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Our retreats are journeys…journeys into your deepest self, inspired by soulful singing bowls, and breathtaking landscapes.

Stillness.  We listen, reconnect inward, heal, rediscover the simple and profound.  When we get out of our own way, we can discover the vitality and creative spark we yearn for in our lives, no matter what form it may take. 

Stacy and David cultivate an environment of compassion, acceptance, and encouragement. We co-create an intentional oasis--away from the daily routine--where you can discover who you really are, and dismantle the blocks which keep you stuck. It's a great way to work through transitional moments in your life, heal, and recharge.  We look forward to meeting you, and to beginning our journey together!


Our approach borrows from Native American myth, traditions & culture, Carl Jung's writings, dreamwork, synchronicity, archetype, principles of quantum physics, Paul Petzholt's leadership training, meditation practices, and many other influences that resonate and inspire us.  

Announcing a new Mini-Retreat,
working with Sound and Voice!

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"Resonant Sound;
Conscious Voice" mini-retreat

February 17th, Saturday
9:30am-12pm
Holy Rosary Church


(we are grateful to Father Leo and his staff for their generosity, letting us use this visually and acoustically inspiring space).

About this retreat:
The mini-retreat will be the first of periodic retreats where we will work on voice, the sound we create from within ourselves--our bodies, our minds, and our hearts.  The voice is our signature, and beautifully unique.  We will co-create a supportive, inspiring space to explore its multi-faceted qualities--its resonances, its power, its tenderness.  We can become more conscious, alive and empowered in our embodied voice. Speaking aloud passages and phrases that are deeply meaningful, feeling them travel through our bodies and through the external world is a powerful experience, one in which we can feel truly heard and also express and claim who we are!

The acoustics of the sanctuary--its stones carrying the sound for 6 seconds--allows us to hear longer the journey of our own voice moving through the sanctuary and back to our ears.

Finally, an intrinsic part of this mini-retreat is our active awareness and honoring of our completing the circle of speech within the energetic whole--the concept of "listening into speech." It is the awareness that the group, with their honoring presence, listens the speaker into speech.  The power of receptiveness is a part of the vocalized sound, and deeply important for our speech.  It's an important concept to live into and honors a principle often invisible in our lives and in our world.

Ingredients of the morning:
  • 9:30am, Introductions: to each other and to ideas of embodied voice, feeling resonance, locating place in our body from which we speak.
  • 15 minute Singing bowl meditation, to clear and settle us to begin our work together.
  • Witnessing our voices moving within and outside of our bodies, into the sanctuary and then back to our ears.  Honoring ourselves and each other.
  • Folks will bring a passage or poem that has personal meaning, and read it aloud in the acoustically alive space, one at a time. (We hope to have time for each person to read twice if you desire, to play with different qualities of voice if you wish).
  • Journaling
  • Group discussion, sharing our experiences
  • Closing words

Contact Stacy to sign-up, or for more questions....Use Contact Form at bottom of page.

"Spirals Inward & Outward, and Timelessness" Retreat,
September 2017

A day retreat within a special, undisclosed location deep within the Montana natural landscape, and deep within our own internal landscape. 

David and I are grateful for the time spent with all our fellow "spiral" retreat participants, you all are very special!

The flow of the day:
  • Hike into site after introductions, short history, and moment of reflection. We begin the spiral inward into stillness.
  • Enter the site, and hear the sounds of crystal singing bowls and a dancing creek to carry us into meditation.
  • Gather together for conversation and sharing
  • Disperse throughout the landscape for quiet individual reflection, and choices of journaling, watercolor painting, coloring, hiking, meditation.
  • Gather for lunch, sharing, conversation
  • Closing and foot ceremony. We prepare for the spiral outward.
  • Hike out, following the creek. We make the spiral outward, making the mindful  journey outward again. What do we bring with us?  How do we want to show up in our lives moving forward?
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Deep Listening Mini-Retreats, 2017

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(Monthly, from January-June 2017, in our offices).
The mini-retreats
were filled with singing bowl meditation, group conversation, time for quiet individual contemplation and creative exploration through journaling, watercolor painting, coloring mandalas, or individual meditation.

A perfect small, supportive getaway into silence and renewal.

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December 2017,
MSU Healing & The Arts class:

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MSU Professor Elizabeth Croy brought her "The Arts and Healing" class to our offices for a 'field trip.'  What an incredible group of people formed this very special class.  We enjoyed every moment with you all!

May 2016,
Day-retreat with Cancer Support Community staff:

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Thanks to the Gallatin River Lodge for their beautiful space!

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Retreat Venues:

International:

Switzerland Retreat, at the "Singing Silence" chalet...
  • ​June 17th-June 23rd, 2016
  • A Journey of a Lifetime….This is a journey of a lifetime...a journey into your deepest self, inspired by the breathtaking vistas high in the Swiss Alps.  
  • Staying at the "Singing Silence" Rustic Swiss Chalet high in the Alps overlooking the glaciated Dent Blanche mountain. Converted from a centuries old grass storage hut, the chalet has been outfitted for retreats, providing simple comfort amidst the breathtaking setting.  There is a 3 km (under 2 mile) hike to get to the chalet, and well worth it. 
  • ​Find out more about the Swiss Retreat, go to our Swiss Retreat page or click here: /switzerland-retreat.html
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The Southwest United States:

Hopi Mesa &
Grand Canyon Retreat;
 
"A Journey of Meaning" 
  • October 14th-21st, 2016.
  • The evocative and breathtaking landscape of the Grand Canyon, and the arid Southwestern sacred lands of the Hopi Nation will inspire us in our journey of meaning.  We will explore the meaning of symbols in our personal lives and learn about symbols and myth within the Hopi culture. A special native Hopi cultural guide, Bertram Tsavadawa, Ph.d., of Ancient Pathway Tours--whose ancestors are from the Old Oraibi and Corn Clan--will share Hopi stories of meaning, take us to view ancient petroglyphs, and learn about the culture and spiritual meaning of the past and present Hopi Nation.  
  • Folks will fly into Flagstaff, Arizona to begin the journey into symbolic meaning right away, as we contemplate our own personal symbols and also native cultural symbols, by visiting Native American artwork.  From Flagstaff we will drive to the Hopi Mesas.  Professor Bertram Tsavadawa, our native Hopi cultural guide, will share with us the sacred prophecy petroglyphs, introduce us to modern structures built upon ancient Hopi ancestral homes, and teach us about the conscious way in which the Hopi people live with simplicity, and off the grid.  We will also explore herbal traditions, and ancient dry farming techniques.  Finally, we will finish the tour with a trip to the Grand Canyon, the location of the their ancestral emergence on Earth and a deeply sacred location, according to Hopi practice & belief.  
For more details click onto our Hopi Mesa Retreat page: /hopi-mesa-retreat.html
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Montana, USA:

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Thousand Buddhas Retreat:

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The Garden of a Thousand Buddhas, Arlee, MT.  Accommodations at Best Western Plus Grant Creek Inn, in Missoula, MT, just steps away from MacKenzie River Pizza & Starbucks cafe. :-)


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