changing everything, including how we find intimacy and connect with others. But no matter how advanced AI gets, we're still human beings with human needs and desires. This collaborative dinner is a chance for us to get real about navigating the world of sex, dating, and relationships in the digital age. No experts, no agendas - just an open, respectful dialogue between people from all walks of life.

Open-curiosity and connection are what’s for dinner! Join this warm, inclusive table for working mamas open to building community. Open to all who are raising children now, including stepmoms, adoptive and foster moms and every other kind of mama. We welcome the spectrum of genders within motherhood, including trans women, cis women, and nonbinary and gender expansive people who feel supported in a space that centers working motherhood.

To quote drag visionary RuPaul: “If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?” This dinner is for all LGBTQIA2S+ members and allies. Let’s laugh and kiki, while we solve the world's snafus and lift each other up in community.

What would an economy based on contribution look like? How would value flow through the system? Imagine three lenses, the MEconomy that meets basic human needs, the WEconomy that meets shared needs and the FREEconomy which supports individual and collective creative expression! What I have been calling Contributionism

Numerous leaders and visionaries have touted the importance of imagination, hope, and creativity to create change. Simon Sinek said, “We have to dream. How else will we make a future that does not yet exist?” Nowhere is our collective imagination more needed than for redesigning the U.S. healthcare system.

With the GenAI revolution, the seeds of potent wisdom-scaling solutions are taking root. Yet the dangers of techno-capitalism—addictive and outrage-generating algorithms, extraction, exploitation, and abstraction from human-scale realities—are more present than ever. With the regenerative moment growing in intelligence and influence, wise leaders have the potential to harness emerging technologies like AI and blockchain in truly regenerative ways to scale wisdom, wholeness, adult development, and leadership development with fewer distortions than ever.

If you're an investor, technologist, innovator, or leader, join us for a discerning and lively dialogue about how we can disrupt the Silicon Valley ethos to “move fast and break things”... and cultivate principles, values, and active community around the promise of truly regenerative technologies.

Join our uniquely designed Birds of a Feather dinner as part of your 2024 Wisdom 2.0 journey. We will gather in a private and tranquil Yoga and well-being studio for an intimate setting where we can create meaningful connections in an alcohol-free space. We'll stir the conversations with questions like, what empowers humanity to persist and resist amidst fast-moving technologies and the unknown of our future?

We will explore the potential of artificial intelligence to facilitate the profound enhancement of psychospiritual development, on both individual and collective levels. How can artificial intelligence be used to enhance mindfulness, healing, and expansion of consciousness? Could this potentially serve as a catalyst for a global awakening? What impact might that have on our most challenging world problems?

This gathering is for anyone feeling a spiritual opening or shift in consciousness and seeking a safe, communal space to share your experience. Waking up can feel exhilarating and purposeful, but also sometimes alienating and disorienting. Let's bring open hearts and minds to listen deeply and explore common interests such as navigating human evolution, aligning with your soul's mission, or simply recognizing the magnificence of being alive.

We will share good practices for prepping for plant medicine ceremony and tips on integration for the following weeks after. We can also share our own experiences around plant medicine and healing.

"What does it mean to live in an expanded consciousness state? How does it show up in our daily lives? What does oneness and unity consciousness mean from a practical perspective? Join Renee and Anthony in a powerful discussion about what an expanded state means and how we can achieve it in our daily actions and intentions including in the most mundane tasks that we do.

In our increasingly interconnected global landscape, the future of leadership lies in embracing diversity, fostering collaboration, and harnessing the power of technology to drive positive change. The "Connected Leaders, Connected World" dinner will delve into the importance of breaking boundaries and building meaningful connections to shape a more equitable and sustainable world.

Join us for an illuminating Birds of a Feather dinner centered on Manifesting Your Dream Reality: Stories and Strategies. Discover the secrets to turning your dreams into reality in an intimate setting filled with like-minded individuals. From setting intentions to taking inspired action, each participant will share their unique insights, stories, and experiences on manifesting their dreams into existence.

