Expansiveness, wildness, ancient wisdom, and vast beauty are the Montana landscape’s medicine which you will receive during this transformational week-long retreat. This masterfully curated journey of inner reclamation and outer expansion is the reset and antidote to the busyness and distraction of life. You will return home firmly rooted within yourself with an awakened passion and purpose for life.
Montana: Rewild your Inner Landscape
Montana: Rewild your Inner Landscape
For Women - Any Age & Any Stage of Life
Sunday, September 15th - Saturday, September 21, 2024
With Wendy Swanson & Kathleen McIntyre
The Landscape
Neighboring Yellowstone National Park and surrounded by awe-inspiring peaks, tributaries of the Yellowstone River, mountain meadows, and grasslands – this landscape creates a tapestry of rich biodiversity which elk, mountain goats, grizzly and black bears, bighorn sheep, whitetail and mule deer, and mountain lions call home. Our home base, B-Bar Ranch, stewards to 9,000 acres, is committed to land conservation and restoration – which enhance the experience of our inner reclamation and rewilding.
Montana is an experience of rewilding. Not in the unhinged, ungrounded, or destabilizing kind of way–but in a way that is honoring of you. It is a journey of embodiment, reclaiming your center, deeply nourishing what is true for you, and coming home to the authenticity of your original and wild inner landscape. This week has been masterfully crafted to support the unfurling and unfolding of you. The foundations of this experience are gentle yoga and nature therapy; however, our time together will be woven with ceremony, energy medicine, and exploration.
Program Offerings
-
- Transformational breathwork
- Slow flow and restorative yoga
- Forest bathing
- Nature Therapy
- Equine Therapy
- Soul writing
- Acupuncture Savasana
- Guided Hikes
- Star gazing
- Hot springs
- Wildlife Viewing
- Ceremony for releasing and reclamation
- Elemental Embodiment Qi Gong
- Joyfilled exploration
- Time for rest and stillness
Your Guides
Join Wendy Swanson, yoga teacher, acupuncturist, nature lover and travel enthusiast, and Kathleen McIntyre, nature therapy and adventure guide, embodiment coach, forest ecologist, and educator, on this transformational journey of a lifetime.
Food
You will be treated to 3 delicious home-cooked meals per day. Even though we are staying at a grass-fed sustainable cattle ranch, vegetarians will find an abundance of fresh vegetables and non-meat protein. Food is an important part of our retreat experience, so you can expect healthy, fresh meals. B Bar Ranch is able to accommodate dietary restrictions.
Getting to the ranch:
- Fly to Bozeman, Montana (BZN)
- You will either take a group shuttle or rent a car for the week. We will guide you through options well in advance of the retreat.
- The ranch is about 1.5 hours from Bozeman, close to the north entrance of Yellowstone.
Learn more about B Bar Ranch here
Accommodations: B Bar Ranch - MONTANA
View the beautiful, luxurious accommodations here
Most accommodations have their own bedroom with a shared bathroom. Some rooms have 2 beds in the same room with a shared bathroom. All accommodations are considered double shared occupancy.
Investment:
Register Early for Your Choice of Rooms
Come Solo or With a Friend or Partner
Shared Accommodations
$3,445
Please contact wendy@wendyswanson.com for payment plans.
FAQ's
I’m traveling solo. Is that ok?
Yes, that is wonderful! You will have the chance to make new friends and build community. We usually have between 25-40% of our retreat participants who literally do not know anyone. You will be in great company. We can match you up with another retreat participant for your lodging.
I’ve let my yoga practice fall by the wayside. Will this be a problem?
We have you! You don’t need to worry about your yoga skills. All the yoga taught will have lots of options for you to do what is best for you.
What’s included?
- 6 Nights/ 7 Days of Beautiful Accommodations
- 3 Farm to table meals per day
- All Programming
- Group Organized Activities
What’s not included?
- Travel costs: Airfare, Car Rental or Shuttle
- Extra Services or Excursions
- Gratuity for Staff of B Bar Ranch
- Travel Insurance (Highly Recommended)
What if I’m an introvert?
There will be time throughout the retreat for you to just be. Each day has some free time woven in. We believe in a good balance of being and doing.
Can I extend my stay?
Absolutely! You may want to add a day at the beginning or end of the retreat. You can reach out directly to B Bar Ranch or explore the town of Bozeman where you will fly in and out of.
Who owns B Bar Ranch?
Maryanne Mott and her husband Herman Warsh (now deceased), bought B Bar Ranch in 1978. Maryanne continues to own and manage the ranch which raises organically certified heritage cattle for beef and hosts guests and groups. She steers the ranch to embrace ecologically responsible practices, to use humane treatment of livestock and wildlife, and to protect existing values of natural resources and agriculture.
Will I need to bring my own yoga mat?
B Bar Ranch has yoga mats for our use. So you are all set!
What wildlife might I see?
You most likely will be treated to: Grizzly, Elk, Deer, BigHorn Sheep. And not to worry about the bears as B Bar Ranch will supply us with bear repellent spray and we will walk / hike as a group.
* RETREAT CANCELLATION POLICY *
- $500 non-refundable deposit guarantees your spot (unless the retreat is canceled by the leaders, and then the deposit is fully refunded). No exceptions.
- Full Payment is due on June 15th, 2024 and is non-refundable after 6/15/24. No exceptions. Travel Insurance is highly recommended.
- Please note that there will be no refunds or discounts for arriving late, leaving early, flight cancellations, travel delays or illness
- Travel Insurance is highly recommended: Travel Safe, Insuremytrip, Travel Guard
Wonderful guidance of deeper inner heart & nature connections ! Wendy & Kathleen very synced towards communicating openness of body, mind & spirit allowing oneself to truly let go of negative emotions that we sometimes hold onto unawaringly! I felt & still feel the spaciousness of lightness & healing these two Goddesses radiate so innately🙏
Wendy and Kathleen complemented each other beautifully. I felt I was in a good place when I arrived, so I was open to but unprepared for the powerful transformation I experienced. It was an amazing weekend, filled with contemplation and sharing, movement and stillness, releasing and receiving. I connected more deeply to creation in all its divine mystery and grace, more deeply with myself, and more deeply with the friends I came with and the new friends I made. It was extremely powerful, and I would absolutely attend another retreat with Kathleen and Wendy.
Two loving, kind, knowledgeable individuals who will do everything possible to guide and help one grow. The whole experience was incredible beyond verbal description.