Ritual + Reverie : Roots of the Wild
A Sensual, Soul-Centered Journey in Ritual, Remembrance & Belonging
A Halloween Weekend Gathering Honoring the Ancestors Behind Us and the Ancestors We Are Becoming
Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2026 | Dahlonega, GA (about 1 hour 15 mins from Atlanta)
Where Wild Belonging Is Rekindled Through Ritual, Remembrance, and Embodied Presence
A 4-day immersive retreat for queer men folks awaits in the mountains of North Georgia just 75 mins from ATL Airport.
As autumn deepens and the veil between worlds grows thin, we gather around the fire to honor the stories that shaped us, the communities that sustain us, and the futures we are helping create.
Together we step away from the noise of daily life and into a living circle of ritual, nature, embodiment, remembrance, and connection.
This is a retreat for men longing to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with what truly matters.
This Is Not a Retreat You Observe From the Edge
Roots of the Wild is an invitation into participation. Into community. Into authenticity.
Into the living mystery of what happens when men gather with open hearts and willing spirits.
Over four immersive days in the North Georgia mountains, we breathe deeply. We move intentionally. We share meals and stories. We create altars. We sit beside the fire. We honor our ancestors, our chosen family, our teachers, our losses, and our hopes for those who will come after us.
We laugh.
We grieve.
We celebrate.
We remember.
And somewhere along the way, something begins to open.
The armor.
The isolation.
The belief that we must carry everything alone.
This is where connection is cultivated through authenticity, not performance.
Where lineage becomes a source of wisdom rather than limitation.
Where belonging emerges naturally when men dare to be seen as they truly are.
No masks.
No posturing.
No pretending.
Just men gathering around the fire, remembering what it feels like to belong.
This Is an Immersion Into Remembrance, Embodiment, and Wild Belonging
We work with:
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Ritual as remembrance
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The body as storyteller
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Community as medicine
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Lineage as invitation
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Nature as sanctuary
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Fire as witness
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Plant medicine as sacrament
Every practice is chosen not for spectacle, but for what it evokes:
Presence.
Authenticity.
Reverence.
Connection.
Liberation.
Belonging.
This gathering centers queer men while welcoming gender-expansive individuals who feel resonance with the work.
The Experience
Over four days, you can expect a carefully tended arc that balances ritual, embodiment, celebration, reflection, and integration.
This is not constant intensity.
It is a rhythm.
Gathering.
Remembering.
Releasing.
Reclaiming.
Celebrating.
Returning.
Core Elements of the Journey
Embodied Practice
Each day begins by returning home to the body.
Through yoga, breathwork, meditation, and somatic exploration, we cultivate the capacity to listen beneath the noise of everyday life.
The body carries stories.
Some inherited.
Some chosen.
Some forgotten.
When we slow down enough to listen, wisdom emerges.
We are not striving for perfection.
We are cultivating relationship.
Ancestors, Lineage, & Remembrance
Our ancestors are more than bloodlines.
They include those whose courage, wisdom, sacrifice, creativity, and love helped make our lives possible.
Participants are invited to explore their relationships with family lineage, chosen family, queer elders, spiritual teachers, cultural heritage, and the communities that have shaped them.
Through storytelling, altar creation, ritual, reflection, and group process, we honor what has been carried forward and consciously choose what we wish to pass on.
No specific spiritual tradition is required.
All backgrounds are welcome.
Community as Medicine
Transformation rarely happens in isolation.
It happens in relationship.
Throughout the weekend, participants are invited into authentic connection through council, dialogue, shared experiences, and communal ritual.
Some conversations are joyful.
Some are challenging.
Some become the moments remembered long after the retreat ends.
Brotherhood here is not something performed.
It is something lived.
Fire, Forest, & Threshold
Autumn has long been a season of remembrance.
A season when communities gather to honor the dead, celebrate the harvest, and prepare for the darkness ahead.
The mountains become part of our ceremony.
Fire circles.
Forest walks.
Night rituals.
Seasonal altars.
Moments of stillness beneath the stars.
