PMT Level #1 Lodging Registration

This is an immersive residential retreat where all participants stay on the land of Star River Sanctuary for attunement and integration of the teachings for the weekend spending 2 full nights. There will be shared accommodation available for each level. Accommodation bookings are on a first come first serve basis, with priority to elders or increased needs. Delicious plant-based garden to table meals included in the trainings price.

Lodging Options:

Cozy Indoor Shared Main House Lodging- (5 spaces available) no animal allergies

Cozy Cabin Rooms-(4 spaces available)

Forest Bell Tent Shared Lodging- (8 spaces available)

Camping- (3 tent spaces available)

*Optional Earth Temple King or Twin Lodging for overflow only!

*Note: this weekend is a 2 night minimum stay on the mountain

All food and lodging are included in your tuition for the 18 month Apprenticeship

Our Mission

        Star River Sanctuary’s mission is to love and serve all of our relations

Our Vision

Star River Sanctuary is here to nourish the renewal, reconnection and reverence for nature through experiential and skill based learning. Star River Sanctuary is a multidisciplinary learning center in the heart of the Kootenays with three main interwoven platforms: regeneration, reconnection, and renewal. Star River Sanctuary has three pillars of purpose: organic gardens (regeneration), wilderness programs (reconnection), and healing retreats (renewal). 

We envision a world where people are fully connected to self, other, and the Earth holistically through mind, body, and heart. We see a world in which people are awake to their inherent gifts, health, and joy, living in balance and harmony with the natural world; a world where every being’s needs are taken into consideration, and where gratitude, reciprocity, and reverence for the earth lead our lives. We see a world where all people have the opportunity to connect to the wellspring of health, love, and inspiration found in Mother Nature, and where wise and loving mentors guide children in how to walk upon the Earth lightly and with open hearts. 

We understand that having a sanctuary of natural peace and beauty is an essential service at this time of ecological crisis on the earth. Within our culture there is an epidemic of disconnection from nature and we see this as a root cause of the ecological crisis we are facing. At the core of challenges, we as a human family face, is the recognition that all of life is interconnected and interdependent. 

We recognize that theory alone is not enough to meet the immense challenges of our generation and the generations to come. Experiential learning and healing in nature ignites creative genius and love of Earth. It is through our connection to nature that we will be guided to sustainable innovations and regenerative practices in the years to come. We must move the class and therapeutic spaces from the four square walls of institutions to the wild places with reverent devotion. Star River Sanctuary will be a place for such learning. There will be residential programs for all ages that focus on nature based outdoor education, eco-psychology, earth honouring animism, and agricultural skill-based learning through our fully functioning organic micro-farm. 

Values- 

Star River Sanctuary exists to love and serve all of our relations as a place of beauty, peace, and re-wilding for the seven generations to come through the conscious: 

• Regeneration of the natural intelligence and health of our soils to create abundant and resilient food security and foster ecological diversity.
• Reconnection to the natural intelligence within Gaia as our greatest teacher, guide, and healer through Earth honouring ceremonial arts.
• Renewal of the natural intelligence within our bodies to live in health and well-being with Gaia.

We do all of this through our conscious relationship and sacred reciprocity with the whole of Life. Through growing our spiritual practices and grounding this spiritual compassionate wisdom in right action. We believe that in order to meet the intense challenges we face, we must bridge theoretical and experiential learning and healing. This style of learning is in the container of what we call “re-wilding” which means to awaken the natural intelligence within. To become fully embodied requires us to heal with the holistic intelligence of Gaia through Earth honouring ceremonial wisdom. To heal we must learn new ways of living and rewrite our habits of disconnection. It is clear we can no longer teach by theory alone; we must provide experiential containers and mentorship for students of all ages to: 

• Experience the beauty and peace of Nature and awaken to their interconnection and interdependence within all life through age-appropriate curriculum and methodologies. 
• Grow individual inner resilience and skillful means with which to meet the unprecedented challenges of this time through nature-based therapy, eco-psychology, and earth-honouring wisdom traditions.  
• Build skill based understanding of regenerative agriculture and farming to build local food security