Nicole Skaggs, CAS, E-RYT-200 & YACEP
Founder Enlightened Tribe
About Enlightened Tribe
There are things you can learn. And there are things you have to experience.
Enlightened Tribe was founded on the understanding that knowledge alone doesn't always create change.
We can understand our patterns, recognize our limitations, and know what we'd like to do differently. Yet when life challenges us, we often return to familiar responses.
Through immersive, small-group experiences, Enlightened Tribe brings together ancient wisdom, modern practices, and experiential learning to help people explore new perspectives and create meaningful change from the inside out.
Our approach is participatory, intentional, and rooted in the belief that some of life's most important discoveries happen through direct experience.
At Enlightened Tribe, the experience is the classroom.
We use thoughtfully designed activities to create opportunities for self-observation, discovery, and meaningful reflection. An experience might involve movement, meditation, collaboration, an outdoor challenge, or an unexpected change in familiar circumstances.
The activity creates the opportunity. What participants notice, discover, and choose to do with that awareness is where the learning takes shape.
Our experiential process follows four interconnected stages.
The Enlightened Tribe Experiential Process
Learning through participation, observation, reflection, and conscious application.
Experience - Engage in an activity that invites you beyond familiar routines, expectations, and perspectives.
Observe - Notice your thoughts, emotions, assumptions, and responses as the experience unfolds.
Reflect - Explore what the experience revealed through guided inquiry, conversation, and personal insight.
Apply - Discover how those insights can inform your choices, relationships, and everyday life