Welcome to Escape: A Women and Wolves 12 Week Initiatory Journey in Rewilding. This international book club and virtual retreat is inspired by my depth psychology consciousness work with women and wolves in the US and by Women Who Run with the Wolves, written by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. This embodiment journey empowers the soul through myth, creativity, ceremony, and relationship with the more-than-human-world.
Register to join us in Season 1 of Escape and every two weeks you will receive a reading, instructional video, and creative practice to awaken the wild within. Our book club will meet online as a study group during week 6. Our journey will culminate in a half-day virtual retreat at 12 weeks. We will have two time offerings for each virtual gathering to encompass our international circle. An optional US spring retreat will take place in Ramah, New Mexico in collaboration with Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary. And our 9th annual summer event will occur at Mission: Wolf near the town of Westcliffe, Colorado. Details for these events are found here.
Join us in person or on-line for this extraordinary community experience among wolves! We look forward to celebrating this journey of rewilding with you.
Dates
Readings and activities are self-paced. New content will be released on these days. Registration is open until December 1.
November 1: Opening ritual, intention setting, reading assigned
November 14: Wolves, community, and belonging
November 29: Altar of love, calling ourselves home
December 14: Gathering our bones
*Week 6: Winter Solstice Celebration and Virtual Book Club Times TBD
December 29: New Year Blessings, refilling the medicine bag
January 11: Becoming La Loba
January 25: Midwifing our own rebirth, Closing Ceremony
*Week 12: Half-Day Virtual Retreat Times TBD
Have questions about our virtual retreat and book club?
Ready to Escape? Registration begins here. Enroll before December 1, 2024. Biweekly workbook readings and activities will be sent via email. Our optional Telegram group will be a place for community engagement.
♥ Donations and gratuity are welcome via PayPal and Venmo but they are not required for participation in our virtual events.
Our event is now LIVE! To participate you must register with us.
Escape Retreat Host and Facilitators
Our facilitators have decades of experience in shamanistic initiation, rites of passage, and wilderness guiding. We collectively embody a diverse array of wisdom and skills in nature-based healing; ecology and applied conservation; wilderness survival; yoga, dance, and meditation; subtle body energy dynamics; kundalini integration; ritual facilitation; therapeutic storytelling; depth psychology; archetypal interventions; and psychic awakening.
Meet our Visionary for Escape
Melissa Lynn Reed is the visionary for Women Rising Wild and founder of Wild Heart Revival. She is a spiritual warrior, healer, and transformational wilderness guide. Melissa holds a BA and MS in ecology and she is presently pursuing her doctorate in psychology with a focus in consciousness and spiritual studies. She is a seasoned tracker, medicine weaver, yogini, and mystic with deep and intimate ties with nature. Melissa has lived closely with wild canids since childhood and has over 25 years experience as a wildlife biologist specializing in studies of rare and endangered mammals. She has led more than 200 nature-based workshops and guided more than 80 multi-day science and adventure retreats for more than 2000 adults and children. In 2025 Melissa will host her 25th transformational Women Rising Wild wilderness retreat experience. Read more…
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