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Fall Events at Wildwood Fall is almost here and we wanted to let everyone know about some of the great events coming up at Wildwood! Be sure to like
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Fall is almost here and we wanted to let everyone know about some of the great events coming up at Wildwood! Be sure to like Wildwood's Facebook page, follow us on Twitter @wildwoodretreat, or check our events page for the latest information on upcoming events. |
September 18-21, 2014
This year’s theme is “Reunion” and we’d like to invite everyone to reunite with this magical place and the people who surround it. There will be workshops in erotic massage, modern dance, astrology, naked yoga, and kink to name just a few. As always, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to relax, swim, and make new friends.
Come reconnect with your community at Fall Men’s Festival 2014: Reunion! Details and registration here. |
| |  Click image for more information about Ian's body of work. |
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October 22-26, 2014
This years Men’s workshop will be Ian’s last workshop before he is set to retire. Ian has been following the Tantric Path since 2000 and has trained with several organizations and individuals, including The Body Electric School, Bodhi Avinasha and IPSALU Tantra, Rudy Ballentine, Jack Painter, Michael Casteel, Mantak Chia, Margot Anand's Love and Ecstasy Training with the Institute for Tantra and Meditation, and numerous others.
Wildwood is honored to host his final workshop which will examine how our sexual story, body shame, habits, beliefs, and past conditioning prevent us from getting what we want in life and from showing up as our authentic selves. Participants will learn to connect more deeply with their innate erotic life force energy and how to utilize this energy for transformation, empowerment, heart-opening, and higher states of consciousness. Details and registration here . |
November 26 - November 30
Give thanks for this beautiful land and the wonderful people in our community at this Members’ Weekend at Wildwood. A Thanksgiving feast will be served Thursday afternoon and members are free to create informal workshops or simply enjoy the scenery, the facilities, and the camaraderie. Details and registration here. |
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Wildwood is currently booking retreats for 2015
If you are scouting out locations to hold your next retreat, please consider Wildwood as your destination. For information on our facilities click here. For information on availability please consult our Event Calendar and if were available for the dates your seeking we would love to talk with you about what Wildwood has to offer. Please contact the Wildwood office for further details by calling 707-632-5200 or by sending an email to info@wildwoodretreat.com |
Mike comes to us having cooked for large family groups in four mountain ranges: the Appalachians of Pennsylvania, the Smoky Mountains of Virginia, the Wasatch mountains of Utah and the Rocky mountains of Alberta, Canada. He feels quite at home in the Pacific Coast Range of Wildwood and the surrounding area. He also loves being back by the ocean, although he grew up along the flat beaches of Massachusetts rather than the rocky cliffs of Sonoma County.
Mike was here just a week as a volunteer before the opportunity to take over the reins from Darleen, who was the driving force in updating the kitchen and dining methods at Wildwood. While we are sad to see Darleen leave after her many years of service to Wildwood, we are excited she is starting another chapter of her life. We feel confident that Mike will continue to show how Wildwood is a place of healing and revitalization through one of its best-loved attributes, its great food.
“I’m happiest when I see people enjoying my cooking,” Mike says. “We have great volunteers who help me make great meals, and I appreciate the recent contributions Body Electric made to the kitchen fund.” Mike’s first purchase was a new mixer with lots of torque for large batches of dough. “Homemade cookies are on their way. I can’t wait for our guests to start sampling them come September. I am looking forward to cooking and living here at Wildwood.” |
| |  Chester Mainard Meditation Platform after being refinished. |
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As most of you know, Randy Arnold is the founder of our sacred space, The Redwood Memorial Grove. Randy has been at Wildwood since the early 90’s, so you’ll see his artistic handiwork on countless items around the retreat center. Recently, Randy and his husband Greg refinished the Chester Mainard Meditation Platform and he is offering out four new chairs for that platform that we can place plaques on for memorial naming opportunities. |
 Randy Arnold hard at work prepairing the Chester Mainard Meditation Platform before applying the final coat of stain. | |  Sponsor a chair on the Chester Mainard Meditation Platform. |
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In addition, he has purchased a beautiful stained concrete bench which will be placed next to the Grandmother Oak tree looking west which will have a memorial plaque. Randy is calling this bench “the Lovers Sunset Bench.” Finally, we will be upgrading our benches at Julie Andrews Point to more heavy duty (4” x 12” redwood construction) benches. We have found that the wind and sun have been extremely harsh on the previous teak benches.
The suggested donation amount for these three naming opportunities are tax deductible and will be:
▪ Chairs for Chester’s Platform - $500 donation
▪ Lover’s Sunset Bench - $1,500 donation
▪ New and improved Julie Andrews Point Benches - $2,500 donation
Of course, if you have a loved one that you want to memorialize in the Memorial Grove, engraved stones are available too, starting at $500. |
 Grandmother Oak at Julie Andrews point where the new Benches will be placed. | |  Chester's engraved memorial stone that is placed in the middle of the platform. |
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 Julie Andrews Point Benches to be replaced. | |  View from the 'Lover's Sunset Bench' located just to the right of the Grandmother Oak. |
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If you would like additional information about any of these opportunities please contact Randy at (415) 518-9642, or email him at randy@barefootwine.com. |
For information about becoming a Wildwood member, or have a question about your current membership renewal date, please contact the Wildwood office directly at 707-632-5200, or send an email to: truman@wildwoodretreat.com.
You may also purchase or renew you membership online on our website here.
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to help support the Wildwood community, please contact our office directly for information on our current needs, or you can make an online donation here. |
Invest with your W.I.G.
Wildwood Investment Group |
The foremost concern of the Wildwood Conservation Foundation board at this time is our financial health. In March we began the formation of The Wildwood Investment Group, aka W.I.G. In the past five months, we have successfully replaced all of Wildwood’s debt with private investments from our membership. This alone is saving Wildwood about $35,000/year in reduced interest payments. We are in the home stretch of completing this program. The next step is to raise additional money which will be our winter reserve fund. This way Wildwood can borrow against itself during the lean winter months instead of from high interest outside sources, and then repay itself in the Spring. W.I.G. investment plans are for either 5 or 10 year periods at interest rates from 2 to 4 percent. If you are interested in hearing more about the W.I.G. please call board member Martin Meier at 707-632-5200 or martin@wildwoodretreat.com |
Be sure to stay updated on upcoming events and happenings at Wildwood Retreat. You can do this in several ways such as being sure to "Like" the official Wildwood Retreat Facebook page as well as the Wildwood Conservation Foundation group page. You can also follow us on twitter for regular postings pertaining to more timely matters. Of course, you can always call the Wildwood office at 707-632-5200 and speak with Truman directly who will be more than happy to answer any questions that you might have about events, naming opportunities, and volunteer opportunities available at Wildwood. |
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