REWILD RETREAT
A 5-Day Healing Backpacking & Yoga Adventure in Colorado
August 30 - September 3, 2026
When you spend so much of your life surviving your relationships by abandoning yourself to keep the peace, it’s easy to lose touch with the real you buried beneath your trauma.
You feel disconnected to yourself because you had to choose between keeping others comfortable or risking the relationship to be true to yourself. You couldn’t afford to advocate for yourself or express your needs, so you tried to just get by…until you couldn’t.
This retreat is for you to reconnect the real you buried beneath your trauma and finally rebuild enough self-trust that you can leave self-abandoning patterns behind.
You’ve spent years learning how to help yourself feel safe– you’ve learned to people-please, shape shift, read the energy in the room–all in an effort to protect yourself. In the process, self-abandonment has become autopilot and you lost touch with the real you beneath all the trauma.
Rewild is a backpacking adventure for those who long to learn how to respond to themselves in ways that allows them to feel safe enough to finally show up authentically. It is a rewilding of the soul, where you learn to no longer live from fear but to respond from the vibrancy within you.
You will be led by two guides who are versed in the tandem flow of inner and outer journeys and who will support your unique path with skills for deepening your connection, growing in responsiveness to yourself, and rebuilding self-trust after experiencing trauma. Together, we’ll discover the lessons the natural world generously offers us when we choose to spend time with ourselves and others in these wild spaces.
Through backpacking, yoga, meditation, and healing workshops, you’ll have space to reflect both alone and in community, and feel fully present with your body, emotions, and the raw beauty of the landscape around you.
This trip is for you if you long to rebuild self-trust and embrace your authentic self unapologetically through adventure, connection, presence, and play!
What to Expect:
Backpacking: Deepen your connection with your body as you move through the wilderness. Connect with your breath, your strength, and a community of others who are also on a path toward wholeness.
Camp: Ground yourself in simplicity, connecting to the rhythms of nature under the backdrop of an alpine lake and starry skies.
Yoga & Meditation: Restore your body and mind through daily yoga and meditation practices designed to help you reconnect, release tension, and return to the present moment.
Healing Workshops: Learn how trauma has impacted your body and mind, and invite your body into the healing process of coming home to yourself.
Group Discussions: Share and reflect with others on the journey. Discover new insights through connection with people who get it.
Solo Time: Carve out moments of solitude in nature to deepen your self-awareness, reflect, and reawaken the parts of you that have been asleep and are ready to come alive again!
5 days/4 nights of guided backpacking in Colorado’s Holy Cross Wilderness (August 30 - September 3)
Three delicious meals each day
Daily yoga & meditation sessions
Abundant space to connect to yourself, others, and nature
All group gear (first aid, cooking gear, maps, water purification, etc.)
Campsite and permit fees
Daily guided group discussions
Healing workshops to reconnect with your body as a guide toward wholeness
Included:
Meet Your Leaders:
Camille Leininger
CSW, WFR, SPI
Camille has been climbing since she was a teenager and working as an outdoor educator and mountain guide since 2018. Her interests are at the intersection of adventure and healing. As a mountain guide and clinical social worker specializing in rock climbing therapy, Camille believes that time in the mountains can be both grounding and life-changing.
She has guided clients on Mount Rainier, throughout the North Cascades, and various locations within Colorado supporting people as they challenge themselves, grow their confidence, and deepen their relationship with the outdoors. Camille is passionate about helping others discover their strength in and connection to wild places.
Outside of work, Camille loves meandering on glaciers and making jewlery.
Christie Morgan
LPC, WFR
Christie is a relational trauma adventure therapist who is passionate about creating a space where her clients can return home to the parts of themselves that have been buried beneath their trauma. Christie’s passion first developed when her own childhood trauma led her to walk through her own healing both through the support of therapy and her experiences on long distance trails.
Prior to becoming a therapist, Christie was as an Outdoor Instructor in California, where she created healing spaces for parents and teens to heal their relationships with each other through backpacking and rock climbing.
When Christie is not supporting others on their journeys home to themselves, she enjoys adventuring with her husband & kiddos, running trail ultras, climbing, backpacking, and painting!
Example Itinerary
Day 1:
Meet and Ground
Orientation + Gear Check
Dinner & Get to know each other
Opening ceremony
Day 2:
Morning Yoga and Meditation
Healing Workshop & Group processing:
Self-abandonment and the journey back to self
Hike to nearby lake
Dinner & Reflection time
Day 3:
Morning Yoga and Meditation
Hike to Next Campsite
Healing Workshop & Group processing:
Rebuilding self-trust after trauma
Set up Camp
Dinner & Reflection time
Day 4:
Morning Yoga and Meditation
Healing Workshop & Group processing:
Boundaries: Living from love rather than fear
Solo time at lake
Dinner & Reflection time
Day 5:
Morning Yoga and Meditation
Closing ceremony
Hike to trailhead
FAQs
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Click the “Apply” button and fill out the application form. The retreats are by application only so that I can be sure the retreat is a good fit for all involved.
Early bird deadline: March 31
Registration Deadline: May 15
After submitting your application, you will receive an email from me letting you know if you are offered a space in the retreat.
Your space in the retreat is reserved upon submission of the security deposit.
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You are responsible for your own transportation to and from the trailhead. On our form, you can opt-in to coordinate carpooling with other participants on the trip!
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All meals are provided! Plan to bring your own snacks, warm beverage of choice, and foods you can’t live without :)
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Plan to bring your own personal gear including: backpack, sleeping pad, sleeping bag, clothing, and personal accessories.
You will be provided with a complete packing list prior to the trip.
We will provide all group gear (water purification, bear canisters, stove, first aid, maps, etc).
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Yes! We will meet prior to the trip to make sure that you have everything you need to have a successful retreat.
Throughout the retreat, our guides will be teaching you everything you need to know to enjoy your time in the wilderness. No prior experience is necessary.
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We will be backpacking in Colorado’s Holy Cross Wilderness, just outside of Leadville, CO. Our route will involve stunning alpine lakes and high elevation views.