Awaken in the Canyons

April 26 - May 4, 2024

  • a moderately strenuous expedition, for people comfortable with physical exertion. Beginners welcome.

  • offered to women identified, and non-binary+ folks.

  • starts and ends in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Here’s what happens on the Expedition:

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    Front End / Pre-Trip Coaching

    You begin with two sessions to get clear on what you are longing for with your coach. Together we’ll design your unique coaching program that lets you see yourself clearly and imagine a new way of being that supports your deepest alignment.

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    The Expedition

    We will put on our backpacks and walk into the Canyons for 8 days. We’ll start our mornings with guided movement and mindfulness practice. Each day we will offer prompts and frameworks to help you get clear about your purpose. We’ll have a mix of nourishing group experience and delicious solo time. You’ll have individual conversations with your coach. You’ll watch yourself in action as you live in a group, make decisions, and do hard things. You’ll get clarity on your patterns of resistance, your unique gifts, and what you are meant for in this world.

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    The Place

    We designed this route to visit magical slot canyons and panoramic mesa top vistas. We’ll do some technical rappelling. We’ll offer an optional solo experience. We’ll experience challenges looking for water. We’ll carry full expedition packs on our backs as we travel each day, and make camp under the stars. We’ll find breathtaking red rock cathedrals, and exquisite tiny details in the desert. The magic of the place will open you to the magic of the possibilities within you.

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    Post-Expedition Coaching

    After the dust has settled and laundry is done you’ll get on a call with your coach to integrate and anchor what has come alive in you. You’ll map out a path forward that allows you to live into your new way of being.

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    Online Community

    We’ll stay connected in a private online group where we cheer each other on and give and get support.

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    Included in Your Registration:

    Individual coaching and the full expedition experience. Travel to trailhead from Salt Lake City and all meals, excluding our closing dinner, are included in the cost of the expedition. We provide all group camping gear and individual gear is available for rent. We’ll give you a detailed equipment list and help you decide what to pack. Specific dietary needs can be easily met.

Nuts and Bolts

We meet in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the evening of April 26.  We will begin to form together as a group, organize and pack our gear. The next morning we drive to the trailhead in the Bears Ears National Monument. The first day is a short hike to our first camp. You can expect to hike between 3 - 8 miles each day partially on trails, and often off trail in slickrock and canyon terrain.  Camp will be simple outdoor living with no facilities. We’ll carry packs that weigh 35-45 lbs. Each of us contributes to cooking, outdoor living tasks and a supportive group culture. This expedition offers an opportunity for rappelling into a technical slot canyon (we’ll teach you everything you need to know!) and an optional solo. We’ll hike out to the trailhead on May 4, and drive back to Salt Lake City for showers and a celebratory dinner. You will travel home the next day, May 5.

Physical Requirements:
You do not need to have prior experience backpacking or camping. We will provide all the support to let you thrive even if you have never slept outside or hiked on a trail. You need to be comfortable walking long distances and with physical exertion. You need to be open to experiencing your body in new and challenging ways. Often, people are surprised by how capable they are physically and humbled by mental challenges they didn’t expect. You do NOT need to be a super athlete to thrive on this expedition. 

Your Facilitators:

Liz and Lindsay are lifelong professional backcountry leaders with decades of experience leading people on transformative journeys. As Coach/Facilitators we hold generative space for people to see their own wisdom and make profound shifts in their lives. We’re Integral Coaches, a coaching method that allows for deep, embodied transformation in our clients. We’re NOLS instructors with a combined 300 weeks of leading expeditions in many corners of the world.

$3600.00

Before January 5, 2024

$4100.00

Regular price.

Deadline to register: March 22, 2024

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • Two coach facilitators with up to 10 participants allows the intimacy and personal attention required for a deep journey like this.

  • Yes! We are offering $8,200 toward full and partial scholarships, prioritizing people who face systemic barriers to outdoor spaces. Black, Indigenous, and Brown folks, Two Spirit and LGBTQI+ folks, and folks experiencing financial hardship are encouraged to apply. Please email onewildlifecoaching@gmail.com - this is a simple process, you don’t need to prove your identity or financial situation.

  • Yes! Please email onewildlifecoaching@gmail.com for details.

  • We ask participants to provide proof of vaccination. We’ll provide a copy of our COVID field practices when you register. Please get in touch if you have questions. onewildlifecoaching@gmail.com.

    We cancel the expedition if facilitators contract COVID prior to the expedition.

  • Nope! We’ll teach you everything you need to know. Just bring your curiosity and open mind.

  • No! You don’t need to be contemplating a major change in your life. Transition can mean a lot of things. Are there patterns you want to change in yourself? Big or small life change, this expedition is built for you. We’ll give you prompts before our first call to start exploring what you’re longing for. Together we will zero in on your unique coaching program.

  • If you need to cancel you will pay a Cancellation Fee:

    $750 On or before 8 weeks

    $1200 4-8 weeks before

    No refunds as of 4 weeks before

    Any coaching sessions that have already happened will be charged.

    We will make exceptions for major illness or death in the family.

    Please purchase cancellation insurance. Information provided on registration.

  • You travel to Salt Lake City, Utah and reserve a room at an Airport hotel. We will all base out of the same hotel to pack gear and get organized. Your travel from the hotel to the road head is covered. You will be responsible for your hotel the night before your flight. You’ll get a detailed logistics sheet once you register.