What does it mean to lead from your heart? What evidence exists that one is doing this? What are the challenges in doing so? Is this coachable? Let's explore the future of leadership and what love has to do with it. Let's discuss the role each of us can have in creating workplaces that lead from a place of love and work to diminish fear in all forms - how we communicate, how we participate in meetings, how we establish expectations, how we coach others. Bring your heart, curiosity, and openness...and appetite!

Join me, Steffi Seefeld, to have a intentional conversation how we can increase empathy and compassion amongst workspaces and at home and why it is super important for humanity to prioritize being acknowledged, accepted, seen, heard, and loved for who we are. If you have an exercise or activity you want to share - please do, so we get to experience the power of empathy and compassion ourselves :)

I did a Forty | Forty-A travel journey to forty countries to discover forty new things about life and it did not disappoint. When people ask me what my biggest piece of gratitude is, it's that I got to do a journey like this. I met amazing people, I learned how to be resilient, I lived to experience, not to accomplish. It sharped my leadership style at work, it pushed me to do things I was terrified to do, and it helped me be the person I am today. I'd love to have a dinner around the table storytelling on how traveling changed lives.

The intention is to hold space for conversations around sharing wisdom from everyone's own personal, spiritual, and/or professional journeys. The idea is to be in community and exchange insights, wisdom, and experiences as well as all walk on our own unique paths.

We’re excited to invite you to a unique and fun dinner discussion that feels supportive of your Enneagram developmental journey. It’s perfect for anyone who is passionate about using the system and wants to explore its depths further, learn from each other, and grow together! Your hosts, Victoria and Megan, are experienced Enneagram practitioners who use it in their work and personal lives.

How might we mindfully integrate technology into schools – not just as a tool to enhance academic studies, but as an everlasting part of an integrated, fulfilling life? The TECtonic (Technology, Education & Contemplation) Roundtable invites technologists, educators, and contemplative practitioners to grapple with the essential questions and discuss the the various approaches we use to cultivate healthy relationships with each other, ourselves, and our devices in the 21st century context.

We see value in boosting a new narrative re: the potential of the “great transition,” envisioning a society that is connected, healthy, regenerative, and aligned with the processes of the natural world. We invite those interested in discussing the new narrative we need and how to help tell it. We hope you'll consider sharing an aspect of a new narrative you think can help steer humanity to a regenerative future.

Reimagining fulfillment and success in the gig economy involves shifting our perspective from traditional metrics of career progression and financial gain to a more holistic understanding of what it means to be truly successful and fulfilled. In this economy, individuals are empowered to craft personalized career paths that align with their passions, values, and desired lifestyle.

In Burma, pagodas are stupas that serve as places of worship. As one of the most devout Buddhist places on earth, thousands of beautiful pagodas have been constructed as striking symbols of devotion, as a focus of community life and a source of comfort. Come join us for dinner at Burma Love - Downtown where we will admire the pagodas on the restaurant's mural of Burma and have a discussion about various aspects of devotion.

How do you bring mindfulness into your work as a leader or entrepreneur? What does it look like to build teams and companies based on the foundations of love and compassion? How can we create environments that are healthier and also lead to better performance? In what ways do conventional / current ways of working need to shift to enable this? And how do we do this within the current system? Let's explore together what better, healthier companies could look like.

During our dinner, we will dive deep into the discussion of the science behind consciousness and creativity. This topic includes factual information from fields ranging from neuroscience to psychology. We will discuss how we can utilize our own consciousness and human experience to expand our abilities to recognize and apply our innate creative capacity in matters of business, artistic endeavors, education, friendships, and home life.

My topic is how do you create secular silent spaces within urban centers for people to find inner stillness using innovative digital meditation technology and solutions. Meditation studios are few and far between due to high rental costs in cities with many of them closing during COVID. How can meditation spaces be made available to those who live busy stressful lives who are in much need of some inner peace.