THE ALIGNMENT EXPERIENCE
VOLUME 1 | 2025 | DENVER, COLORADO
Day 1 is where it all began. Attendees showed up blind to the experience ahead the next two days - some nervous, others excited, but all unknowing of what exactly their time together would hold.
Silence was the deep theme of the first day - by creating space free from distraction, we gave ourselves the opportunity Saturday morning to confront the reality of who we are, where we are at, and had the chance to finally be completely honest with ourselves.
Face to face with the weight of our current state of being, whether good or bad, Jonathan den Hartog was our first speaker, leading people into a transformational talk on the "Two Paths" one can take in their life, one leading to a life of fulfillment, peace, calling, adventure, and love, and the other path leading to anxiety, chasing satisfaction, depression, and a slew of others things we have all felt at one point or another.
We wanted to start our time during the Alignment Experience with deep introspective work and contemplation - an often uncomfortable practice for most, but a rewarding one when done nonetheless. This was the bedrock of the rest of the weekend. You must know what is going on inside of yourself and be honest about it before moving forward.
DAY 1
SILENCE, INTROSPECTION, REFLECTION, HONESTY WITH YOURSELF, TRANSFORMATION OF YOUR VIEW ON THIS LIFE
Following Jonathan, the second half of Day 1 we got to see the manifestation of art itself through Boomer Bate, the multi-talented musician, song-writer, and presenter.
Boomer kept the ball rolling from Jonathan's talk, diving into the buried version of ourselves that most every adult has - their child-like self. Moreover, we are told this version of ourselves is outdated, not useful, and the word "childish" is used as a negative word to describe the behavior of some adults.
Contrary to popular belief, carrying a spirit of frivolity into adulthood is paramount to us stepping into our purpose, in aligning with our true selves. Our unique and beautiful take on life, our own interest and talents are made known in our childhood, but often times we forget those things as a result of parenting, friends, negative experiences, and being told that we need to "grow up".
The most pure, beautiful, and TRUE version of ourselves was there, right in front of us, as children. Before the world had its say, the untainted version of ourselves, the most powerful version of who we could become in our lives, was there. Boomer sough to reconnect with and bring to life this beautiful version of ourselves in our adult lives once again.
Jason B.
Trainer
Jeff K.
trainer
Ashley I.
Trainer
Josh S.
dietician
Every session on Day 1 ended with each person dividing into a predesignated breakout group to discuss, think on, and dive deeper into the material presented. The breakout groups were one of the attendees favorite parts of The Alignment Experience, as connection with other humans about how we are feeling is vital, all while being empowered to speak how we feel when we see the vulnerability of others exposed.
Breakout Groups
Day 2 was where the rubber met the road in the weekend. After a full day of introspection, reflection, and honest conversations with ourselves and others, we dove into what it looked like to bring that internal beauty to life, and more specifically HOW to do so.
Stanton Giles took the stage to start Day 2 off strong - leading people through his journey of life and demonstrating how audacity, combined with action create the most spectacular and beautiful things in this life. However for those that were there that didn't necessarily connect with much within themselves on Day 1, Stanton offered an approach to begin listening to what is going on inside of you - you must become a detective of your soul as you venture through this life in order to pursue alignment.
Stanton and Boomer lead people into an incredibly powerful time following his talk - a time where people could write down an Identity Statement. This powerful description of one's self is a highly moving experience to partake in - bringing the beauty of who we see inside into a consolidated, bold, true, and pointed statement. We then invited some brave souls to come up and read what they wrote down - a transformational and moving moment for all of us watching, and especially for those proclaiming who they were in front of everyone there.
DAY 2
ACTION, EMPOWERMENT, GOAL SETTING, IDENTITY STATEMENT, CLAIMING
Kacia Ghetmiri lead us into the final push of the Alignment Experience, bringing energy and LIFE to the room as people began thinking more intently about their years. The Alignment Experience is held at the beginning of each year - a perfect time to not only work on aligning our inner self with who we feel called to be, but also for WHAT we will do with our year in response to what we uncover within ourselves. With so much pre-work done the last day and a half, Kacia pushed us over the edge to take real and big action on the person we want to become.
The contagious energy Kacia brough to the room rose into a integral time of the day - goal setting for 2025. Attendees had a good chunk of time to write down what they wanted to do this year as a result of who they saw themselves to be in this world. But that wasn't the end - pretty soon, Smude and Mr. Scribbles (our incredible mascots) introduced the all-mighty whiteboard, the manifestation of goals, dreams turned to reality in front of each person's breakout groups. There is power in BOLDLY speaking and writing down what you want to do this year in front of others.
Day 2 ended on a note of gratitude - while we push forward to become more aligned in life, we cannot judge who we are now or where we have come from - indeed, that same person is the one that brought each person into that room that weekend, ready for transformation. In light of that, we say thank you to ourselves and for the life we have been given to live up until this point. After a brief word from Stanton, Boomer Bate, Sarah Bate, and Kyle Kempers ended the weekend with a beautiful rendition of the song "Thank You" by Half-Alive.
On Day 2, people also had the chance to partake in two incredible activities:
1.) Video to your Future Self: A chance to speak intention into your future self half way through the year. These videos were recorded and will be sent out to attendees 6 months into 2025. As almost every person was in a deeply present, full, focused, and alive state, our hope is that this video was not only an encouragement in the present to make their future self proud, but also an encouragement to their future self to get to look back at how alive they were at the beginning of the year.
2.) Word-of-the-Year Picture: At the Alignment Experience, we believe that words have power - stemming from the Identity Statement exercise, attendees chose one word to speak over themselves and their year. This word was then projected onto them and photographed for each attendee to take with them to remind themselves of the power and beauty they see within.
VIDEO TO YOUR YOURSELF
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WORD-OF-THE-YEAR
TO THE 2025 ALIGNMENT EXPERIENCE ATTENDEES - THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US WITH THIS EXPERIENCE. WE KNEW YOU'D BE WALKING IN BLIND, BUT WE ALSO NOW KNOW YOU WALKED OUT A MORE TRUE AND FULL VERSION OF YOURSELF. WE ARE SO PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. MAY THIS YEAR BE THE MOST FULL AND LIFE GIVING YEAR FOR YOU THUS FAR. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
THANK YOU
