Wild Mirrors
An eco-somatic dreamwork and creative expression retreat
in the Tobacco Root Mountains in Bozeman, Montana
May 16 - 19, 2024
“Our job is not to comprehend or control everything, but to learn which story we are in and which of the many things calling out in the world is calling to us. Our job is to be fully alive in the life we have, to pick up the invisible thread of our own story and follow where it leads. Our job is to find the thread of our own dream and live it all the way to the end.”
Michael Meade
THREE-DAY Retreat in Bozeman, Montana
Here in the springtime return to life, as snow gives way to rain, we stand before unknown futures. As so many people before us, we are being asked to listen to and create beyond the boundaries of the known, outside the stories of dominator culture. Putting our ears to the earth and turning our attention to dreams, griefs, synchronicities, and creative inspirations, we gather, slowing to “geologic speed” to witness Earth and ourselves at this challenging moment in history.
These days, we reckon with the long shadows of our times, inviting back embodied feeling, audacious dreaming, and community care. Turning toward creative vision and the rhythms of the wild world, we’ll invite the poems, movements, dreams, and intuitions that have been waiting for our attention beneath the noise. Drawing upon dreamwork, land-based eco-psychology practices, group council, music/dance/rhythm and poetry, writing, and other artistic practices, we will create a container of heart and trust, allowing tender truths to emerge.
By coming together to slow down and listen with Earth, we step toward reclaiming participatory relationship with the natural world and our own artistic vision. Falling more deeply in love with life and expressing our hearts through our artistry is the medicine that may offer a way through the coming decades of cultural and climactic decay, to possibilities of renewal.
Slow down into our bodies through somatic practices, wild contemplations on the land, and sacred talking circles
Hold gentle space for the grief and fear we’ve been carrying around the direction of society and the natural world.
Explore poetry, writing and dance as mediums of listening, healing and truth telling
Work with dreams and learn how they connect us to our specific place and time and point us toward our own central meaning
Explore the “imaginal realm” through the practice of “depth council”
Practice ceremony in community to claim your life and set intentions for what you really want
Have supported solitude in nature to move slow and listen to your own inner voice
Cultivate wholeness through being in co-regulated relationship with the wild world
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Retreat details
Dates: May 16 - 19, 2024
We will be camping on private land with wide Forest Service access in the Tobacco Ridge Mountains an hour outside Bozeman, Montana.
This offering is limited to 16 people. There is an outhouse and a well on site, as well as a creek for washing and filtering water.
in this program we will:
This is a retreat for anyone feeling the call to community, creativity, and contemplation at this potent moment in history. Merging wilderness rites-of-passage, eco-depth psychology (dream work, imaginal explorations), embodiment/dance, and writing, we will take these few days to connect to our bodies, each other, and the land to hear the voices of our creative spirits. We strongly believe that art is a central component of personal and collective healing and transformation and that by offering our attention to our muses and the wider chorus of the earth, we can step beyond wounds and blockages to inhabit a larger, more alive sense of existence.
The actual dynamics of how this gathering will unfold are often determined by the group and the moment but this retreat will include somatic/embodiment practices like Authentic Movement, dance, and meditation/yoga. Each day will also involve dream work, wandering on the land with contemplations/questions, lessons on poetry and writing, and a group sharing circle for witnessing and being witnessed.
Camping and PREPARATIONS
Registrants will receive a preparation package including practices to begin and recommended resources for review. Site is remote and shared when enrolled.
Participants are responsible for bringing their own breakfasts and lunches and group dinners will be communally prepared by meal teams.
Sliding Scale Exchange
We hope to make this retreat as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. To honor our commitment to accessibility, diversity, and inclusion, we are offering 2 half-price scholarships (half-price of the supported rate) for BIPOC. Our regular early bird pricing tiers are
Supported Rate: $525
Base Rate: $700
Supporter Rate: $900
We accept payment plans and give you the option of paying over 3 or 5 installments, 1 per month. If pricing is prohibitive and you feel a sincere call to being there, please reach out to kristopher@remembering-earth.com and we can talk about options.
Program Guides
Amy Tuttle
Amy Tuttle is a wilderness guide, ceremonialist, and teacher in the lineage of the School of Lost Borders, a poet and healing arts practitioner, and has been stewarding a poetry organization for urban youth through Wordplay Cincy for many years.
Kristopher Drummond
Kristopher is a wilderness guide and co-founder of Remembering Earth trained by The Animas Valley Institute and The School of Lost Borders, is a poet and writing teacher, and is currently completing his MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy from Appalachian State University.
Chris Berman
Chris is a Wilderness First Responder, a backpacking/river guide, men’s work leader and a life-long student of the wild, and is finishing his degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Montana State University in Summer, 2024.
What should I keep in mind about this mutli-day camping retreat?
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Yes, this is a small offering of only 12 people and staying for the full duration of the program is necessary for us to deepen in and feel held by one another.
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Yes, we will include time for you to check in with us 1:1 where we can answer your questions, mirror whats arising for you, tend to a dream, offer invitations and co-create ceremonies that may be useful for you.
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No, if you have it great. If not, we have tents, sleeping pads and sleeping bags for you to use. Just let us know.
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Yes, people of all genders are welcome.
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This offering includes 3 nights and 4 days of camping in the Tobacco Root Mountains, near Ennis, Montana. It will include a full program of enriching practices for deepening into relationship with self, community, and nature. It also includes attuned, trauma-informed facilitation by trained wilderness guides and mental health professionals.
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No, if you are in an active crisis or emergency we encourage you to seek personalized therapeutic support.
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No, we believe consciousness is altered through our various practices and want you to experience the transformation without additional substances. Please email us if you have any questions.
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Any cancellations more than 60 days before the start of the program will be provided a full refund, minus processing fees. Any cancellations between 30 and 60 days before the start of a program will be provided a refund of half the program cost, minus processing fees. Any cancellations less than 30 days from the start of a program will not be refunded, unless another applicant fills that spot.
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Yes, we are offering 2 half-priced spot for BIPOC. If you are interested and this applies to you, please email us. We also have a scholarship for one person. Please email us if you would like to apply for the scholarship.
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Thank you! You’re incredible. You can paypal drummond.kris@yahoo.com with the note naming who you are paying for. Please have the person you are paying for fill out the application.