The Awakening
A Men’s Breakthrough Retreat
A 4-day immersion for high-performing leaders ready to break free from the invisible barriers holding them back, discover who they truly are, their gifts and their purpose, so they can give all of themselves to their work, their relationships and the world around them.
July 3–6, 2026 · Tin Horse Ranch, Byron Hinterland NSW · Limited to 10 men (7 Spots Remaining)
Something has gone quiet inside you
You have worked hard to build something real.
The career. The performance. The achievements. The respect of people who matter to you. From the outside, everything looks right.
And yet, somewhere in the middle of all of it, quietly, without a single moment you can point to, you stopped feeling like yourself.
Not broken. Not failing. Just not fully alive in the way you used to be.
You are exhausted in a way you cannot quite explain. Not physically, you can push through physical. This is something else.
It is the exhaustion of always being on, always performing, always showing up as the capable one in every room, every meeting, every relationship.
You are surrounded by people and yet feel unknown. Like nobody actually sees the man behind the role.
And in the quiet moments, usually somewhere between midnight and 4am, you question whether any of it actually means something.
You have tried to figure it out alone.
The books. The podcasts. The training. The therapy. The leadership courses.
Nothing has gone deep enough, because the ceiling you keep hitting is not tactical. It is the gap between who you have become on the outside and who you actually are on the inside, and no amount of thinking will close it.
You want deeper relationships, with your team, your family and the people who matter most.
You sense there is more inside you than you have been able to access. You have a calling to understand yourself more deeply and step into genuine self-mastery. You have hit a ceiling in your leadership and performance that hard work alone will not break through.
And something, you are not sure what, is holding you back from giving all of yourself as a leader and in the relationships that matter most.
This retreat is for you.
Not to be fixed, not to be motivated. But to go further than you have gone before, and lead from who you actually are, not who you think you are supposed to be.
Short application + 15-min call
What is The Awakening
The Awakening is a 4-day men's breakthrough retreat held on a private 33-acre estate in the Byron Hinterland. It is limited to 10 men. It is not a seminar, a workshop or a motivational weekend.
It is an immersion.
Over four days, you will move through a carefully designed process that works on four levels, your inner game, your physical edge, your purpose and your presence. The work is deep, experiential and held in a container built specifically for men who are ready to go there.
You will not be sitting in chairs listening to presentations. You will be in your body. In the fire. In real conversation with men who are doing the same work. Moving through things you have been carrying for years.
Men leave this retreat lighter, clearer and more themselves than they have felt in years. Not because they learned new information, but because something shifted at a level that information cannot reach.
WHEN
July 3–6, 2026 | Friday 4pm to Monday 10am | 4 days, 3 nights
WHERE
Tin Horse Ranch Byron Hinterland NSW | Private 33-acre estate
WHO
High-performing men and leaders | Limited to 10 men
FACILITATOR
Evan Spargo ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) | Top 3% of coaches globally
Short application + 15-min call
Somewhere between building everything you wanted and living it, you went quiet. This is where you find your voice again.
Who you are when you arrive. Who you are when you leave.
Every man who comes to this retreat arrives as a high performer. Leader. Capable. Driven. Accomplished. But carrying more than he has ever said out loud.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE
Running on fear beneath the surface.
Achieving everything, but feeling hollow.
Living in your head.
Feel like you’re performing in your relationships and not fully being yourself.
Scanning the horizon for the next threat.
Quietly waiting to be found out.
Constantly feeling like you’re ‘on’ and can’t relax.
WHEN YOU LEAVE
You know who you actually are. separate from your role, your title and your achievements.
Your inner fire is burning again.
The grounded confidence you always knew was inside you has been ignited and unleashed.
You’re clear on your purpose and who you want to be moving forward.
You feel at ease in your body, finally regulated from stress and know what it’s like to be present.
The change is not just internal.
Every man leaves a fundamentally better leader. Not because he learned new techniques, but because the inner work changed how he shows up.
His presence deepens. People feel safer around him. He creates environments where others open up, feel genuinely valued and understood, and perform at their best. His conversations become more real. His influence grows, not through authority, but through authenticity. And he develops the ability to hold space for the people around him to grow into their own potential.
His partner, kids, friends and colleagues feel the difference before he has said a single word about where he has been.
