WILD
An Embodied Mythic Retreat for Women
Wednesday, April 22nd - Sunday, April 26th, 2026
A retreat for women who yearn to unlearn the dangerous trappings that keep them tamed . . .
WILD is an invitation for women who long to return to the untamed ground of their being.
This is to reawaken your body’s innate wisdom, remember your instinctual nature,
and develop an intimacy and trust with a felt sense of belonging that moves from the inside out.
It is for women who are drawn to the mystery and play of stories and tales.
It is for those who long to listen and learn the language of their body more intimately.
And for those who are done with head-trip retreats that focus on fixing behavior or mindset, and instead long to play in the landscape of the feminine psyche.
In the momentum of the habitual, mundane, it is easy to lose touch with the deeper pulse.
For those who get caught in striving instead of feeling, numbing instead of noticing, or molding to the world rather than living from the wild rhythm that is uniquely your own...
The mythic imagination offers another way.
It teaches us that wildness is not recklessness but holds an intelligent rhythm.
That embodiment is a prayer of devotion.
And that freedom awakens the moment we turn toward what is most alive within us.
Through ritual, story, somatic practice, and community, WILD invites you to remember what has always been yours...
The instinctive knowing, the sacred body, and the living myth that you are.
what to expect . . .
Throughout our 5 days together in the deep mountains of California, we will deepen into our wild...that is, natural–state.
Each day, you can expect to dive into an archetypal experience employing a combination of fairy tale analysis, somatic practice, self-inquiry, and group witnessing.
Being held by your facilitators, we will orient ourselves within the shared group field and then immerse ourselves in a fairy tale through ritual storytelling.
We will then explore the tales through the body using somatic practices such as dance, authentic movement, and ritual theatre.
Through these mythic embodied practices, creative rituals, and shared community, you will be held in a nourishing space to listen deeply, move authentically, and remember your belonging in the wild.
why fairy tales?
Myths and fairy tales are more than old narratives; they are living maps of the soul.
These tales mirror the patterns that move within us, revealing the often hidden terrains of a woman’s inner life.
Through their images and transformational journeys, stories invite us into reflection and remembrance.
Each tale holds a question, a threshold, a mirror, asking us to see where we are being called to grow, to shed, or return.
When we listen to these stories together, we start to see that our challenges are not just our own; they belong to a much older story of a women's journey of transformation.
The tales will not hand us solutions; they draw us into a deeper relationship with the mystery that shapes our lives and help us to become more intimate with that living mystery.
This Retreat is for You if You’re Longing to:
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Reclaim the instinctual wisdom that lives in your body and learn to trust your felt sense as guidance.
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Unlearn the habits of striving, pleasing, or performing and rediscover the liberation of your authentic rhythm.
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Move and be moved by the wild feminine, letting story, image, and breath lead you back to yourself.
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Remember a sense of belonging that begins within and ripples outward into life and relationship.
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Experience myth not just as something to think about, but as something to be lived through body, movement, and imagination.
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Be held in a circle of women devoted to truth, tenderness, and the unfolding of the soul.
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Slow down, rest, and listen, allowing space for what is most alive in you to emerge.
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Immerse yourself in story, somatic practice, and ritual that nourishes the feminine and awakens the wild within you.
The retreat begins on April 22nd
At its simplest, to be wild is to be natural, which is to be at ease with what is.
We are all born wild & as we grow, we mistake civility for belonging & so cut off limbs, bind bones, & destroy inner waterways in the name of fitting in.
We forget that everything in nature has its place.
We forget that if we are required to sever parts to pay the ticket price, it is not belonging we’ve purchased, but shame.
We forget that to become who we are is the privilege of a lifetime.
"The WILD immersion is a remarkable container. I’ve never experienced such a well-rounded experience of deepening in a small virtual group like this. Online containers can feel heady and disconnected, but the facilitators of WILD knew expertly how to drop the barriers of distance and move us into body and soul."
- Jessica, 37, documentary producer
Your container will be lovingly held by three women,
all of whom have needed to traverse dark waters in order to remember what is wild within them.
All of whom have been initiated by grief & self-forgetting to become who they are.
Meet your Facilitators
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Mackenzie
By trade Mackenzie is a Jungian analyst, consultant, & 5Rhythms® teacher.
By vocation she is a psychedelic facilitator, depth psychology scholar, & writer.
By design she is a collection of fractal, holographic cells dancing around some strange attractor for the sake of who knows what to live an insignificant, mythic life reflective of the mysterious vital spark within her. She identifies as a series of memories & unverifiable subjective experiences of self-hood to which she is rather fondly attached.
She has a penchant for scholarship, the occult, pedantic erudition, morbid humor, grandiosity, nihilism, & semi-responsible hedonism.
Born in the shadow of New Age culture into a fractured family system & the subjective experiencer of (arguably) extreme early childhood trauma, her life’s work is to heal psychic wounds—her’s & other’s—that she & others become strong enough to contend with the unconscious quicksands & transpersonal abysses which lap at the periphery of developing consciousness. She is an emergent property of Being playing at becoming sovereign.
She really, really loves butter.
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Danielle
Danielle is a somatic guide and depth psychologist dedicated to exploring the mysteries of the unconscious. With a passion for the wisdom held within images, she helps individuals attune to their inner landscapes, facilitating deep healing and transformation through the language of the somatic unconscious.
She supports individuals in attuning to the unspoken language of their bodies and psyches, helping them navigate life’s transitions and integrate extreme experiences of difference, conflict, and Otherness.
With a formal background and education in Depth and Archetypal Psychology, Somatic Experiencing®, and ongoing Jungian analyst training, she has dedicated her work to undoing the rational gaps humans have placed between science and the sacred, mind and body.
Allyssa
Allyssa S. Rivera (A-li-sha), pronouns she/her/ella, holds an M.S. in Dance/Movement Therapy from Sarah Lawrence College and a B.A. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from NYU.
As an embodiment facilitator and dance alchemist with The 360 Emergence, she fuses therapeutic expertise with artistic and spiritual depth.
Native to Puerto Rico, Allyssa's journey through diverse clinical and community settings, including Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC, reflects her commitment to healing, as dance provided her from a very young age. Currently based in Brooklyn, she practices privately and at the Creative Art Therapy Place.
She also holds a faculty position at her alma mater, teaching graduate students Methods and Theories of Dance/Movement Therapy.
Allyssa's holistic approach, shaped by cultural awareness, supports transformative experiences, showcasing the capacity for dance and movement to bridge cultures and catalyze growth.
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The events in fairy tales portray a vital psychological reality.
If we understand them, we gain a new understanding of ourselves.
If we cut ourselves off from this world of images, we are separated from one of the main sources of our own life energy.
-Sibylle Birkhauser-Oeri
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"It was incredible to be in a space where it was not only acceptable, but encouraged, to prioritize the body and individual experience as we engaged. I’ve never been in a group setting like it. It felt freeing and supportive to be able to explore my experience with the diverse perspectives and unique container the instructors created."
- Colleen, 30, consultant
"The authentic movement was a new experience for me.
Being witnessed and witnessing others felt very meaningful.
As someone who struggles to be seen and take up space, being witnessed helped me build more confidence in being seen."
- Anonymous online immersion participant
Here's how the immersion series will flow...
Online Immersion 1: Vasalisa the Beautiful
November 23, 2024
Online Immersion 2: The Summer and Winter Garden
January 11, 2025
Online Immersion 3: Rapunzel
March 15, 2025
Online Immersion 4: The Frog Prince
July 12, 2025