Facilitators | The Cornerstones Path

David Rubine

I have been involved in “men’s work”, leading groups and experiential workshops for all ages, including initiatory rituals for men and boys. My work has been greatly influenced by teachers Michael Meade, Robert Bly, Jeff Krock, James Hillman and Robert Moore.

I have an enduring passion for celebrating and honoring the divine masculine in the world, and I am committed to serving men so that they know true freedom and discover their inherent gift of service. In 1996, I created the Cornerstones Path workshop as a vehicle for helping men discover and live their deepest calling.

In addition to men’s work, I have over 27 years of rock climbing experience. Through my business, On Belay LLC, I have helped over 1700 people, including incarcerated teens, use climbing as a powerful metaphor and tool for personal growth and healing. I have also worked intensively within corporations in sales and upper management and as a consultant, helping teams of people balance the importance of producing results with vision that allows individuals to recognize and be recognized for their unique contribution to the enterprise.

David Sals

I am passionate about helping people feel personally empowered by shifting perspectives from obstacles to opportunities. As a Professional Coach and Trainer, I help people get “unstuck” and find ease in their personal and work lives.

I studied Communications at the University of Wisconsin, and built a career as a web developer working with companies including Novell, SCO and Rainmaker Systems, as well as a number of start-ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs.

As a coach, I have trained with Bryan Franklin of the California Leadership Center, Kane Minkus And Jeff Slayter of World’s Hidden Masters, and David Rubine of the Cornerstones Program. I have led men’s groups since 2007 and have worked with individuals to help them succeed in their businesses and their lives.

I can personally attest to the power of the Cornerstones Program. It has made a huge difference in my life, and the lives of many men I know. I’m very grateful to David Rubine, and to all of the men who have stepped more fully into their lives through this work.

Testimonials

"I wasn't able to perceive how I was engaging with the world, and the weekend gave me more ways of being able to feel into what's happening in the moment, as well as tools to have more perspective. Really awesome. Things I took away from the weekend: Being safe and vulnerable with men. Being able to use my body as a compass. Being able to sink into that container that we could create, and how much power that container had to allow each of us to unfold into some other possibility. And being able to see things outside of how we were caught up in them, and how easy it is to get lost in your own feedback cycles. It's basically not possible to see your way outside of them by yourself. You need that container to provide the safety in which to actually open up to the possibility that there is something else."

Sean Atsatt

"Cornerstones is a vehicle to help awaken other human beings. And it's about being among people who are interested in waking up. I've been working on it my whole life, but I really got slammed by some of the responses I received about my anti-social behavior. Because I had hidden out for so many years. I was basically hid out, shut down and "don't tell anybody what you really think because if you do you're going to get burned somehow." The biggest takeaway for me was that it can be safe in a group of men. Men were interested in who I was and what I had to say, and that was huge for me. I realized that there's a spiritual food that I get from having deep connected conversations with other human beings, that has to do with things most often beyond what the material reality is."

Thomas Miller

"I felt accepted for who I was, which included my fears and my resistance, and all of the things that keep me away from groups. Ultimately they did not interfere with my benefiting from the experience and my establishing really precious moments of relatedness. And as I learned to more relax into "what happens happens," I began to accept that the present moment was what was happening, and that could change any minute. I could change it, or someone else could help change it, and I was okay with that."

Bruce Young