Calendar Retreats
A community for Asian women to flourish and thrive through transformational Leadership Retreats, Workshops, and Events.
 
 
 
 

Come meet us in SF, NY, LA, and Denver!

Health & Wellness is our pillar of focus for the Summer 2018 Workshop Series. Our workshops are supportive spaces where we can tackle those tough-to-talk-about topics together. We're committed to empowering women to end mental health stigma, report sexual harassment, pursue pleasure and intimacy, celebrate body positivity, and more. When we are healthy and well on our own terms, we flourish and thrive.

Interested in bringing your workshop to The Cosmos? Fill out the brief Create With Us form!

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[LA] The Cosmos Community Launch
Jun 20
[LA] The Cosmos Community Launch
[LA] The Cosmos Retreat
Jun 22
[LA] The Cosmos Retreat
[SF] Pleasure 101 with O. School
Jul 10
[SF] Pleasure 101 with O. School
[SF] The Cosmos Retreat
Jul 20
[SF] The Cosmos Retreat
 

The Cosmos is changing the way Asian women live and work from the inside out. Our mission is to create a new paradigm for livelihood that celebrates wellness for Asian women through personal and professional growth. 

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The Cosmos Retreats: Flourish and Thrive Together

Our 3-day Retreats bring Asian women together to explore what it means to flourish and thrive - not just at work, but in all aspects of our lives. Through interactive workshops, hands-on activities, and thoughtfully facilitated conversations, we will re-imagine personal and professional growth as part of our overall wellness.

Past attendees call the experience "Effortless Sisterhood" - you will meet new lifelong friends, learn from new perspectives, and join a community that supports your best life during the Retreat and beyond.
 

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LOS ANGELES

June 22-24 // Joshua Tree

 

Join The Cosmos in Joshua Tree for a transformative 3-Day Weekend Retreat that fosters what past attendees have called "Effortless Sisterhood".  You'll learn how to overcome blockers, embrace your multidimensional identity, and live on your own terms. Together, we'll explore personal and professional growth without any compromises. That's our definition of wellness.  

Best of all, you're not alone - we'll flourish side by side, in a culturally-informed context, with new lifelong friends that will support you over the weekend and beyond.

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Why Attend? Hear from our community members:

“The retreat was the first time I met a group of ambitious, open, empowering Asian women all in the same room. Everyone was open and vulnerable which was so beautiful to witness. Cassandra and Karen have an incredible empathic ability to put soul into their events and I’m so grateful to have been part of the first one. ”
— ANDREA M. / LOS ANGELES
“It was powerful to be surrounded by a group of such resilient, like-minded Asian American women from across the country who could so deeply relate to each other’s journeys. The best part is the community and sisterhood continues after the retreat.”
— JENNIFER X. / NEW YORK CITY
 

We'll announce dates for our San Francisco (August) and New York (September) Retreats soon! Join the community to hear it first. 

 

