Successful on the outside... but restless on the inside?
When achievement stops feeling like fulfillment, it’s time for initiation.
Warrior Rising 2025
A transformational men’s retreat in Baja guiding high-performers from achievement to authenticity.
For leaders ready to trade performance for peace, and ambition for alignment in work, relationships, and life.
Co-created by executive coach Jesse Chen, the Baja Brotherhood, and the indigenous community of the Cofan nation of the Colombian Amazon.
You’ve done everything right...
You’ve built the career. The reputation. The life you thought would make you happy.
But lately… something feels off.
You’ve achieved success - yet somehow, it doesn’t feel like success anymore.
The wins don’t land the way they used to.
You’ve mastered performance, but not presence.
Maybe you’re noticing it at work - the drive is still there, but the joy is gone. The confidence low.
Maybe in your relationships - the spark feels dimmed, or dating feels surface-level and disconnected.
Or maybe it’s just in the quiet moments - that question whispering underneath it all:
Is this really who I’m meant to be?
This is the call to awaken to higher leadership - when achievement no longer nourishes the way it once did, and something deeper begins to stir.
🔶What You'll Experience
The Warrior Rising Retreat is a 5-day men's initiation in Baja, Mexico
This retreat isn’t therapy. It’s training - an initiation into authentic leadership.
Through guided embodiment, self-inquiry, brotherhood, and sacred medicine work, you’ll learn to:
Reconnect with your inner truth and intuition beyond external achievement.
Transmute fear, self-doubt, and comparison into grounded confidence and presence.
Lead from peace, not pressure - so your influence flows from authenticity, not anxiety.
Integrate masculine and feminine energies to unite strength with sensitivity.
By blending ritual, embodiment, and self-awareness practices, you’ll reconnect with the strength beneath striving and the peace beneath pressure.
It’s not about becoming more. It’s about becoming real.
Why It Works
Lasting change begins when success stops numbing the pain and starts revealing the truth.
Leadership & Clarity
Gain clarity on what truly drives you - not just your goals, but your inner architecture of leadership.
Brotherhood & Belonging
Be witnessed by men who understand the unspoken weight of responsibility - and who hold you to your truth without judgment.
Indigenous Wisdom
Return home grounded, centered, and clear - with practices to sustain the transformation in daily life.
This isn’t self-help. It’s self-reclamation.
You don’t need to become a better leader - you need to become yourself, fully and finally.
The Men Who Join Warrior Rising
This experience is for men who’ve achieved more than most - yet feel something vital missing.
Men who’ve realized that the next level of power doesn’t come from doing more… it comes from being more real.
They’re founders, executives, entrepreneurs, fathers, and seekers — men who know they’re being called to something deeper.
They’ve built empires, teams, and families — now they’re ready to build themselves.
“I came in feeling lost and left with clarity, brotherhood, and confidence” – Matt, 42
“This work gave me the courage to face myself and lead differently after some rough few years. I'm grateful.” – Nick, 38
“I found purpose and presence.” – Mike, 35
Warrior Rising is for men committed to growth, honesty, and living beyond mere achievement.
About Jesse
From the concrete jungle to the Amazon jungle and back...
Jesse Chen is a transformational coach and founder of The Leadership Mystery School, where he guides leaders from the masks of performance to the embodiment of truth.
A former executive and activist, Jesse bridges spiritual depth with strategic execution, helping leaders embody the principle:
“You cannot lead others beyond the depth of your own awareness.”
He’s worked with executives from Deloitte, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs - and leads in multiple circles of awakened leaders.
His work blends modern psychology, indigenous wisdom, and embodied leadership to help men reclaim purpose, power, and presence.
I’ve guided leaders and executives from companies like…
🔶 Investment - In Yourself, In Brotherhood, In Legacy
Includes airport transfers, leadership training, private lodging, food, and integration support.
Warrior Rising isn't a vacation. It's an initiation - and like all initiations, it asks for your full presence, your commitment, and your willingness to grow.
Includes:
Five days, four nights in the sacred desert of Baja California Sur
Ancestral ceremony & initiation led in partnership with Cofan indigenous elders.
Daily embodiment practices — movement, breathwork, and self-inquiry.
Leadership sessions with Jesse and The Baja Brotherhood
Integration support before and after the retreat.
Nourishing meals and accommodations including private rooms and airport transfers
*Limited Payment Options Available – for those who demonstrate financial need and deep alignment.
You're not paying for a trip. You're saying yes to a turning point - the moment you decide to lead your life differently.
No payment required to start the process
This November in Baja could be the turning point of your life.
Your Initiation Awaits.
This November in Baja could be your initiation — from achievement to authenticity, from pressure to presence.
There is no sales pitch. We answer your questions and go from there.
Spaces are limited to protect the intimacy and depth of the experience.
👇 Choose your time below to apply:
Begin Your Initiation
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Awaken your purpose. Embody your power. Lead with passion.
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🌿 Sacred Ceremony with Integrity
The indigenous-led medicine ceremony is guided with reverence - for the medicine, the lineage, the territory, and your becoming
This isn’t tourism. It’s sacred men's work.
We honor the indigenous wisdom keepers of the Cofan lineage who steward the medicine of yage (Colombian ayahuasca).
