10243 Saratoga Springs Rd, Upper Lake, CA 95485, USA
Up to 75 in group
July 25 - 28, 2024
About this Retreat
Troy has spent his life building community and studying human connection. In addition to coaching people who want more inner peace, vitality, and purpose he also produces private invitation-only transformational parties, retreats, and festivals. Troy co-founded Students for Sensible Drug Policy, The Arcview Group (first and largest consortium of investors), CanopyBoulder (first accelerator in the sector), and BurnerMap (largest social network of Burning Man Participants). He also served in leadership roles at MAPS and the Marijuana Policy Project.
Jess Dugan is a massage therapist and yoga teacher pursuing an MA in counseling. She believes in hybrid healing for wholeness and offers a cross-cultural approach in her work. Jess is an advocate for the use of psychedelic medicine, with personal and professional experience extending throughout the entire region of Peru. She was the first employee at the ArcView Group, pioneered the expansion of Ganja Yoga, and founded the Reflections Retreat in 2017.
Ezra is a nationally recognized ritual designer, artist, facilitator, and Founder of Ritualist, the first-ever creative studio specializing in the design of secular ritual. His work has been featured in the NYTimes, The Atlantic, VICE, and ABC News, and he has collaborated with an eclectic variety of organizations and thought leaders including Esther Perel, Priya Parker, The Esalen Institute, Accenture, Intuit, The NYC Mayor’s Office, House of Yes, and The Dream Bigger Foundation.
Eleanor Medina is a nature-based therapist from Denver, CO. Her work via the Makaranda Method provides a holistic approach that views the mind, body, soul, Spirit, community, and the environment as an ecosystem. She believes the answers you seek are already inside you and will help you learn to listen to yourself so you can trust your next step.
Dubbed the Father of the Legal Industry who is now supporting indigenous plant medicine carriers in nonprofit efforts. Steve will bring deep soul elder energy to our retreat.
Mari is a mindful eating and embodiment coach who helps people cultivate a more loving, peaceful relationship with food and body. She will guide us through a workshop called, “Befriending Food, Tasting Nature”.
A movement and somatic enthusiast, Logan offers blends of massage therapy modalities to relax, release, and rejuvenate the multi-dimensional body. Additionally, he will facilitate fresh perspectives on connecting with self and others through invitations of Contact Improvisation.
Amelia Broughton is a Relational Leadership Facilitator and a Human Design Coach & Consultant. She designs experiences that awaken and strengthen the simple yet profound capacities we all have to create relationships that are dynamic, deep, and authentic.
Ishka Lha is an internationally celebrated visionary artist, musician, writer, ritualist, and mentor dedicated to helping people connect with their mystic heart and experience more magic, tranquility, and unity in their everyday. She will lead us through a painting workshop!
Aine is a dedicated guide for mission-driven individuals, helping them elevate their inner game to unlock their outer potential. Believing in the inherent worthiness of a joyful, abundant life, she's committed to clearing inner obstacles and empowering people to create impactful change. With certifications in Inner Family Systems (IFS), Institute of Coaching Mastery (ICM), Integrative Breathwork, Body Intelligence Coaching, Energy Healing, and Somatic Experiencing, Aine offers a holistic approach to transformation.
Details of this retreat
The Reflections Retreat is a soul nutrient infusion. We serve up a potent cocktail of belonging, embodiment, vulnerability, self-expression, and celebration. We acknowledge the subtle pain of the disconnection and isolation inherent in our modern lives. We gather each year at Reflections to reunite with the deep-felt sense that we belong to ourselves in our body, with our people in the community, and at home here on Earth.
The transformative power of togetherness is often overlooked in the everyday commotion of our lives. Our separation from ourselves, each other, and the natural world gives rise to a kind of restlessness that Francis Weller identifies as an existential need to belong. In his book, Weller illustrates the origin of our longing to be under the Fourth Gate of Grief: What We Expected and Did Not Recieve.
"When we are born, and as we pass through childhood, adolescence, and the stages of adulthood, we are designed to anticipate a certain quality of welcome, engagement, touch, and reflection. In short, we expect what our deep-time ancestors experienced as their birthright, namely, the container of the village. We are born expecting a rich, sensuous relationship with the earth and communal rituals of celebration, grief, and healing that keep us in connection with the sacred…Our profound feelings of lacking something are not a reflection of a personal failure, but the reflection of a society that has failed to offer us what we were designed to expect and did not receive. At the core of this grief is our longing to belong.” - Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
At Reflections, we build our program to remediate the repercussions of the loss of the village with content from facilitators devoted to (re)claiming residency in the heart, with one another, and on the planet. Immersed in the healing salve of our togetherness, a magical container is co-created with each person playing a vital role in the experience of the whole.