Jesse Gawlik
Lead Facilitator
Retreat · MAR 15–17 · 2027
Desert Fire Retreat
Morongo Valley, CA · Desert Studio
4 places availableTHE EXPERIENCE
When the room is ready, we begin.
Three days in the high desert. Somatic release at dawn. Fire ceremony at dusk. Silence between. Twelve seats. When the desert speaks, you listen.
This is not a vacation. This is not a workshop. This is an initiation — a deliberate step into fire. You will be seen. You will be held. You will be changed.
The retreat takes place at the Desert Studio in Morongo Valley, California. Accommodation is rustic-chic. Meals are plant-forward and locally sourced. Phones are surrendered at arrival.
THE KEEPERS
Who holds this gathering.
THE RHYTHM
What the time holds.
Timings may breathe with the group. The shape of the experience will remain.
Day 1 · Arrival
- Arrival, ground, settle
- Opening circle + intention setting
- Dinner · silent
- Fire ceremony + welcome
Day 2 · Immersion
- Sunrise somatic practice
- Breakfast
- Breathwork intensive
- Lunch + integration rest
- Nature walk + solo time
- Circle processing
- Dinner
- Sound bath
Day 3 · Integration
- Gentle movement
- Breakfast
- Integration circle
- Closing ceremony
- Final meal together
- Departure
THE PRACTICALS
Know before you arrive.
Held for you
- All meals · plant-forward and locally sourced
- Shared accommodation · 2–3 per room
- All ceremony materials
- Post-retreat virtual integration session
- Recorded sound bath for home practice
Bring or arrange
- Transportation to and from Morongo Valley
- Personal items, journals, and ritual objects
SCHOLARSHIP TERMS
Access is part of the work.
Two places are reserved for financial hardship applicants. If selected, you pay $425. If not selected, you are placed on the regular waitlist. The application is submitted during booking.
REFUND POLICY
Plans change. Here is the line.
Full refund up to 14 days before the start. 50% refund 7–14 days before. No refund within 7 days.
THE PLACE
A glimpse of the field.
