Sangama - Health, Wealth & Tech Founders Building Thriving Communities As a Competitive Advantage

Highlights

• Workshop on the Community Architecture™ Method
• Interactive workshops on cultivating belonging, designing compelling experiences, and building an engaged community
• Practicing storytelling, facilitation, and experience creation through collaborative exercises
• Mindful movement and reflection

The alcohol-free positioning

Our approach to alcohol is personal: neither Jon nor Mansi drinks, and they’ve chosen to host without serving alcohol. SANGAMA reflects how they love to gather—with presence, laughter, meaningful conversation, and room for everyone to be themselves.

A typical day

1. Morning

   Ground & Connect Begin with mindful movement and reflection, followed by breakfast and meaningful conversation. Morning sessions explore your vision, leadership, and the foundations of the Community Architecture™ Method.

2. Midday

   Learn & Apply Dive into interactive workshops on cultivating belonging, designing compelling experiences, and building an engaged community. Apply what you’re learning to your business, then connect over a shared lunch.

3. Afternoon

   Experience & Integrate Practice storytelling, facilitation, and experience creation through collaborative exercises. Enjoy space for personal reflection, conversations with fellow founders, and time outdoors at The ARC.

4. Evening

   Gather & Celebrate Share dinner, stories, laughter, and facilitated connection. Evenings may include fireside conversations, music, and playful activities—all within an intentionally alcohol-free setting.

Is this trip right for you?

SANGAMA is for founders, entrepreneurs, and community leaders who want to bring people together in ways that create deeper belonging and lasting business value. It’s especially suited for: - Health, wealth, and tech founders building a community around their mission, business, or platform. - Coaches, educators, and facilitators who want to create more engaging gatherings and transformational experiences. Established leaders seeking meaningful relationships, fresh perspective, and space to reconnect with their vision. You’ll learn the Community Architecture™ Method and explore how to apply it to strengthen engagement, retention, referrals, and revenue. You don’t need an existing community—bring a clear intention, a willingness to participate, and a desire to build something meaningful alongside others. Whether you drink in everyday life or not, you’re welcome in our alcohol-free gathering.

Support & Environment

Accommodation

Retreat Center

Each participant enjoys their **own private room** at The ARC Retreat Campus in the San Diego mountains—a personal space to rest, reflect, and recharge throughout SANGAMA. Accommodations are located across the Flow House, Root House, and Healing House, with welcoming communal areas for shared meals and spontaneous conversations. Between sessions, enjoy the campus’s outdoor spaces and mountain setting, balancing meaningful connection with time to yourself.

What’s Included

Not Included

Refund Policy

About the Host

About Community Architects Institute & the Founders: Community Architects Institute helps health, wellness, longevity, and health-tech founders build stronger communities, live experiences, and ecosystems around their offerings and platforms. Founded by Dr. Mansi Shah and Jon Block, CAI brings together leadership development, experience design, community strategy, and live facilitation through the proprietary Community Architecture™ Method. At SANGAMA, we create an intimate environment for founders and leaders to step out of the day-to-day, deepen relationships, sharpen how they lead, and experience what intentional community architecture feels like from the inside. This is not simply a retreat. It is a carefully designed convergence of leadership, belonging, experience, and ecosystem thinking — created for people building work that has the potential to impact many others.