Nature is not a backdrop.
She is witness.
Ceremony & Reverie
At the heart of the weekend lies ritual.
Drawing inspiration from ancestral remembrance traditions across cultures, participants are invited into thoughtfully crafted ceremonies that honor both shared humanity and individual heritage.
These may include:
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Ancestor altars
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Fire ceremonies
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Seasonal rites
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Offerings
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Embodiment rituals
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Collective celebrations
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Plant medicine sacraments
Specific practices evolve each year based on location, season, and group readiness.
The intention remains constant:
To remember.
To honor.
To belong.
Belonging, Not Performance
Roots of the Wild is built upon clear foundations:
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Consent
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Mutual respect
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Emotional responsibility
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Confidentiality
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Care for self and others
This is a body-positive, sex-positive, and inclusive container.
Sensuality may arise.
Joy may arise.
Grief may arise.
None are required.
All are welcome.
Connection here is about authenticity, not access.
We gather not to impress one another.
We gather to remember.
Who This Is For Roots of the Wild is for those who: Long for meaningful connection and authentic community Feel called to explore ancestry, lineage, and belonging Want to honor both inherited and chosen family Value ritual, embodiment, nature, and self-inquiry Are navigating life transitions and seeking deeper perspective Desire spaces where vulnerability and authenticity are welcomed Men of all backgrounds, identities, orientations, and spiritual paths are welcome. No prior experience with ritual, men's work, yoga, or meditation is required. Only a willingness to show up. Why Men Come Men leave Roots of the Wild with: A deeper sense of belonging Greater connection to their personal story and lineage Meaningful relationships formed through shared experience Tools for ritual, reflection, and embodied awareness Renewed trust in themselves and their communities A felt experience of being seen without needing to perform This is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering what has always been there beneath the noise. The roots. The fire. The belonging. The wild.
Logistics & Investment
October 30 - November 2, 2026
A 3-Night Immersion in the Blue Ridge Mountains
We intentionally keep this gathering small, with space for just 8-14 people, allowing for deeper connection, individualized support, and a stronger sense of brotherhood throughout the weekend.
Included
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Comfortable lodging in our mountain retreat home
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Nourishing shared meals
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Ceremonies, workshops, and facilitated experiences
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Guided group practices and community rituals
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Ongoing support from retreat facilitators
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Resources for post-retreat integration
Investment
Community Tier: $1,495
Generosity/Supporter Tier: $1,895 [supports our scholarship fund and social justice causes]
Alumni Firekeeper: $1,295 [Reserved for returning participants]
Payment plans are available.
A limited number of scholarship opportunities are reserved for participants who would otherwise be unable to attend.
Special pricing may be available for local Atlanta-area participants.
A Note on Practice & Ceremony
Our retreats draw from a diverse range of transformational modalities, including nature immersion, ritual, embodiment practices, challenge, contemplation, community connection, and, where appropriate and lawful, ceremonial traditions.
A Note on Commitment
This journey asks something of you.
Your presence. Your honesty.
Your willingness to be seen. Your courage to listen deeply.
Your openness to both grief and celebration.
In return, it offers something rare:
A living experience of community.
A place to lay down what no longer serves.
A chance to honor where you come from.
And an opportunity to reconnect with who you are becoming.
The roots run deeper than we remember.
The fire burns brighter when shared.
And belonging has been waiting for you all along.
Ritual + Reverie
A sensual, soul-centered weekend of ritual, remembrance, embodiment, and belonging
Pricing & Deposit Overview
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Retreat tuition begins at $1,495 (Community Tier). Participants who wish to help sustain scholarships and accessibility within the community may choose the $1,895 Generosity Tier. Returning participants are eligible for the $1,295 Firekeeper Alumni Rate as a gesture of gratitude for helping shape this growing community.
All tuition includes lodging, nourishing meals, ceremonies, workshops, and group experiences. Applicable state and local sales taxes may apply.
Private Room Upgrades are available for $650 and are extremely limited (typically 2-3 per retreat). Rooms are assigned upon registration on a first-come, first-served basis and are not eligible for discounts or scholarship pricing.
