this retreat is for YOU if:
You are ready to level up in ways you have never before!
The wild is calling you!
You crave spending full days and nights immersed in nature. Returning to your roots, eating around the fire, bathing in Lake Michigan, singing in sisterhood. Dancing and laughing until you cry.
You want to deepen your relationship to your body. You are ready to LOVE her fully; to trust your innate wisdom.
You are ready to tap into this untamed WILD version of yourself. You know you have been suppressing her and you feel her wanting to be free.
You know she is there but you are seeking guidance and looking for de-programming help.
You are ready to release your limiting beliefs and create better boundaries around your self worth!
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
does this sound perfect?
We think so and we are here to walk you through it.
This is primitive-style camping. If you don't know what means, it means you carry everything in and everything out!
No experience is necessary and we are here to walk by your side. Your INNER WARRIOR WILD WOMAN can do this and LOVES it!
You just bring a small backpacking tent and a backpack only for your essentials!
Together we create our camp, prepare and collect firewood, and make our meals. Our days will consist of sharing camp life tasks along with yoga, movement, rest, swimming, songs, circles, and ceremonies. You will experience how it truly feels to be in sisterhood as a tribe for 3 nights.
If you have never done this before, it is MONUMENTAL and will be life changing!!!
Okay, here are the details:
We will meet at a parking lot at Nordhouse Dunes on Friday and take you to our camp.
You will carry in everything you need for the weekend. (We will be close enough to easily walk back to our cars and outhouses whenever you need.)
Before the weekend, we will walk you through on ZOOM with a detailed camping list and Q&A.
items needed
Small tent or hammock
Backpack
Water (we suggest a water filtration system or bringing in large container)
Flashlight
Weather-appropriate clothing
Sleeping bag
Towel
Personal bowl, cup, and utensils
Toilet paper and compostable toiletries
Yoga mat (optional, we will be on sandy earth)
what’s included
3 nights camping in Nordhouse Dunes.
Friday afternoon meetup in the parking lot to lead you to camp.
4 days of WILD WOMEN Embodiment practices: yoga, exercises, sharing, circles, songs, hikes, and sisterhood.
We will supply the food for 3 meals a day, with the exception of Friday (evening dinner) and Monday (breakfast). We will look to all to help cook and clean at camp!
Investment $650 (after May 15th - $750)
$300 nonrefundable deposit required to hold your spot, balance paid in full by July 1st.
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YOUR GUIDES
Both Beth and Melissa are experienced backpack-style campers and travelers. Having toured parts of the world for months at a time, both women are confident in guiding and facilitating camping space!
They have also both been camping multiple times over the years in Nordhouse Dunes.
Nordhouse Dunes is a 3,500 acre wilderness area along Lake Michigan's eastern shoreline in the Huron-Manistee National Forest, located between Ludington and Manistee. It is popular for hiking, primitive and dispersed camping, wildlife viewing, beach combing, and nature study. This designated wilderness area is a protected natural space, an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
It is the perfect place to unleash your WILD WOMAN!
beth james
The creator of Barefoot & Free, she has been leading yoga retreats for almost 10 years all around the world. Most recently she has been guiding women specifically through embodiment practices & women’s circles. Beth provides over 20 years experience teaching yoga, facilitating retreats, workshops, and conscious gatherings.
melissa mytych
Melissa is a deep lover of life.
She is a massage therapist and she is working on her Doula training. She will be the chef extraordinaire as well as our guide to learning the art of prayer through sacred songs and sound!