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✨LA // OUR FIRST GIVEAWAY ✨ 👉We want you to eat with us June 20 in LA!!! 👈 🌇 We are so excited to *finally* be in LA next week!!! In addition to our sold-out Joshua Tree Retreat (thank you all who shared with your friends and to the incredible women attending 🙏) - we are gathering Asian women makers/creators/changemakers/community organizers in DTLA for a dinner on Wed June 20 from 7-9 PM. The dinner will feature Lightning Talks by 4 incredible women: @bonnietsang, @donutprincessla, @konaomie, @akemilook. Over a dinner catered by local Asian women chefs, we’ll explore the question that started it all, “What does it look like for Asian women to flourish and thrive” and co-create a space to support one another’s work and journeys. ✨✨ 🙏 Thank you for sliding into our DMs, liking our posts, sharing emoji love, and helping us on our mission to create a platform that recognizes the diversity and complexity of the Asian women experience. In love and gratitude, we are announcing our first ⭐️⭐️ GIVEAWAY ⭐️⭐️— 2 comped tickets to the dinner!! ✨✨ 👇Tag yourself and/or your LA friends in comments below!!! We will randomly select 2 winners from the tags at 11:59 PT Sunday!!
@amanda.liew.hill COULD NOT have said it any better - “For the first time in my life, I sat in a room with only Asian women, and discussed a book about an Asian family that was written by an Asian American female author (who joined us for a Q&A!) in a space dedicated to Asian American artistic creation drinking Asian treats. It was such a unique experience.” •••• Our launch Cosmos Book Club wouldn’t have been successful without amazing co-creators @carolynyoo and @rosamcgee, a dedicated author @iamlisako and awesome partnerships with @bobaguysnyc and @aaww_nyc for setting the ambience for ✨a truly magical evening ✨!! •••• More photos to come of this awesome experience! Dont worry if you missed out. Fill out an interest form for our next Cosmos Book Club gathering! LINK IN BIO 💜💌 #jointhecosmo #thecosmosNY #book #club #thecosmosbookclub #new #york #aaww #bobaguysnyc #theleavers #lisako #asianamerican #asian
Repost from @cassandthecity - ✨Thank you @ascendleader @anwu519 for inviting me to speak as Cofounder of @jointhecosmos at Inspiring Across Generations 2018! Really proud to have sat on such a diverse panel (2 women y’all!) alongside such accomplished individuals. 💃🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To be honest, it’s been a WHILE since I’ve been in such a corporate environment. I’ve been in the throes of a massive life transition this past year and it wasn’t until I stepped into the venue that my body had this intense reaction to a realization I’ve been dancing around - I‘m not just a big data consultant. I’m SO MUCH MORE. 🙌🏼 I’m a daughter, sister, leader, facilitator, community builder, activist, yoga teacher, and spiritual entrepreneur (if that’s not already a thing, it is now). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So I decided to show up unapologetically myself vs. distilling the sanitized version. 💁🏻‍♀️ I’m someone in transition, straddling corporate America and entrepreneurship. I opted to be vulnerable about my tumultuous, non-traditional, and non-linear journey because somewhere in that audience was a soul that needed to hear that it’s possible to go off-script to carve a niche of your own. It’s possible to make that scary leap. And it’s okay to admit if something isn’t working for you, even if “everyone else is doing it” or “everyone else seems happy”. I acknowledge my privilege to code switch between corporate offices, yoga / wellness spaces, and entrepreneurial circles. I’m sharing my story in hopes of empowering you to do whatever the fuck really makes you happy. I know what it’s like to work 80 hour weeks at a job that grinds you to dust, in an industry where it’s the norm to be the last in the office, where people give you funny looks if you say things like “I can’t make team dinner tonight, I want to go to yoga”. If this speaks to you, I’m here for you in any way I can help. This life is meant for more than computer screens, trust your intuition and don’t be afraid to put in the work to write your own script. #thecosmosNY #jointhecosmos #wethrive #ascendiag2018 #newyork #conference #inspirationalwomen #mentorship #generation #payitforward #be #fearless
Repost from @alex_elle ❤️ - in the past, i was good for settling in my relationships, romantic and platonic alike. it took years to shift that bad habit. we don’t have to sit w/ what we are given—especially if it doesn’t serve our higher self. ••• We have a workshop this Sunday in SF around redefining self love and self care! What does it look like to love yourself in a world that stresses both our physical and emotional bags? Join us to unpack it all. Link in bio ❤️🧖🏻‍♀️ #jointhecosmos #selflove #selfcare #selfcaresunday #sanfrancisco #events #wethrive #diversity #wellness #asianamerican #health #asian #thecosmosSF
BAY AREA 📣 Looking to refresh this weekend? Your guides to self-care and self-love are friendship duo Haylee Thikeo (@hayleethikeo) and Lauren Ito (@lauren.ito). •••• This #SelfCareSunday in SF, we’ll be sharing the frameworks available to start your journey in redefining self-love. We will then build upon these frameworks in a guided writing workshop to map a foundation of goals and intentions to support your vision. Pause, step away from your everyday routines, and join us in creating your self-love roadmap 💜🗺 •••• Join us this Sunday! Link in bio for tix. Bring a friend and let’s set intentions for ourselves 💜 🙇🏻‍♀️ #wethrive #diversity #wellness #asianamerican #health #jointhecosmos #self #love #care #asian #sanfrancisco #ebents #thecosmosSF #sunday #weekend
