
A SPACE TO COME ALIVE
NATURE RETREATS ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAI‘I
Experiences to reignite & reset each individual craving something rare, something new, something real.
DITCH THE DEVICE
Forget your devices and connect into the natural world instead. A cornerstone of this experience is the permission to unplug completely. We help you find that dopamine hit elsewhere.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN YOUR JOURNEY
6 days & 5 nights of reconnecting with the elements, kindred spirits, and your truest self
Facilitated activities to stoke playfulness and self-awareness, as well as plenty of freedom to flow and explore
3 Vibrant meals each day to nourish and activate mind, body, and spirit using local ingredients and love
UPCOMING OFFERINGS
Starting at $2,000

THE JOURNEY BACK TO YOURSELF DOESN’T HAVE TO BE HARROWING. IT CAN BE JOYOUS AND GOLDEN-HUED, PLAYFUL AND BOUNDLESS.
MEET THE CREW
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DEVIN
A joy activist. Devin Longfellow is moved by radical collaboration, youth/women’s empowerment, and facilitating heart-led events. She founded a nature school for children in Hawai’i to freely express themselves and develop a personal relationship with the natural world. Dedicated to freedom, creativity, and saying ‘yes’ to each moment, she celebrates the Chrysalis vision which gives adults permission to be kids again..In their joy and authentic expression.
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VANESSA
For over 25 years, Vanessa Stone has served as a visionary, teacher, humanitarian leader, inspired speaker, group facilitator, and mentor. Founder of The Amala Foundation and One Village Project, Vanessa is devoted to co-create in service with community, and continue to mentor and inspire people from all over the world to put voice to vision, serve creation, study nature, realize authentic freedom and live for the soul.
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Alohilani ʻO Tahiti Akala Kaiamakini
Alohilani is the visionary founder and owner of ‘Aha’aina and Pō Naturals Hawaiʻi. Deeply rooted in her native Hawaiian heritage, Alohilani understands the intrinsic value of Aloha ʻĀina - the sacred love & duty to care for the land.
Through years of exploration and hands-on practice, Alohilani has developed a profound understanding of the therapeutic properties of herbs, their synergistic combinations, and their applications for various health concerns.
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NICK
Nick LaHaise is a basket weaver, green wood worker, carpenter, chef, and teacher. He has studied various traditional arts, wilderness skills, deep nature connection mentoring, and rites of passage over the last decade. Nick currently organizes Buckeye Gathering, a weeklong ancestral skills gathering, teaches woodworking at a Wild River Waldorf School in Truckee, and guides Wilderness Fasts through the School of Lost Borders. He has been weaving baskets and teaching willow basketry for over 10 years, and is growing a small plot of basketry willow in Sierra Valley, where he lives with his family.
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APRIL
April has spent her professional career working at the intersection of humanitarian movements and environmental science. She directed, managed and executed the first at-scale deployment of Coastal Carbon Capture for Vesta and Hourglass Climate, and spends her weekends guiding backpacking trips through the Grand Canyon and mountain biking adventures in Sedona. April is passionate about community as a form of liberation, our natural world, and creating solutions for both to thrive.

MOVE FROM DEPLETION TO VIBRANCY
