Escape Into the Wild: A Weekend Backpacking Adventure in Northern California
Unplug. Recharge. Explore.
Join us this July for a guided weekend backpacking trip through the breathtaking wilderness of Northern California. Whether you're new to backpacking or looking to deepen your connection to nature, this immersive experience will leave you refreshed, inspired, and connected—to the land, to others, and to yourself.
This is your chance to disconnect from screens and schedules and reconnect with something deeper—nature in its raw, beautiful form. Each step takes you further from the noise of everyday life and closer to stillness, adventure, and awe. Whether it's watching the sunrise from your tent or sharing stories under a starlit sky, this weekend will awaken your wild side and touch parts of you that are often dormant and unsatisfied in everyday modern life.
LOCATION
Imagine waking up in in the woods to the fresh crisp air and smell of coffee then enjoy a fresh dip in an alpine lake and day hikes explore remote places nearby followed up an afternoon of reading or lounging in your hammock. Life in the woods is grand. We are still choosing the exact location and will share with guests. It will be a two night, three day adventure and the beginner friendly trail will be within a 3.5 hour drive of the Bay Area.
Schedule
Friday July 11
12p arrival at trail head
4-5 hour hike in
Community Dinner
Stargazing
Evening Practice: Meditation & Rest
Saturday July 12
Light Breakfast
Morning Practice: Meditation + Breathwork
Vision Quest
Snacks
Free time: hiking, swimming, lounging
Community Dinner
Stargazing & sing a longs
Sunday July 13
Morning Practice: Meditation, Breathwork + Cacao
Breakfast
Swim + Adventure
11a Pack out
Hike to Cars and head home happy as can be!
RSVP or ASK QUESTIONS
This is a 2 night, 3 day experience. We will enjoy a vision quest and some shared food. You will join a meal team and cover one meal. You will BYO lunch, snacks and your gear. Sports basement has great gear rentals if you don’t want to buy. There will be two medical professionals in the group. Limited to 8 people.
$650 is the fee for the weekend; 50% Deposit is due at sign up
To ask questions to Mandy directly, text her on the Signal app 415-205-8507.
SIGN UP OR INQUIRE HERE
Testimonials from Working with Mandy
“"After a few exceptionally challenging years and a recent traumatic experience, I was carrying a crippling amount of anxiety in my body, and an immense amount of grief in my heart. I was overwhelmed with life and self doubt. I’d been seeing a psychotherapist and career coach for over 6 months, trying to eat well, getting outside, spending time with friends, and basically doing all the ‘right’ things to be better. To feel better. But everyday was a struggle. I was seeing patterns in my life that I just didn’t know how to break. When I booked a 6 hour sound ceremony with Mandy hoped for some relief, but did not expect the magnitude of the gift that Mandy gave me.” K San Francisco
"Intensely magical journey! Mandy carefully curates a beautiful sound ceremony for the sense from start to finish. I highly recommend this to anyone who is feeling stuck and needs a nudge or breakthrough."
"The Sound Ceremony I did with Mandy was the single best decision I have ever made for myself. It opened up my creative energy and reset my entire system. I am so grateful."
"Oh my sweet goodness gracious, the integration and process that the April session brought has been so amazing and profound. I actually felt a true shift deep in my core and a rewiring of my brain. Thank you SO much for doing this incredible work!"
Mandy created a loving and compassionate space and created an extraordinary experience. I am in awe of her and her process during which such profound healing could occur. From the careful preparation and conversation the night before, to the creation of the most comfortable environment, no detail was missed. I always felt supported, yet she did not intervene or distract, but rather helped me surrender and feel safe enough to go deeper into the many layers of repressed trauma that I truly never had the courage or method to face before. Then, she gently guided me to let it all go. It was extraordinarily painful at times, but the profound sense of love, connectedness, and self-reckoning was almost immediate. I was particularly awestruck with Mandy’s use of music and sound.” —KK in Santa Barbara
“It is hard to write feedback for the best day of my life so far because it is something beyond words. [Mandy] helped facilitate the access to and experience of Divine LOVE that I had looked for in Ayahuasca. I write this short message a few months after our 1 on 1 session and honestly, I am still strongly feeling its benefits. I wake up each morning more clear and more connected to love. I feel empowered and in control of my life. I sometimes have those human freak outs but I am able to get myself back to peace SO MUCH quicker. Thank you so much Mandy. This will be apart of my regular “tune up” each year. I am so grateful for how this work impacted my clarity with my job/life purpose and how it helped me let go of resistance to fully loving my partner and accepting his love. Also, thank you for helping me create and stick to a morning routine that I am actually excited about.” KM San Diego
“From the deepest part of my heart. I would like to say thank you and express the amount of peace and clarity and grounding I feel. I feel my most authentic self and I haven’t allowed her in, in so long. I am so grateful to be with myself again. This is nothing short of GOD’s work and will. Please keep illuminating the paths of light so others can feel this.” DT in San Francisco
“Mandy brings sound meditation to a whole new level using her own array of the most beautiful instruments. I honestly believe that the sound that resonated through me was one of the most powerful experiences, and the entire journey would not have been as impactful, or effective without it. Later that evening I felt a sense of peace and calm I had not felt in a very long time. Mandy also helped me with the grounding after the journey and we’ve had several debriefs since to ensure I maintain it. This experience may not be for everyone, but for me personally, it helped me recall that sense of personal power I had lost somewhere along the way, and over the days that followed I also remembered my purpose and motivation to live within my core values, and speak my truth. It was like getting 5 years worth of therapy in one day. I am so grateful to Mandy. Her trust in the healing process is intrinsic, and now I trust it too." —TK in Santa Barbara
“My own experience of the sound journey this evening was an opening to memories and places, colors and movements, the aliveness and SEEING sound while my eyes were closed. Observing where my mind was going and knowing why it was going there was something unique to itself but also, knowing that probably others were experiencing something just as transformative as we all peeled back our veneers of '“reality”. The gong silence that internal thought voice and its resonance and dissonance created a landscape beyond recognition. I’ve never been so reminded of my singularity and aloneness in the universe while feeling so connected and safe. I saw us all merge as we emerged from the experience. Hugs, embrace, touch, looking deeply and connecting with the beauty we share on this fragile lifeboat we call Earth.” M Santa Barbara
“This is why sages remain silent. There really is no explanation or description grand enough for that experience. Yet, because I am human, and because I am me and I love words, I try. First, may I say thank you for including me in that experience. It really was all that I wished for and more. It was a deep, deep honor to watch you and David work together. It was an honor to be present and witness the processing of the other souls in that room. And most importantly it was just FUN!!! We have talked ad nauseum about what comes next, what's on the other side of processing, what's after fear... only Love...light and sound in constant, orgasmic play with each other over, and over, and over, and over, and over... Every note that was played sang only one refrain, I AM! No matter the frequency, no matter the cadence, that was it: I AM. I AM. I AM. What a relief to experience that in bodily knowing; that no matter where I turn, no matter if it looks dark or gray, the command within my power is to tell my mind, "Color here too" and it will be so. And once there is color there is creation. And once there is creation it is endless. My guides told me that I had chosen not to create in a world without color, that I had been holding myself back until I had seen. And now that I have seen, I will choose. What, I don't know; but, that is enough. Because in my not knowing I will allow the question to arise, "Would you like to know?". And to that, I will always answer YES!” —EV San
