Dr. Aaylah Wellspring

Dr. Aaylah Wellspring has known from a young age that she has spent lifetimes in service to mother earth and the fairy realms. Her mission and purpose on this planet is to connect people to their plant relatives and preserve the knowledge of plant medicines. A Naturopathic Doctor since 2017, she specializes in gastrointestinal disorders, chronic fatigue and hormonal balancing. At her practice Wellspring Naturopathic Medicine, she focuses on coaching, lifestyle modifications, diet and herbal medicine to facilitate whole body healing. She also offers holistic pelvic floor rehabilitation, trained by Tami Kent, and Tibetan sound bowl healing sessions, certified by Atma Buti Sound and Vibration School.

Aaylah is CEO of Wild Fed, a company that makes high quality organic herbal supplements for horses, and the founder of Botanical Studies Institute. In addition to her more formal training, Aaylah has been on a spiritual path for most of her life. She studies the directions of the medicine wheel with the Green Elder Project, and participated in the ceremonial Danza de Luna in Teotihuacan Mexico under the guidance of Abuela Lupita. Last year she was initiated as a sacred pipe carrier. Aaylah deeply honors the sacredness of the moon and women’s ceremonial space through prayer and dance.

Websites: Wellspringnaturopathicmedicine.com, Wildfedhorse.com, Botanicalstudiesinstitute.com

Offering: Plant Spirit Meditation

Dive in deeper with your connection to medicinal plants. Get to know them firsthand by hearing what they have to tell you. We rely so much on knowledge passed on by our teachers, elders, books, and the internet. How did the “first ones” discover the medicinal uses of plants? I assure you it was not all by trial and error. The Amazon jungle has millions of plants; you could never try them all. The Shamans and Spiritual healers would sit with the plants and get messages from the plant spirits themselves which would teach them how to utilize the plants. Learn how to communicate with plant spirits directly. This beautiful guided meditation will awaken your intuition and deepen your connection with medicinal plants.

Brandy Wade

My name is Brandy Wade, my work flows through me and into life as a yoga teacher, bodyworker, and sound ceremonialist. I am committed in my personal life to slowing down, connecting with the rhythms of nature, the outer and inner cycles, clearing karmic patterns—both mine and my ancestors’—and supporting the repatterning of the mind. My mission is to help restore balance to this planet from the inside out, guiding us back to our original essence, beauty, and joy of being.  In this life, my purpose is to stay grounded in the body, to live as love, and to awaken heart consciousness on this planet, while anchoring feminine and unity consciousness. I am devoted to listening beneath the surface of what is being said, trusting the innate wisdom of the body, and learning to heed its subtle whispers.

This body is the Earth, and the Earth is this body—a sacred temple of life.

Within our body temples reside sacred waters, which can easily be imprinted by the energy of others—through sexual intercourse, the DNA of our ancestors, our thoughts, and the energies of our partners' ancestors. It is essential to tend to our sacred inner waters, to know our yes’s and no’s, and to empower ourselves through conscious choice.

Water is cleansing; water is life. The rivers of the Earth mirror the veins of blood in our bodies—without water, there is no life. So, how do we care for our inner and outer waters? Practices like vaginal steams, breast-womb massage, spirit plant baths, ancestor work, self-love and compassion, and the healing power of rose medicine are just a few of the ways we can nurture and honor this sacred flow within us.

In my life and in my work, I am increasingly committed to restoring and honoring the sacredness of the feminine. Through my life's work, I share this prayer of connection, belonging, harmony, safety, and unity—both within and without. I am eternally grateful for the Divine energy that moves through me and for the grace that carries me through every step of the way.

Offering: Breast and Womb Massage Ceremony

In this safe, supportive space, we will align with the wisdom of our breasts, hearts, and wombs. Together, we will practice breast and womb self-massage, nourishing our bodies within the sacred space of sisterhood. 

This self-care ritual is designed for you to move at your own pace, with guidance, fostering energy flow, emotional release, and deep relaxation.  

Important Note: There will be partial nudity during the massage portion, as we will remove our tops. You are welcome to bring a sarong or keep your bra on if preferred.  This is a private, closed container for safety and respect.  

