Wilderness '25 co-facilitated with Jaya MarrDate: June 19-22,2025 (Summer Solstice weekend)
Suggested participants: Adults, therapists, couples, those interested in an 8 mile RT backpack, those interested in wilderness therapy, somatic integration, couples enhancement and those ready for pure fun. Cost: $595 per person. A deposit of $100 required to reserve your spot. Nonrefundable deposit after June 1, 2025. Couples discount=$1000 Max occupancy: 20 Join Jaya Marr and me on a wilderness backpacking and camping retreat on Grand Mesa, a 10,000' flat top mountain near our home in Paonia, CO. We will backpack in 4 miles on an established (essentially flat trail) to Horse Park lake (one of 300 lakes on the Grand Mesa). I grew up hiking into this lake as a kid, and it is far enough off the beaten track to experience deeper feral wilderness, yet in a safe environment. Curriculum:
Logistics: 1. Participants can gather at Kent and Jaya's home in Paonia and carpool hours to the trailhead. 2. Or participants can meet us at Trailhead on Grand Mesa at prescribed the time. Punctuality is a necessity to maintain group cohesiveness. Facilitators: You will have access to my 30+ years experience as a licensed Transpersonal and wilderness therapist. I'll share my EMDR, IFS (Internal Family Systems), group facilitation and other integrative techniques with you as needed throughout the weekend. ~ kt I continue collaboration with indigenous wisdom keepers and establishing wilderness programs for Native tribes. I also continue my work as a documentary photographer, and have taught at an Art Institute, and various colleges in CO and Arizona. Kentart.com. Bring your creative photography questions. Jaya comes from a Mountain Guide background in her native New Zealand, Alaska, Patagonia and Europe. She is currently finishing a 4 month (Nov 24'-Feb '25) solo expedition in NZ, hiking 1800 miles, camping and gathering material for all sorts of gifts for the rest of us. JayaMarr.com We reside in Paonia, CO, where I maintain a private therapy practice, and create documentary photos and film. Jaya provides Belief Work, Sound/Light healing, group facilitation and plant medicine integration work. She provides Aikido classes as a 3rd degree black belt. Her wilderness therapy facilitation is above and beyond the most stellar facilitators I've known! |