The Serpent Path

Executive Leadership Development


Refining Judgement and Authority for Senior Women Leaders.

A Small Cohort by Design, for Women in Executive Roles or Transition

26–29 November 2026

EcoView Retreat, Gold Coast Hinterland, Australia

4 days | 3 nights | small cohort by design

11 Weeks Post Retreat Integration

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THE PATH BEGINS

A woman writing with a marker on a paper form during a facilitated session

EcoView Retreat  
Gold Coast Hinterland

Private by design.
For senior women leaders - executives, founders, business owners, partners and independent professionals - whose decisions carry significant responsibility for people, organisations, or communities.

The Journey

The 11-Week Integration Workflow

Timeline

Is the serpent path for you?

Baseline Diagnostic

Complete your anonymous individual profile and HBA Signal/360° to establish exactly how your strengths, identity, somatic patterns, and recurring executive habits currently shape your leadership.

In person · Intensive

Liminal Retreat

Root. Embrace. Beauty’s Way. High Quality Connections, Recovery, Inner Enquiry.
Four days of complete immersion at our private EcoView residence.

DAY 1 - ROOT IN
Leave ordinary role and status.  

Start at 2pm.
Retire from the noise • Engage Aesthetic Intelligence • Dive into own depths through immersive Storytelling as knowledge transfer around fire • Shift state. Release tension. Regain control through progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) and breathwork informed by hypnotherapy.

Day 2 - NAVIGATE THE DESCENT
Activating compulsive persistence, self-talk, comparison,  observable pattern, choice over compulsive persistence  

Facing unconscious during a high intensity physical ordeal • Cold therapy & recovery • Creative reflection: cleaning up the patterns • Polyvagal-informed nervous system regulation • Mapping attachments: hyper-independence and vigilance • The Doubled Mirror: changing stories shame tells us • Blueprint of Belonging: interrelating, radical self-compassion

Day 3 - EMBRACE INNER WISDOM
Interrupt defended stories and habitual authority; reclaim authorship; release what no longer serves Me, Us or All of Us.

Tantric Yoga • Sensory trust-building: awareness within, around and between • Creative reflection: identifying patterns and personal edge • Communicating & managing avoidant patterns • Polyvagal-informed nervous system regulation • Interrelating and radical self-compassion • Balancing inward stress responses: self-criticism with self-kindness, isolation with common humanity, and rumination with mindfulness • Meeting West with East: Qi Men Dun Jia, interconnection over time • Ritualised Celebration: Fire Ceremony

Day 4 - ACTIVATE CHANGE
Reflection. Support with resources to integrate experiences back into ordinary life.

Moving meditation • Yarning Circle • 72-day integration map
10am: Return to Others.

Ina MacKinnon walking a bush track, looking down
Women gathered outdoors during a Serpent Path session
A participant in conversation during a facilitated session
Participants working together outdoors in the hinterland
The Ecoview retreat setting in the Gold Coast hinterland

Day 5-25 - Integration - Continued Support

Return

Integrate. Navigate. Embody Rituals. Transfer Knowledge. Audit psychosocial safety climate and job co-design. Across the 11 weeks: 10 one-to-one coaching sessions with Ina, 5 laser sessions for decisions as they arise and 5 strengths sessions.

FINDING FLOW IN WORK AND LIFE  

Supported with 2 x 1:1 Laser coaching sessions • 2 x 1:1 Strengths coaching sessions • mindful PMR audio support • practising nervous system co-regulation • Zoom Integration Circle 1

Participants in a tug of war on grass

Day 26-39

RESPOND · RELATE · WIDEN THE FRAME

Autonomous application of learned PMR techniques • Conscious Self-compassion • Savouring • Gratitude practices

A group seated in circle during an evening session

Day 40-60

REFLECT · STRATEGISE

2 x 1:1 Laser coaching • 2 x 1:1 Strengths coaching • 1 x Qi Men Dun Jia reading • guided breathwork • Integration Circle 2

A participant pausing on the ascent

Day 61-76

SYSTEM · AGENCY · CONTRIBUTION

1 x 1:1 Laser coaching • 1 x 1:1 Strengths coaching • Sponsor / Mentor others • Systemic support - facilitated audit using HBA Growth AXIS™ tool & Recommendations for change

Gold Coast towers at sunset seen from the beach, with people walking along the sand

Day 77 - Re-Connect |  Witness | Initiate

The Summit

Activate. Do Good, Experiment with Sagacity, Responding with Propriety
10 February 2027,
Toorongo Valley Estate, Noojee, VIC

10am to 5pm: Crossing the Passage
Culture-Maker Initiation • Waterfall Walk • Feast • Heart Giving Exchange: sharing dreams and passions • Activating collective intelligence
5pm The Way Home
Close the 77-day Serpent Path Passage

Gold Coast towers at sunset seen from the beach, with people walking along the sand

See every day of the 77, from the first morning at EcoView to the Day 77 Summit.

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INTEGRITY STATEMENT

Serpent Path is an inaugural programme. We do not yet claim a quantified economic return. Our design is evidence-informed, and our evaluation applies strict implementation-science principles. We examine behavioural change, real-world application, and the organisational conditions that enable or constrain it. We recognise the contribution our inaugural cohort makes through active feedback.

First cohort
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November 2026
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scholarships available
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4 days residential, then 11 weeks of integration
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Fireside 21 Oct, JW Marriott Gold Coast
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Sydney one to ones 22 and 23 Oct
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