The Hero’s Journey Retreat Schedule

The Hero’s Journey Retreat

Explore your inner terrain, confront your truth, and return renewed.

Friday – Arrival & Opening the Gate

• 5:00 PM – Guest arrival and check-in at the Main Lodge
• 5:30 PM – Meet & Greet with light refreshments
• 6:00 PM – Opening Circle: Setting intentions, clarifying the call, and naming what brought you here
• 7:30 PM – Overview of the weekend and informal fireside reflection
• 8:30 PM – Rest and settle into the quiet of the land

Saturday Morning – The Call & Crossing the Threshold

• 8:00 AM – Breakfast
• 9:30 AM – Workshop: Answering the Call
  • Identifying patterns, wounds, or beliefs that brought you here
  • Naming resistance, fear, or doubts
  • Group reflection and storytelling
• 12:00 PM – Lunch

Saturday Afternoon – Trials, Shadows & Allies

• 1:30 PM – Workshop: Entering the Unknown
  • Exploring internal “dragons” (specific limiting beliefs or patterns)
  • Recognizing old defense mechanisms and survival patterns
  • Connecting with other men through shared struggle
• 3:30 PM – Free time (trail walk, journaling, reflection)
• 5:30 PM – Dinner

Saturday Evening – The Cave and the Fire

1. 7:00 PM – Shared Ritual or Reflective Gathering: A Night Around the Fire
   1. Reflective silence, storytelling, or guided prompts around personal challenge
   2. Group insight into the nature of “the cave we fear to enter”
   3. Opportunity to share breakthroughs, grief, or laughter
2. 8:30 PM – Quiet time or informal discussion by the fire

Sunday Morning – Claiming the Elixir

1. 8:00 AM – Breakfast
2. 9:30 AM – Workshop: Integration and Reclaiming the Self
   1. What strength did you discover in the unknown?
   2. What beliefs are ready to be rewritten?
   3. Small group and individual reflection
3. 12:00 PM – Lunch

Sunday Afternoon – The Return Home

1. 1:30 PM – Final Session: Crossing Back With Clarity
   1. Closing circle: What are you taking with you? What do you leave behind?
   2. Ritual for returning to daily life with integrity and new purpose
2. 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Personal reflection, packing, and farewells
3. 5:00 PM – Departure

Meals & Fuel for the Journey

Real work requires real fuel.

At Rippling Waters, we provide three solid meals on Saturday—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Every meal is hearty, healthy, and made with purpose—built to keep you clear-headed, grounded, and ready to show up for the work.

There’s no fluff in our kitchen—just honest, well-prepared food that tastes great and feels even better when eaten around a table of men doing the same hard inner work.

Coffee, tea, water, and light snacks are available throughout the day, so whether you’re up early with the horses or sitting in silence by the lake, you’ve got what you need.

Because when you’re digging deep, climbing out, or just sitting with something real, your body needs the same care your soul is getting.