Bubs Buselli

Bubs is an eco-somatic love and intimacy coach devoted to guiding people back into the wild, unfiltered truth of their bodies. She specializes in awakening authentic aliveness and cultivating deep love, eros, and belonging by helping clients unravel old conditioning, heal their erotic bodies, and rekindle their original essence. Through somatic wisdom, pleasure-based practices, and deep body attunement, she supports clients in feeling safe, free, and vibrantly expressed in their intimacy and relationships.

Bubs comes most alive in the live experience—facilitating juicy playshops, Honey Hut 1:1 retreats, and group retreats throughout the year, where embodied transformation unfolds in real-time. She also manages and supports high-level intimacy and sexuality retreats around the world for her teacher, Layla Martin. An ecosexual witch at heart, Bubs is wildly turned on by nature. She is a vessel of love—in love with love, aspen groves, texture, sensation, humanity, serendipity, parts work, magic, and play. More at www.bubsbuselli.com

Offering: Sip of Nectar

A playshop to awaken your senses, ignite your aliveness, and bathe in the pleasure of simply being.

What if the weight of shame, doubt, and judgment no longer dictated the way you move through the world? What if you could loosen their grip, soften their edges, and step into a more radiant way of inhabiting your body—one of reverence, joy, and deep belonging? Within you, there is nectar—sweet, potent, and brimming with life’s essence—waiting to flow freely and nourish the world around you.

In this immersive experience, we will weave embodied practices to deepen connection: to ourselves, to one another, and to the wider earth community.  And, we will shed the shame. Expect a blend of vulnerability and play, movement and stillness, curiosity and delight—the Goldilocks recipe for feeling _just right_. Together, we will remember our magnificence, savor our own nectar, and walk away not just inspired, but a living offering of our own magic.

Crystal Wolfchild

Crystal Wolfchild: By living in service through love, honor and healing work, Crystal, a Dakota woman, offers her gifts and stands for a World that works for everyone.

As a visionary leader and innovative makeup artist, Crystal stands for a world of beauty and service. A Sundancer, Mother, member of The Mother Earth Restoration Trust, walker of two 100 mile pilgrimages she is also a creative force in the beauty world. Crystal is the recipient of a 2008 First Americans in the Arts Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technical Arts for Makeup, and is a two time Emmy nominated makeup artist for her work on “So You Think You Can Dance”.
Her true passion and why she moved back to Durango, is to create healing for all generations past and future through prayer, spiritual work, education and community.  In addition, a Co-founder of TIOSPAYE, a non profit Transformational Experiential/Education Leadership Program. Crystal has co-created massive positive change with the completion of 12 Leadership teams and graduated hundreds of people who have experienced the life changing work that TIOSPAYE offered. 
Since moving back home to Durango, Colorado, Crystal’s talents are currently focused on raising her two children and teaching them about and connecting to the Earth Mother and her relatives.

Crystal and her mother, Dellabina Romero-WolfChild, will be offering an Opening Circle ritual and blessing.

Dellabina Romero-Wolfchild

Dellabina Romer0-WolfChild is a Grandmother, Elder, Mother, and Sundancer. She is of Pueblo and Ute lineage and has been on the Healing path most of her life. Through her work she delights in awakening people to themselves, to become self empowered, to heal Self and create miracles!

Upon retiring Della co-founded, with her two daughters, the nonprofit transformational Leadership Program, Tiospaye (the making of relatives). In 7 years TIOSPAYE had significant positive impact on hundreds of attendees where a family of choice was created that is still in connection. Della continues to walk the path for the restoration of the Mother Earth. She is a Life-coach specializing on healing and spirituality, a ceremonialist and an Elder member of the Wisdom Keepers.

Della believes in and works wholeheartedly for a healthy future for the coming generations of the children. In collaboration. keeping the Mother at the forefront of her thoughts, words, and actions, works with others to bring in the Golden Age, preserve the purity and innocence of the children, protect the elementals of the Earth and plant loving seeds of awareness in the collective consciousness so as to rise together in this Vision.

Hannah Smith

Hannah is a tender heart gardener who supports soul rooting in the rich soil of each person's intrinsic wisdom. She feels deeply and unapologetically and invites others to feel their way home to wholeness through embodied connection. Inspired by realms beyond name and form the Ponderosas with whom she lives, Hannah holds containers rooted in sacred reciprocity with the more-than-human world. She is currently guiding people in their journey home at www.earthfeltbeings.com. 

Offering: In addition to being our head chef for the weekend, Hannah is guiding Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra is a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping; consciously turning towards this liminal space brings us home to our intrinsic wisdom. This practice is a guided journey from the gross to the subtle that shifts us from without to within.

