Owning (Body) Wisdom with Chip Conley and Molly O’Brien
Awaken Your Body, Mind & Spirit and Unlock Your Inner Wisdom
Feb 10 - Feb 15, 2025 in Santa Fe, USA
Led by: Chip Conley, Molly O’Brien
You’ve Spent Your Life Accumulating Knowledge – Now It’s Time to Distill Your Wisdom.
By the time you reach midlife, you have gained decades of lived experience that contains the seeds of all the valuable wisdom you could ever hope to possess.
But knowing how to synthesize your experiences into wisdom can be easier said than done. So much of our acquired understanding lives more in our bodies and hearts than in our head – and can’t be accessed simply by “thinking about it.”
Unlocking deep insight requires you to go beyond your conscious mind and open the door to wisdom through your body and heart.
When you release the tension you hold in your physical body, you liberate yourself from the old wounds and discomforting emotions that caused you to experience that tension in the first place.
And you open yourself to insight and understanding that can’t be reached with your mind alone.
In this Owning Wisdom workshop co-facilitated with Chip Conley and Biodynamic Craniosacral massage and Rolfing® Structural Integration therapist Molly O’Brien, you will learn a powerful series of wisdom practices for the body, mind, and soul that will help you transform your lived experiences into profound insight and understanding.
What You’ll Gain
Through a combination of our MEA Owning Wisdom curriculum and experiential body wisdom and movement sessions led by Molly O’Brien – including one full hour of massage with a certified therapist – you will:
You will leave feeling rejuvenated, energized, and empowered, with powerful tools to manage stress and overwhelm and optimize your health and vibrancy for years to come.
Meet Your Faculty
Chip Conley
MEA Co-Founder and Author of Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age
Bestselling Author | Entrepreneur | Innovator | Disruptor | Speaker
A three-time TED speaker on the big stage, Chip Conley is one of the world's leading experts at the intersection of business innovation, psychology and spirituality.
As one of the creators of the boutique hotel movement and the "modern elder" to the young Airbnb founders, Chip's been a disruptor and expert on entrepreneurship and business leadership. He’s a globally-recognized thought leader on the future of work and the competitive advantages of a multi-generational workplace.
Inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring as a “modern elder” at Airbnb – where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary success – Chip founded MEA and has since dedicated his midlife years to reframing the concept of aging and helping people navigate midlife with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility.
What Chip’s workshop participants have to say...
“Chip Conley reminds us all to savor the wisdom, self-knowledge, and joy that accompanies this time in our lives.”
Father Richard Rohr
Bestselling author, speaker and spiritual thought leader
“If we are lucky enough, midlife will find us all, but that doesn’t mean crisis has to accompany it. The brilliant and beloved Conley reminds us that with transition and uncertainty comes possibility. No, our doors are not closed after forty, fifty, sixty: in many ways, they are more open than ever.”
Esther Perel
Psychotherapist, author and host of Where Should We Begin
“Chip Conley will show you that aging is a superpower, capable of changing you (and our world) for the better.”
Arthur C. Brooks
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
and Harvard Business School, and #1 New York Times
bestselling author of From Strength to Strength
Molly O'Brien
Certified Bodyworker
Biodynamic Craniosacral | Shiatsu | Rolfing® Structural Integrity | Kundalini Yoga
Molly O’Brien has been a bodyworker for thirty-five years and certified in Biodynamic Craniosacral and Shiatsu massage therapy. Since 2003 she has studied and extensively practiced a modality called RYSE (Realizing Your Sublime Energetics), an energy healing modality that educates people in understanding how to clear, repair, and align their personal energetic systems.
Molly is also a certified Rolfing® Structural Integration practitioner and helps her clients relieve stress and find pain relief through consciously paying more attention to our body’s structural system. This modality along with Biodynamic Cranialsacral are both derived from the Osteopathic tradition of medicine. Molly believes that when we tune into our own body’s innate wisdom and inherent capacity to heal itself, incredible shifts can happen. She has seen it happen with her clients and also in her own life.
“Molly is the BEST body worker I’ve ever had.”
Chip Conley
“Molly is an extraordinarily skilled massage therapist. Her deep knowledge of the human body and constant focus on learning how to solve issues has kept me running, cycling, hiking and enjoying life in spite of my challenges. She is truly amazing.”
Jana Shoulders
“Molly O’Brien has been my massage therapist for over 20 years… Regular massages with Molly have relieved my back pain and have helped me heal the muscular / skeletal problems I was experiencing. Molly can “read” people’s bodies and knows intuitively what is needed for healing and pain relief. She is truly a gift and has made it possible for me to remain very active doing the outdoor activities that I love.”
Chuck Atwell
“Molly O’Brien is the best masseuse I have ever employed or enjoyed. Her intellect is superior to ANY masseuse I have used. I have had Type I diabetes for over 60 years and Molly has arrested any foot issues for over 10 years!!!”
Jeffery Fortes
“Molly is an extremely skilled bodyworker across many modalities. Her knowledge of anatomy and energy work is unsurpassed, and she blends that rigorous study with the deep intuition of a born healer. When I first started working with Molly I was in a great deal of pain in my knees and ankle. She has created magical improvement in my physical comfort and well being, such that I am walking and hiking again with great delight. Thank you Molly!”
Vanda Marlo
This workshop is for you if...
You feel disconnected from your body and want to improve your health, vitality, and overall well-being
You want to unlock your body’s innate wisdom for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing
You’re looking for practical proven tools to help you manage anxiety, stress, and overwhelm
You have old wounds and trauma you’re ready to release
You want to move better, sleep better, think better, and feel better now and for years to come
Ready to let go of self-limiting beliefs that are stopping you from stepping into your full power
Looking to deepen your sense of community and connection with the world around you
Ready to expand your sense of awe – and cultivate profound gratitude for the life you get to live
Yearning to feel like you’re part of something that’s much bigger than yourself
Santa Fe, USA
Rising Circle Ranch
An upscale regenerative ranch featuring traditional Pueblo architecture and spanning nearly 2,600 acres of wildlife, hiking trails in the arroyo, with ancient petroglyphs, and awe-inspiring beauty. Close to historic Santa Fe, an artisan’s mecca.
Your Body’s Wisdom Is Available to You at Any Time
But in our culture, we have not been educated to sit with ourselves and listen to our bodies and understand what they are telling us. The good news is, there are age-old techniques available that you can access at any time to deepen your awareness of your body and spend more time noticing what comes up for you. And when you learn how to tune into your body’s innate intelligence, you can unlock your ability to thrive mentally, spiritually, and physically for years to come.
