urban retreats.

Designed immersions for presence, renewal, and coherence.

Urban Retreats™

Designed immersions for presence, renewal, and coherence. Because presence is the new luxury.

Some understandings do not arrive through effort or insight alone.
They emerge when rhythm slows, perception widens, and the nervous system settles.

Urban Retreats™ are one-day immersive experiences designed to restore coherence and human capacity — without leaving the city.

These are not wellness events.
They are designed human-state immersions.

Overview

Urban Retreats™ are carefully curated immersions where art, nature, beauty, and rhythm are intentionally designed to reset attention, restore presence, and renew perspective.

They offer the depth of restoration typically associated with extended retreats —
condensed into a single, precisely designed day.

No escape.
No performance.
Just conditions that allow the human system to recalibrate.

What These Retreats Create

Urban Retreats™ create conditions for:

  • nervous system regulation and cognitive ease

  • renewed clarity and perceptual range

  • restored rhythm and sense of time

  • deeper presence with self, environment, and work

  • insight that emerges naturally, without instruction

The emphasis is not on transformation —
but on returning to coherence.

Why One Day Works

You don’t need weeks away to restore yourself.
You need the right conditions.

By combining principles of coherence, sensory intelligence, rhythm, and stillness, Urban Retreats™ create a depth of renewal that is efficient, focused, and humane.

  • Efficient — fits into demanding schedules

  • Intentional — every element is designed

  • Restorative — without overwhelm or effort

Who These Are For

Urban Retreats™ are designed for:

  • founders, executives, and leaders under sustained pressure

  • creatives seeking clarity, focus, and renewed inspiration

  • professionals navigating decision fatigue or burnout

  • individuals seeking stillness and perspective within urban life

No prior experience required.
Only a willingness to arrive.

The Experience

Each Urban Retreat™ is intentionally shaped, but never rigid.

Elements may include:

  • guided stillness and silence

  • resonance and coherence practices

  • curated sensory and spatial environments

  • rhythm, pause, and transition as design elements

  • minimal facilitation, maximum presence

Venues are chosen with care — boutique coworking spaces, curated lofts, or cultural environments in major cities.

Formats & Access

Urban Retreats™ are offered in several formats to maintain intimacy and depth.

Private VIP Reset (1:1)

A fully bespoke one-day immersion designed for an individual.

Includes:

  • personalized sensory and experiential design

  • nervous system recalibration and coherence practices

  • pre-retreat intention session

  • post-retreat integration call

Investment: $2,500–$4,500

Small Group Immersion (4–8 participants)

An intimate shared experience where presence is amplified through collective rhythm.

Includes:

  • guided silence and coherence practices

  • curated environment and sensory design

  • spacious pacing and reflection

Investment: $750–$1,200 per participant

Collective Urban Reset (12–20 participants)

A one-day immersion hosted in luxury coworking or cultural spaces.

Designed to be accessible while preserving depth and intentionality.

Investment: $250–$500 per participant

How This Fits the Whole

Urban Retreats™ are part of the broader Experiences & Immersions layer at Design Veritas.

They may:

  • stand alone as a reset and reorientation

  • serve as an entry point into deeper leadership or systems work

  • reconnect individuals with presence before complexity resumes

For some, this is the work.
For others, it becomes the beginning.

A Quiet Invitation

Urban Retreats™ are not about becoming someone new.

They are about remembering what clarity, presence, and coherence feel like —
so life and work can be re-entered with steadiness and perspective.

Inquire

Urban Retreats™ are hosted selectively and in limited settings.

Inquire About an Upcoming Urban Retreat
Request a Private or Custom Immersion

Some conditions change everything.
Others simply allow us to return to ourselves.