Participants lie on their back, supported by a cozy Nidra nest, and receive the teachings of Yoga Nidra, allowing access to a state of deep relaxation while remaining present and aware. 

Yoga Nidra is an opportunity to shift from doing to being and receive the magic of non-doing. It is the journey home - to self, community, and mother earth. 

Jenna Pfingston

Jenna Pfingston is the visionary behind and owner of jalaBlu Yoga & Collective Healing in Buena Vista, Colorado for over 15 years. She is a certified yoga teacher and Embodied Somatic Coach with a lifelong passion for movement and deep devotion to yoga. Jenna's offerings meld her love for ceremony, the mythic stories of Gods and Goddesses, and her lighthearted sense of humor to create a safe and courageous space for all. More info at https://www.jennapfingston.com/

Offering:

Primal Ecstatic Dance & BEYOND

Step into a sacred space where non-linear movement flows and primal sound guides your journey. This transformative experience encourages you to move through untamed feelings as modern grooves blend seamlessly with ancient rhythms amidst the mountains. Together we shed our layers, reconnect with spirit, and unleash the power of music to guide us as we uncoil, howl, and dance freely, forging a deep connection with ourselves and one another. Movement, connection, and community!I

Jill Dozier

Jill Dozier is a Nurse Practitioner and Midwife who has specialized in menopause and hormone therapy since 2002. She graduated from UC San Francisco with a Master of Science degree. Using a holistic and functional medicine approach to menopause, her comprehensive medical knowledge helps her address the health challenges of midlife women.

Her approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and spirit, providing personalized care that targets root causes rather than just symptoms. She stays updated on the latest advancements to offer the most effective treatments for her patients.

Jill is a trusted ally for women navigating menopause, offering the must up to date scientific evidence to tailor treatment plans to help women maintain energy, mental clarity, sexuality, and overall health. She also developed an online program to educate and support women on their menopause journey, ensuring they receive thoughtful answers and the attention they deserve.

Her dedication to holistic and functional medicine has positively impacted many lives, She believes that every woman deserves to live her healthiest and most vibrant life, based on facts, given with love.

Offering: The Freedom Years: Preparing for and Welcoming Menopause from a Scientific, Evidence based, Woman Centered Viewpoint

Join Jill Dozier, a trusted Nurse Practitioner and Midwife, for an enlightening talk on navigating perimenopause and menopause. Gain insights into the physiological changes of this transition and discover effective modalities to support your journey, including supplements, herbs, nutrition, and hormone therapy. Learn how to maintain energy, mental clarity, and overall health with personalized, science-based strategies. This session empowers women to prepare for the change, and those already in menopause to thrive.

Let's embrace the freedom years together with trusted knowledge and love.

Katrina Blair

Katrina Blair began studying wild plants in her teens when she camped out alone for a summer to focus on eating wild foods. She later wrote “The Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants of the San Juan Mountains” for her senior project at Colorado College. In 1997 she completed a MA at John F Kennedy University in Orinda, CA in Holistic Health Education. She founded Turtle Lake Refuge in 1998, a non-profit, whose mission is to celebrate the connection between personal health and wild lands. Turtle Lake Refuge is a wild harvested, locally grown and living foods café and sustainable education center for the community. Katrina teaches sustainable living practices and wild edible and medicinal classes locally and globally. She is author of a book titled “Local Wild Life- Turtle Lake Refuge’s Recipes for Living Deep” and “ The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival” published by Chelsea Green 2014. Find out more at www.turtlelakerefuge.org

Offering: Wild Plant Walk

In the Wild Heart's Plant Walk we will take the time to be together on the land and learn about many common medicinal and edible plants that are at our fingertips to integrate into our meals, tea, and medicines.

We will connect to the wisdom of the plants and open to their communication with us as we touch and taste and enjoy the powerful presence of our plant allies. We will gather and harvest some local wild greens for a green juice to finish out time together. 

