Do you feel restless, or complacent in your recovery? Are you hungry for more? Do you long to experience more joy, inspiration, and connection to the natural world around you?

Perhaps you are living a life of service and stability but still feel hollow and disconnected. Or maybe your life is going great and you are curious about how to deepen your spiritual connection. If you’re ready to experience the dynamic and vast life that is yours to live, sober, clean, and awake, join us to take your recovery to the next level!

Recovery as Medicine

Recovery as Medicine is a 5-day retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina steeped in ancient practices that will help enhance your recovery. Through teachings, lectures, ceremonies, and ritual practices, you’ll be guided to rediscover the strengths you have within. You’ll learn to use a Medicine Wheel to guide you to find balance, an essential concept to maintain and deepen your recovery. We will spend the retreat tent camping on private land bordering the Ivy River near Asheville, North Carolina.

“Don’t go back to sleep. Don’t go back to sleep. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you… Don’t go back to sleep.””
— Rumi
 
 

This Program is for you IF:

  • You are an active participant in your recovery

  • You are in a place of personal growth, self-awareness, and spiritual development, and would like to take your recovery to the next level

  • You have hit a plateau in your recovery and are seeking more spiritual connection

  • You are curious to learn why your recovery story matters

  • You find solace in nature and the natural world around you and would like to connect on a deeper level

  • You are drawn to the natural world and want to connect more deeply

  • You struggle to feel a sense of belonging, even in recovery

This Program is NOT for you IF:

  • Your addiction is not effectively managed. You are actively using or have used in the last 6 months

  • You are in your first 6 months of recovery

  • You have difficulty self-regulating in a group environment

 
 
 
 

What will this program offer me?

  • A deeper connection to your joy, curiosity, and inner wisdom!

  • Fun, community, and connection!

  • A foundational understanding of how to bring balance to your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual body by using the Medicine Wheel. An ancient symbol, applied to visualize balance. You’ll also learn how you can apply these concepts to your recovery.

  • Tools to deepen your relationship with the natural world and Spirit/Higher Power/Great Mystery.

  • Experiential group ritual facilitated by guides who are also in active recovery.

  • Program facilitators who were once where you are today and have used these concepts to create meaningful change.

  • A transformative guided day spent in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, meditating, fasting, and connecting with the visible and invisible worlds.

  • Fundamental understanding of how to utilize ritual and ceremony in your life of recovery.

  • An understanding of how your recovery story can be used as a powerful medicine to guide you to continued recovery and service to others.

  • A deeper connection to self through connection with the natural world.

 

Details:

When: July 24-28, 2024

Where: Near Asheville, NC

Deposit: $250 non-refundable deposit will hold your spot for this program

Early Registration: $1200 (Save $175 if paid by June 5th, 2024)

Late Registration: $1375 (If paid after June 5th, 2024)

Equity Discount: $900 (This is only for those who belong to marginalized groups)

Full Tuition Payment due not later than July 10th, 2024

After July 1st, 2024 all tuition is non-refundable

Facilitated by: Kallie Brown, LeAnne Feliciano, and Rio Sawhill

Retreat Schedule:

July 24th - Arrive by 3 pm, set up camp opening Fire Ceremony

July 25th - Teachings around the Medicine Wheel, introduction to ceremony and ritual, holding space, connecting with guides

July 26th - Fasting Solo

July 27th - Reflection, Q&A, Cacao Ceremony

July 28th - Closing Ceremony, break down camp, depart by noon.

 
 

Your Program Facilitators:

Kallie Brown, LeAnne Feliciano & Rio Sawhill

Have questions about the program? Wondering if it’s right for you? Reach out to us below!