At work he feels ease in his body, confident in the value he brings, sharing his gifts and voice more than ever before. He backs himself in high stakes moments, knowing he can handle whatever comes. And he wakes up each morning with a clear purpose and moves toward it without hesitation.
A weight he has been carrying so long he forgot it was there has finally lifted. The tension in his body has released, and in its place is something he did not expect. Genuine joy.
Short application + 15-min call
By the end of this retreat you will
Know who you actually are separate from your role, your title and your achievements. Not as a concept, as a felt, lived truth you carry in your body.
Have identified the invisible barriers that have been holding you back, and experienced what life feels like without them.
Have uncovered gifts you did not know you had and begun to understand the unique contribution only you can make.
Have clarity on your purpose, not a vague direction, but a genuine knowing that makes decisions easier and your path forward cleaner.
Have released emotions, tension and weight you have been carrying, some of it for years, and feel lighter than you have in a long time.
Have experienced what it feels like to be fully witnessed by other men without performing, without impressing, without your mask on. And to discover that what is underneath is more than enough.
Have reconnected to your inner fire, the aliveness, the drive, the zest for life, the creative heat that used to come naturally and has gone quiet.
Have the tools to regulate your nervous system under pressure, so you lead from a grounded centre rather than from fear or reactivity.
Be a better leader. Not because you learned new techniques but because the man who shows up after this retreat commands the room differently, with presence, depth and authentic authority.
Leave with one clear commitment that is rooted in who you actually are and where you are actually going.
Build brotherhood bonds for life
Short application + 15-min call
What you will move through
The retreat is built around four dimensions of the whole man. Each one is essential. Each one builds on the last.
PILLAR 1 — INNER GAME
Access the intelligence beneath thinking
Most high performers live almost entirely in their heads. The analytical mind is extraordinary, and it is also the thing that keeps you stuck. In this dimension you will learn to access the deeper intelligence that lives beneath thinking. The part of you that knows without needing to reason. You will stop second-guessing and start leading from genuine inner knowing, the kind that produces clarity, conviction and the ability to make decisions from your centre, not your anxiety.
PILLAR 2 — PHYSICAL EDGE
Reconnect to aliveness in your body
You have been functioning in your body. You have not been living in it. This pillar pushes your physical edge, not to punish or prove, but to reconnect you to the specific feeling of being fully alive. Ice baths, physical challenges, breathwork and movement designed to bring you back into your body in a way that stays long after the retreat ends.
PILLAR 3 — PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY
Discover your gifts and own your direction
This is where you find out who you actually are, separate from your role, your title and your performance. You will uncover gifts you did not know you had. You will gain clarity on your purpose, not as a concept but as a felt, lived knowing. You will leave with the kind of self-understanding that makes every decision cleaner and every step forward more certain.
PILLAR 4 — CONNECTION AND PRESENCE
Lead from depth. Build real brotherhood.
The most influential leaders are not the loudest or the most polished. They are the ones whose presence makes people feel safe, seen and capable of more. In this pillar you will regulate your nervous system, build genuine brotherhood with the men in the room, and develop an elite ability to hold space for others. The men around you, at work and at home, will feel the difference the moment you walk back through the door.
What this is and what it is not
There are a lot of men's retreats. A lot of leadership programs. A lot of weekends that promise transformation and deliver inspiration that fades by Wednesday.
This is not that.
It’s Not
❌ A seminar or lecture series
❌ A motivational weekend
❌ Therapy or clinical support
❌ A corporate leadership course
❌ Religious in nature
❌ Woo-woo or esoteric
❌ For men in acute crisis
❌ A once-off inspiration hit
It Is
✔️ A full-body immersive experience
✔️ A process that creates lasting change
✔️ Deep inner work held in a brotherhood container and backed by science
✔️ Leadership transformation through who you become
✔️Grounded, masculine and experiential
✔️ Raw, real and built for high performers
✔️ For men who are ready to go further
✔️ About discovering who you actually are
✔️ The beginning of a permanent shift
Short application + 15-min call
✓ 4 days and 3 nights on a private 33-acre estate in the Byron Hinterland
✓ All chef-prepared organic meals from arrival Friday to departure Monday
✓ Breathwork and somatic practices across the full retreat
✓ Nervous system mastery, tools you take home and use every day
✓ Purpose and identity work, discovering your gifts and your direction
✓ Physical challenges designed to push your edge and reconnect you to aliveness
✓ Ice baths
✓ Evening fire circles, where the real conversations happen
✓ Guided nature immersion across the 33-acre property
✓ Brotherhood connection and team challenges
✓ Sacred rage process, release what you have been carrying
✓ Shadow integration, own the parts of you that have been running things from the dark
✓ Live coaching and facilitation from Evan Spargo throughout
✓ Airport transfers to and from Ballina Byron Airport
✓ Post-retreat integration support
Price excludes flights to and from Ballina Byron Airport. All transfers between the airport and the ranch are included.