Proceeds support indigenous communities, and all participants receive guidance in sacred reciprocity and integration. We are Beyond Fair Trade.
🌿 Full Medical Intake & Safety Prep
🌿 Trauma-Informed Facilitation
🌿 Ceremony essentials provided
✅ Comprehensive medical screening for all participants ✅ Trauma-informed facilitators with 15+ years experience ✅ Indigenous elders guide all sacred medicine work ✅ Smaller group size (10 max) ensures individual attention ✅ Contraindication screening prevents unsafe combinations
The Location
Exact directions and packing guidance provided upon registration
Baja California Sur, Mexico - where the desert meets the sea.
You’ll be held in raw natural beauty - waves, wind, and wilderness - at a private luxury oceanside retreat center.
This isn’t just a location - it’s a sacred mirror for your own stillness.
(2 minutes from the beach)
🔱 Meet The Team
Guides who have walked through fire - now holding space for yours.
This retreat is guided by a team of seasoned facilitators, elders, and space holders who bring together decades of experience in:
Trauma-informed healing and men's work
Indigenous medicine traditions and ceremonial leadership
Executive coaching, entrepreneurship, and spiritual development
Each team member has walked the path themselves - through fire, failure, grief, and initiation - and now holds the container for others to rise.
🟡The Itinerary
Subject to adjustment
3 Calls before the Retreat
Day 1
Arrivals
Ice Bath Initiation
Welcome Circle
Day 2
Movement
Leadership Session - KWML
Breathwork
Hape Circle
Day 3
Movement
Leadership Session - Warrior Activation
Free Time
Ayahuasca in the Desert (Cofan Lineage)
Day 4
Temezcal in the Desert (Mazateco Lineage)
Integration Circle
Free Time
Optional Evening Yoga
1:1 Integration Sessions
Day 5
Closing Circle
1:1 Integration Sessions
Departures
3 Calls after the Retreat
Optional
6-month Master Mind
Frequently Asked Questions
What is sacred ceremony and why does it matter?
Over 100,000 years ago, our human ancestors would perform sacred initiation rituals to mark the end of childhood and the beginning of manhood. Modern society has lost touch with those traditions. Their absence has had a profound impact on the spirit and strength of modern men. The power of sacred ceremony, a medicine ritual led by indigenous elders, is to reconnect men with the truth of their sovereignty and highest powers that lay dormant deep within.
Our event will include four types of ancestral medicines - temezcal (sweat lodge), hape (Amazonian snuff), ambil (Amazonian tobacco paste), and yage (Colombian Ayahuasca made from two plants that have been boiled in water for a day).
Our event is fully aligned with Beyond Fair Trade principles and a significant portion of event proceeds benefit indigenous communities and local businesses along with a generous donation to the Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund.
What's the transformation guarantee?
We're committed to your breakthrough. If you complete the full 5-day program with full participation and don't experience meaningful shifts in clarity, purpose, or masculine power, we'll work with you in our 3-month integration period at no additional cost until you do.
I'm scared. How do I move through this fear?
Fear of the Unknown is common for anyone approaching sacred medicine for the first time. Consider it a healthy respect for the power of a serious plant medicine that is known as a "sacrament" by many indigenous cultures of the Amazon. And has been for thousands of years.
You will be properly guided and cared for before, during, and after your experience to maximize your growth. This includes a medical intake form to minimize the risk of contraindications with Western pharmacology. Additional information about the sacred medicine will be delivered during registration and before the retreat.
Keep in mind plant medicine has been part of humanity for at least 30,000 years according to archeological records. It is among the most well-tested, and well-received, natural medicines on the planet.
Why is the event for men only?
Men are living in a time of isolation, distraction, and adversity. The truth is that we are missing the initiation that our ancestors had that turned boys into men. Today's social ceremonies like graduations and birthdays, even weddings are not the true initiation into manhood that men crave. And, when something serious happens in life, like a death, a divorce, a layoff, and there are bills to pay and problems to solve, it becomes immediately clear that many men didn't receive an initiation earlier in life.
As the Baby Boomer generation transitions to The Great Unknown, younger men are left carrying the batons. Our ancestors and future generations are counting on us to rise as men. The type of men that can navigate the chaos of today's world, AI, political challenges, not to mention instability and uncertainty in our day-to-day life. We are tasked with carrying the light of healthy masculinity forward for our children.
Many men have never seen this light. Many indigenous communities carry this light through their elders and wisdom keepers. We are fortunate to have a legitimate elder to support us in our work in this retreat.
Our ancestors had stronger bonds between men of various tribes, cultures, and villages. It is important for men to have spaces intentionally built on deep connection, compassion, and strength. Any mature woman wants to see their man go through this work because they know it will strengthen their relationship, strengthen their family, and unveil the innate mature masculine man that lives deep within their partner.
The truth is that this retreat is for any guy who wants to become the best man, father, lover, and leader he can be.
What happens if the retreat is rescheduled or canceled?
You will be given a full refund if it is canceled or you are unable to make the rescheduled date.
What if I have other questions?
This retreat is for men who are serious about leveling up their life and their leadership in love, in work, and in life. Due to the nature of this sort of retreat, we will not try to persuade or convince you to register - you must choose yourself.
We invite you to complete the initial application and discuss your questions with your enrollment coach.