BY INVITATION ONLY · 30 SEATS · JUNE 6, 2026 · SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
Inner Awakening for Visionaries
An Executive Intensive for founders and leaders operating under sustained pressure — led by GuruMahan who has taught founders, executives, and leaders over decades.
A yogic science-informed session on cognitive regulation, decision clarity, and sustainable leadership performance — drawing on decades of teaching founders, entrepreneurs, and executives across industries worldwide.
Event Details
- Sat, June 6th, 2026
- 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM PT (includes networking lunch)
- UPF Cal Center, San Jose
- Beginner friendly
- By Invitation · Donation-Based
- 30 Seats only
Why this Matters Now
Visionaries today operate in environments defined by rapid change, constant decision-making, and sustained cognitive pressure. Founders and executives must process large volumes of information, make high-stakes decisions quickly, and guide organizations through uncertainty — often without pause.
Most leadership development focuses on strategy, frameworks, and operational execution. Very few programs address the physiological regulation required to sustain the quality of judgment that high-responsibility leadership demands.
This executive intensive fills that gap. Drawing on contemplative yogic tradition — one of humanity’s oldest systems for training attention and clarity — the program introduces practical methods presented through the lens of modern understanding of stress physiology and cognitive performance. Immediately relevant. Immediately applicable.
Most leaders we invite have already tried meditation apps, breathwork, or executive retreats. This isn’t another method to add to that list. The difference is direct, in-person work with a teacher who has spent five decades refining it, in a small room. Most participants feel the shift during the session itself — and leave with simple daily practices to return to that state.
What You'll Leave With
A 1-Minute Tactical Override
A rapid stabilization protocol for high-pressure leadership moments — applied during critical decisions, negotiations, or hard conversations, before stress reactivity narrows your judgment.
A Direct, In-room Shift
Most participants describe the experiential practice not as something they ‘try’ but as something that happens to them — a measurable drop into clarity and stillness during the session itself. This is the core of the work, and the reason participants return.
A Practical Framework
A way of thinking about cognitive regulation as a leadership skill, not a wellness afterthought — for sustaining performance, not just recovering from burnout.
Who This Is For
This program is designed for individuals carrying significant leadership and decision-making responsibility:
- Startup founders and entrepreneurs navigating growth or executives leading teams.
- Product, Innovation, Business and Technical leaders operating at high velocity.
- Leaders managing sustained ambiguity, decision fatigue, or performance pressure.
This is not a general wellness program. It is a focused, practical intensive for people whose decisions carry real consequence.
Agenda
- Welcome — Orientation and intention setting.
- The Wisdom of Cognitive Resilience — The science and tradition behind the practice.
- A Founder’s Perspective — A working leader on applying these methods under real pressure.
- Experiential Practice — Guided practice and direct activation by GuruMahan. The core of the day.
- Networking Lunch — Curated cohort lunch with fellow participants and facilitators.
- Closing Reflections — Integration, takeaways, and the path forward after June 6.
Completing the Program: The second half is scheduled in the weeks following, coordinated with each participant based on availability. Details will be shared on June 6.
What Leaders Say
“What began in 1989 as an inner journey gradually transformed both my personal life and professional leadership. Through the pressures of business, challenges of growth, and critical moments of decision-making, GuruMahan’s teachings gave me clarity, inner stability, and the strength to lead with balance and conviction.
This has not merely been a wellness practice, but a transformative path that has helped cultivate clear thinking, emotional steadiness, and responsible leadership. In today’s fast-paced world, external success alone is not enough — inner balance is equally essential.
Every senior director and staff member across our group of companies has completed the Inner Awakening program. The results speak for themselves — across decades of growth, new store openings, and large-scale decisions, this inner toolbox has been the foundation that held everything together.
For that, I remain deeply grateful to GuruMahan.”
Mr. K. Vinayagam
Managing Director
The Chennai Silks · Sri Kumaran Tanga Maligai · SCM Group of Companies
One of South India’s most respected retail groups in textiles and jewellery · Inner Awakening participant since 1989
Facilitators
His Holiness GuruMahan
Chief Mentor & Founder, Universal Peace Foundation HQ
Founder of the Universal Peace Foundation and recognized as GuruMahan, he has guided practitioners across India, the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia. For over five decades, GuruMahan has taught cognitive regulation and inner development practices to founders, entrepreneurs, and executives across the globe. His work translates one of humanity’s most refined systems for training attention and clarity into practical methods for modern leaders operating under real pressure.
Mrs. Arthisre Siddheswaran
Executive Director / Wisdom Teacher, Universal Peace Foundation California
With over 20 years of experience guiding thousands of practitioners in yoga and meditation, Arthisre brings deep practical expertise in the cultivation of inner stability and sustained attention. Her teaching bridges ancient contemplative methods with the lived experience of people navigating demanding modern lives.
Mr. Parthiban Radhakrishnan
President / Wisdom Teacher, Universal Peace Foundation California
Following a 26-year corporate career leading high-stakes projects across complex organizations, Parthiban has practiced under GuruMahan’s guidance since 2009. A certified Kundalini Yoga Wisdom Teacher, he brings rare dual perspective — decades of real leadership pressure and deep yogic practice — to his work of helping leaders build cognitive resilience from the inside out.
You’ve optimized your strategy, your team, your systems.
The one variable most leaders never touch is the instrument making every decision.
June 6, 2026 · San Jose · 30 Seats Only
By invitation · Donation-based · Takes 1 minute to apply
