Conscious Founders Council 2026
A Project of Ignite Thought-Leadership Lab
A mastermind for conscious founders
I couldn't find a leadership circle grounded in decolonial values, ritual, and nervous system care, so I'm gathering one and inviting you in.
This is a circle where your work evolves, you're held, and your values stay whole.
You are invited to a values-aligned circle for founders building work that deeply matters
A small group of leaders. Over one year. Building legacies that endure.
We build businesses the way we practice our authentic work: rooted in lineage, honoring the body, practicing in community. Slow, intentional, sustainable, liberatory.
You know the old boys' networks that show up for each other, open doors, build power collectively? We're doing that but Queer & BIPOC centering as conscious founders who are done with hustle culture. With real strategy, nervous system care, alignment, and peers who actually get it. Leadership decisions become fun, clearer and way more effective.
How we'll work together: Mastermind and leadership circle where you don't sacrifice your soul for success. Monthly online circles and 2 in-person retreats where we hold each other through strategy, ritual, and real talk.
You'll get: ACCESS. To brilliant minds, real resources, a network who's got your back.
Walk away with a clearer body of work, sustainable strategy, real accountability, peers who see you, a circle that holds you.
I've been in leadership spaces for years. Most bring girl-boss energy, urgency, performative posturing. Great strategy, but the values are not it.
I've built two successful businesses, trained thousands, created massive industry-defining impact and I know that I have way more to create. And I've got a lot to offer as well.
I also know, we are way better together!
I want a circle where we show up fully, get held, celebrate wins, move through challenges and blockers, strategize, hold ritual and magic for one another.
Members gain clarity on what actually matters, release work that no longer fits, and move forward without dragging exhaustion behind them.
I'm inviting you into this with me.
Why Conscious Founders Council now
Co-created Council
We're often the leaders in the room, but who holds us?
Here, we hold each other.
We know this isn't your first rodeo.
And there's SO much that you are here to expand into.
Through rituals and real strategy, somatic practice and business planning, tears, laughter and the kind of depth that actually expands our leadership. Members leave with clearer decisions, stronger boundaries, and momentum on work that had been stalled or overcomplicated.
In this circle, we are passionate about alignment. And ambitious as heck. We geek out on success and liberation, together.
How We Can Practice Together
Lineage Rooted
Leadership
We anchor our work in somatic intelligence and decolonial wisdom. Build leadership that's self-sourced and unshakable.
Healing Centered, Sustainable Ritual
We reject urgency culture and build in ways that honor our bodies, truths, and legacies. Ritual, reflection, and practices ground our work..
Collaborative
Collective Brilliance
We each bring brilliance and we are better together. We refine our ideas and strengthen vision through real dialogue.
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JANUARY:
Vision and Clarity
We open the container, and set our leadership vision for 2026.
Walk away with:
• A clear 2026 vision
• Shared agreements
• Clarity about your next chapter
FEBRUARY:
Thought Leadership
We refine core ideas & legacy-level thought leadership
We refine:
• Core ideas and messaging clarity
• A map of your thought leadership
MARCH: Offers and Energy
We clarify integral offerings and align energy, capacity, and values.
We walk away with:
•Clear core offer(s) that feel aligned
•Strategize attraction
•Energy assessment: what sustains vs. drains
APRIL: Sustainable Systems
We explore pace, rituals, boundaries, energy literacy, sustainable leadership..
Walk away with:
•Somatic practices for sustainable growth
• Decision-making tools aligned with our nature
MAY: Visibility & Marketing
We design values-aligned visibility and marketing practices that protect our energy.
We create:
• Values-based PR & visibility plan
• Fun, sustainable social media
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JUNE: In-Person Retreat 1 Embodied Presence
Retreat in nature - Sthira sukham - steady ease. We practice presence.
Walk away with:
• Rest, restore, inspire and whatever we need on retreat together
• Deeper bonds and connection
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JULY Integration, Rest, Ritual and Restoration
We create space, ritual and practices for integrating our year so far.
