These are no ordinary wilderness trips.

These trips are a call.

A call back home to self, to soul and to a truer rhythm of living and being. 

They are  call for us to claim back our deeper, older knowing, to step away from the bric-a-brac whirl of our daily lives and information overload to return to a more original skin. To something deeper and more coherent. To the earth and the elements. To the wild. To feel “of one piece” and “of one peace” again.

This 6 day wilderness immersion will breathe life back and re-member you right down to the bone. The deep canyons, v a s t expanse and infinite river tributaries of the Gila Wilderness, unceded indigenous homelands of the Chiricahua Apache peoples and the world’s first designated wilderness area, is a wild place like no other.

This trip is a direct experience of wildness. Not an imagination, not an idea, not a maybe, but real. 

These lands and waters will be our primary guide, shepherding us into a profound encounter with the natural world and the wild, inside and out.  This is a place to bring all of you. A place, on the earth and in a human culture of sincerity that we weave together, that can hold and witness all of you. No one ends up on these trips by accident…

This space is an immersive refuge for women, femmes and non-binary/3rd gender folks. It is a space for the exploration of the wild, the instinctual, the intuitive, the soulful. As we reside for many days and nights together in nature, we find an emergent culture of unselfconsciousness and embodied homecoming, which Nature herself offers us first. This is an incubator of the wild, which lives inside of us all- fierce instinct, wise intuition, profound resilience, indestructible soul, animal-body intelligence. However you identify- as woman, femme, or non-binary/3rd gender- you will be seen, held, celebrated and given space and voice. These trips grow from the inside out, from the bottom up.

This is a dive into the brave and bountiful work of soul, of cycles, and of wildness – yours and that of the natural world. We will let the wild into our skin, let ourselves be touched by her immensity and power and remember to carry her with us everywhere. We return to a more natural state and revive right relationship with our planet, each other, and what is being asked of us in these times. We go to the wilderness not to get out of our lives, but to reconnect with a deep coherence, intelligence and source,  so that we can show up with that greater coherence and soul-fire in our lives. We dive into the rich soil of an underground forest so that we can return to better live in the topside world. 

 We will dive deep, slow down…way down… and become the breathing body that the wild wants to be near. We will remember and sense that we are part of wise living- system, an intelligent web of life. We will relish in the play of light on water and rock for hours at a time, give space enough for the tender, fierce and soul-soaked parts of us, touch the wildness that we know we are made of but that somehow evades us in the busyness of our lives. We will honor our cycles. Gather the courage to see hard truths, the fire to shift what no longer serves, and the balm to gentle and replenish ourselves. Here lies the support to see, be seen and dive deep. We will raise up as a “sudden village” with the longed-for medicine of face-to-face connection and intimacy.

No matter our ancestry or heritage, across cultures we share a nativity that knows in our cells that Nature is Teacher, Elder, Mother. We are Nature. But we forget. It’s possible to go into nature and miss it altogether. It happens all the time. We hold on to our “front-country” mindsets and use nature as a backdrop and stomping ground for the machinations of our linear-thinking, progress-obsessed minds and ego. These trips are not that. We will go into the wild with intention and listening, to recover and commune with a bone stirring memory of our place in and as the “family of things”. We will find the wilderness and all of her cycles of life and death, and be gifted map, mirror and medicine- trustworthy maps to follow and locate ourselves within. Mirrors in which to see ourselves and lives clearly . And reservoir of medicine to fill our cups back up until they run over.

We come to be near the wild and the soulful. To ask questions, to receive questions, to consult the soul and the land for guidance, advice and memory of an older knowing. We come for adventure, for solitude, for sovereignty and challenge. For refuge, connection and inspiration. To feel our animal bodies. To laugh the biggest of belly laughs. To stop giving a shit about what doesn’t matter.  To start giving a better shit about what does. To celebrate. To play. To rest. To wash our minds with beauty, ceilings of stars and the sound of waters wide, both above and below. If you feel a call, I assure you there is big medicine waiting for you on this trip. No one ends up here by accident- these trips draw the most powerful, fire-filled humans with the deepest of intentions- a convergence that is a miracle in its own right, and becomes the axis around which the most astonishing beauty, nourishment and tending takes shape.