What is included
The Venue
Tin Horse Ranch sits on 33 private acres in the Byron Hinterland, a world away from distraction.
Tin Horse Ranch sits on 33 private acres in the Byron Hinterland, a world away from distraction.
Rolling hills. Ancient trees. Complete silence except for the sounds of nature. No phone signal fighting for your attention. No other guests. No reason to be anywhere other than exactly where you are.
This is not a conference centre or a hotel retreat package. It is a working estate designed for depth, privacy and presence.
THE PROPERTY INCLUDES
A 15-metre pool
Wide open lawns for physical challenges and team work
Fire pits for evening circles
Private accommodation across three separate buildings
Chef's kitchen for organic whole-food meals prepared fresh daily
Multiple spaces for large group work, small group work and private reflection
You will have the entire property to yourselves. No other guests. No interruptions. Just ten men, the land, and the work.
This is where you will push your edge, face what you have been avoiding, and remember what it feels like to be fully alive.
Meet Your Facilitator
Evan Spargo
Founder of The Ascension Brotherhood
Three years ago, two retreats changed my life. I discovered gifts I did not know I had. I formed close friendships who are now my inner circle, and I found my purpose, not as a concept I had read about or worked toward, but as a felt, lived truth about who I am and what I’m here to do in this world.
That year I knew I wanted to build this experience for other men.
Because I know these men, I am these men. Introspective. Driven. Wanting to go deeper. Feeling different from others. Craving real transformation but not knowing where to find it. Surrounded by people and still, at times, profoundly alone.
I have spent a decade working with executives, leaders and high performers at the deepest level. I do not work with the surface. I work with the man underneath, the one who has been running things from the shadows, carrying the weight, performing the role. The one who is ready to be seen.
CREDENTIALS
ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), top 3% of coaches globally
2,800+ hours coaching executives, leaders and high performers
Former international athlete
Trained facilitator in men's transformational work
Founder of The Ascension Brotherhood, a men's community for high performers
Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science
What Men Are Saying About Working With Evan
“I came to Evan feeling lost in both my career and personal life. I was anxious, low on self-esteem, and completely drained. In just six weeks of breath, body, and mindset work, I’ve regained my focus, my self-worth, and my zest for life.”
- Lucas O'Brien
“I’ve done plenty of personal development over the years, but nothing challenged and shifted me like working with Evan. In just three months, he helped me uncover blind spots that brought immense clarity to every part of my life.”
- Jackson Wilkes
“I’ve worked with therapists, but few have impacted me like Evan has. His sessions create such a safe space that I’ve been able to access parts of myself I didn’t know were there. The emotional, spiritual, and psychological growth I’ve experienced has been life-changing.”
- Alex M
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Investment
This retreat is an act of honouring yourself. Of deciding that who you are and who you are becoming, is worth the investment of your time, your money and your full presence.
Men who have done this work know: the ROI is not measured in dollars. It is measured in the quality of your leadership, the depth of your relationships and the aliveness you feel waking up on a Monday morning.
Premium Private Room
Early Bird (Apply by May 15)
AUD $2700
Standard (From May 16)
AUD $3000
1 spot remaining
Twin Shared Room
Early Bird (Apply by May 15)
AUD $2200
Standard (From May 16)
AUD $2500
6 spots remaining
PAYMENT DETAILS
AUD $500 deposit secures your spot upon acceptance.
Balance due June 15, 2026
Payment plans available on request
Deposit is non-refundable after June 15 unless the retreat is cancelled
FAQs
Is this too spiritual or woo-woo for me?
