9th Annual
Wild Women Retreat
Embrace Your Wild Spirit!
Dates: Friday September 20th at 4pm - Sunday September 22nd at 12pm, 2024
Location: Off-grid, private wilderness setting near Cherry Valley NY. Location will be shared upon registration
LGBTQ+ and Gender diverse welcome
Are you ready to unleash your inner wild woman? Join us for a weekend of adventure, laughter, and deep connection at the Wild Women Retreat! Step away from the daily grind and rediscover yourself in the tranquil embrace of nature.
Why Join Us?
Off-Grid Adventure: Escape the digital world and immerse yourself in nature’s beauty.
Private Wilderness: Enjoy the peace and seclusion of our exclusive retreat space.
Meditation & Workshops: Awaken your spirit with powerful Osho meditations and creative workshops to connect with nature and each other.
Fire & Singing: Feel the magic as we gather around the fire for rituals and uplifting singing sessions.
Healing Sisterhood Community: Join a supportive community of wild women, sharing stories, laughter, and growth.
Delicious Meals: Indulge in five nutritious and delicious meals included in the price, prepared with fresh, local ingredients.
Relax & Reconnect: Take time to unwind, explore, and reconnect with your wild side.
Spaces are limited, so grab your spot now for a weekend to remember!
Transportation service available for those commuting from NYC. Rideshare list will be available.
Contact us at info@thetelegraphschool.org if you have any questions.
Registration Deadline: August 31st
Schedule
(See below for details on the individual workshops & teacher bios.)
Friday: 9/20
4pm Arrival
5pm Team Building with Bethany
6pm Dinner - Catered delicious local seasonal fare
7pm Fire & Ritual of Gratitude with Angelica
Saturday: 9/21
7am Stretching & Meditation - self-led
8am Breakfast
9am Grounding Workshop (Bethany) Stretching, Journals, walking and sit spots
11am Osho Chakra Sounds Meditation with Isha
12pm Lunch
1 to 3pm: Relax in Nature
3pm Wild Women Discussion with Angelica
6pm Osho Active Kundalini Meditation with Isha
7 pm Dinner
8pm Fire & Singing
Sunday: 9/22
7am Stretching & Meditation - self-led
8am Breakfast
9am to 10:30am: Farewell circle and nature walk
A secluded place
Located in the rolling hills of Cherry Valley, participants will camp in a meadow with a stunning view of the night sky. Nestled between the foothills of the Catskill Mountains and Mohawk Valley, the land is abundant in flora and fauna. There are woods, fields, and creeks. It is quite lovely and secluded and perfect for our gathering with a cabin, a firepit, and gardens.
Participants will park near a large barn that dates back to the 1800s and either be transported to the site via an all terrain vehicle or walk for one mile to the cabin. At the cabin site, participants will set up tents. We will use the indoor structure (shown here) for programming if the weather is not favorable.
Delicious Food
The meals during the course of the retreat will be provided by Tegan Green (formerly Harpremjeet Kaur) who owned and operated The Giving Bowl food truck in Milford, NY from 2017 - 2020, a vegan, gluten free food truck. Tegan's cooking is premised on the notion that food is medicine. In that regard, she uses all organic ingredients and sources locally whenever possible. She will be offering five delicious nutrient rich meals inspired by her training in Ayurvedic cooking, which uses food combining principles and nourishing spices to create meals that are enlivening and revitalizing.
Workshop Details
Team Building Activity - Friday 4pm-5pm
Upon arrival to the space we will gather and all participate in an activity that will help us build rapport with one another and bond. Lead by Bethany.
Fire & Ritual of Gratitude - Friday 7pm
Connecting to the energy of the Autumn Equinox, we will gather together around the fire to share the bounty of our lives through ritual and sharing our stories. Hosted by Angelica.
Grounding Workshop - Saturday 9:30am
This workshop will include lite stretching and movement followed by a nature walk. It will also teach practices on how to connect the body with nature and how to ground oneself. Participants will also receive personal journals to reflect on their emotions and experience all while immersed in the cycle of the Autumn Equinox. Hosted by Bethany.
OSHO ® Chakra Sounds Meditation - Saturday 11am
This meditation uses vocal sounds to open and connect the chakras or energy centers while bringing awareness to them. It can bring you into a deep, peaceful, inner silence either through making your own vocal sounds, or by just listening to the music and feeling the sounds within you. Hosted by Isha.
