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2026 SPRING TRIP: April 12-17. Owl Canyon, Southern Utah

2026 FALL TRIP: September 13-18 Gila Wilderness in Southern NM (+ hot springs)

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“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul.

Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire…Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.

If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.”

— Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Reyes

Sarah is a Guide,

Lover of the wild and true.

She is an Educator AND Writer,

at play in the poetics of

Body, Wilderness & Word.

Sarah is a Guide,

Lover of the wild and true.

She is an Educator and Writer,

At play in the poetics of

Body, Wilderness & Word.

spaces of depth, remembering and possibility.

truth-telling as ceremony. nature as self. word as creation force. body as ritual. sexual energy as origin.

These are some of the places she calls home.

The Elemental Self is an ecosystem-a living, breathing body of work.

“It is because of you that I have a new fire inside of me.”

— Indonesia Semester Student

Good Sex Isn’t About Knowing What You’re Doing

6 DAY WOMEN'S BACKPACKING TRIPS

2026 SPRING TRIP: April 12-17. Owl Canyon, Southern Utah

2026 FALL TRIP: September 13-18 Gila Wilderness in Southern NM (+ hot springs)

The Gateless Residency: A 12 month Sanctuary for Writing, Artistry, Craft and Vision

“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul.

Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire…Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.

If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.”

— Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Reyes

Sarah is a Guide,

Lover of the wild and true.

She is an Educator AND Writer,

at play in the poetics of

Body, Wilderness & Word.

Sarah is a Guide,

Lover of the wild and true.

She is an Educator and Writer,

At play in the poetics of

Body, Wilderness & Word.

spaces of depth, remembering and possibility.

truth-telling as ceremony. nature as self. word as creation force. body as ritual. sexual energy as origin.

These are some of the places she calls home.

The Elemental Self is an ecosystem-a living, breathing body of work.

“It is because of you that I have a new fire inside of me.”

— Indonesia Semester Student

Good Sex Isn’t About Knowing What You’re Doing

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Sex On Campus: How We’re Missing The Mark

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1. rub honey into the night’s back.

2. make sure the moon is fed.

3. bathe the ocean.

4. warm sing the trees.

― tend

– Nayyirah Waheed