Overview

Experience permanent shifts through body centered learning with the support and deep experience of mountains and nature, cradled with loving, playful and experienced facilitators.

Journey Within is the heart of Mountain Spirit Institute. We combine the healing power of nature, mountains and deep facilitation of inner work. It's fun, powerful and life transforming.

The Uintas is the quintessential location for such a program.

Details

This 3 ½ day retreat in the beautiful mountains of Utah is intended to captivate your heart and ignite your mind, facilitated by some of most gentle, intuitive, and bighearted souls around.

This "inward bound" exploration of self will be spent rediscovering the deepest parts of you, through igniting and awakening your life's passions. Experience all of this through playful and simple body centered learning.

Rediscovering your youth in a joyful, playful, and easeful way allowing yourself to experience and explore what really makes you happy. Says Terrelle Wickham, "This is how I feel life is meant to be lived. by simply living."

An experience that lasts a lifetime:

  • Have you created a life that is not quite what you envisioned for yourself?
  • Are you interested in becoming aware of what stops you from having what you want?
  • How EASY would you like to experience a permanent shift that can be life changing?


What to expect:

  • Group safety: Learning to feel emotionally and physically safe with others in the group and facilitators.
  • Challenge by choice: Stepping out of your comfort zone by trying new things.
  • Activities and exercises that allow you to shift your perspective about yourself.
  • Camping in a wilderness setting: learning and using best practices camp skills.
  • Learn or review Leave no Trace" camping practices, and expedition behavior skills.
  • Meditation and "down time" to contemplate the experiences
  • A "solo" : You'll be shown a site that that will be yours for a certain time (12-24 hrs). You'll be asked to take limited gear, and remain at the site till you're picked up at the end. You'll then process with other about how the experience was for you.
  • Program end interview/debrief to reflect on what you have learned, how to transfer what you've learned to your life outside of the wilderness setting.

More Details:

Date: TBA
Difficulty Level: Easy hiking 2-3 miles to base camp.
Group Size Limit: 10 Participants
Requirments: Good Attitude, Medical Questionaire and Screening


Itinerary:

Sunday Evening: 1 week before: Gear, Itinerary review, introductions
Friday: Meet at 2PM at trailhead, drive to trailhead, tone setting, instruction and dinner
Saturday : Activities and processes designed to blend the healing aspects of nature, mountains and going within. Dinner and more evening group work.
Sunday, : Same as above, with a mini-solo, music
Monday: Wrap up our Journey, pack equipment and hike to trailhead and cars

Journey Within Wilderness Retreat, Utah:

Terelle Wickaham, a gifted and respected life coach, and Randy Richards, who teaches wilderness skills and facilitates people's connection to self, each other, and the environment, are teaming up for the first time to offer this powerful wilderness experience. Thanks to the logistical support of Greg McDonagh and the vital support from Karen Michelle Bayard this will prove to be a very positive, loving and transformative experience..

 

Terelle Wickham, Ogden , UT
Facilitator, Intuitive life coach, body worker, mother,

Owner of Intuitive Life Coaching
Terelle is a gifted facilitator, well respected not only in the Intermountain region but is requested to facilitate in other parts of the U.S. as well. She is known for her powerful and knowledgeable life coaching skills. Her clients testify to her ability to help faciliate meaningful changes in individuals and family's lives.

"'I am a lover of living life to the fullest! My life's passion, is about living and teaching others how to live life as simply and as fun as possible!" Terelle Wickham

Terelle has lived her passion as a trained intuitive facilitator for the past 17 years. Her love for learning and play has brought her to discovering more about the natural and organic ways of life, and going with the flow instead of against. 'I have learned the hard way to let go and intuit what life has to offer.' Terelle, is a true leader in cutting edge facilitation. She also happens to be " a singer of the soul" and incorporates her love for music into everything she does.

 

Randy Richards ,
MSI Founder and Executive Director
Sunapee, NH/Alta, Utah

Randy, a graduate of University of Utah in Recreation Management has been a wilderness and mountain guide/facilitator for over 27 years. He was a senior international mountain guide for Alpine Ascents International, staff trainer and instructor for Outward Bound, and guided in the Alps, Aconcogua, Argentina; Huascaran, Peru, Ecuador's Volcanoes and throughout the western Pacific Crest range and Alaska, on programs lasting from three weeks to three months. He is a performer of world and folk music and has been music therapist for Alzheimers patients. He is master faciliator of communication and self awareness in the wilderness for both professional clients, and open enrollment participants. He is the founder and Executive Director of Mountain Spirit Insitute.

 

Karen Michelle Bayard , Salt Lake City, Utah
Vibrant Food Chef and Instructor, Soul Dance Facilitator

Karen is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University, and a self-taught vibrant food chef specializing in vegan and live foods. She creates meals for and teaches classes to, individuals and groups wanting to experience joy, vitality, and dis-ease free living through food. She is also the owner of sproutandrythm.com

I am on a journey of self-love which includes laughter, building community, eating well and moving my body in ways that are great for my health and the wellbeing of my spirit. I invite you to join me! Says Karen.

 

Greg Mcdonagh, Ogden, UT
 has over 30 years backcountry leadership experience. He especially enjoys teaching and introducing first timers to his passion of wilderness knowledge. He is a compassionate wilderness leader, knowledgeable and helpful in all aspects of back country living.
Fairly recently he has discovered a new passion in inner work. He is looking forward in assisting everyone in this wonderful experience of combining self-discovery in the natural environment. He will be overseeing logistics and any personal needs of the participants.

 

 

Expect a rare opportunity....." to simply be".

EQUIPMENT LIST

  • Sleeping Bag
  • Sleeping Pad
  • Sun Hat
  • Small Toiletry Kit with Toothbrush etc..
  • Sun Screen
  • Waterproof Rain Jacket and Pants (Goretex or rubber tops and bottoms.
  • Bug Repellent
  • Fleece pullover or wool Sweater
  • Long underwear tops and bottom
  • Long pants, no jeans though.
  • Extra socks, no cotton
  • Headlamp or flashlight, extra batteries
  • Plastic Bowl and Spoon
  • Journal and pen
  • Sketchpad (optional)
  • Camera (Optional)
  • Good walking shoes, low hikers or tennis shoes OK
  • Bug net for head.
  • Goog Backpack for these items
  • Tent
  • lighter
  • Cooking Stove, fuel, cooking pot, plate or bowl, spoon & fork spice kit,
  • Food for weekend, (Call for info!)

Register

Step 1:
Contact us and let us know you're interested in attending.

PRICE:
$295 . 00 Adults;($245 . 00 paid. by 30 days prior to event);
$195 . 00 for teens 12-17
$50.00 non refundable deposit to reserve your LIMITED to ten participants.


Step 2: ENROLLMENT FORMS:
This is an informal weekend but since this weekend is covered by MSI's liability insurance, and we need to follow certain policies laid out by our board of directors, please print and send enrollment form to Terelle!
Application for Enrollment : Download/Print
Release Form: Download/Print
Medical Form: Download/Print

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