Wild Women Discussion - Saturday 3pm
What does it mean to be a wild woman? How do we harvest the wisdom we’ve gained in our lives and share the bounty with the community? What obstacles do we all face that can be better tackled together? What seeds are you planting for the future? This will be a group conversation facilitated by Angelica.
OSHO ® Kundalini Meditation - Saturday 6pm
During this meditation participants will be fully immersed in an exercise that includes shaking and dancing. The purpose of this is to “melt” the rocklike being, wherever the energy flow has been repressed and blocked. Then that energy can flow, dance and be transformed into bliss and joy. It is a highly effective way of unwinding and letting go at the end of the day. Hosted by Isha.
Fire and Singing - Saturday 8pm
On our last night together, we will sit around the fire and debrief our day. Bethany will lead a journal reflection on change and Isha will share some songs for the Equinox.
Farewell Circle - Sunday 9am-10:30am
Angelica, Bethany and Isha will lead a meaningful farewell circle for all participants.
Meet Our Instructors
Bethany Adams
(she/her) is a mountain athlete and writer based out of the Adirondack Mountains. She holds a Master’s Degree in Community Development and has been published in Trail Runner Magazine and Outside Magazine. Her love for exploration has taken her around the world to the deserts of Namibia and the mountains of Nepal, among several other places. She is the first and only woman to achieve 100 Fastest Known Times, and in 2020, she and Katie Rhodes became the first women to climb all 46 High Peaks in the Adirondacks unsupported. Healing in nature and women empowerment are often central themes in Bethany’s expeditions, writing and workshops. You can follow her adventures @bethanyclimbs
Angelica Dzeli Palmer
(she/it) is an Interdisciplinary Social Practice Artist and Ritualist that explores the connections within ourselves, with each other, and with nature. For decades Angelica has led rituals, taught classes and hosted events interweaving community, activism, and the arts throughout the United States and Canada. She is the founder of The Telegraph School, a home for the Healing & Performing Arts in Cherry Valley, NY and is the Board Treasurer for the Cherry Valley Community Facilities Corporation (“The Old School”). Angelica has a Masters in Creative Inquiry and Social Activism from the Experimental Performance Institute at New College of California in San Francisco. Her work is influenced by the creative heritage of her family, the beauty and vitality of the land and water of her home, stolen from the Kanien’kehá:ka people, and by the ancient Slavic and Animist practices of her ancestors. Artist website: Dzeli.com
Isha (Justyna) Kostek
(she/her) studied and facilitated active meditations at the Osho International Meditation Institute in Pune, India, where she earned her certification as an active meditation instructor. ISHA has guided these transformative practices at various spiritual gatherings, including ecstatic dance events, women's circles, cacao ceremonies, and different yoga studios in NYC. She is also the facilitator of Ecstatic Dance Oneonta, a monthly wellness event that brings together the community in free-form movement, meditation, sound healing, live drumming, and an ecstatic DJ set. Follow her on Instagram for upcoming offerings: @isha_activemeditations @ecstaticdanceoneonta
Price
$399 ($50 discount for residents within 40 miles)
Includes 3 days of activities, 5 delicious locally-sourced vegetarian meals, and 2 nights of camping.
Registration Deadline: August 31st
We come together to celebrate and honor ourselves, our sisters, our connection with nature and the cycles of life.
“Whether you are possessed of a simple heart or the ambitions of an Amazon, whether you are trying to make it to the top or just make it through tomorrow, whether you are spicy or somber, regal or roughshod – the Wild Woman belongs to you. She belongs to all women.
To find her, it is necessary for women to return to their instinctive lives, their deepest knowing. So, let us push on now, and remember ourselves back to the wild soul. Let us sing her flesh back onto our bones. Shed any false coats we have been given. Don the true coat of powerful instinct and knowing. Infiltrate the psychic lands that once belonged to us. Unfurl the bandages, ready the medicine.
Let us return now, wild women howling, laughing, singing up The One who loves us so. For us the issue is simple. Without us, Wild Woman dies. Without Wild Woman, we die. Para Vida, for true life, both must live.”
– Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves