Preparing for Your Hocking Hills Integration Retreat
What to expect from the Hocking Hills retreat
Our Location
There are places that seem to hold a deeper presence, and the Hocking Hills is one of them. For countless generations, Indigenous peoples found meaning, beauty, and sacred connection in this landscape of ancient stone, flowing water, and quiet forests.
This is the land of skinwalkers, creatures who could shapeshift into any being in their role as guardians of the land. The Hocking Hills sits in a region where oral tradition, Indigenous presence, pioneer folklore, and modern cryptid (Bigfoot) mythology all overlap.
The waterfalls restore the spirit and the body back into balance. The Shawnee and Wyandotte believe spirits dwell within the caves in this area, so it's a land of spiritual significance.
As we gather among these hills, we step into a place that invites reflection, renewal, and remembrance—a place where the natural world gently teaches us how to live with greater awareness, balance, and belonging.
Our Home Away From Home
We will be staying in a private home. This is a deliberate choice that affords us privacy, but also gives us "family style" living vibe that allows us to "practice" living in healthy, connected community.
We have the option to use the game room, hot tub, fire pit, and to cook, and eat together.
You have a choice of a double room (as a couple or a single) or staying in a bunk room with four bunk beds.
This is an intimate, curated experience that is limited to no more than 8 people, including facilitators.
Our Purpose
Every retreat has a focus our purpose. Ours is Integration.
We meet during this time to experience what it's like to live a healthy, wholesome lifestyle so that we know what that is, and can replicate it in our every day lives.
When you grow up without healthy role models, or experience something that gets you off track, you need a road map to show you the way. This is that road map.
If you already have that groundedness inside you, this retreat is a place to share it with others who appreciation the luxury of good company.
Getting There
The closest airport is CMH, John Glenn Columbus International Airport, which is about an hour away.
If you are flying, you will need to rent a car from there.
Registered participants will be given the exact address just before the retreat (which is when I will get it).
Our Itinerary
The itinerary is planned to give you an idea of what healthy self-care looks like. So, we start every day with a gentle wake up yoga. Not into mornings? No worries. Everything is optional.
Every day we are outside doing a short hike in the Hocking Hills. (3 miles max)
One day we will go to either the Mound City Group or the Hopewell Mound Group, or both.
We will experience short daily, optional "workshops" to help you learn to reset your nervous system and maintain wellness.
The schedule will be given to you upon arrival so you can plan ahead.
We also have plenty of downtime to socialize, sit in the hot tub, journal, nap, or do as you wish.
Got More Questions?
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