This trip will be framed and held by a story from the oracular book Women Who Run with the Wolves,  archetypal qigong,  primal gesture and movement on the earth, quiet mornings with coffee/tea and your journal, evening circles for voice and listening,  land-art, play-time, solo time, and re-learning the pleasure and art of simply being.

There is no set itinerary or schedule, which sets these trips apart. They move from an organic listening and flow in response to the needs of the group and the moment.  There is a container and arc to the entire week, and a basic shape and flow to each day, but room enough to listen to what is wanted.  Because of this, they are deeply nourishing and replenishing, a reminder of a more true rhythm. We do not hike with our backpacks every day.-maybe 3-4 days of 6 days.

Please read the FAQ’s below for specific more information and reach out to Sarah directly if you want to chat.

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These are no ordinary wilderness trips.

These trips are a call.

A call back home to self, to soul and to a truer rhythm of living and being. 

They are  call for us to claim back our deeper, older knowing, to step away from the bric-a-brac whirl of our daily lives and information overload to return to a more original skin. To something deeper and more coherent. To the earth and the elements. To the wild. To feel “of one piece” and “of one peace” again.

This 6 day wilderness immersion will breathe life back and re-member you right down to the bone. The deep canyons, v a s t expanse and infinite river tributaries of the Gila Wilderness, unceded indigenous homelands of the Chiricahua Apache peoples and the world’s first designated wilderness area, is a wild place like no other.

This trip is a direct experience of wildness. Not an imagination, not an idea, not a maybe, but real. 

These lands and waters will be our primary guide, shepherding us into a profound encounter with the natural world and the wild, inside and out.  This is a place to bring all of you. A place, on the earth and in a human culture of sincerity that we weave together, that can hold and witness all of you. No one ends up on these trips by accident…

This space is an immersive refuge for women, femmes and non-binary/3rd gender folks. It is a space for the exploration of the wild, the instinctual, the intuitive, the soulful. As we reside for many days and nights together in nature, we find an emergent culture of unselfconsciousness and embodied homecoming, which Nature herself offers us first. This is an incubator of the wild, which lives inside of us all- fierce instinct, wise intuition, profound resilience, indestructible soul, animal-body intelligence. However you identify- as woman, femme, or non-binary/3rd gender- you will be seen, held, celebrated and given space and voice. These trips grow from the inside out, from the bottom up.

This is a dive into the brave and bountiful work of soul, of cycles, and of wildness – yours and that of the natural world. We will let the wild into our skin, let ourselves be touched by her immensity and power and remember to carry her with us everywhere. We return to a more natural state and revive right relationship with our planet, each other, and what is being asked of us in these times. We go to the wilderness not to get out of our lives, but to reconnect with a deep coherence, intelligence and source,  so that we can show up with that greater coherence and soul-fire in our lives. We dive into the rich soil of an underground forest so that we can return to better live in the topside world. 

 We will dive deep, slow down…way down… and become the breathing body that the wild wants to be near. We will remember and sense that we are part of wise living- system, an intelligent web of life. We will relish in the play of light on water and rock for hours at a time, give space enough for the tender, fierce and soul-soaked parts of us, touch the wildness that we know we are made of but that somehow evades us in the busyness of our lives. We will honor our cycles. Gather the courage to see hard truths, the fire to shift what no longer serves, and the balm to gentle and replenish ourselves. Here lies the support to see, be seen and dive deep. We will raise up as a “sudden village” with the longed-for medicine of face-to-face connection and intimacy.

No matter our ancestry or heritage, across cultures we share a nativity that knows in our cells that Nature is Teacher, Elder, Mother. We are Nature. But we forget. It’s possible to go into nature and miss it altogether. It happens all the time. We hold on to our “front-country” mindsets and use nature as a backdrop and stomping ground for the machinations of our linear-thinking, progress-obsessed minds and ego. These trips are not that. We will go into the wild with intention and listening, to recover and commune with a bone stirring memory of our place in and as the “family of things”. We will find the wilderness and all of her cycles of life and death, and be gifted map, mirror and medicine- trustworthy maps to follow and locate ourselves within. Mirrors in which to see ourselves and lives clearly . And reservoir of medicine to fill our cups back up until they run over.

We come to be near the wild and the soulful. To ask questions, to receive questions, to consult the soul and the land for guidance, advice and memory of an older knowing. We come for adventure, for solitude, for sovereignty and challenge. For refuge, connection and inspiration. To feel our animal bodies. To laugh the biggest of belly laughs. To stop giving a shit about what doesn’t matter.  To start giving a better shit about what does. To celebrate. To play. To rest. To wash our minds with beauty, ceilings of stars and the sound of waters wide, both above and below. If you feel a call, I assure you there is big medicine waiting for you on this trip. No one ends up here by accident- these trips draw the most powerful, fire-filled humans with the deepest of intentions- a convergence that is a miracle in its own right, and becomes the axis around which the most astonishing beauty, nourishment and tending takes shape.

This trip will be framed and held by a story from the oracular book Women Who Run with the Wolves,  archetypal qigong,  primal gesture and movement on the earth, quiet mornings with coffee/tea and your journal, evening circles for voice and listening,  land-art, play-time, solo time, and re-learning the pleasure and art of simply being.

There is no set itinerary or schedule, which sets these trips apart. They move from an organic listening and flow in response to the needs of the group and the moment.  There is a container and arc to the entire week, and a basic shape and flow to each day, but room enough to listen to what is wanted.  Because of this, they are deeply nourishing and replenishing, a reminder of a more true rhythm. We do not hike with our backpacks every day.-maybe 3-4 days of 6 days.

Please read the FAQ’s below for specific more information and reach out to Sarah directly if you want to chat.

Prerequisites

• No prior backpacking experience necessary. Participants must be physically able to carry a 35-40lb pack, and to 2-6  miles per day with this pack on their back. (You definitely don’t have to think this will be easy, it just needs to be physically possible for you- the rest is a mental dance)
• *Participants need to know they have the confidence, physical centering, and psychic anchoring to hold them in time and space. A clear sense of containment is required. This trip is not a fit for those who may be currently feeling destabilized, traumatized, struggling to heal, or in need of reestablishing basic nervous system or life coherency.” We will be moving not only into the vast wilderness of this coastline, but into the wilds of our psyches, hearts and somas. ( *Thank you to Liz Koch for this language). Of course, much healing is available here. And so many of us have been moving through instability…if you’d like to join but are wondering if this may apply to you, please reach out to Sarah. She is happy to get on the phone to see if this trip and timing is a fit for you.

Prerequisites

• No prior backpacking experience necessary. Participants must be physically able to carry a 35-40lb pack, and to 2-6  miles per day with this pack on their back. (You definitely don’t have to think this will be easy, it just needs to be physically possible for you- the rest is a mental dance)
• *Participants need to know they have the confidence, physical centering, and psychic anchoring to hold them in time and space. A clear sense of containment is required. This trip is not a fit for those who may be currently feeling destabilized, traumatized, struggling to heal, or in need of reestablishing basic nervous system or life coherency.” We will be moving not only into the vast wilderness of this coastline, but into the wilds of our psyches, hearts and somas. ( *Thank you to Liz Koch for this language). Of course, much healing is available here. And so many of us have been moving through instability…if you’d like to join but are wondering if this may apply to you, please reach out to Sarah. She is happy to get on the phone to see if this trip and timing is a fit for you.

What’s the Plan? Trip Details:

Location: This trip will take place in the stunning Gila Wilderness of Southern, NM. We will begin our trip soaking in the natural and healing waters of the Gila Hot Springs, with the option of soaking in this bone-quenching hot water on the night we hike out of the wilderness as well.

Meeting Time and Place: We will meet at 12 pm on September 30th at Doc Campbell’s Post in Mimbres NM. We will then caravan to the Gila Hotsprings Campground where we will stay for the night- we will have lunch (please bring your own lunch for this day – you can pick up chips, sodas, and sandwiches at Doc Campbell’s Outpost as well), organize gear, settle in together and have ample time to soak in exquisite hot spring waters under a canopy of stars. We will wake early on October 1st, have more time to soak in these divine waters, drive to our trailhead begin hiking from there. Bathing suits are required during daylight hours at the hot springs. 

