

Our Mountain Rhythm
DAY 1
3:00 pm - Check In
5:45 pm – Welcome Gathering
6:00 pm – Dinner and Evening Gathering
DAY 2
7:30 Coffee
8:30 – 9:30 am – Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Morning Gathering
12:30 – 1:30 pm – Lunch
1:30 – 3:30 pm – Afternoon Gathering
3:30 – 6:00 pm – Free Time
6:00 pm – Dinner and Evening Gathering
DAY 3
7:30 Coffee
8:30 – 9:30 am – Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:00 pm – Morning Gathering
12:30 – 1 pm – Pick up lunches and head to a picnic spot
1:00 – 4:00 pm – Forest Experience (a deep, embodied, sensory immersion in nature)
4:00 – 6:30 pm – Free Time
7:00 – 9:00 pm – Dinner at a Local Restaurant (not included in the retreat cost)
DAY 4
7:30 Coffee
8:30 – 9:30 am – Breakfast
10:00 am - Check Out of Rooms 10:30–12:00 - Final Gathering & Sendoff at the Peninsula
Retreat Facilitators

Artist | Psychotherapist
Laurel Justice
Laurel Justice is a seeker, a maker, and a guide—someone who believes, deep in her bones, that creativity is how we find our way home. Based in the Colorado Rockies, she’s in the business of waking people up—to their own stories, their own wisdom, and the beautiful, untamed process of becoming. She’s an artist, psychotherapist, life coach, speaker, consultant, comedian, and designer of transformational experiences. She’s one of those people who refuses to be just one thing because when creating, connection and healing are the call, it’s never a one-size-fits-all career.

Author
Gina DeMillo Wagner
Gina is the award-winning author of the memoir Forces of Nature. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Memoir Magazine, Modern Loss, Self, Outside, Hippocampus, and other publications. She has been honored with a Yaddo residency and the CRAFT Creative Nonfiction Award, and her memoir won a 2024 Best Indie Book Award. Gina has a master’s degree in journalism and teaches for Writer's Digest University and Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver.

Forest Therapy Guide
Kim Van Natta
Kim is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, trained to work with the forest as a partner, to support the wellness and healing of people and nature alike. She helps others open the doors of their sense and heartfelt presence, so they can enter completely into a healing relationship with the forest and other places in the more-than-human world. Kim is also a trained Spiritual Director and Breathwork Facilitator. She resides with her husband Will in Colorado Springs, CO. You may contact Kim at mailto:kim@transformingexperiences.org or 573-808-4848