Women Rising Wild in Texas

January 19, 2025
Wild Matriarch Day Retreat
with options to extend your stay up to two nights
for our full weekend option July 18-20, 2025
in Collaboration with Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
Glen Rose, Texas

At the North American Peace Summit the Dalai Lama said the world will be saved by women. Women who save the world will be women like Jane Goodall, Luisa Hansen, and Maya Angelou. They will be free women with hearts and minds wide open that empathize with suffering, advocate for the health and wellbeing of others, and express the inborn wisdom of the wild matriarch. They will be women like you. On Inauguration Weekend, 2025, join Women Rising Wild for a very special Texas retreat for everyday women craving rejuvenating adventure; restorative time in nature; opportunity for rest and relaxation; supported reflection on personal purpose and life path; and soul inspiring connection with new friends. Join us for the day on January 19, 2025. Or chose to extend you stay with one or two nights in the lodge.

It is said that within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is wild Woman. And within the wild nature of woman is the medicine for all things. – Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., author of Women Who Run With the Wolves

Join us as we restore our connection with nature and embrace the wisdom of the wild in our journey together at this very special Texas – Women Rising Wild retreat. Become the Wild Matriarch. It is time for women to lead.

Date:
Sunday Day Retreat: January 19, 2025
Extend your holiday by adding accomodations for Saturday or Sunday nights and depart Monday
Full Weekend Option: January 18-20, 2025

Time:
Sunday Day Retreat: 9am-8:30pm
Extend Your Weekend Options:
♥ Add optional Saturday night lodging and spend the day hiking, horsebacking riding, or enjoy nearby hot springs then meet in downtown Glen Rose at 5:30pm for caravan to our retreat site nearby.
♥ Add optional Sunday night lodging and enjoy morning movement and community brunch. Our time together concludes at 11am on Monday.

We will remain onsite throughout the duration of the retreat. Late arrivals and early departures may be permitted with pre-approval.

Location in Texas:
Our January 2025 Women Rising Wild in Glen Rose, Texas takes place on a private ranch and sanctuary in collaboration with Fossil Rim Wildlife conservation center. This rolling and rugged Cross Timbers landscape on the Osage Plains of Texas is home to massive pecan trees, old oaks woods, and sacred cedar grasslands. The retreat site is approximately 90 minutes from Dallas and two and a half hours from Austin. Houston to Glen Rose is four hours by car. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the closest major airport serving the region. Carpooling is encouraged when possible to minimize our carbon footprint. Specific details and driving directions will be provided to participants after registering for the event.

Driving or flying in from out of state or other parts of Texas? We have caravans forming from Denver, Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Fly into Denver or Austin and ride-share with local women to our event in Glen Rose. Contact us to discuss options.

Day Retreat Activities:
Sunday offers a full day of guided and intimate connection with nature and our community.
♥ Breakfast
♥ Opening circle and intention setting
♥ Mindful movement and group hike
♥ Behind-the-Scenes Tour in Intensive Management Area of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center for species of Conservation Concern
♥ Lunch and midday break
♥ Volunteer project with Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
♥ Return to our Lodge / Vision Walk
♥ Rest and integration time
♥ Community dinner
♥ Shakti cultivation and kundalini dance
♥ Fire Ceremony
♥ Wisdom Circle
♥ Closing Ceremony

What’s Included on Sunday:
♥ 3 meals prepared as a village. Vegan and gluten-free options are available. These include breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
♥ Entry and tour fees at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

Extend Your Stay Activities:
Book acoomodations for Saturday and/or Sunday to extend your holiday.
♥ Bunk in the lodge, tent camp with us, or book a nearby hotel and join us for all activities
♥ Meals are included with your lodging. These are dinner Saturday night and brunch on Monday.
♥ Hot springs soak (optional Saturday add on)
♥ Horseback riding (optional Monday add on)

Optional Lodging Accommodations:
♥Tent Camping on site $20 per person per night
♥ Safari style adventure bedroll in lodge $60 per person per night
♥ Twin bunk in shared space $80 per person per night
♥ Queen bed in private room $180 per person per night
♥ Book your own hotel nearby

Investment
Total Package Price: $360-720
♥ Day Retreat Only $360

Add one night lodging:
♥ Day Retreat and one night of camping $380
♥ Day Retreat and one night safari bedroll $420
♥ Day Retreat and one night bunk in shared room $440
♥ Day Retreat and one night private bedroom $540

Add two nights lodging:
♥ Day Retreat and two nights of camping $400
♥ Day Retreat and two night safari bedroll $480
♥ Day Retreat and two night bunk in shared room $520
♥ Day Retreat and two night private bedroom $720

Ways to Save:
♥ Black Friday Discount
Participate in Holiday Giving by December 1 and save 20% when you pay registration in full.
Discount Code: TexasGives
♥ Scholarship
Partial work-trade scholarships may be available upon request.

New Year’s Celebration Sale Now Live
Valid through January 6, 2025

Personal Supplies and Equipment:
List will be provided with registration.

Meet our Founder and Visionary for Women Rising Wild:

Melissa Lynn Reed is the visionary for Women Rising Wild and founder of Wild Heart Revival, LLC. She is a fourth generation 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. Melissa has over 25 years experience as a wildlife biologist specializing in studies of rare and endangered mammals.
Melissa is a seasoned tracker, medicine weaver, yogini, and mystic with deep and intimate ties with nature. 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 2024 Melissa hosted her 24th transformational Women Rising Wild wilderness retreat.

Inclusivity Statement:
This event is for anyone who seeks to nourish their feminine qualities and deepen into embodiment of Wild Woman. Individuals with mobility limitations are invited to contact us directly to discuss accessibility at the retreat location. No previous camping experience required. Read more

Wild Heart Revival events are substance free. Use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and mind altering substances is prohibited. We welcome you just as you are, unaltered, and in your fullest lucid nature while on retreat with us.