No. The work is grounded, experiential and built for high performers who are more comfortable in a boardroom or on a sports field than in a yoga studio. There is nothing religious or esoteric about it. The tools we use of breathwork, somatic practices, inner work, are science-backed and used by elite athletes, executives and special forces around the world. You will not be asked to believe anything. You will be asked to feel things.
I have never done anything like this before. Is that okay?
Yes, and you are probably in the majority. Most men who come to this retreat have done some self-development work but have never been in a container like this. The retreat is designed to meet you where you are. Your only job is to show up willing. The process does the rest.
I am very private. Will I be forced to share things I am not comfortable sharing?
You are never forced to share anything. The container is safe and confidential. What happens at the retreat stays at the retreat, every man agrees to this before arrival. That said, most men find that the safety of the container makes them want to go further than they expected. The sharing that happens is chosen, not coerced.
I am busy and high-functioning. Will I fall apart?
You may have a big emotional experience. That is not falling apart, that is releasing. There is a significant difference. The men who come to this retreat are capable, grounded men. They do not break, they open. And the container is held by an experienced facilitator who knows how to work with high performers specifically.
What if I do not get along with the other men?
The application process exists specifically to ensure the men in the room are aligned in their readiness, their values and their intent. In practice, the depth of the work creates bonds between men that most friendships never reach. You will likely leave with relationships that last years.
How is this different from therapy?
Therapy processes the past. This retreat creates a breakthrough in the present that changes how you move into the future. It is action-oriented, body-based and focused on performance and leadership, not diagnosis or long-term processing. Many men who attend are also in therapy and find the two work powerfully together.
How is this different from other men's retreats?
Most men's retreats focus on motivation, inspiration or tactical tools. This retreat goes underneath all of that to the identity level, the body level, the parts of you that have been running things quietly in the background. The facilitator works at MCC level the highest coaching credential in the world, and has designed this process specifically for high-performing men who have already tried everything else.
What if I apply and am not accepted?
The application call is not a test. It is a conversation to make sure this retreat is the right fit for where you are right now. If it is not the right time, Evan will tell you honestly, and will point you toward what is. Nothing is lost by applying.
Can I get a refund if I can no longer attend?
The $500 deposit is non-refundable after June 15. If your circumstances change significantly, please reach out directly to discuss options. Given the limited number of spots, early communication is always appreciated.
What is the physical challenge component?
The physical challenges are designed to push your edge and reconnect you to your body, not to punish or humiliate. They are appropriate for men of varying fitness levels. You will not be asked to do anything unsafe. You will be asked to go further than comfortable. There is a difference.
Do I need to prepare anything before I arrive?
You will receive a pre-retreat preparation guide after your application is accepted. It includes a simple journalling prompt, what to bring, what to leave behind, and how to prepare your nervous system for the work ahead. The most important preparation is simply the decision to arrive fully.
This is your awakening
Before you apply, read this slowly.
I know you have been wanting more from yourself.
I know you have been craving deeper experiences and relationships.
I know you have untapped gifts and strengths that can help change the lives of others.
I know deep down you want to know who you are and what you are truly made of.
I know you are ready for your next level in leadership, performance and self-mastery.
I know you are sick of doing this self-development work on your own.
I know you are craving to be challenged and championed by other men on the same journey.
I know you are no longer willing to tolerate living the same story, with the same thoughts and same results.
This retreat is the place where you turn those desires into a reality.
This is the experience where you awaken to who you truly are, your gifts, your purpose, and the man you are here to be.
This is your awakening.
This is for you.
Apply now
Ten men. Four days. One private estate.
The application is short. The call is 15 minutes. If it is a fit, you will know in that conversation.
If something in you has been nodding while reading this page that is not a coincidence.
That is the part of you that is ready.
Questions before applying? Reach out directly. Evan responds personally.
The Awakening is the flagship retreat of The Ascension Brotherhood, a community of high-performing men committed to raising their standards, breaking through their ceilings and discovering who they really are alongside men who demand the same of themselves.
Not ready for the group experience?
I also work 1:1 with a small number of men each quarter who want to go deep, privately.
If you feel called to this work but prefer a more personal container, [click here] to explore private mentorship.