We create:
• Rituals for our life and business alignment
• Space to integrate, travel, rest, and replenish.
• Decolonial and somatic practices for alignment
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AUGUST: Business Decisions and Team
We clarify team and support.
We create:
• Clarity on your offers, priorities and team
• Decision making tools rooted in your values
Plan for Our Year of Support, Strategy & Soul
SEPTEMBER: Strategic Partnerships
We explore strategic partnerships, collaborative projects, and expanding our influence through connection and shared vision.
Walk away with:
• Partnership frameworks and best practices
• Expanded network and visibility strategies
• Collaboration opportunities aligned with our values
OCTOBER: In-Person Retreat 2
Legacy and Renewal
A daylong ancestral legacy retreat for reflection, ritual, and vision. We anchor what this year has prepared us to create next.
We create:
• Long-term clarity on your legacy
• Renewed energy and purpose
• Deeper connection to your lineage and vision
NOVEMBER: Legacy, Inner Authority & Leadership Presence
We explore your leadership voice, presence, and how you embody your authority grounded in lineage and purpose.
We refine:
• Gratitude for what you've grown
• Clarity on your legacy leader presence and voice
• Practices for leading from your center and embodying authority
DECEMBER: Integration, Review and Vision Cast
We reflect on what transformed and prepare your next chapter. Reflection for 2027
Walk away with:
• Your Year-in-Review and Year-Ahead
• Inspiration and a plan for 2027
• A sense of completion and expansion
Our Values &
Theory of Change
These are the principles we practice
Somatic wisdom
We honor the intelligence of our bodies, nervous systems, and the pace that supports real clarity.
Decolonial practice
We honor the roots of our traditions, reject extractive models, build relationships of abundance, respect and justice, not replications of dominant culture.
Transparency without perfectionism
We share honestly about our process, ideas, questions, blockers, growth, aspirations and challenges.
Sustainability over urgency
We reject urgency as a signal of worth and build at a pace that supports depth, impact, and long-term wellbeing.
Collective rising
When one of us grows, we all grow. We uplift each other without competition or comparison.
A sacred inner circle for leaders who rise in
depth, clarity, and connection
The Conscious Founder's Council MANIFESTO
We honor our lineage and teachers, not extract from traditions we didn't create
Listen to our bodies, not push through nervous system dysregulation
Practice in community and try not to compete or compare
Move at a sustainable pace and aim not to rush or force
Center justice and non-harm, not just profit
Create ritual and meaning, not just transactions
We believe there is a unique contribution you have that will liberate our world and that together we unlock inner wisdom.
We know leadership is a spiritual practice.
Who This Council is For
✨ This circle is for founders, teachers, healers, and leaders building work that actually matters, who are ready to rise together. You are already far along in your journey and want want a community that gets it. You're tired of hustle culture and leadership that ignores your nervous system. You know successful strategy doesn't have to compromise values. This council is for those who are excited by sustainable leadership, that doesn't cost you your health, your clarity, or your future. You crave peers who meet you, GET YOU and want to build legacy together. You believe integrity isn't negotiable and collective rising rules.
✨ This circle is NOT for urgency-driven spaces, competitive masterminds, or quick-hit strategies. Not for those seeking to pitch, posture, or extract. This requires honesty and engagement with lineage, decolonization, and somatic wisdom. Also not for folks who think self-care means face masks and wine. (No shade, but we're going way deeper.)
If you're nodding yes, welcome. We've been waiting for you.
Be in the inner circle where your next chapter becomes possible.
Some breakthroughs only happen in a council of peers who see you clearly and lift up the next level of your work.
Spots are limited and application only.
About Your Council Convener
I'm Susanna, and I'm gathering this circle because I need it too.
I've built two highly impactful businesses, trained 25,000+ people, without ever following the hustle culture playbook. I've proven you can build sustainably, aligned with yogic principles.
But I've been doing it mostly alone. And I'm done with that. I've learned a lot and have much to share.
