Run your business from the retreat. That is the design, not an exception.

The shape of a day

Mornings are for the body: breathwork, yoga, mobility or a swim in the sea, then breakfast. Then a long block in the middle of the day that is yours. No sessions, no group anything, a desk and quiet. Late afternoon is for the group or the mentor of the week. Dinner is at one long table. On the mentors' nights there is an evening off the record.

Nobody will knock on your door at eleven in the morning with a talking stick.

What you need, and what you'll have

A desk, a connection that works and a door that shuts. Those are conditions of the house we choose, not nice-to-haves, and the details go to accepted applicants with the destination.

The house is in a European time zone, by the Mediterranean. If your team is in London you are an hour ahead of them. If they are in New York you have your mornings to yourself and your afternoons with them. If a call needs taking, you take it.

Why working from the retreat beats switching off

You apply what you learn the same day, in the real business, not in a notebook you open again in March. The mentors see the actual business, with its actual numbers, rather than the version you describe over coffee. And the 90-day plan starts in week one, with eleven people and three mentors watching, instead of on the flight home.

What you'll notice by week two

The business runs on less of you than you thought. The bottlenecks that are really you show up quickly when you are only available for part of the day. You make a short list of the things only you can do, and the mentors help you be honest about how short it is. That list is most of the 90-day plan.

This is not a workation

A workation is your normal life with a pool. Sojourns has three business mentors, a holistic and mental wellbeing coach for the whole month, a group of twelve chosen by application, a plan you leave with, and an alcohol-free house with a chef. The work is the reason you can come. It is not the reason you are coming. The rest of the month is in the founder retreat note.

Questions

Can I take client calls and run my team from there?

Yes. There is a protected block of working hours every day, a desk and a connection that works. The house is in a European time zone by the Mediterranean.

Is there reliable internet?

Yes. A desk, a connection that works and a door that shuts are conditions of the house we choose. The specifics are sent to accepted applicants with the destination.

How many hours a day will I be working?

That is up to you. The middle of the day is yours and most people do four to six focused hours. The sessions sit outside that block so you never have to choose between the business and the month.