Youth Leadership Cohort 2026
Youth Leadership Cohort 2026
A 7-day embodied
leadership immersion
for boys ages 14–17.
A 7-day embodied
leadership immersion
for boys ages 14–17.
Rooted in movement, mentorship, responsibility,
and rites of passage on the land.
Rooted in movement, mentorship, responsibility,
and rites of passage on the land.
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Youth Leadership Cohort 2026
A 7-day embodied
leadership immersion
for boys ages 14–17.
Rooted in movement, mentorship, responsibility, and rites of passage on the land.
Join the List
Williams, Oregon • June 15–21, 2026 • July 13–19, 2026 • Limited spots
Williams, Oregon • June 15–21, 2026 • July 13–19, 2026 • Limited spots
Why This Exists
Our culture asks young men to be strong without being grounded, confident without being connected, and independent without responsibility.
"Young men are suffering from a lack of purpose,
a lack of mentorship, and a lack of economic opportunity"
— Scott Galloway, Notes on Being a Man
Sanctum’s Youth Leadership Cohort is a direct response: a structured initiation
experience designed to cultivate resilience, relational intelligence, and purpose.
Why This Exists
Our culture asks young men to be strong without being grounded, confident without being connected, and independent without responsibility.
"Young men are suffering from a lack of purpose,
a lack of mentorship, and a lack of economic opportunity"
— Scott Galloway, Notes on Being a Man
Sanctum’s Youth Leadership Cohort is a direct response: a structured initiation
experience designed to cultivate resilience, relational intelligence, and purpose.
Who It's For
This cohort is for boys ages 14–17 who are ready for real challenge inside a supportive, high-accountability environment.
A strong fit for young men who are:
wanting deeper confidence and self-trust
learning to handle pressure, conflict, or strong emotions
craving mentorship and a healthy peer culture
ready to step away from screens and into movement, nature, and responsibility
open to being challenged with respect, structure, and support
Join the List
Who It's For
This cohort is for boys ages 14–17 who are ready for real challenge inside a supportive, high-accountability environment.
A strong fit for young men who are:
wanting deeper confidence and self-trust
learning to handle pressure, conflict, or strong emotions
craving mentorship and a healthy peer culture
ready to step away from screens and into movement, nature, and responsibility
open to being challenged with respect, structure, and support
Join the List
What They'll Learn
What They'll Learn
Practical Competence
Practical Competence
Basic tool use, household contribution, organization, care for shared spaces, and the confidence that comes from being useful.
Basic tool use, household contribution, organization, care for shared spaces, and the confidence that comes from being useful.
Land-Based Skills
Land-Based Skills
Foundational exposure to firecraft, food preparation outdoors, stewardship, shelter awareness, and the relationship between effort and outcome.
Food & Self-Sufficiency
Food & Self-Sufficiency
Collaborative cooking, meal preparation, cleanliness, teamwork, and the experience of helping feed others well.
Collaborative cooking, meal preparation, cleanliness, teamwork, and the experience of helping feed others well.
Practical Competence
Basic tool use, household contribution, organization, care for shared spaces, and the confidence that comes from being useful.
Land-Based Skills
Foundational exposure to firecraft, food preparation outdoors, stewardship, shelter awareness, and the relationship between effort and outcome.
Food & Self-Sufficiency
Collaborative cooking, meal preparation, cleanliness, teamwork, and the experience of helping feed others well.
Communication & Social Presence
Communication & Social Presence
Speaking clearly, listening well, navigating disagreement respectfully, and developing confidence in group settings.
Speaking clearly, listening well, navigating disagreement respectfully, and developing confidence in group settings.
Physical Training & Regulation
Physical Training & Regulation
Movement, posture, breathwork, coordination, and somatic practices that help young men steady themselves under pressure.
Responsibility & Leadership
Responsibility & Leadership
Accountability, follow-through, teamwork, and the discipline required to contribute to a group with integrity.
Accountability, follow-through, teamwork, and the discipline required to contribute to a group with integrity.
Communication & Social Presence
Speaking clearly, listening well, navigating disagreement respectfully, and developing confidence in group settings.
Physical Training & Regulation
Movement, posture, breathwork, coordination, and somatic practices that help young men steady themselves under pressure.
Responsibility & Leadership
Accountability, follow-through, teamwork, and the discipline required to contribute to a group with integrity.
For parents, this matters because competence builds confidence. When a young man learns how to contribute—to a household, a team, or a shared meal—his self-trust becomes grounded in action. What we are cultivating is not bravado, but steadiness.
For parents, this matters because competence builds confidence. When a young man learns how to contribute—to a household, a team, or a shared meal—his self-trust becomes grounded in action. What we are cultivating is not bravado, but steadiness.
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For parents, this matters because competence builds confidence. When a young man learns how to contribute—to a household, a team, or a shared meal—his self-trust becomes grounded in action. What we are cultivating is not bravado, but steadiness.
Join the List
Core Components
Core Components
Embodied Training
Breath, movement, somatic awareness, and resilience practices that help young men build steadiness from the inside out.
Breath, movement, somatic awareness, and resilience practices that help young men build steadiness from the inside out.
Relational Leadership
Communication, accountability, teamwork, conflict navigation, and respectful truth-telling in real-time situations.
Embodied Training
Breath, movement, somatic awareness, and resilience practices that help young men build steadiness from the inside out.
Relational Leadership
Communication, accountability, teamwork, conflict navigation, and respectful truth-telling in real-time situations.
Rites of Passage
Age-appropriate challenge, reflection, earned responsibility, and meaningful transition markers that help the experience land.
Age-appropriate challenge, reflection, earned responsibility, and meaningful transition markers that help the experience land.
Mentorship & Land Immersion
Daily guidance from trained facilitators, grounded role models, and nature-based experiences that restore perspective and humility.
Rites of Passage
Age-appropriate challenge, reflection, earned responsibility, and meaningful transition markers that help the experience land.
Mentorship & Land Immersion
Daily guidance from trained facilitators, grounded role models, and nature-based experiences that restore perspective and humility.
What Makes This Different
This is not entertainment disguised as growth. It is not punishment, bootcamp culture, or empty motivational talk.
This cohort is designed as a high-trust, high-respect container where boys are challenged with clarity, guided by embodied mentors, and invited into a deeper standard of responsibility.
We combine movement, mentorship, reflection, practical competence, and meaningful rites of passage so that the experience becomes something a young man can carry home into family life, friendships, school, and the years ahead.
Limited to 16 participants per cohort.
What Makes This Different
This is not entertainment disguised as growth. It is not punishment, bootcamp culture, or empty motivational talk.
This cohort is designed as a high-trust, high-respect container where boys are challenged with clarity, guided by embodied mentors, and invited into a deeper standard of responsibility.
We combine movement, mentorship, reflection, practical competence, and meaningful rites of passage so that the experience becomes something a young man can carry home into family life, friendships, school, and the years ahead.
Limited to 16 participants per cohort.
Facilitator
Kyle Shinners
Kyle Shinners
Facilitator
Kai Van Bodhi
Kai Van Bodhi
Facilitator
Jack Siberine
Jack Siberine
Facilitator
Kyle Shinners
Facilitator
Kai Van Bodhi
Facilitator
Jack Siberine
Application Call To Action
If your son is ready for challenge, mentorship, and growth, we invite you to apply.
If your son is ready for challenge, mentorship, and growth, we invite you to apply.
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Application Call To Action
If your son is ready for challenge, mentorship, and growth, we invite you to apply.
Join the List
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