I'm here to build legacy. I'm excited to create a circle aligned with what is working now, create support, brainstorming, and thought partnership.
Create a space where we know someone aligned who GETS IT can work through blockers and celebrate wins.
I'm gathering a small number of other conscious founders to create this together.
Will you be one of them?
One-Year Inner Circle for Your Legacy and Leadership
What Past Council Participants Say:
Clarity and Voice
"This circle transformed me and brought me greater clarity with my work in the world." – LaShae, Founder
Lineage & Decolonial Practice
"I finally feel like I have the language and tools to create an inclusive business." – Adriene, Yoga Studio Owner
Transformative Leadership
"This helped me step into leadership and impact my community in many ways " – Ashanti, Nonprofit leader
How It Works
How the Council Works
Conscious Founders Framework
This year follows a framework rooted in aligned principles, the same approach I used to build two values-aligned, highly impactful businesses.
Like yoga, we move through cycles:
IGNITE - Vision, strategy, building (expansion, heat, like the inhale)
ILLUMINATE - Integration, rest, embodiment (reflection, cooling, like the exhale)
Most business programs are all inhale, constantly building, launching, scaling, with no exhale. Which leads to burn out. We practice the full breath.
Your Year at a Glance:
Vision & Clarity → Thought Leadership → Offers & Energy → Sustainable Systems → Visibility & Marketing → Retreat 1 → Rest & Integration → Business Decisions & Team → Strategic Partnerships → Retreat 2 → Legacy, Service & Purpose → Year-End Integration
By year’s end, you’ve expanded your business rooted in purpose, supported by your people, sustained by your energy, ready for what’s next. From vision to legacy, build work that honors your values, body, and brilliance.
Monthly Calls (1-2 per month, all recorded)
IGNITE calls - High-energy training, frameworks, strategy sessions (implementable immediately)
ILLUMINATE calls - Embodiment, hot seats, co-coaching, celebration, troubleshooting, mastermind sessions
Join live or catch the recordings, we move at a sustainable pace.
Small Group / Peer to Peer Connections
Once we get to know each other, you'll get a peer or small group of peers who are aligned with your needs and values to deepen connection and build accountability.
Shared Accountability
We support each other through our group chat, peer partnerships, and monthly check-ins. We hold each other.
Values Centered Membership
Throughout the year, sessions can integrate ritual, nervous system practices, and decolonial wisdom, so strategy, soul, and impact are never separated.
Option for Peer Teaching
Any member can lead a deep-dive session on their area of expertise and receive an honorarium. This keeps reciprocity flowing and real.
Two Annual In-Person Retreats
We can co-create and plan two annual in-person retreats where we go deep, get to laugh, cry, strategize, rest, restore and really feel each other as we create our deep connections, strategies and legacies.
Year-Round Support
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WhatsApp community for daily connection, wins, questions, accountability
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Conscious Founders portal with all trainings, resources, and recordings so we can catch up on what we miss
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Peer partnerships for structured accountability between calls
Inside this container, stuck decisions resolve, priorities sharpen, and work that felt heavy begins to move again.
We move through ritual calls, embodied integration, and visionary community. Expect depth and realness and inevitable ahas and growth.
Getting Started
If you are interested, fill out the application form and we will get back to you within 1 week.
Together, lets grow our legacy and leadership.
FAQs
How This Circle Works
We're building something different here a true circle rooted in values and principles, decolonial practice, and nervous system care.
As you may know Masterminds like these are usually between 25-50K. We are aiming to do this very differently, more circular and rooted. However, to hold a space like this still gives and takes resources.
To create and sustain this container, we need:
✦ Retreat spaces where we can gather in person, slow down, and go deep
✦ Ritual support and grounding tools throughout the year
✦ Platform infrastructure to stay connected between calls
✦ Reciprocity for experts & peer teachers. We all have wisdom to share. When you lead a session, you receive an honorarium
✦ Coordination and logistics, as we all know - the hidden work is immense! Someone has to book retreats, manage the tech, hold the structure, logistics, energy and continuity.