Kayla Wexelberg

Kayla Wexelberg has been a chef for over 18 years and has had a deep love for Culinary Anthropology and the power of energtics in relation to holistic health for most of her life. Her love of dance, movement and eating from the land has guided her through various chapters in life. She now owns her own business Taste Your Roots, a holistic health, nutrition and catering company as well as teaches contact dance and mystical dance both locally and internationally. www.tasteyouroots.com

Offering: The Deep Feast

The Deep Feast is an eating meditation intended to enhance one’s awareness of nourishing the gates of many bodies. The spiritual, energetic, physical and emotional bodies all find union here as we explore what it is to connect with food far beyond the "standard" nourishment rituals that are practiced everyday. The workshop will include an array of flavors and textures and a hands-on feasting practice between participants. The feast is silent and deeply rewarding, leaving participants full on many levels.

Lena Naico

Sharlena (Lena) is a Soul Alignment Mentor, Quantum Healer, and the visionary founder of Embodying Soul Growth, devoted to helping women remember who they are and rise into the life they were always meant to lead. With over seven years of experience in energy work, including Akashic Records, breathwork, Kundalini activation, and quantum modalities, she weaves ancient wisdom with soul-aligned strategy to ignite lasting transformation.

After over a decade in the fast-paced world of business and strategy, she answered a deeper call—to guide others in exiting the matrix of survival and reclaiming their freedom, power, and purpose. Through her signature ceremonies, mentorships, and soul activations, she holds space for radical remembrance, energetic liberation, and quantum alignment with your soul’s mission.

She’s here to remind you:You were never meant to fit in. You were born to lead with light. www.embodyingsoulgrowth.com  IG: @EmbodyingSoulGrowth  

Offering: Soul Alignment Ceremony

A Journey Into Your Truth, Power & Purpose

This powerful ceremony invites you to come home to yourself—beyond the layers of expectation, programming, and self-doubt. You’ll be guided through breathwork, somatic shaking, and expressive release to let go of everything that dims your light and keeps you playing small.

We’ll awaken the innate wisdom of your body and energy field, then journey into the Akashic Records to receive soul-level guidance and quantum healing. With the support of Kundalini activation, this experience works on a cellular level—realigning you with your soul’s purpose and unlocking the clarity, courage, and passion you were born to embody.

This is your space to reconnect with your truth, ignite your inner fire, and rise into the woman you came here to be—expansive, radiant, and wildly aligned.

Lily Russo

I feel very fortunate to have been practicing yoga for the past 20 years. It has been a path of health, joy, transformation and empowerment since my teen years. Initially, it was the physical practice that captured my attention, but over the years this led me to study all the other facets including pranayama, meditation, tantra, and yoga’s sister science, Ayurveda, as well as other influential disciplines, primarily Buddhism, the Tao te Ching, and plant medicines. I have participated in over 1000 hours of yoga trainings, and am an affiliate of Shiva Rea’s Samudra Global School of Living Yoga, leading 200 Hour Prana Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Trainings. In 2023 I earned a Master of Science degree in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine from the Maharishi International University in Iowa.

As a Sacred Sensuality Guide, Yoga Teacher, Retreat Organizer, Podcaster and Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner, my goal is to guide others to embody a path of connection to their higher selves and to all other beings, and be empowered to access the great cosmic source of radiance, creativity, and healing. My deepest passion is connecting with women and guiding them to fully cultivate their natural feminine powers of sensuality, intuition, compassion, radiance and pleasure! Connect with me at www.lilyrussoyoga.com

The vision for Wild Heart Women’s Gathering stemmed from a deep yearning to connect more deeply to sisterhood, my elemental body, and the natural cycles and powers of our wild Mother Earth. During the gathering I will be facilitating ceremony, movement medicine, song, and connection between all guests and the land we will be gathering on.

Monica Mesa Dasi

Monica Mesa Dasi is a Tantra teacher, love and intimacy coach, bhakti yogini, and intuitive guide devoted to awakening feminine radiance through sacred embodiment. With over 1,000 hours of yoga certification (RYT 1008), Monica blends decades of soulful yoga teaching with the depth of classical Tantra to support women in reclaiming their sensuality, deepening self-love, and living from embodied power.

She is the founder of Tantra for the People, a transformational movement that makes sacred sexuality, spirituality, and radical self-love accessible to all. Her six-month course, 1-1 coaching, and sacred offerings support women in turning their practice into a path of liberation, connection, and joy.

Monica is also the author of the Amazon bestseller WithYou Forever, an oracle of love and healing co-authored with her spirit son Cheyne. Her teaching is infused with the wisdom of this lived experience, devotional practice, and a fierce love for the feminine.

