Men’s Intensives

Next Intensive: April 9-12, 2026 Easton, WA

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These are not retreats.

These are not conferences.

They are immersive, embodied training environments designed to disrupt old patterns and accelerate transformation.

Breath to Bones Intensives are four-day, fully immersive recovery experiences for Christian men who are ready to go deeper than weekly meetings can take them. These are not passive, left-brain, lecture-based format. These are intentionally designed to be intensely experiential, strategically uncomfortable, and community-driven where you practice the tools in real time with other men.

Over approximately 20 hours of structured therapeutic training, we move beyond surface habits and go after the underlying wiring, the nervous system patterns, attachment injuries, arousal templates, avoidance strategies, and relational blind spots that keep men stuck. This is embodied learning. You do not just understand the material. You live it, practice it, and integrate it in community.

For more than twenty years, Chris has observed one consistent truth: men heal fastest through connection and experiencing change in their bodies. Intensives compress months of work into a single weekend by combining structure, brotherhood, neuroscience-informed tools, and deep experiential practice.

This is not behavior management.
This is lifelong learning and brain rewiring in community.

The Rhythm of the Weekend

Breath to Bones Intensives are intentionally structured. Every element of the schedule is designed to move you deeper into awareness, connection, courage, and embodied practice.

Immersive Therapeutic Sessions

Across the weekend you will participate in approximately 20 hours of guided, experiential process. These are not lectures. They are structured, interactive sessions where you practice tools in real time, work through internal blocks, and build new relational capacity in brotherhood.

Daily Worship and Spiritual Integration

Each morning we gather for corporate worship, grounding our work in Scripture, surrender, and dependence on God. Sunday morning concludes with an Ebenezer stone reflection and group sharing, marking what God has done and what you are taking home.

30/30 Devotional Rhythm

We open and close each day with optional structured devotional space we call 30/30:

  • Morning 30: guided meditation, IFS parts check in, prayer, and devotional reflection

  • Evening 30: intentional wind down, reflection, gratitude, and surrender

This rhythm builds the muscle of daily spiritual leadership rather than emotional reactivity.

Optional Physical Activation

Mornings include optional exercise, stretching, outdoor runs, and occasionally cold plunge experiences. We train the body and nervous system, not just the mind. Physical activation reinforces emotional regulation and resilience.

Structured Free Time and Brotherhood

Strategic free time is built into the schedule to integrate what you are learning and connect organically with other men. The property includes:

  • Indoor basketball court

  • Ping pong

  • Pool table

  • Air hockey

  • Foosball

  • Arcade games

  • Hot tub

  • Outdoor space for conversation and reflection

  • Evening bonfires for connection and storytelling

Work, rest, and play are intentionally redeemed and practiced in real time.

Fully Catered Environment

All meals and snacks are prepared by two private chefs. The food is high quality, nutrient dense, and excellent. Dietary accommodations are provided.

Private rooms and shared room options are available.

  • “I have done therapy. I have read the books. I have listened to the podcasts. Nothing prepared me for what happened in this intensive. As Chris says, this was not information, it was transformation. I did more real work in four days than I had done in years on my own. The structure, the brotherhood, the honesty, and the presence of God in that room changed me. I came in managing behavior. I left understanding my story.”

    Intensive Participant - Easton, WA - October 2024

  • “The Arousal Template work was the missing link for me. I had spent years trying to stop behaviors without ever understanding what was driving them. This intensive helped me connect the dots between my childhood wounds, the way my nervous system seeks stimulation, and the patterns I kept repeating. For the first time, my behavior made sense. I wasn’t just managing urges anymore, I was understanding the engine underneath them. That clarity changed everything. I left with tools, language, and a level of self awareness that I had never experienced before.”

    Intensive Participant - Easton, WA - April 2024

  • “I came to the intensive thinking my wife and I needed better communication skills. What we actually needed was the ability to stay present with each other when things felt intense. The cold plunge with the other men at the intensive showed me exactly how fast my nervous system wants to escape discomfort. Practicing breathing through that activation with the support of the other guys changed something in me. But the moment that marked my wife and I most was sitting in silent eye contact for two minutes while real emotions came up. I had never in my life done something like that without quickly trying to fix, defend, or escape. But after practicing that exercise like 6 times, I learned to just sit with my wife in intense feelings. I learned how to breathe through that discomfort and really begin to experience what true intimacy feels like. This wasn’t marriage advice. It was retraining of how we show up with each other. I feel like we came home with a different nervous system and a different kind of connection.”

    COUPLES ONLY Intensive Male Participant - Vista, CA - November 2025

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