2011 Evolutionary Leaders Retreat

Evolutionary Leaders In Service to Conscious Evolution
The 2011 Evolutionary Leaders Retreat (of which Nina is a board member) was held at Mayacamas Ranch in Calistoga, CA, from October 31 to November 3, 2011. The Source of Synergy Foundation is responsible for organizing the Evolutionary Leaders annual retreat, as well as basic operations, such as the nomination and selection process for new ELs and the management of the website and new communications platforms. At this meeting, approximately 40 ELs attended. Youth are being included more and more…Joshua Gorman of Awakening Generation, a former Children of the Earth activist, and Oran Cohen, a leader for COE and also Board member, were the new youth participants. It is clear that the younger generation needs to be involved and start to take responsibility for the evolving future. Nina Meyerhof was part of the opening session with Ashok Gangadeen on what is SYNERGY and how do we behave in a synergistic atmosphere so we as a group operate as a unified whole. The three day program was designed to create a living experiential event of sharing our expertise and coming into synergy. Included in the program were short Ted talks, small active Passion groups as well as an 11/1/11 meditation, which was recorded, and web produced for the 41,000 people who signed the Call to Consciousness. The Passion Groups were breakout sessions where members met for in-depth exploration of diverse topics such as social spiritual activism and Nina participated in this group. The outcome was excitement of growing a Humanity2 music concert worldwide with educational meet-ups after the concert. Nina also was invited to give a TED talk and invited Oran to share in this presentation. We were given 10 minutes to highlight our organization’s main focus as well as show the breadth and depth of our programs. Deeply discussed at this meeting was also OCCUPY Wall Street and Arab Spring, recognizing this as part of the birthing movement coming to fruition. Nothing was decided as an EL function but the enthusiasm for being involved was great. This was the most successful to date of our retreats. It was well balanced with activities, and there was a deep sense of mutual intimacy and deep caring for each other. Synergistic unity was achieved!!