A deposit is required to reserve your space and reflects your commitment to the retreat container while allowing time for alignment and application review.
Local Participant Opportunities: Atlanta-area residents may qualify for special local pricing or volunteer opportunities. Contact colter@colterwild.com for details.
Scholarships are limited and awarded on a case-by-case basis. Priority consideration may be given to BIPOC participants, young adults (18-25), aligned facilitators, and emerging apprentices. Scholarship support is funded in part through Generosity Tier contributions. Approved scholarship recipients are still responsible for the standard retreat deposit (unless previously arranged), which is fully applied toward their tuition. But applications with paid deposits are considered first.
Guide & Facilitator
Colter Wild
Colter Wild is a transformational guide, experiential mystic, and facilitator of sacred spaces devoted to helping people reclaim the parts of themselves they were taught to hide.
For more than two decades, his work has explored the fertile edge where spirituality, embodiment, nature, sensuality, and personal transformation meet. Raised in a lineage of healers and lightworkers, Colter's path has carried him through the worlds of yoga, meditation, Reiki, energy work, psychedelic preparation and integration, somatic healing, ritual arts, and queer-centered community leadership.
Holding a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Utah, with studies in psychology, exercise physiology, nutrition, and wildlife conservation, he bridges scientific understanding with deep reverence for mystery, meaning, and the wisdom of lived experience.
Known for creating spaces that are both deeply transformative and refreshingly human, Colter's facilitation blends playfulness with precision, shadow with light, and personal freedom with compassionate accountability. His approach is rooted in consent, inclusivity, nervous system awareness, and the belief that healing does not require becoming someone new, but remembering who you were before shame, fear, and expectation taught you otherwise.
At retreats like Ritual & Reverie, he invites participants into a living exploration of shadow and desire, reverence and authenticity, grief and celebration. Through ceremony, embodiment practices, community connection, nature immersion, and altered states of awareness, participants are supported in reclaiming their wholeness and rediscovering the sacred within both the wild and the ordinary.
His work is ultimately an invitation home: to the body, to the soul, to authentic belonging, and to a life lived with greater freedom, intimacy, and aliveness.
A Threshold. A Brotherhood. A Call Into the Wild.
Tantric Rewilding is a men’s embodied brotherhood retreat rooted in presence, intimacy, and conscious aliveness. Set beside the waters and forests of North Georgia, this immersive experience invites men into the raw vitality that emerges when armor softens and awareness deepens. This is not a workshop you observe. It is a field you enter. Through breathwork, yoga, conscious touch, nature immersion, and structured relational practice, Tantric Rewilding restores connection to instinct, desire, and brotherhood — the qualities that surface when men meet one another without performance. What This Journey Is Tantric Rewilding is a men’s immersion designed around lived experience rather than theory. Over multiple days, participants engage in: Embodied yoga and breathwork practices Meditation and nervous system regulation Consent-based relational and touch exercises Plant medicine ceremony when included Council spaces for reflection, integration, and witnessing Ritual moments that mark thresholds of remembrance The emphasis is on inhabiting, not analyzing. Transformation unfolds through direct experience in the body. What This Is Not Tantric Rewilding is not a pickup space, not a performance laboratory, and not a spectacle of spiritual intensity. It is sex-positive and body-honoring, yet sexuality is not the goal or expectation. Sensual and erotic energy may arise as part of embodied aliveness. We meet that energy with consent, clarity, and integrity. This retreat is not about pushing edges for shock value. It is about cultivating coherence, awareness, and authentic connection. Our Lineage and Influences Tantric Rewilding draws from multiple embodied traditions, including: Classical and neo-tantric frameworks of presence and life-force cultivation Somatic and nervous-system-informed embodiment practices Men’s council and initiation lineages Earth-honoring and ritual traditions Meditative and breath-based contemplative disciplines Rather than teaching tantra as performance or technique, this retreat applies tantric principles of attention, energy, and reverence to brotherhood, nature, and the lived body. Brotherhood Through Presence Shared vulnerability creates a bond that conversation alone cannot. Men arrive as individuals and leave having experienced one another without pretense. When breath synchronizes, when boundaries are honored, when touch is conscious and chosen, trust grows naturally. The lake, the fire, the shared silence become mirrors. The body becomes teacher. Authenticity emerges not through force, but through safety. Who This Retreat Is For Tantric Rewilding is open to men of diverse sexual orientations and identities. Queer and sex-positive perspectives are welcomed within a container that prioritizes consent and emotional maturity. No prior experience with tantra, yoga, or men’s work is required. This experience may resonate especially with men navigating: Transitions in identity, relationship, or purpose A desire to reclaim sensual vitality with integrity Longing for authentic male connection without posturing A call toward embodied remembrance rather than self-improvement This is not about becoming more spiritual. It is about becoming more present.
