MATA’YUUM 2025
Annual Retreat Fundraiser
What:
We invite you to join us in a safe container for Queer folx to gather in community and heal through a variety of modalities which include plant medicine, storytelling, earth stewardship, shadow/mirror work, indigenizing practices, authentic self-expression, art exhibits, movement, and celebration. This retreat is designed for Queer folx of all genders and all ethnicities.
Where:
Shelterwood Collective. Shelterwood is a 900-acre Indigenous, Black, Disabled, and Queer-led community forest and collective of land protectors and cultural changemakers. Shelterwood is based on unceded Southern Pomo and Kashia territory, above what is now called the Russian River in Northern California.
When:
June 26th at 7pm - June 29th at 10am
*Arrival begins at 4pm on 06/26/25. Opening ceremony at 7pm.
*While we encourage participants to be in community the entirety of this gathering, we understand that some may need to leave early or arrive later. This is allowed and we encourage everyone to attend in the ways that feel correct for them.
EVERYTHING IS MEDICINE
Offering formats:
Ceremony, Rituals, Community Activities, Art Exhibits, Sacred Altars, Dance Parties, and Workshops.
Medicines:
Sacred Tobacco, Cacao, Kambo, Sound Therapy, Yoga, Meditation
Other therapeutic amenities include:
Sauna, jacuzzi, creek, hiking trails.
*Food (Breakfast + Dinner) and accommodation included.
*Body Work/Massage available for an additional fee.
*Tattoo/Ink available for an additional fee.
Community As Medicine For Us All
A truly decolonized system is one that embraces queerness as both natural and necessary for an integrated way of life.
By joining us this weekend, you not only stand in your power with us,
but in collaboration with us, as an acting contributor that further develops and evolves the Indigenous methodologies that will
disrupt, decolonize, and ultimately restore.
This restoration effort does not occur with one single act or method, rather, it requires many acts cooperating in unity to create a methodology that interrupts colonial authority and replaces it with sovereignty. Hand in hand, we will restore balance and heal through the integration of “community as medicine” for us all.
Registrations for our June MATA’YUMM are CLOSED. Thank you for your support community. See you on the land.
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