#WCW 💜 Michele Selene Ang is 13 Reasons Why actress who has been a force in engaging with the issue of representation in Hollywood. 📸：@micheleseleneang #representationmatters #asiansinmedia #womencrushwednesday #jointhecosmos #wethrive #futureisfemale
Tix are still available for our SF-based event: (Re)Defining Self-Love and Self-Care! •••• What does it look like to love yourself in a world that stresses both our physical and emotional beings? How do we equip ourselves with tools to break free from the chains of unworthiness and shame to embrace the power of our individual identities? This workshop will share the frameworks available to start your journey in redefining self-love. We will then build upon these frameworks in a guided writing workshop to map a foundation of goals and intentions to support your vision. Pause, step away from your everyday routines, and join us in creating your self-love roadmap. Come prepared to learn, let go of expectations, and write—all in a safe space with community. •••• Link in bio! DM us with any questions 💜 #asianamerican #diversity #wethrive #jointhecosmos #thecosmosSF #self #love #care #health #wellness #sanfrancisco #sf #events #workshop
You deserve to flourish and thrive - not just at work, but in all aspects of your life. 💜☀️ •••• Join The Cosmos in Joshua Tree for a transformative 3-Day Weekend Retreat that fosters what past attendees have called "Effortless Sisterhood". You'll learn how to overcome blockers, embrace your multidimensional identity, and live on your own terms. Together, we'll explore personal and professional growth without any compromises. That's our definition of wellness. •••• Best of all, you're not alone - we'll flourish side by side, in a culturally-informed context, with new lifelong friends that will support you over the weekend and beyond. •••• We welcome Asian women of all ages, backgrounds, genders, and abilities to join us. Our community is inclusive of self-identifying women, femmes, gender nonconforming, queer, and transgender individuals of Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian descent. •••• LINK IN BIO 💜 #asianamerican #jointhecosmos #diversity #wellness #health #wethrive #losangeles #la #retreat #thecosmosLA #event #weekend #asian #joshua #tree #nature #cabin
So proud and inspired by @infinitely_cindy for sharing her cultural heritage as a Vietnamese American woman in her recent lifestyle vlog 💜 Check out her other videos at her YouTube channel! 💄 We’re also SUPER excited for her to join us at our LA retreat happening this June 23-25 ☀️! We have just a few spots available. Link to tickets in our bio!! #asianamerican #diversity #wellness #health #youtube #jointhecosmos #wethrive #womensupportingwomen #la #retreat #aapi
The Cosmos Team has such a BLAST 💫 at @wontoninamillion’s The Greatest Chow on Earth as a sponsor. We prepped self-love self-care goodie bags with facial masks, candles, breath sesssions with @inbusinessandlife and more!! Shoutout to @cynkoo for hosting an AMAZINGLY fun, creative event. We are stacked with the cutest dimsum stickers 😍🥟🍤. Check out her shop! #womensupportingwomen #wontoninamillion #jointhecosmos #wethrive #thecosmosNY #selfcare #selflove
(Re)Defining Self-Love and Self-Care is the next Cosmos event coming up in SF! 🌁 Mark your calendars for June 10. This workshop will share the frameworks available to start your journey in redefining self-love. 💜 We will then build upon these frameworks in a guided writing workshop to map a foundation of goals and intentions to support your vision. ⏰Pause, step away from your everyday routines, and join us in creating your self-love roadmap🛣 Come prepared to learn, let go of expectations, and write—all in a safe space with community. Your ticket includes a self-care roadmap, coffee / tea, unlimited La Croix, and nourishing morning bites. Bring your journal and favorite pens! Link in bio and bring a friend for a discount.💁🏻‍♀️ •••• The Cosmos is a community for women to flourish and thrive through Leadership Retreats, Workshops, and Events. •••• #JoinTheCosmos #WeThrive #wellness #selfcare #selflove #asian #women #diversity #sanfrancisco #event #asianamerican #wellness #health #thecosmosSF
We just launched the Cosmos Book Club and are happy to announce spots are already 👩🏻‍🏫 📖 SOLD OUT !! Sign up for our newsletter to get first dibs on gatherings like these! Didn’t get to RSVP? No worries. The Cosmos Book Club is a monthly gathering of self-identifying Asian women reading and discussing works of literature authored by fellow Asian women andddd we’re interested in what you want to read next! Fill out our interest form for the next gathering. Link in bio ✨✨ ••••• Psst and if you’re not convinced, this is what our launch gathering looks like: For our inaugural book club community gathering we will discuss The Leavers by @iamlisako. The Leavers is a story of survival, yearning to belong, and reconciliation. It features a Fuzhounese boy, Deming Guo, whose mother disappears one day, and is left to assume a new identity as the adoptive son of white parents. The schedule: 7:00PM Check In & Opening Remarks 7:15PM Book Discussion 8:15PM Reading with Lisa Ko followed by Author Q&A 8:45PM Book Signing & Closing Remarks •••• #jointhecosmos #newyork #events #wethrive #asianamerican #book #club #asianamerican #author #theleavers #lisako