Wild Kinship: Hiking and Connection with the Big Sur Wilderness

With Fletcher Tucker and Noël Vietor

September 11 - 15, 2023

Workshop Schedule

Monday
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm *How to Drop Into Esalen*
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuesday
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Thursday
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Friday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

See general schedule information including arrival, departure and meal times.

  • Sleeping Bag Space – $1,000.00
  • Bunk Bed Space – $1,300.00
  • Standard Shared Space – $1,600.00
  • Standard Queen Room – $2,100.00
  • Standard Room Two Beds – $3,300.00
  • Premium Queen Room – $2,900.00
  • Premium King Room – $3,100.00
  • Premium Plus King Room – $3,500.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt – $3,500.00
  • Premium Wooden Yurt Two Beds – $3,500.00
  • Price House Suite – $4,700.00
  • Rolf Suite – $6,600.00
  • Point House – $6,600.00
  • Fritz Point House – $6,600.00
  • South Point House – $8,100.00
Program is fully booked
Program is fully booked

The natural world – in all its arresting beauty and enchanting complexity – calls out for our presence and reverence.There are subtle currents of communion and communication happening all around us; the land and wild beings beckon us into expanded states of sensitivity, reciprocity and fellowship. 

Immersed in the wilds of Big Sur, and the beautiful grounds of Esalen, we will cultivate our fundamental connection with the land. Through practices of sensate engagement, earth-based ritual, and mindfulness, we will build relationships with this place and our other-than-human kin. We will traverse physical hiking trails alongside the trails of intuition, affinity, and imagination. Following our innate curiosity, we will grow our ecological knowledge and uncover the stories of the mountains, waters, animals, plants, and fungi that live around us.

Acknowledging Big Sur to be the ancestral homeland of the Esselen tribe, we will endeavor to behave as reverent guests on sacred land. Regarding the landscape as both our teacher and relation, we will weave offerings of gratitude and respect into every practice. May these humble efforts help unsettle the anthropocentric paradigm of objectification and extraction which degrades our earth and all life.

Come wander with us, dear wild ones! Ground yourself in the peace of the soil, and feel your animal body lively and awake on the trail. Expand your awareness of the living world, and sense into a renewed state of wholeness – as we begin to relate reciprocally with the land. 

Notes:

  • Answers to frequently asked questions about the workshop can be found here
  • This workshop will consist of numerous, outdoor, physical practices and a great deal of walking, including two long-form hikes and one half-day hike. Various hiking abilities can be accommodated, bearing in mind that our long hikes are up to seven miles in length, over uneven and often steep terrain. Participants must be able to sit on the ground, practice outside in all weathers, and get a little dirty. If you have any questions about your ability to participate, please read the workshop FAQs or email info@wildtender.com.
  • A fee to cover parks permits and parking fees will be added to the workshop cost.

About the Leaders

Fletcher Tucker

Fletcher Tucker is a co-founder of Wildtender, an organization based in Big Sur that cultivates kinship with the natural world, and explores earth-based wisdom traditions. Fletcher is also a writer, multidisciplinary artist and musician whose work engages deeply with place. Email Me www.wildtender.com

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Noël Vietor

Noël Vietor has been in an ongoing apprenticeship with the sacred gardens and wilds of California for the last two decades. Noël is a co-founder of the organization Wildtender, based in Big Sur, whose immersive wilderness programs cultivate kinship with the natural world, explore earth-based wisdom traditions, engender creativity, and nurture wholeness of self. Email […]

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