RISE OF THE WILD WOMAN RETREAT
September 10 - September 13, 2026
Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center
Muir Beach, California (just north of San Francisco)
A Sacred Autumn Retreat to Awaken Your Untamed Self
As the veil begins to thin and the earth turns toward balance, join us for a 3-night, 4-day retreat in the wild beauty of coastal Marin County. Held the week before the Autumn Equinox, this is a potent time to pause, reflect, and root into the wisdom of seasonal change. Together we’ll honor what is ready to be harvested and courageously release what must fall away.
This retreat is for women ready to step fully into their power and embody the archetypal Wild Woman — the fierce, wise, instinctual self who knows how to trust the cycles of nature and her own body. Through daily practices like yoga, journaling, sacred circle, forest bathing, mindfulness, and embodied dance — along with nourishing vegetarian meals and soul-deep connection — you’ll find clarity, embodied presence, and the courage to rise in your truth.
Come gather, shed, and rise — in rhythm with the turning earth.
About the Venue
Green Dragon Temple/Green Gulch Farm (Soryu-ji) is a Buddhist practice center in the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, offering training in Zen meditation, philosophy and work. The mission of Green Gulch is to awaken the bodhisattva spirit — the spirit of kindness and realistic helpfulness — as a living enactment of Buddha's Way. Green Gulch offers sittings, practice periods, other Zen practice events, Sunday Dharma talks (in-person and through the Online Zendo) and workshops.
Green Gulch Farm is located on 115 acres seventeen miles north of San Francisco. It was purchased in the spring of 1972 from rancher George Wheelwright, with an agreement that it would always remain open to the public and engage in agricultural awareness. The land is an inholding of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and has much wildlife within its borders.
Green Gulch has become recognized as a place where organic farmers can come to learn the tools of their trade. One of the original architects of the gardens at Green Gulch was the renowned late horticulturist Alan Chadwick, who introduced the biodynamic farming techniques; Chadwick's grave is marked by a stupa on site.
Green Gulch operates a 7 to 8-acre organic vegetable farm and a 1 to 1.5-acre fruit, herb and flower garden. The vegetable farm sustains the community living at Green Gulch and also sells its produce at various local farmers markets, whole foods stores, and to Greens Restaurant in San Francisco.
Partnering with the National Park Service and other local groups, residents and staff at Green Gulch work to restore nearby Muir Beach and the surrounding wetlands to their original habitat.
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Photos on this web page were taken by: Suzanna, Sarah Felker or Steven Harper.
Suzanna Mannion
Suzanna is the founder of Hearts Alive Yoga and Retreats, a 500-hr certified yoga teacher, a mother, photographer, designer, communications professional and certified Somatic and NLP Coach. She values love, creative expression, security and above all else, authentically connecting with others and supporting them on their journey. Outside of work and yoga asana, you can find her adventuring with her daughter, soaking in hot springs, engaged in continuing education, scheming the next Hearts Alive Yoga event, catching up with a friend or hiking the local hills with her family. Suzanna's role across our time together will be to lovingly hold the retreat container together, serve as the main facilitator, organizer and manage all retreat communications. Learn more about Suzanna here.
Nicole Reyes
Nicole is first and foremost a mother of three beautiful children, a wife, a sister and a friend. Outside of full-time work, she loves all things that support one another In showing up as our best selves. She is a certified breathwork facilitator, professional coach, Reiki Master and Sound Practitioner. With a belief in inner transformation, Nicole creates a supportive environment for individuals to explore their depths, uncover blocks and foster healing and growth. Follow Nicole / Planted Energy at @Planted_Energy.