Coming out of the “field” on October 5th:  We will emerge from the wilderness in the afternoon of October 5th, arrive back to our cars, unpack and caravan as a group to Doc Campbell’s outpost (who will be staying open late and waiting just for us) for an early dinner together before everyone heads in whatever direction they’re going. (Doc’s will have hot pizza, salads, brownies and ice cream ready for us, gluten-free options included. This dinner is not covered in the cost of the program and will run about $10-15/per person) From here, it is a personal option if you’d like to return to the Gila Hot Springs Campground for a night of soaking, camping and integration before making your way home on the 6th (reservations are required and Sarah has made a handful for us in advance).  These hot springs are only a 15 minute drive from Doc’s and make for a delicious night of integration and body-care.  Or you may wish to depart from our dinner at Doc’s and head to your airport departure city/a hotel/various creature comforts. 

Travel: Please plan to arrive near (within a 5-6 hour drive) of our field area no later than September 29th and DO NOT BOOK any travel or make any plans prior to October 6. We will not make it back in time for travel plans on October 5th. You can drive to a hotel or your departure city on the night of the 5th, but do not plan to catch a flight or meet anyone on this day.  Requested time off from family and work should be no shorter than September 29-October 6. If you can give yourself an extra day on either end of the trip, especially upon landing back into your life, this is a very kind idea if it’s logistically possible. And if not, you can trust that flow too. 

Closest Airports: 

NOTE: These approximate drive times are to Doc Campbell’s Outpost in Mimbres, NM 

El Paso TX- 4 hours hour drive .
Tucson AZ – 4.5 hours  hour drive
Albuquerque, NM:  5.5 hour drive
Santa Fe, NM- 6.5 hours
Silver City, NM: 1.5 hours
Truth or Consequences, NM: 3.5 hours

** PLEASE NOTE: Silver City is a 1.5 hours SOUTH of the Gila, and is the closest large town (population 10,000) with amenities (accommodation, rental cars, hotels etc.). There is a very tiny airport here, and flights available from ABQ.

Truth or Consequences,  NM is good stop over if you are coming from the North (Santa Fe/ ABQ). The Gila Wilderness is very remote! Which makes it very special.

CARPOOLS AND COST SHARING: As soon as our circle begins to gather, we’ll connect you to coordinate carpools and sharing the cost of rental cars and accommodations, which we highly recommend. This coordination happens every trip and creates a really fantastic connection and spirit of adventure before the trip. Others make it more of a solo adventure, which is just as beautiful if needed and preferred.

Meals: We will provide all meals from dinner on September 30-lunch on October 5th. You do not have to think about or shop for these. We will be well fed and you’ll have a chance to tell us about your dietary restrictions on your medical form. Please come with a sac lunch on September 30th and plan to pay for your own dinner at Doc’s on October 5th. 

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE AND ON THGE FINAL DAY OF OUR TRIP: We’ll be meeting at 12 pm on September 30, which will give you several hours in the morning to drive to the Gila. Please plan accordingly. Do not plan on departing from Doc’s until at least 6 pm on our last day, October 5th. Please consult a map so that you make a realistic plan in terms of drive times. It will help that you’ll have a full belly for whatever you decide to do. 

Pre-Trip ZOOM call: Wednesday, Wednesday September 13 at 6:00 pm MDT

A Wild Companion: I bring my 2 year old pup, Fili, on these trips. It is very special to have a canine friend along for this journey. She is an incredibly sweet, sensitive, and lovely creature and has only ever added to these trips. If you are allergic, fear not, she will never enter your tent and she will be happy to oblige if you don’t wish to pet her.

What’s the Plan? Trip Details:

Location: This trip will take place in the stunning Gila Wilderness of Southern, NM. We will begin our trip soaking in the natural and healing waters of the Gila Hot Springs, with the option of soaking in this bone-quenching hot water on the night we hike out of the wilderness as well.

