Rewilding the Self: Mind, Body, Spirit, and Soul {Overnight Retreat}
Dates: July 25-26, 2026
Time: Saturday 10am - Sunday 1pm MT
Location: RoadRunner Coyote Retreat (Rustic/TENT camping on-site)
Cost: $175 Pay it forward / $125 Sustaining Rate / $75 Community SupportedWe offer a sliding scale price to ensure our services are accessible to everyone, regardless of income. Please pay at the top of the scale if you are able, to help support those who cannot.
Overview
We are living amid the Great Unraveling. Many of us feel called to a new way of living rooted in compassion, community, creative aliveness, and reciprocity with the living world in which we are embedded. Yet modern culture has shaped us toward productivity over presence, individualism over interdependence, and speed over soul.
Rewilding the psyche is the work of remembering who we truly are and our belonging within the wider web of life. It’s about shifting the way we think, feel, and perceive—cultivating a deep, lived sense of connection with Spirit, Soul, Nature, and Community. This program is for those who long to move beyond healing alone and step fully into the creative, spiritual, and life-affirming dimensions of their being. It often calls to healers, teachers, visionaries, and social-change warriors who are seeking to uncover and embody their unique gifts in service to the world.
Through creative, nature-based, and soul-centered practices, we will awaken the gifts and capacities within you that allows you to live in reciprocity, presence, and purpose in a world that desperately needs life-enhancing change as well as fully embodied and soulful changemakers. Whether you are just beginning this journey or reflecting mid-life on the road not taken, this class offers a path to reclaim presence, purpose, and the courage to contribute meaningfully.
Who This Retreat Is ForYou’re longing for a soulful way of being in the world that is creatively alive and in reciprocity with the living earth
You’re curious to plumb the depths of self in search of strengths that contribute to your wholeness
You’re called to a greater relationship with the more than human world
Tools & PracticesDreamwork
Deep Imagery
Shadow Work
Council and Mirroring
Guided Invitations and Practices
What to ExpectAn introduction to facets of wholeness
Deep listening and reflection
Experiential activities and practices for working with wounded parts
Invitations for soulful exploration on the land
Small group breakout sessions for deeper sharing
Food: Participants are invited to bring a packed lunch for the first day. We will share a communal dinner and breakfast, with everyone contributing to preparation and clean-up
What to BringCuriosity and openness to the journey
Journal for reflective writing
Ceremonial or meaningful objects for you
Packed lunch
A packing list will be provided after registration
Your Facilitator: Theresa Benson, PhD, REAT, REACE
Rewilding Guide, Expressive Arts Therapist, Eco-Spiritual AlchemistTheresa has spent decades exploring psychology, integrative health, deep imagination, and eco-spirituality, weaving these threads together to help individuals and groups awaken to their wild nature and soulful potential. She guides participants in deep imagery, expressive arts, and land-based practices, cultivating connection with their inner wholeness and the living world. Rather than offering answers, Theresa creates conditions where insights and experiences emerge, supporting each person’s unique journey toward self-healing and alignment with the more-than-human world.
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Seeking Wild Clarity and Connection: Eco-Spiritual Practice, Wilderness Relatedness, and Soulful Discovery {3-Day Retreat}
Dates: October 2–5, 2026
Location: RoadRunner Coyote Retreat (Rustic/TENT camping on-site)
Cost: $450 – $650 (plus food)Reconnect with nature, yourself, and the community through an immersive on-site retreat. Over 2–3 nights, participants will camp on the land and engage in 4–6 cycles of guided wandering and processing, each with a theme to deepen reflection and connection. Mornings and afternoons are devoted to this experiential practice, while evenings gather around the campfire for storytelling and shared reflection.
This retreat is designed to nurture your ecological identity, creativity, and sense of belonging in the living world. Registration opens soon—spaces will be limited.
More info coming soon!
