Health
The demands of leadership push health to the side, resulting in excess weight, slower reaction time, energy dips, and burnout. Forge infuses health into every aspect of your life.
Seven Years · Seven Continents · One Brotherhood
A modern rite of passage for men. Where character is refined, brotherhood is forged, and mastery is the standard.
What Is Forge
Forge is an 8-day immersive, invite-only experience for men who carry the weight of influence. Leaders. Founders. Fathers. Builders. It exists to help you tap into greater levels of clarity, truth, stillness, and focus, so you return to your family, business, and community stronger, calmer, and with more capacity to lead.
This container is tech-free and alcohol-free. Every immersive experience and workshop is customized to the group, and designed to instill unshakability in the face of pain, uncertainty, and conflict.
Forge will visit all 7 continents over 7 years. Each gathering is both a personal forging and a global mission of impact.
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A glimpse of the experience. The work, the men, the place.
The Four Pillars
The demands of leadership push health to the side, resulting in excess weight, slower reaction time, energy dips, and burnout. Forge infuses health into every aspect of your life.
Without healthy relationships, achievement is meaningless. Forge magnifies how you show up for yourself and the people who matter most.
As vision expands and responsibility grows, most men never recalibrate their why. Forge integrates a deeper, more connected purpose into your life.
Service is the heartbeat of Forge. At every stop on the 7-continent journey, we partner with local initiatives to create real impact wherever we gather.
The Experience

You'll arrive as strangers and leave as brothers. Forge is built around a tight, vetted circle of high-caliber men committed to doing real work together.

No two Forges are identical. Every workshop, breakout, and challenge is customized to the men in the room, designed to push the specific edges that need pushing.

Private sessions with the facilitation team. Where the group work surfaces patterns, the deep dives go beneath them to the roots.
The Venue
A private estate above the jungle canopy. Open-air shala, infinity pools, and uninterrupted views of the Pacific coast.





Meet The Team
Our facilitation team brings expertise across psychology, neuroscience, and peak performance, with work proven inside organizations like MIT, Harvard, Penn, Nike, MGM, Caesars, and Zappos.

Creator & Lead Facilitator
@James_Silvas
Co-Facilitator
@Dr.MarkGuadagnoli
Co-Facilitator
@BrandenCollinsworth
Retreat Logistics & Co-Facilitator
@ChelseyPierceMaking A Difference
So far in Costa Rica, Forge has raised $20,000+ across three retreats, supporting the local initiatives below. Each future stop on the 7-continent journey will partner with causes in its host country.

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Partnering with Dream Catchers to sponsor children for an entire year, providing access to essential resources, and empowering them to become leaders of tomorrow.

02
Working alongside Costas Verdes to support four nurseries on their goal of planting 100,000 trees and protecting Costa Rica's coastal forests.

03
Volunteering with Nosara Recicla to sort waste and protect the aquifers that supply fresh water to over 122,000 people in Guanacaste.
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A glimpse inside the experience. The work, the men, the place.
Our Next Forge · Stop 2 of 7
Forge will visit all 7 continents over 7 years. Each stop is a chance to learn from the world and create impact wherever we go. Next stop: Asia.
Dates
June 19–26, 2026
Location
Ubud, Indonesia
Airport
DPS (Denpasar)
Format
7-Night Immersion
Venue
DWA Chandra Villas & Retreats
Themes
Recovery · Simplicity · Play
Focus
Integration + Expansion
Included
Everything except flights & spending money
The 7-Continent Journey
Request Your Invitation
Forge is invite-only. Tell us about yourself. Every application is read personally by James and the team.