Uywanakuy (mutually upraising) Yaku (Water) Mama (Mother) is a journey into deeper relationship with our watersheds, communities, and the streams of memory that show us how to care for and celebrate life.

This is a 3-day immersive, participatory gathering, we will apply ecological and cultural skills, tools, and arts for regenerating soils, ecoystems, and communities.

We will also engage in cross-pollination and intercultural dialogue on multiple scales, inviting the guidance and accompaniment of elders and mentors in facilitating the recuperation of ancestral seeds of knowledge and art:

place-based stewardship;
stories, songs, dances;
resilient food ways;
wild food and medicine;
water & fire tending;
pilgrimage;
fermentation;
and more.

As people of place, we aim to facilitate more connective, rooted and resilient individuals, communities, and watersheds. This is art for the sake of world renewal, peacemaking, and the seventh generation coming!

 

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For questions, please email outreach@lostvalley.org

 Tiered Pricing

We use a tiered pricing model to make our programs accessible while also sustaining and regenerating our community. Please choose the tier that best fits your financial capacity:

Community Supported: $330
This tier is offered in recognition that our dominant economic system often neglects to provide a living wage to those of us who are most deeply invested in the service of our communities. We want to affirm that we are all in this together and continue to provide accessible quality education offerings to all those who are truly dedicated to the path of mutual upliftment.

Community Sustaining: $450
This tier provides a more equitable exchange of financial support for the teachers and organizers of this opportunity, and covers most basic institutional costs of operation of Lost Valley.

Community Regenerative: $700
This tier helps support our staff and teachers, increases total donations to ecological projects both North & South, and helps to cover the cost for economically marginalized participants. We are deeply grateful for any additional financial support to help us further our mission and goals!

Tent camping + lunches and dinners are provided.
We have limited dorm rooms available for an additional fee (booked separately).