Healing Divides, Restoring Connection
Becoming Bridgebuilders in a Divided World
The Omega Institute | Rhinebeck, NY | June 5–7, 2026
In a time of heartbreaking division, polarization, and violence, join award-winning speaker, author, lawyer, and meditation expert Anu Gupta and personal trainer and energy healer Justin Senense for an intimate weekend at the Omega Institute.
Together, we'll explore how ancient spiritual wisdom and modern neuroscience converge to help us understand and transform the mind virus of separation.
Through guided somatic practices, reflection, community dialogue, and joyful laughter, you’ll discover your primary identity not as the labels that divide us, but as human beings worthy of belonging.
Why Healing Divides, Restoring Connection?
This weekend meets you where you are.
You're not just exhausted by the world—you're exhausted by your own reactions to it. Leave with a clear map of your mind and the root causes of your bias, so you can finally move through it instead of spiraling in it.
You want to do the right thing, but the shame and defensiveness keep getting in the way. Walk away with a new relationship with identity, one rooted in belonging and expansion, not performance or guilt.
You're grieving the connections that used to feel easy. Reconnect with others, and with yourself through ancient somatic practices that bring your body back online when the world feels like too much.
You're tired of insights that don't stick come Monday morning. Leave with five science-backed tools from the PRISM framework, proven to create measurable change in how you move through the world—starting the moment you get home.
You've been carrying this work alone. Walk away with a real community of fellow bridge builders and the shared practices to keep showing up long after the weekend ends.
What You’ll Gain
Maybe you've felt the exhaustion of living in a world that keeps pulling us apart. Maybe you've found yourself hardening—toward people who think differently, toward the news, even toward yourself. Maybe you're grieving the connections that used to feel easy, and wondering what you can actually do.
This retreat is a place to bring all of that.
Over one transformative weekend, you'll move from that exhaustion toward something more sustainable: not toxic positivity or forced unity, but a genuine, grounded capacity to bridge divides. You'll leave with:
A deeper understanding of your own mind. We'll explore the root causes of bias and separation—not to shame ourselves, but to understand and transform them. When we see clearly, we can choose differently.
A new relationship with identity. You'll begin to discover your primary identity not as the labels that divide us, but as a human being worthy of belonging and capable of offering that belonging to others.
A renewed connection with your body. Each day you'll participate in ancient somatic tools and exercises to pause, release, and transform the stale energy that no longer serves you.
Five tools you can actually use. We'll practice the science-backed PRISM framework—Perspective-Taking, Prosocial Behavior, Individuation, Stereotype Replacement, and Mindfulness—proven to measurably restore connection in daily life.
A community of fellow bridge-builders. You won't leave alone. You'll leave with a circle of people committed to the same work and the practices to sustain it.
This retreat is for anyone who is tired of feeling helpless in the face of division and ready to do something meaningful about it.
Who is Anu?
Anu Gupta is an award-winning author, speaker, lawyer, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of neuroscience, contemplative practice, and social entrepreneurship. He is the author of Breaking Bias (Hay House, 2024), with a foreword by the Dalai Lama, which offers a science-backed approach to reducing bias and building belonging.
Through his social enterprise, Be More with Anu, he has trained more than 100,000 professionals across business, healthcare, education, law, philanthropy, and government, including leaders at Google, HSBC UK, the United Nations, and the American Medical Association. Anu has spoken at global forums such as TED, SXSW, and the Dubai Future Forum, and his work has been featured in outlets including TIME, Fast Company, and Vogue Business.
Trained at NYU School of Law and the University of Cambridge, Anu brings analytical rigor and spiritual depth to his work, helping leaders cultivate the inner capacities needed to navigate complexity and build futures where all beings belong.
Who is Justin?
Justin Senense is a personal trainer, energy healer, actor, and singer. He has 15 years of experience as a personal trainer, specializing in training women for their weddings, through pregnancy, and beyond. His approach is not just to craft workouts to attain physical goals, but to teach nutrition to nourish the body and give his clients the tools needed to understand their energy that engages the soul.
Justin received his Dharma Yoga and Mindfulness Training certification from Spirit Rock and energy healing certification from Sedona Healing Arts. With his experience in fitness, nutrition, and wellness, alongside the knowledge of yoga, mindfulness, and energy, Justin created pa_se: a space for U. pa_se is an active meditation experience that unwinds the stories in our minds into the wisdom of our bodies.
Along with fitness and healing, Justin is grateful for the following experiences in performing. His theater credits include Angel in RENT (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Benjamin in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the 40th anniversary Italian tour of Hair, Man of La Mancha at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Miss Saigon at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, High School Musical 3 at Walt Disney World, and The Marriage of Figaro in Germany. His film credits include Howard, The Audition, and A Lasting First Impression.