Meeting Time and Place: We will meet at 12 pm on September 30th at Doc Campbell’s Post in Mimbres NM. We will then caravan to the Gila Hotsprings Campground where we will stay for the night- we will have lunch (please bring your own lunch for this day – you can pick up chips, sodas, and sandwiches at Doc Campbell’s Outpost as well), organize gear, settle in together and have ample time to soak in exquisite hot spring waters under a canopy of stars. We will wake early on October 1st, have more time to soak in these divine waters, drive to our trailhead begin hiking from there. Bathing suits are required during daylight hours at the hot springs.

Coming out of the “field” on October 5th:  We will emerge from the wilderness in the afternoon of October 5th, arrive back to our cars, unpack and caravan as a group to Doc Campbell’s outpost (who will be staying open late and waiting just for us) for an early dinner together before everyone heads in whatever direction they’re going. (Doc’s will have hot pizza, salads, brownies and ice cream ready for us, gluten-free options included. This dinner is not covered in the cost of the program and will run about $10-15/per person) From here, it is a personal option if you’d like to return to the Gila Hot Springs Campground for a night of soaking, camping and integration before making your way home on the 6th (reservations are required and Sarah has made a handful for us in advance).  These hot springs are only a 15 minute drive from Doc’s and make for a delicious night of integration and body-care.  Or you may wish to depart from our dinner at Doc’s and head to your airport departure city/a hotel/various creature comforts.

Travel: Please plan to arrive near (within a 5-6 hour drive) of our field area no later than September 29th and DO NOT BOOK any travel or make any plans prior to October 6. We will not make it back in time for travel plans on October 5th. You can drive to a hotel or your departure city on the night of the 5th, but do not plan to catch a flight or meet anyone on this day.  Requested time off from family and work should be no shorter than September 29-October 6. If you can give yourself an extra day on either end of the trip, especially upon landing back into your life, this is a very kind idea if it’s logistically possible. And if not, you can trust that flow too.

Closest Airports: 

NOTE: These approximate drive times are to Doc Campbell’s Outpost in Mimbres, NM 

El Paso TX- 4 hours hour drive .
Tucson AZ – 4.5 hours  hour drive
Albuquerque, NM:  5.5 hour drive
Santa Fe, NM- 6.5 hours
Silver City, NM: 1.5 hours
Truth or Consequences, NM: 3.5 hours

** PLEASE NOTE: Silver City is a 1.5 hours SOUTH of the Gila, and is the closest large town (population 10,000) with amenities (accommodation, rental cars, hotels etc.). There is a very tiny airport here, and flights available from ABQ.

Truth or Consequences,  NM is good stop over if you are coming from the North (Santa Fe/ ABQ). The Gila Wilderness is very remote! Which makes it very special.

CARPOOLS AND COST SHARING: As soon as our circle begins to gather, we’ll connect you to coordinate carpools and sharing the cost of rental cars and accommodations, which we highly recommend. This coordination happens every trip and creates a really fantastic connection and spirit of adventure before the trip. Others make it more of a solo adventure, which is just as beautiful if needed and preferred.

Meals: We will provide all meals from dinner on September 30-lunch on October 5th. You do not have to think about or shop for these. We will be well fed and you’ll have a chance to tell us about your dietary restrictions on your medical form. Please come with a sac lunch on September 30th and plan to pay for your own dinner at Doc’s on October 5th.

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE AND ON THGE FINAL DAY OF OUR TRIP: We’ll be meeting at 12 pm on September 30, which will give you several hours in the morning to drive to the Gila. Please plan accordingly. Do not plan on departing from Doc’s until at least 6 pm on our last day, October 5th. Please consult a map so that you make a realistic plan in terms of drive times. It will help that you’ll have a full belly for whatever you decide to do.

Pre-Trip ZOOM call: Wednesday, Wednesday September 13 at 6:00 pm MDT

A Wild Companion: I bring my 2 year old pup, Fili, on these trips. It is very special to have a canine friend along for this journey. She is an incredibly sweet, sensitive, and lovely creature and has only ever added to these trips. If you are allergic, fear not, she will never enter your tent and she will be happy to oblige if you don’t wish to pet her.