3A Spring 2024 retreat with Anderson Hoskie, Harrison Jim and Kent Tompkins. This is our third gathering of this tpe. This is an indigenous-centered workshop and healing ceremonial weekend coming spring '24. Location: Paonia, CO. We will be utilizing various locations in and near town for our sweat lodge and healing ceremonies. Kent's home in town at 329 Oak Ave, Paonia, will serve as our home-base.
​Camping on site and various nearby Air b/b and community supported lodging is available

Update 4-13-24:  Retreat is full, waitlist names accepted here for future retreats (dates to be announced).

BeautyWay 2024 - May 2-5  

Anderson Hoskie, and Harrison Jim, are both Dine' Hatałii, traditional medicine men as part of the Dine' Medicine Man Association. Anderson works directly with the Navajo Tribe within their Department of Health and Harrison while apprenticing with Anderson, has his own Hatałii practice, after retiring from the Indian Health Service.

I met them both while employed with the Nation Nation as a Clinical Specialist, directing an adolescent wilderness program, based out of Shiprock, NM. We all have continued gathering and bringing healing services and cultural awareness to those that might not have such opportunities to have access to this form of integrative and cross-cultural help. 

I assist both Hataliis with diagnosing and doctoring. The three of us combine gifts to provide a BeautyWay path within and throughout for each participant ~ kent

Arrive open, willing to unclutter your mind, expand emotionally and explore your authentic self.

​Video from May '22 event:
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​Bios: Anderson Hoskie,
​Harrison Jim
Kent Tompkins
Jaya Marr, Wilderness Assistant

Recent article-Anderson's work

Thursday Eve: Introductions, and an evening of story-telling at the Paradise Theater. collaboration with local musicians, artists. 
Friday: morning into evening will be sweatlodge. Evening group activity.
​Saturday: 10-7 Tipi, individual, couples healing needs addressed. Evening group activity 
Sunday: 9-1 / Wrap up, closing ceremony. 
Evening activities: Drumming, storytelling. Spirit will tell us.

See roughed out Agenda: It will morph as facilitators meet approaching the gathering. Paonia Agenda
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Please note: If you have not worked with Kent directly before, email him at kent@kentart.com to connect with you by phone, or in person to approve your attendance. Each participant is requested to fill out a "wellness landscape" form so facilitators can better understand and prepare for your individual needs.

Please see the facilitators' bios (Anderson, Harrison, Kent) to rest assured as to the authenticity of their affiliations and authorizations to lead this type of event.  

​When:  Thursday afternoon 4:00 pm arrival to Sunday 3:00pm  
​Where: 329 Oak Ave, Paonia, CO 81428
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Camping at retreat site-329 Oak Ave, Paonia, CO. Parking nearby for those with campers/trailers. Shower facilities in two bath home, so patience is requested. Maybe we'll have an outdoor shower built by then. 

...and as community offerings (friends homes, yards, Air b/b) manifest, Kent will post here. Stay tuned. 

​Who's it For: Healers, those coming into their wisdom, wisdom keepers, spiritual seekers, doctors, therapists, practitioners, those at an impasse, artists, creative types, et al.

Dine' wedding baskets: and contact Kent for other sources, options. 

Cost: $645. You may also pay via Venmo, or cash upon arrival w/ prior approval. $100 deposit required to secure spot. See drop-down menu below for options, and camping/shower booking. Those with campers can also park near the retreat site. Showers will be available as space allows. Please note, there is limited slots available, given the depth we travel with each person. Money can be an issue around such events. The funding goes for our practitioners travel and time, in addition to coordination, food, wood, and other related hosting provisions. We also leave room for those that are in need, whether it be for healing, financial distress or those within the community that are sponsored by others because the individual has difficulty asking for help. Thanks too, to those who pay the requested amount, knowing that some of this goes toward scholarships for those in need. 

Food: Community stews, breads, grilling and healthy snacks included. Potluck breakfasts, and evening meals, combined with community stews and trimmings. 
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"The BeautyWay retreat was one of the most profound events I have ever experienced...

Harrison and Anderson held us all with so much strength and gentleness through their powerful songs and prayers and their loving presence. I witnessed so much transformation and healing in everyone and in myself. Several months later I still feel the blessings they gave me. To have had the rare opportunity to be a part of something this joyful and heart opening was a great honor."- J.C. Denver, CO

​"The retreat offered unique insights into the culture of the Navajo. The sweat lodge, prayers and ceremony were deeply healing, connecting me deeper to myself, my path, and creator. The prayer and aspects of the experience remain a part of my daily practice. I'm grateful to have been a part of the retreat." - S.C. Boulder, CO

"My experience at the BeautyWay last year was unlike any other ceremony I have participated. It felt like stepping into something very ancient, very powerful. Even though it's been a year or so later, I am still opening up into something I feel very strongly aligned with my being. We were all welcomed into another world, a place so unpretentious and remarkable. I felt no separation from nature, from them as facilitators/healers. I knew something really big was occurring, yet they were so at one with what they do, that I also felt like, this is what these guys do day in day out, and we have a front row seat to some very special beings, and ancient healing practices that defy anything I could have imagined until then! Thanks Kent for hosting" - JM, Paonia, CO

Please note: Those participating in the ceremonial portion and receiving diagnostic and healing work, will receive a list of items to bring, preparation protocol, and will need to offer Anderson and Harrison a small amount of money, and if needed a Dine' Wedding Basket at their time of ceremony. All will be explained, and outlets for basket purchases if needed. We are following traditional indigenous approaches. ​

 A partial list of events:

• Immersion within our individual and collective indigeneity.
• Travel to sacred sites in the southwest visually and through our story-telling, songs. These places hold truths for us all. 
• Experience how Kent, Anderson and Harrison work within the quantum field, over time/distance together within this retreat and within their own practices, while assisting each other and others.​.
• Lecture, story-telling, Q&A throughout weekend. 
• There are talented doctors, practitioners, healers, artists and spiritually attuned folks attending, bringing cross-pollination gifts.
• Sweatlodge teachings discussed, and then co-ed lodge participation if desired. Women on their moon are invited to participate from outside the lodge. 
• Tipi knowledge, ways of pitching them from various traditions, related teachings, use of fire for transformation. . 
• Ceremonial healing, individual attention given to your specific needs through being diagnosed, then administered healing techniques from Dine', Cheyenne and Lakota traditions, without the use of psychedelics. 
• ​Down time for walks, integration, leisurely lunches, dinners. Meals will be pot-luck style, with Stews provided for everyone during dinners.  
• Additional Instructions will be provided on what to bring for those confirmed attendees. 

 
Contact Kent with inquires: kent@kentart.com.

​Wellness Landscape form 

A video of Anderson's songs, elders' teachings, Standing Rock insights, et al.