Wild Heart Revival events are substance free. Use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and mind altering substances is prohibited. We welcome you just as you are, unaltered, and in your true nature while on retreat with us.

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Meet our organizer:
Melissa Reed-Eckert is founder of Wild Heart Revival and visionary for our Camp For A Cause events and Women Rising Wild transformational retreats. She is a fourth generation medicine woman and wilderness guide with over 20 years experience as a science educator and wildlife ecologist specializing in landscape psychology, behavioral ecology, and studies of rare and endangered mammals. Melissa is a tracker, medicine weaver, and mystic with deep and intimate ties to nature. In the past 10 years Melissa has led 200 nature-based workshops and guided more than 60 multi-day science and adventure retreats for more than 2000 adults and children. In 2021, Melissa will host her 20th retreat as transformational wilderness guide with Wild Heart Revival and Women Rising Wild. Melissa is our fire tender and Camp For A Cause event manager.

At Camp For A Cause with Sylvan Dale Ranch April 10-11, 2021 and May 22-23, 2021, we enthusiastically welcome Jen Friedman and Margie McSweeney and guest facilitators.

Jen Friedman:
Once a touring singer/songwriter with two original folk albums, Jen is now dedicated to her path as a facilitator of embodied experience of the sacred through song and dance. Jen has been personally transformed by the Dances of Universal Peace tradition, noting that through direct transmission of energy and spiritual wisdom in the songs, the tradition fosters a deep communal sense of oneness and peace. She is a Leader/Mentor in the DUP tradition and leads two monthly DUP circles in Northern Colorado. Her offerings are presently available to anyone anywhere online. Jen also leads song, kirtan, and Dances at retreats, camps, and public events throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. Jen holds a Master of Divinity from Iliff School of Theology and is an interfaith hospital chaplain at two hospitals in Northern Colorado. She is known for her warm, down-to-earth leadership style that conveys a generosity of spirit. Jen’s open-hearted and no-mistake philosophy inspires individuals and groups to embrace the joy of singing and dancing in the beauty of Being and Becoming. Our May Camp For A Cause event will be our third collaboration with Jen. We warmly welcome Jen’s return to our circle and celebrate her medicine of music and dance in our community. Her soul stirring songs and gentle leadership awaken peace where the heart is longing, hurting, or forgotten. And the Dances invoke cleansing tears and purifying smiles. To learn more about Jen and Dances of Universal Peace visit www.jenniferfriedman.com

Margie McSweeney:
Margie is a midwife, sound healer, and harbinger of joy as medicine. Margie showed a natural gift for healing and a calling to service in childhood. She has spent the last 40 years providing spiritual and physical medical care to people of all ages and walks of life. At the age of 23, through experiences as a new and proactive midwife, Margie was quickly and acutely tuned into the importance of ancestral and natural wisdoms. Her spiritual and learning path has led to work with and study  of  various  healing modalities. She blends progressive principles of western medicine, traditional wisdoms, and metaphysical tools to generate healing and transformational insight  within clients. We are blessed and joyed to welcome Margie to her fourth event with us. Reach out to Margie on our Contact Us page.