Sylvie Minot
Sylvie Minot is the co-founder and executive director of Syzygy Dance Project, working with underserved communities and individuals to transform lives through movement and dance. Sylvie believes in the power of movement within community as a way to connect, transcend self-imposed limitations, increase body awareness, and create space for new possibilities. She feels energies and vibrations in the world are connected to body and spirit and can help people move beyond the mind, the ego, and the need to control. Sylvie comes from a lineage of warriors and healers from Laos, Vietnam and France. Her heritage motivated her to bring dance to people during their healing process and her own. Sylvie Minot has taught weekly 5Rhythms® dance classes and workshops in the Bay Area, New York, throughout the US, Australia, and Mexico. Sylvie Minot received her BA in Dance from San Jose State University and is a certified 5Rhythms® Teacher trained in the Heartbeat (emotional) map by 5Rhythms® founder Gabrielle Roth. Sylvie has studied psychology, indigenous healing rituals, energy medicine, and sound healing. Learn more about Sylvie here.
Lodging Options: Lindisfarne Guest House
Lodging rates below are all-inclusive and include retreat programming, lodging, bedding, towels, meals and tax. View campus map.
The Lindisfarne Guest House is a distinctive octagonal building with twelve rooms on two floors surrounding a 30-foot skylit atrium. The atrium provides a relaxing skylit sitting area where guests often gather to read or sit with a cup of tea by the fire. The building is constructed in a traditional Japanese style and heated with a central wood-burning stove and passive solar system. The guest rooms are simply yet comfortably furnished, with large windows opening onto landscaped grounds. Each pair of rooms shares a bathroom and there is a centrally located shower. A sauna with additional set of showers is available in a separate building. The guest house kitchen offers fresh baked breads and jams, as well as seasonal fruit, coffee and tea.
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4 large rooms: set up as 1 king or 2 single beds
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$1,440 per guest single occupancy
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$1,225 per guest double occupancy
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8 small rooms: set up with 1 double bed
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$1,300 per guest single occupancy*
* These rooms can accommodate double occupancy if needed however the large Lindisfarne rooms, Wheelwright rooms (with king or queen beds) and the Stillwater Hall rooms are better suited for double occupancy.
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Restrooms: Six total (one per every two bedrooms) plus a centrally-located shower and extra showers are available near the sauna.
Lodging Options: Wheelwright Center
Lodging rates below are all-inclusive and include retreat programming, lodging, bedding, towels, meals and tax. View campus map.
The Wheelwright Center has four guest rooms directly across from the dining room in the central area. Rooms A and B may be combined into a suite. Room C is a small room with a private entrance and shared bathroom with rooms A and B. Room D is equipped with its own shower and bathroom. These rooms tend to be quieter than those in the Lindisfarne Guest House.
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Room A: king bed (the largest room at Wheelwright)
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$1,475 per guest single occupancy
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$1,250 per guest double occupancy
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Room B: queen bed
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$1,440 per guest single occupancy
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$1,250 per guest double occupancy
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Room C: queen bed (Note: Rooms A, B and C share a restroom with a shower)
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$1,440 per guest single occupancy
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$1,250 per guest double occupancy
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Room D: queen bed, private entrance, restroom and shower
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$1,500 per guest single occupancy
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$1,300 per guest double occupancy
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Lodging Option: Stillwater Hall
Lodging rates below are all-inclusive and include retreat programming, lodging, bedding, towels, meals and tax. View campus map.
This private room is located on the backside of the Stillwater Hall conference center close to the Zendo meditation hall. It is the most secluded lodging option and is equipped with a private entrance and restroom with a shower and a queen bed.
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$1,510 per guest single occupancy
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$1,300 per guest double occupancy
Payment Schedule + Cancellation Policy
Payment Options:
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Pay in full
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Pay 50% deposit and the balance by August 10, 2026.
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Pay $400 deposit at booking time, $400 by July 10 and the balance by August 10, 2026.
Cancellation Policy:
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100% refund for cancellations before July 10, 2026.
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50% refund for cancellations before August 10, 2026.
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0 refund for cancellations after August 10, 2026.
Work-exchange is a possibility for a discounted rate. Please email if interested.