The Ripening
The Summer Retreat • June 13–15, 2026
This retreat is for you if:
You are already in motion in your life and sense you are living at partial capacity.
You give generously to others and have quietly learned to give less of yourself to your own work and vision.
You feel the press of unexpressed potential and are ready to answer it rather than manage it.
You are a leader, creative, teacher, healer, or seeker who is ready to inhabit your life more fully.
A Retreat of Full Expression, Courageous Living, and Embodied Aliveness
June in the Willamette Valley gives itself completely to growth. The grasses have gone full and golden at the edges, the roses are breaking open in colors that seem almost too sincere to be real, and the farm hums with the confidence of things that have committed to becoming what they are. This is the season of fullness. The plants have stopped negotiating with the soil and simply grown.
This retreat asks you to meet that energy in yourself.
Most of us have learned, through long practice, to make ourselves smaller than we are. We qualify our ideas before we speak them out loud and we give our gifts at a discount, as though full expression would be too much, too forward, or too presumptuous. We have confused modesty with wisdom and called our contraction humility.
The summer land has no patience for this. It’s in full expression, and inviting you to to do the same.
The Ripening is a retreat that teaches you to experience your full expression. It takes courage to step into who you already are and stop managing how much of yourself you allow into any room.
You’ll spend two days on living land, surrounded by the evidence of what grows when given the right conditions, held by facilitators who have done this work themselves, asking one honest question: what would you do, say, create, or become if you gave yourself full permission?
What to Expect
The Ripening retreat moves through two days of embodied practice, land-based learning, creative expression, and communal presence. Every experience is designed to serve the same intention: to help you locate what in you is ready to grow and to give it room.
Breath work
to open what has been kept quiet and release habitual patterns of contraction.
Somatic movement
practices that work with the body's wisdom rather than the mind's agenda.
Learning sessions
drawing on the wisdom of the summer season as an organic teacher.
Evening Fire Circles
for the kind of honest, witnessed, unhurried conversation that rarely happens anywhere else.
Creative expression
sessions offered as a practice of allowing rather than producing, a low stakes encounter with the experience of letting an art endeavor move through without editing it first. All materials are provided, and every level of creative experience is welcome.
Land-based mindfulness
practices using the farm in its fullest summer expression as a mirror for your own life.
Farm-sourced meals
that are nourishing, communal, and unhurried.
Your Investment
Individual Retreat
Each retreat in The Seasonal Life series is $2,250 per person-single occupancy and $1,650 per person-double occupancy, all-inclusive from the moment you arrive to the moment you depart.
Your investment includes:
• Two days and two nights of private lodging at Inn the Ground
• A spacious private room with a king bed, and comfortable sleeper sofa perfect for a solo traveler, two friends, or a couple
• Nutrient-dense meals from Saturday dinner through Monday breakfast, prepared from farm and locally sourced ingredients
• All facilitated sessions, teachings, and ceremonial experiences
• All materials and supplies needed for retreat activities
• Full access to the land, trails, and common spaces of The Ground throughout your stay
A Few Things to Plan for
The Ripening retreat is designed to be complete as offered, with everything you need for the experience included in your registration fee. A handful of things fall outside the package and are worth planning for in advance. We’ve also included a downloadable copy of the schedule.
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The retreat center is located in Yamhill County, Oregon roughly an hour and a half from Portland International Airport. Most participants arrange their own transportation. Carpooling information is shared with registered participants upon request and we can help with transportation for an additional fee.
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Although located in wine country, Inn the Ground focuses on nourishment and presence. We do not serve alcohol. Participants who wish to bring wine or beer for personal enjoyment during evening free time are welcome to do so. We ask that you enter teaching spaces in an unaltered state.
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These services may be available through local practitioners and can be arranged independently. We are happy to offer referrals upon request.
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The retreat includes group facilitation. Private sessions with any member of the team may be available separately and can be inquired about directly. Please inquire prior to the event for best scheduling.
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If you would like to arrive a day early or extend your stay after the retreat closes, additional nights at The Ground may be available subject to scheduling. Please inquire at the time of registration.
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The Ripening Summer Retreat Schedule can be downloaded HERE