Frequently Asked Questions Is this a clothing-optional retreat? Yes. Portions of the retreat are clothing-optional, particularly time at the lake house, certain group practices, sauna or swim spaces, and select nature moments where appropriate. Clothing is always welcome. Participation in nudity is never required. Consent, boundaries, and situational awareness are foundational. Some activities, depending on location and safety considerations, require clothing. Clarity will always be given in advance. Is this a tantric retreat? Yes, in spirit and structure. Tantric Rewilding is rooted in tantric principles such as presence, breath, life-force awareness, and conscious relating. It is not a technical training in advanced sexual techniques. The focus is embodied awareness, relational integrity, and cultivating eros as vitality rather than performance. Is there sexual activity during the retreat? No sexual activity is facilitated or expected. This is a sex-positive container, meaning erotic energy is not shamed or suppressed. Sensual and erotic awareness may arise through breath, touch practices, or embodied presence. However, sexuality is never a requirement, goal, or social currency. All relational exercises are opt-in and guided by explicit consent agreements. Where does the retreat take place? This immersion will be held at a private home and property in the North Georgia foothills, near Dahlonega, GA, within approximately 85 minutes of Atlanta’s airport. The exact location is shared with confirmed participants to maintain privacy and container integrity. Do I need experience with yoga, tantra, or men’s work? No prior experience is required. Practices are guided with multiple entry points for different bodies and comfort levels. You are never required to participate in any exercise. Alternatives are always available. Willingness matters more than experience. How is this retreat different from other tantric or men’s retreats? This retreat is intentionally intimate and relational. Group size is limited so that every participant is seen, supported, and included. The pacing is deliberate. The facilitation is attentive. Rather than spectacle or excess, we emphasize depth, nervous system safety, and genuine connection. Meals are nourishing. Accommodations are chosen for comfort and beauty. The container is human, grounded, and carefully tended. Depth over drama. Presence over production. Is this a sex party or cruise-style experience? No. While we honor eros and embodied connection, this is not a space organized around social competition, performative sexuality, or unspoken hierarchies. All sensual or touch-based practices are clearly framed, consent-based, and structured. There is no expectation to engage sexually and no social advantage tied to confidence, desirability, or proximity to facilitators. Safety, agency, and sovereignty come first. How are power dynamics and facilitation ethics handled? Facilitation ethics are taken seriously. Clear professional boundaries are maintained between facilitators, assistants, and participants. There is no sexual engagement between facilitators and participants within the retreat container. Transparency, consent, and accountability are foundational. The structure is designed to reduce hierarchy, not reinforce it. Who is this retreat really for? This experience resonates most with men seeking depth over spectacle, intimacy over performance, and intentional community over status dynamics. We welcome diverse identities and orientations, while centering emotional maturity, curiosity, respect, and personal responsibility. If you’re looking for something chaotic, flashy, or purely recreational, this likely isn’t it. If you’re seeking something grounded, alive, and carefully held, you’re in the right field.
Ritual + Reverie is a threshold — not a promise of comfort, but an invitation into embodied aliveness.
For those ready to be met by breath, brotherhood, and the honest intelligence of the body, something ancient is stirring.
Answer the calling.