November 7-9, 2025 - weekend retreat
making peace:
Reflections and Masks
3-Day Retreat Sign Up
Join us for a three-day, two-night weekend retreat Friday-Sunday November 7-9 16-18, to explore what masculinity can look like outside the constraints of patriarchy. Facilitators John Helmiere and Ben Mustin will lead a full weekend gathering where men and masc folx explore embodiment, play, imagination, and openness as a path to experience masculinity based in empathy, strength, and love.
We will gather at the historic Copper Creek Inn, located on the broad shoulders of Tahoma (Mt. Rainier), a sacred gathering point for Salish and interior Northwest cultures since time immemorial. Immersed in the deep forest, programming will include practice of deep connection with the land and place.
This workshop is open to any men/masc folx; the content will build off previous workshops, but attendance to previous workshops is not necessary!
THE DETAILS:
When: 6pm Friday - 12pm Sunday, November 7-9, 2025
Where: Copper Creek Lodge - Ashford, WA 98304
Cost: $550-750* for shared lodging
Cost is based on a self reporting sliding-scale - see here for details. Retreat costs cover all meals and program fees for shared lodging on a first-come first-serve basis. First sign ups will have first choice of sleeping options. Late registrants can choose between floor/air mattress sleeping options or book a cabin directly through coppercreekinn.com at their own expense.
*Early Bird Pricing - available through October 4, 2025
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