What if reconnecting to your inner wisdom and creativity could open doors to a future filled with purpose, possibility, and abundance?

Omega Institute CEO Carla Goldstein and Afro Flow Yoga CEO and cofounder Leslie Salmon Jones invite you to join them for a transformative five-day exploration of honoring your journey, awakening your creative potential, and reimagining what true power means. Together, you will step into an ecosystem of healing and empowerment, where personal growth and collective wisdom intertwine.

Using the metaphor of “the braid” – a symbol of strength, lineage, and wisdom – you will weave together the threads of your past, present, and future into a tapestry of creative abundance and healing. These threads form a resilient structure that will carry you forward with clarity, creativity, and purpose.

Drawing on more than a decade of expertise as co-faculty of the Omega Women’s Leadership Intensive, Carla and Leslie will offer a blend of their embodied practices and somatic explorations integrated seamlessly into MEA’s own experiential curriculum to help you.

• Awaken to Your Potential -Explore what you need to feel whole, inspired, and supported – while reimagining power as a shared, generative force.
   
• Harvest Inner Wisdom - Transform challenges into growth and creativity, learning how to embrace transitions as opportunities for renewal.
   
• Reconnect with Nature - Embody the rhythms of the natural world, including immersive interactions with horses as mirrors of resilience, strength, and grace.
   
• Build Collective Strength - Share stories, honor your lineage, and braid intergenerational wisdom into a supportive community that uplifts and inspires.
   
• Cultivate Spaciousness - Step outside the grind of daily life to access a limitless source of creativity, clarity, and empowerment.
   
• Weave Your Wisdom - Join a vibrant community with whom you can braid your shared knowledge and co-create a future filled with abundance and possibility.

You leave feeling renewed, empowered, and deeply connected—to yourself, the earth, and a network of inspired and supportive women.

Plus you’ll get to enjoy The EQUUS Experience®

Experience breakthrough learning with The EQUUS Experience®, where horses—our millennia-old wisdom partners—will help us understand our true selves. Guided by EQUUS® facilitators in training Lee Johnson and Sue Izzo on our own Rising Circle Ranch, this non-riding interaction with horses offers self-discovery through intention-setting, observation, and group discussion.

Created by Kelly Wendorf, Founder of EQUUS®, an award-winning equine-assisted learning process, this unique opportunity is available at MEA's Santa Fe campus, where your workshop will be held.

It’s a powerful enhancement to your workshop experience that will make you feel more profoundly connected to yourself and to the world around you.

This workshop is for you if...

• You identify as a woman in midlife and you’re looking for tools and practices to help you navigate your next chapter
   
• You're curious to explore what it means to "do power differently" and embrace a more generative, collaborative approach to leadership
   
• You’d like to learn embodied movement practices that can help you reconnect with your inner wisdom and creativity
   
• You're seeking renewal, empowerment, and deep connection—to yourself, the earth, and a network of like-minded individuals
   
• You’re ready to heal your past and honor your lineage while collaborating with other empowered women to co-create a more inclusive and vibrant future
   
• You're excited to access your own internal source of clarity, empowerment, and creative potential

Carla Goldstein - Omega Institute President & CEO | Co-founder of the Omega Women’s Leadership Center

Carla Goldstein, JD, is president and chief executive officer of Omega Institute, the nation’s premier holistic learning center, offering innovative educational experiences that provide an integrated approach to personal and social change. She is also the co-founder of the Omega Women's Leadership Center, a hub for convening, inspiring, and training women to Do Power Differently®.

In addition to her role as President & CEO, Carla teaches emerging and established leaders how to apply holistic principles at work, at home, and in community. She is a collaborative partner with the Harlem Wellness Center and the Wellbeing Project and serves in an advisory capacity to several organizations including: Women without Borders, Connected Women Leaders, Project Dandelion and Living Room Conversations.

Prior to joining Omega, Carla worked extensively in city and state government and the nonprofit sector in public interest advocacy. She has been recognized for her lifelong commitment to women’s leadership, public interest advocacy, and women’s rights with several awards including being the recipient of the Athena Award and the Helen Gurley Brown Genius Grant.

Leslie Salmon Jones - Afro Flow Yoga Co-founder and CEO | Omega Women’s Leadership Intensive Co-Creator and Co-Facilitator

Leslie Salmon Jones helps individuals, communities, and youth master their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being through a harmonious blend of professional dance, yoga instruction, wellness coaching, public speaking, and community activism.

Her journey with embodied learning and mind-body wellness began at the renowned Alvin Ailey School in New York, where she nurtured her passion for dance and discovered the transformative teachings of yoga.

Building upon her interdisciplinary foundation in health sciences and dance, Leslie established a healing movement and holistic wellness studio in the heart of New York City. Through a decade of collaboratively working with clients to improve their health, Leslie created her "Living From Your Core" program, along with specialized training, courses, and workshops for diverse communities.

In partnership with her husband, Jeff Jones, she also co-created Afro Flow Yoga®, which provides a wide array of experiences that foster diversity, inclusion, and interconnection, and impacts communities worldwide.

Leslie's advocacy work extends to board leadership, urguing organizations to embrace anti-racist and inclusive cultures. She has served on the Yoga Alliance Board, the Unitied Nations Association of New York, and contributed to Free Arts for at-risk youth. Throughout her career, her commitment remains steadfast: to be a catalyst for positive change.

Meet the MEA Experience Facilitator Who Will Support You on Your Journey

In addition to the powerful sessions conducted by Carla and Leslie, you will be guided through the core MEA curriculum by our own wonderful faculty.

Sue Izzo - MEA VP of Programming

Sue Izzo is the former female “Jerry McGuire” who founded an industry-leading sports management agency and represented top Olympic athletes, X-Game medalists, World Champion surfers, ESPY winners, and television personalities, before evolving into a business growth consultant.

After a battle with cancer, Sue realized she was ready for a change and now she leads equine-assisted learning workshops at our workshop in Santa Fe. She has dedicated her life to helping others achieve their dreams and deeply understands what it takes to get what you want in all areas of your life.

What do you need to feel whole, inspired, and supported in your next phase of life?

Join Carla, Leslie, and Sue for this transformative workshop for a deep-dive exploration of this question – and reimagining power as a shared, generative force that you can access at any time – and leverage to help co-create the world you want to live in.>

$4000 - Shared Room

$5700 - Private Room