This retreat is for Black women leaders who are ready to pause
The Assignment is a three-day mindfulness retreat designed to help you slow down, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and rest in community—without pressure, performance, or expectations.
As part of this retreat, you’ll receive a personalized leadership insight assessment designed to help you understand your natural strengths, stress responses, and communication patterns. Together, we’ll explore how your leadership style interacts with pressure, perception, and expectation—especially in environments where code-switching and racialized stress are real. This isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about leading from clarity instead of self-doubt.
What We will Practice Together
Each day includes gentle, supportive practices such as:
- Grounded wisdom teachings rooted in The Assignment—focused on healing, joy, ancestry, and liberation
- Guided meditation both seated and with gentle movement
- Mindful walking outdoors to reconnect with your body in nature
- Eating in noble silence to nourish your body, mind and spirit
- Singing, chanting, dancing to open the heart and release emotions
- Reflective writing to deepen insight and clarity
- Small-group sharing to witness and be witnessed in community with other Black women leaders
No prior meditation or mindfulness experience is required. All activities are optional.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is for Black women in leadership who:
- feel emotionally or physically tired while pretending to be “fine”
- are tired of being the only Black woman in the room
- want to lead from alignment instead of constant urgency
- are craving community that feels safe, and affirming
What We will Practice Together
Each day includes gentle, supportive practices such as:
- Grounded wisdom teachings rooted in The Assignment—focused on healing, joy, ancestry, and liberation
- Guided meditation both seated and with gentle movement
- Mindful walking outdoors to reconnect with your body in nature
- Eating in noble silence to nourish your body, mind and spirit
- Singing and chanting to open the heart
- Reflective writing to deepen insight and clarity
- Small-group sharing to witness and be witnessed in community with other Black women leaders
**No prior meditation or mindfulness experience is required. All activities are optional.**
FACILITATORS
Kim-Monique Johnson is the founder of InnerVisions Coaching. She is an executive leadership coach and mindfulness teacher devoted to supporting Black women in leadership. With more than 30 years of experience in nonprofit and C-suite roles, she understands firsthand the pressure of visibility, responsibility, and navigating systems that were not built with Black women in mind. Through InnerVisions, she blends contemplative practice with practical leadership development tools—including personalized leadership insights grounded in DiSC and Energy Leadership assessments—to help Black women understand how they show up under pressure, reclaim their energy, and lead with radical self-trust. Her approach is grounded, accessible, and welcoming to both women new to mindfulness and those deepening an existing practice. She creates spaces where Black women can rest, reflect, and remember who they are beneath performance—so their leadership flows from alignment rather than survival.
Evolyn Brooks is a registered RYT 500 yoga teacher with certifications in Restorative, Yin Yoga, Mindfulness and Reiki. She has taught classes at Essence Wellness House, Alo Yoga, Insight Timer, Davita Healthcare, Kale Functional Medicine, EssentialAccess Health and Youtube Creators Summit. Evolyn has created wellness content for facebook, Instagram, west elm, Bumble, Athleta, and Mindbody. She’s been featured in the LA Times, BlogHer, Access Daily, Essence.com and Essence Wellness House. Evolyn is the founder of In My Solitude (www.inmysolitudela.com, a wellness platform that helps people feel whole through yoga classes, meditation workshops, and private wellness events.
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