Welcome to Way of the Wolf:
A mentorship in nature connection, ecology, and rewilding for women.
A Nalungiaq woman once explained:
In the very earliest of time
when both people and animals lived on earth
a person could become an animal if he wanted to
and an animal could become a human being.
Sometimes they were people
and sometimes animals
and there was no difference.
All spoke the same language.
That was the time when words were like magic.
The human mind had mysterious powers.
A word spoken by chance might have strange consequences.
It would suddenly come alive
and what people wanted to happen could happen
—all you had to do was say it.
Noboby can explain this.
Thats’ the way it was.
The ancient mythological worldview expressed in this Inuit teaching is echoed in indigenous stories across the globe. Sadly, this primal wisdom is now largely forgotten in contemporary cultures.
Join us at Way of the Wolf and remember our true nature through
educational and transformational experiences that foster interspecies well-being and ecoliteracy. Reserve your space for just one event or recieve 20% off when you register for more.
Meet Our Guide
Melissa Lynn Reed is the creator for Way of the Wolf, visionary for Women Rising Wild, and founder at Wild Heart Revival, LLC. She is a seasoned tracker, medicine weaver, yogini, and mystic with deep and intimate ties with nature. She holds a BA and MS in evolutionary, population, and organismic ecology. And she is presently pursuing her doctorate in psychology with a focus in consciousness and spiritual studies. Melissa has over 30 years experience as a wildlife biologist specializing in studies of rare and endangered mammals. She has worked therapeutically with clients alongside wolves for nearly 10 years. Before this, her research focussed largely on the behavioral ecology of bears, foxes, coyotes, and eagles. She has led over 300 nature-based workshops, science expeditions, and transformational wilderness retreats for more than 3000 adults and children. Melissa embodies a passionate gift for teaching and a love for her students on the journey to remembering the Way of the Wolf. Join us to discover what this means.
Winter 2024-2025 Events
Registration Closed
Colorado:
Winter Workshop 1
Black Friday Gone Wild!
Colorado Ecoregions and Biodiversity
November 22, 2024.
12-4pm.
Boulder, CO
$60 per person. Scholarships available.
Get to know Colorado’s Ecoregions and some of the state’s Biodiversity. Learn where animals live and how to identify them. This workshop will include study of skulls and physical adaptations. We will also discuss animal behavior. Our workshop concludes with an optional hike and community meal.
Winter Workshop 2
Scats and Tracks
December 7, 2024.
9am-3pm.
Boulder, CO
$120 per person. Scholarships available.
Learn to identify tracks and scats for Colorado’s charismatic wildlife species. Make a plaster cast of a footprint to take home. Head out onto the land in small groups to look for scats, tracks, and other wildlife sign. Stay for an optional potluck supper.
Women of the Wild Winter Day Retreat
Mountain Lion Tracking and New Year’s Celebration
January 4, 2025.
9am-3pm.
Lyons, CO
$250 per person. Scholarships available.
Get to know Colorado’s ultimate apex predator – the mountain lion. Learn how to stay safe in lion country as we uncover where they live, how they move, and when they hunt. Our day concludes with vegan/GF dinner provided and a New Year’s celebration and resolutions fire ceremony.
Winter Workshop 3
Wild Courtships
February 15, 2025.
9am-3pm.
Boulder, CO
$20 per person. Scholarships available.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day, hit the trail to learn the real truth about love, sex, babies, mating rituals, and bonding. There’s more to the birds and the bees than you know! Are there really transgender fish? Who has a 6 foot long bifurcated hemipenis? And what is cloacal kissing? This playful workshop about wild courtship will include a trailside rose cacao ceremony leaving you romantically turned on and inspired to protect everything wild.
Spring and summer event details coming soon!
Ready to join one of our Way of the Wolf events in Colorado?
Registration Begins Here:
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