Run Retreat
Ojai, CA
September 10-13
4 Days, 3 Nights
Cost: $2,000
*Final sign-up is August 20.
Email contact for information, questions & sign-up
Photos by Matt Banahan
About the Experience:
The MEP Run Retreat was conceived and designed to explore ourselves through movement and stillness, through our inner perception and outer connection. Through breathwork, meditation, movement and running, we’ll use our bodies to release, grow and connect to our Selves and one another. It will be deeply intimate, sharing meals, long runs and practices of inner exploration through breathing and emotional journeys, alongside the outer exploration of the desert trails in and around Joshua Tree. We recommend coming with an open mind, no expectations and some fitness in your legs. We’ll be running 4-5 miles on Thursday and Sunday with longer runs between 8-13 miles on Friday and Saturday. It’s not a training camp, we’ll be exploring at a slower non-drop pace, with lots of opportunity to catch up, fuel, connect and run together.
You’ll receive a trail running kit from On and be fueled by Cadence.
Your Host: Ryan Willms
MEP (Mindful Endurance Program) was started by Ryan Willms, as a way to bring spirituality and sport together. While diving deep into emotional work of his own, the parallel development of physical endurance not only supported this growth but the two complemented and helped each other, and so Ryan has begun developing a series of workshops and experiences where we can use the medium of movement practice to connect more deeply to ourSelf and others.
Draft Schedule
Thursday
2pm—Arrive
330pm—Meditation & Short Run
6pm—Post run sharing circle, deeper introductions, breathwork
7pm—Dinner
Friday
8am—Breakfast
830am—Breathwork, Movement, Intentions
9am—Long Run
12noon—Lunch
3pm—Teaching circle
530pm—Deep Breathwork session
7pm—Dinner and Recap
Saturday
8am—Breakfast
830am—Breathwork, Movement, Intentions
9am—Long Run
12noon—Lunch
4pm—Breathwork Ceremony
7pm—Dinner and Recap
Sunday
8am—Breakfast
830am—Breathwork, Movement, Intentions
9am—Shorter Run
11am—Lunch, Pack & Final Sharing circle
1pm—Depart