Your Facilitator: Scott Godlew
Scott Godlew is an eco-spiritual catalyst whose work blends ecological awareness, depth psychology, and soul-centered practice. He guides participants to explore their relationship with the natural world, each other, and their own purpose within the greater whole.
Learn more about Scott
Seeding the Heart of the Earth: Wholing and Self-Healing in a Time of Unraveling {4-Day Retreat}
Dates: October 21-25, 2026
Location: RoadRunner Coyote Retreat (Rustic/TENT camping on-site)
Cost: $1,250 Pay it Forward / $1,000 Sustaining Rate / $750 Community SupportedEarly Bird Registration: $800 if registered by August 31, 2026
Registration Deadline: September 30, 2026
Overview
What seeds are yours to plant in a time of unraveling? How do you tend to your inner garden to cultivate new blooms? What resources support your inner storehouse when the well runs dry?
This immersive retreat explores these questions through a nature-based, expressive arts approach. Grounded in the Wild Mind Model by Bill Plotkin, the program integrates mind, body, spirit, and soul, re-centering the human experience within the interconnected living world. Through deep imagery, dreamwork, and guided wanders on the land, you will explore your facets of wholeness, connect with inner protectors, and develop sustainable practices for wholing and self-healing.
The Land
RoadRunner Coyote Retreat (RRCR) is a 40-acre tract southwest of the town of Coyote (koh-yoh-teh /ko'ʝote/), New Mexico, nestled in the Pinion and Juniper woodlands at the base of Loma Coyote. Scott Godlew serves as Inn Keeper and Caretaker of the land, welcoming guests to an immersive experience in nature with ample privacy and gentle seclusion. RRCR is adjacent to State of New Mexico land, with additional accessible 40-acre tracts to the east and west, providing expansive space for retreat experiences and connection with the land.
The retreat is set back from State Road 96, a lightly traveled highway, allowing visitors to enter a quiet, undisturbed natural environment where they may encounter Juniper, Pinion, Mule Deer, Coyote, Hawk, and other beings of the land.
Who This Retreat Is For
Individuals longing for a deep connection to the living Earth
Those seeking creative, experiential ways to nurture facets of wholeness
People ready to seed a new way of being in the world
What We’ll Explore
Mapping the psyche and facets of wholeness based on the Wild Mind Model
Dreams, imagination, and creative processes for deepening self-awareness
Interconnectedness and communion with the living Earth
What to ExpectSupportive, confidential group circles
Opening and closing rituals
Morning practices and gatherings to process dreams
Guided wanders on the land
Afternoon circle sessions
Shared preparation and enjoyment of nourishing breakfasts and dinners
Evening reflective and somatic practices
What’s IncludedGroup and one-on-one guidance with facilitators
Use of a large tent with wood-burning stove, refrigerator, water, composting toilet, sink, grill, and kitchen utensils for meal preparation
MealsParticipants provide their own lunches and snacks. Breakfast and dinner is a collaborative effort, with meal teams planning, purchasing, and preparing group meals
AccommodationsCamping on-site (personal equipment required; suggested packing list provided)
Travel LogisticsAirports: Santa Fe Regional Airport or Albuquerque International Sunport
Carpooling from the airport with other participants recommended
Health & Safety: Participants should review current CDC COVID-19 policies and protocols and be vigilant in the weeks prior to the retreat
Your Facilitator: Theresa Benson, PhD, REAT, REACE
Rewilding Guide, Expressive Arts Therapist, Eco-Spiritual Alchemist
“Dancing Water’s Heartfire”Theresa has spent decades exploring psychology, integrative health, deep imagination, and eco-spirituality, weaving these threads together to help individuals and groups awaken to their wild nature and soulful potential. She guides participants in deep imagery, expressive arts, and land-based practices, cultivating connection with their inner wholeness and the living world. Rather than offering answers, Theresa creates conditions where insights and experiences emerge, supporting each person’s unique journey toward self-healing and alignment with the more-than-human world.
Learn more about Theresa