Circle Contribution: Sliding Scale: $7,500-12,000/year
Transparently, here's where your contribution goes:
Shared Resources ($3,500-6000 per person):
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Two in-person retreat venues
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Curated welcome gifts + ritual touchpoints throughout the year
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Year-round portal and community platform
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Peer teaching honorariums (for each member who leads)
Circle Coordination ($4,000-6000 per person):
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Retreat planning and booking (Ignite team)
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Platform management and tech support
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Expert facilitation and booking
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Gift curation and shipping coordination
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Year-long container holding and logistics
Payment Options:
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Pay in full: $7,500 -12,000
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Monthly plan: $625-950/month for 12 months (no interest)
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Buy Now, Pay Later: as low as $315/month
What's NOT included?
Travel and lodging for retreats. You'll arrange your own accommodations, and we aim to support you. We'll provide location details and lodging options.
Where will the retreats be?
The first one will be in the mountains of Los Angeles and second will be near the beach in Los Angeles.
When does it start?
Immediately. As soon as you join you can schedule a 1:1 Clarity call with Susanna to clarify your vision and goals for this year. You'll join the WhatsApp community right away. Monthly calls begin late January 2026.
How much time do I need?
We are all busy founders so we go for maximum impact without taking too much time! 1-2 live calls per month (1-2 hours each, all recorded) plus optional WhatsApp engagement. Everything is flexible and on your schedule.
What if I can't make live calls?
All calls are recorded and available in the portal, easy for you to get the info you need.
Tell me about peer teaching. Do I have to lead?
Teaching is optional. Anyone who leads a session receives an honorarium. This keeps learning reciprocal and non-hierarchical as we all have gifts to share.
Is this just for yoga teachers?
No. This is for founders, leaders, wellness practitioners, educators, therapists, activists, healers, and changemakers building values-driven work.
Do I need to have a business?
Yes. You should own and operate your own business or be a leader within an existing organization.
Do I have to be a queer person of color?
This circle centers folks of the Global Majority, People of Color and Queer values. You can be part of that community and/or in support of centering these values, communities and ways of being.
Do I need social justice training?
No. Just show up with openness and care deeply. We'll walk the rest together.
How long do I have access?
One full year. At year's end, you'll have the option to continue.
Is Susanna facilitating or is she a peer?
Both. I'm both a peer member AND the organizer. I show up fully, ask for support, and participate, while also coordinating the logistics so we can all be held without managing the details. And I bring a ton of wisdom and insight. I bring two decades of education and business leadership, am a PhD scholar in Yoga Leadership Psychology, have built two impactful businesses, a successful social media account, a viral TEDx talk, do training and speaking, and have invested over 200K into training and development. All bring wisdom I'm excited to apply to your growth..
Refund policy
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30-day trial: Full refund if it's not the right fit
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After 30 days: No refunds, but you can pause and return later in the year
Scholarships?
Yes. Three spots at $5,000/year for folks from the Global Majority / Queer Trans folks experiencing financial barriers. First-come, first-served. Email hello@ignitebewell.com with your request and why you're a good fit for this council.
How do I join?
Click "Apply Now" to apply become a member for 2026. If it's a fit, within 1 week you'll receive details to sign up. As soon as you are signed up, you'll book your 1:1 Clarity Call with Susanna to set your vision and goals for the year. You'll also receive a curated welcome gift to inspire your year ahead in this Council.
More questions?
Email hello@ignitebewell.com
We know this year will be incredible. We hope you are a part of it!
What changes for you in council...
· You stop building alone but you become a category of one
· You trust your body's wisdom as much as your strategy
· You lead from your values, not someone else's playbook
· You have peers who see you, hold you, and rise with you
· You build work that's profitable, sustainable, and aligned with your soul
· Come for the liberation. Stay for the laughter, creativity, and community
Ignite's Impact
25,000+ students trained • 15+ years of experience • Global faculty • 3X Award Winning
