A FOUR-DAY SOMATIC MEN’S RETREAT
You’ve carried the weight long enough. It’s time to lay down the armor.
Four days of breath, body, challenge, and honest connection for men ready to stop performing strength and begin living what is true.
FACILITATED BY
Jeff
Dorais
& Ron
Gray
Somatic practice · Breathwork · Contrast therapy · Brotherhood
01 / THE ARMOR
For a while, it worked.It kept you safe.
You learned to hold it together. To control what you could, bury what you couldn’t, stay productive, and keep moving. Anger, shame, and the fear of being vulnerable shaped armor that helped you perform, provide, and protect.
But over time, the same armor that protected you begins to disconnect you—from the people you love and from yourself.
But over time, the same armor that protected you begins to disconnect you—from the people you love and from yourself.
“We won’t tear the armor off. We’ll learn to lay it down—piece by piece.”
LAYING
DOWN
THE ARMOR
02 / AN INITIATION INTO PRESENCE
Understand what the armor has been protecting.
Through breath, body, and connection, you’ll begin to recognize the parts of yourself you armored up—not to fight them or force them away, but to understand what they needed and what they still fear.
What is true beneath the armor can finally be seen, felt, and lived.
What is true beneath the armor can finally be seen, felt, and lived.
03 / WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE
Somatic first.Breathwork forward.
Most men’s retreats focus on motivation, productivity, or mindset. This retreat builds real emotional capacity through direct, embodied experience.
01
Somatic work at the center
This isn’t a retreat where you sit and take notes. You’ll learn to feel, sense, track, and respond to what’s happening in your body—in real time.
02
Breathwork that unlocks real change
Powerful guided breathwork helps regulate, activate, and expand your nervous system. No substances. No shortcuts. Just your body doing what it was built to do.
03
Contrast: the edge and the expansion
Cold plunge and cedar sauna create controlled pressure and release—building resilience, emotional capacity, steadiness under stress, and connection to your body.
04
Real men’s work
You won’t be asked to drop your armor by force. You’ll learn to lay it down with intention—and forge what protected you into tools for living, leading, and loving differently.
04
Integration built in
Two post-retreat integration circles with Jeff and Ron and three breathwork sessions with Ron help turn insight into practice—and practice into a new way of living.
04 / THE FACILITATORS
Held by men who do the work themselves.
JD
Jeff Dorais
Men’s coach, group facilitator, and author of The MANual. Jeff’s work centers emotional intelligence, somatic awareness, honest connection, and the courage to stay with what is true.
RG
Ron Gray
Breathwork facilitator bringing breath science, nervous-system regulation, activation, and embodied integration into the heart of the retreat experience.
05 / WHAT YOU’LL WALK AWAY WITH
You won’t leave fixed. Because you’re not broken.
You’ll leave more connected to what is real—equipped with awareness, tools, and practices you can return to in every part of your life.
01
Clear inner direction
Reconnect with the part of you that knows who you are and where you’re going.
02
Real-time tools
Respond more deliberately when stress, emotion, or fear arises.
03
Emotional clarity
Feel fully without losing your center, and express what is true with confidence.
04
Nervous-system resilience
Expand your capacity to hold discomfort, conflict, and intensity without collapsing or reacting.
05
Brotherhood and purpose
Experience the support, challenge, and belonging that sharpen direction and deepen courage.
06
New patterns
Interrupt reactive cycles in your relationships, your work, and your sense of worth.
07
Integrated leadership
Lead your life with clarity, presence, and emotional strength—not performance or armor.
06 / WHAT’S INCLUDED
Everything you need to step out of ordinary life and into the work.
- Four days and three nights of accommodations
- Shared or private room, based on room choice
- All meals prepared by a private chef
- Daily men’s circles and somatic practices
- Guided breathwork and integration sessions
- Cold plunge and cedar sauna
- All program materials, supplies, and guided experiences
INTEGRATION IS BUILT IN
The retreat doesn’t end when you go home.
Real change happens after you return to ordinary life. Every participant receives:
- Two virtual group coaching sessions with Jeff and Ron
- Three virtual group breathwork sessions with Ron
- A complimentary copy of The MANual: A No-Bullshit Guide to Men’s Emotional Intelligence
Integration turns insight into action—helping you sustain the clarity, presence, and grounded strength you experience during the retreat.
TRAVEL
Getting there
Airfare and transportation are not included. The retreat location is approximately 45 minutes from Louisville International Airport (SDF) and 60 minutes from Blue Grass Airport (LEX). We’ll help participants coordinate ride-sharing.
PLEASE NOTE
Travel protection
Personal travel insurance is not included. Participants are responsible for arranging coverage if desired.
THE NEXT RETREAT
The armor helped you survive.
It doesn’t have to decide how you live.
Join the interest list to receive dates, location, room choices, and application details for the next retreat.
Emotional intelligence. Embodied connection. No bullshit.