At Wild Heart, Monica offers sacred space for women to remember their truth, awaken their inner fire, and return to the temple of the body—where pleasure, power, and presence are one.

https://www.monicamesadasi.com/ IG: @monicamesadasi

Offering:

Tantra Vinyasa: Temple Of the Goddess

An embodied journey through the divine feminine powers of Durga, Lakshmi & Saraswati. In this sacred Tantra Vinyasa flow, you’ll be guided to awaken the full spectrum of your feminine essence through breath, movement, mantra, and mudra. This practice invokes the Triple Goddess archetypes—Durga, the fierce protectress who helps you slay fear and reclaim your power; Lakshmi, the radiant goddess of beauty, abundance, and sensual devotion; and Saraswati, the flowing muse of wisdom, healing, and inner truth. Through soulful sequencing and sacred intention, we’ll move through each goddess realm, activating the energies that already live within you—strength, softness, intuition, and divine love. Expect mantra, guided breathwork, fluid movement, and deep energetic awakening. All levels are welcome. Bring your heart, your hips, and your wild feminine devotion.

Tantra for the Feminine Soul: Sacred Sexuality, Self-Love & the Path to Awakening

Your sensuality is sacred. Your sexuality is powerful. Your love is a portal to healing the world. In this heart-led women’s workshop, Monica Mesa Dasi—founder of the Tantra for the People movement—guides you into the rich, embodied teachings of sacred sexuality as a spiritual path. Through intimate dialogue, guided reflection, breath, and  practices, you’ll explore how to awaken your sensual energy, deepen self-love, and cultivate soul-connected intimacy.

Rose Krajnik

Rose Krajnik specializes in Ayurvedic and Yogic psychology, mental health coaching, and therapeutic art. She holds a B.A. in Ayurvedic Wellness and Integrative Health and an M.A. in Studio Art. She is also a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Yoga Teacher, and Panchakarma Technician. 

Rose believes that art is medicine, and medicine is art—and deep transformation happens when the two intertwine. Her work focuses on supporting mental, emotional and physical well-being through the integration of ancient wisdom and creative self expression.

Whether through painting, crafting, or holistic practices, she invites others to explore creativity as a path to healing, self-discovery, and empowerment.

Offering:

Creative Altar ~ Craft Your Own Sacred Object

This workshop is all about slowing down, tuning in, and creating with reverence. We’ll be making prayer wands, or spirit sticks—power objects infused with personal meaning and energy. Using natural found materials like sticks, rocks, fabric, paint, feathers, beads, and symbolic elements, each person will craft a unique piece that can be used for meditation, prayer, or as an altar piece. The piece is a way to anchor their intention or experience from the retreat into an object they may keep, place on an altar or gift as an offering. 

I’ll guide everyone through a simple process of grounding the nervous system before we start—so they can create from a place of calm and connection. It’s less about making something “perfect” and more about trusting your hands, your intuition, and your own inner wisdom as you craft. Being in communication with their spirit, the land and their ancestors. 

Our amazing culinary team headed by Chef Hannah Smith will be crafting up five delicious, nourishing, gluten free, locally inspired brunches and dinners (2 meals per day), starting with dinner on Friday.

Chef Hannah believes that food is more than a meal. Food is an invitation to remember that we are not distinct from the lands with which we live, an honoring of our interconnection with the natural world. Chef Hannah believes in cooking as ceremony, ritual, and an opportunity to nourish from the inside out. A social worker and by trade, Hannah brings an ecotherapy lens to her food offerings by way of her private chef business. Currently based out of Durango, Colorado, Hannah loves cheffing women's retreats and believes her seasonal, organic, and local offerings support people’s embodied experience. 

https://www.earthfeltbeings.com/earthfelt-food

Teas, fresh fruits, and filtered water will be available throughout the day. Please bring your own snacks. Suggestions are fruit, bars, nuts, seeds, and superfood drink mixes. Special diets will be lovingly accommodated to the best of our ability.

Body and Face Adornments

Holding space to invite in the sacredness of using your body as a canvas. During this vulnerable  process you get to exude whatever your intention is during the retreat. Or use the paint to embody the transformation that will take place during this beautiful time. Adornments are an external expression of fierce beauty, and individuality. They are applied to help you remember your uniqueness and importance here.

Jewelry and Body Products

Handmade by local women.

Clothing Swap!

New this year. Bring 1-2 gently used clothing items in GOOD condition. Add them to the Clothing Swap Rack, and take something new-to-you home! (No cost)