Choose Faith
Life keeps people occupied.
Choose Faith is an experiential human development and wellness company. We create retreats, workshops, and cohort-based programs for workplaces, campuses, athletes, and private groups.
Every experience is built around the Five States of Wellness: mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial. We create space for people to notice, identify, reflect, and choose how they want to move forward.
Open to people of all faith traditions and no religious affiliation. No one is asked to adopt or affirm a belief.
What you can book
Three ways to work with us
- 01
Workshops
We come to your people. Breathwork, guided reflection, and conversation built on the Five States, from a single session to a longer workshop day. One-time sessions are booked as workshops.
- 02
Retreats
Time away from the routine for teams, cohorts, and private groups, built around nature, reflection, honest conversation, and community.
- 03
Year-long cohort programs
For campuses, athletic departments, and brands.
Each format can be set up for any of the groups below. See who we work with ↓
Who we work with
Is this for your group?
Workplace
Workshops and retreats for people under steady professional pressure.
Workplace → 02Universities and law schoolsCampus
Workshops, retreats, and year-long cohort programs for students.
Campus → 03Athletic departments, brands, and NIL athletesAthletes
Year-long cohort programs for athletic departments, and a year-long rites-of-passage program for brands and their NIL athletes.
Athletes → 04Men's, grief, and private group retreatsPrivate groups
Retreats planned with the group they are for.
Private groups →
Our approach · The Space Between
Step away to step forward.
Choose Faith is the company. The Space Between is our philosophy. The Five States of Wellness™ is our framework.
As a busy professional, athlete, law student, or anyone else moving through a demanding season of life, things can get lost in the cracks because you are occupied by everything you are doing. Through retreats, workshops, and year-long cohort programs, we create space for people to notice, identify, reflect, and choose what they want to do next.
The Space Between comes from ma, the Japanese concept of the space between things. It shapes how we run every experience, and how we listen and speak when we gather. How we hold the circle: Four Intentions
- 01Space
- 02Notice
- 03Identify
- 04Reflect
- 05Choose
Our framework
The Five States of Wellness™
- 01
Mental
- 02
Physical
- 03
Emotional
- 04
Spiritual
- 05
Financial
We create the space, help people notice what is going on, and give them a framework for understanding it.
The founder
James A. Rodgers II
James started his career in community development at Richmond Hill, a nonprofit retreat center in Richmond, Virginia. After his time at Richmond Hill, he joined the Army National Guard, where he served for ten years. Before attending Southern University Law Center, he worked as Assistant Director of Student Activities and Leadership at Virginia Union University. After graduating from SULC, he earned an LL.M. in Real Property Development from the University of Miami.
His work in wellness has also included breathwork training in Bali, which further shaped how he thinks about reflection, regulation, and creating intentional space for people.
James currently runs his own practice, but Choose Faith is his vision, purpose, and passion. It is the product of his experiences in community development, university leadership, law, and wellness.
Having worked inside law firms, on college campuses, and with student athletes, James is comfortable navigating those spaces. He understands how each world functions and what each one asks of the people in it, and he brings those experiences to every session, workshop, and retreat.
- Military veteran
- Licensed attorney
- Somatic breathwork facilitator
- HBCU graduate
- Former university professional
Work with us
Tell us aboutyour group.
Whether it's a firm, a school, an athletic department, a brand, or a private group, start with a short note.
Looking for a retreat you can join yourself? See upcoming retreats.