Alister Gray, Co-creator

I’ve walked two intertwined paths.

One in the world of conscious business, and the other in the world of inner transformation. As the founder of Mindful Talent, a global coaching and leadership academy, I’ve spent years helping leaders, entrepreneurs, and creative minds navigate life’s transitions with purpose, presence, and integrity.

At the same time, through my work as a teacher, guide, and facilitator, I’ve supported thousands of people to rediscover who they truly are—beyond the roles they play, the stories they carry, and the noise of modern life. My work has always been about helping people return home to themselves, to live and lead from love rather than fear.

And yet, like so many of us, I’ve also been learning, in real-time, what it means to bring all of myself to the table. To integrate the teacher and the student, the leader and the seeker, the human and the soul.

Through my own journey I’ve continually been reminded of a longing: beneath the success and all the responsibilities I’ve assumed... I have a deep longing to be more playful, more curious, and more at peace in who I am and how I show up in the world.

That longing is what drew me to co-create Kai Retreats with John. Kai is an invitation to pause, to breathe, and to remember what really matters. A space where we can lay down the weight of “doing” and reconnect with the joy of simply being.

For me, Kai brings things full circle for me—

•⁠ ⁠the coach who loves transformation,

•⁠ ⁠the teacher who loves truth,

•⁠ ⁠the human who loves feeling alive.

It’s a space for those of us who long to reconnect with what’s real, to find beauty in the stillness, and to remember that wholeness isn’t something we chase—it’s something we come home to.