WOMEN’S WILDERNESS YOGA RETREAT

AUGUST 6TH-9TH, 2026 | GOLDEN CUP WILDERNESS MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA

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A Wild Woman Awakening

This is a 4-day, 3-night wilderness immersion for women who feel the call to return to inner peace, to the living Earth, and to the part of themselves that remembers simplicity, clarity, and sovereignty.

An invigorating healing adventure designed to support personal renewal through nature, movement, and intentional community. Here, modern life softens its grip. The nervous system exhales. The body remembers how to listen.

Unreached by light pollution, cellphone reception, and modern pollutants, our days unfold beneath open skies and our nights beneath stars so clear they feel close enough to touch.

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Cleanse. Rewild. Heal.

This retreat is for conscious women, mystics, and community leaders who feel drawn to simpler living, energetic clarity, and deeper communion with the natural world.

Workshops and practices are led by a team of talented healing artists and trauma-informed practitioners, creating a container that is both gentle and profound.

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Retreat Activities

Our time together is intentionally spacious, allowing healing and joy to happen through both guided practices and quiet integration.

Retreat activities include:

  • Outdoor Restorative & Yin Yoga

  • Creative healing arts workshops

  • Sound healing & meditation

  • Reading, journaling, and reflection

  • Nature walks and hiking

  • Sister circles and shared ritual

  • Optional farm activities and homestead support


We allow nature to do what it does best, restore balance.

Where Earth Speaks & Women Rise.

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“To the Wild Woman, being spiritual means whispering to trees, laughing with flowers, falling in love with sunsets, consulting the waters, and worshipping the stars at night.
One hand to her heart, one hand touching Mother Earth…”

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Healing Arts Immersion

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    Restorative & Hatha Yoga

    These classes will address mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual release. You will practice letting go of whatever is it you are holding onto and letting that space be filled with your presence, acceptance, and your perseverance.

    Tap into oneness, your connection toyur surroundings and Mother Earth, as well as gratitude.

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    Herbal Self-Care

    Engage your senses and deepen your connection to your wild self through herbal nourishment and self-care. We will mindfully play with flowers, salts, aromatic, and infused oils with an intentional salt scrub. Enjoy a soothing foot soak to nourish your wild feet. Experience the magic of sisterhood self-care as we receive nourishment together and witness each other surrendering into deeper healing and connections.

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    Yin Yoga

    Gently bring up what is stored in the body for transmutation. Incorporate the practice of dhyana (focus), as we utilize the nature around us to bring our focus into one point. We will bring deep awareness to certain points of the body.

    Cultivate a heightened awareness and feel in control of your surroundings while subtly testing your openness and trust.

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    Sound Baths & Sound Healing

    Enjoy a sound bath with singing bowls surrounded by the warm embrace of wildlife all around you. Also soak in an ocean drum sound healing to release and wash away the stagnant energies.

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    Plant Spirit Medicine

    Explore the magical world of Plant Spirit Medicine. Learn how to connect to the life essence of plants and open your senses to receive messages from the spirits residing on the lands. We will connect specifically to Oak Medicine, a magnificent essence that connects us to our inner rebirthing and growth cycles as well as ancestral healing medicine.

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    Sister Circles

    When women gather in sacred spaces…
    The earth sings. The water listens.
    The fire in our bellies remembers.
    You are not just dreaming of retreat—you are the retreat.
    Let’s build it together, in devotion to the feminine rising.

THE LOCATION

Goldencup Wilderness Homestead

Located near Ukiah, California, Golden Cup Wilderness Homestead is a health-centered permaculture sanctuary nestled within the rolling hills of Mendocino County.

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The property spans over 120 acres of diverse ecosystems, including:

  • Oak Savannah

  • Mature Redwoods

  • Old-growth Douglas Fir

  • Madrone, Manzanita, and California Bay

The air is pristine. The water flows from creeks, wells, and year-round artesian springs. The land is alive and deeply tended.

Golden Cup is a faith-based, family environment that welcomes individuals and groups seeking intentional living and meaningful transformation.

From San Francisco, the property is a scenic 3.5-hour drive north. Ukiah is the closest town and offers all essential services and grocery options.

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Pristine Environment

This is a truly remote setting:

  • No city pollution

  • No pesticides or GMOs

  • No EMFs or radiation

  • No light pollution

Summer brings abundant food from orchards and gardens, vibrant farm and forest activity, and unbelievable night skies, making this an ideal season for cleansing, renewal, and reconnection.

Wildlife is abundant. Silence is real. The land is treated with deep respect and reciprocity.

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Accommodations

Guests may choose from a range of rustic, clean, and modest dwellings, including:

  • Yurts

  • Domes

  • Cabins

  • Tent camping

  • Car camping

Both shared and private options are available.

Dwellings include:

  • Kitchen spaces

  • Mini-refrigerators

  • Outdoor grills and stoves

  • Tea kettles, pots, and pans

  • Coffee makers

  • Electricity

Showers are stunning outdoor installations, and toilets are outdoor composting units. All guests will receive a full orientation upon arrival.

There is no cell reception on the property. Wi-Fi is available in designated areas.

CHOOSE YOUR DWELLING
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Physical & Environmental Considerations

Dwellings and gathering spaces are connected by trails, requiring modest hiking, with some steeper terrain in certain areas.

Weather includes warm days and cool nights, and all movement between spaces takes place outdoors.

If you have accessibility concerns or special needs, please contact the retreat host in advance so we can support you.

The Food

Our chef, Zenith, will prepare nourishing vegetarian dinners each evening, made with care and seasonal awareness.

Participants will bring their own breakfasts and lunches.
All dwellings include refrigerators and basic kitchen tools for food storage and preparation.

Food allergies can be accommodated with advance notice.

Meet The Leaders

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    Francisca Crutchfield

    Founder & Facilitator

    Francisca leads with a deep personal purpose to help women shift the trajectory of their energy to live more in alignment with their unique innate powers. She is a Yoga teacher, holistic educator, conscious business coach, and healing arts events facilitator.  Francisca helps others to clear blockages, spread healing wisdom, and access high-quality wellness, beauty, and personal success tools. She curates experiences for women to integrate their shadow and light parts, find bliss, and fuel their higher purpose.

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    Brianna Boyd

    Yin & Restorative Yoga Instructor​

    Brianna is a yoga instructor and holistic practitioner devoted to guiding others through holistic practices rooted in breath, ease, and self-attunement. She creates a safe, supportive space for healing, growth, and intentional living. She is a RYT 200 with a focus on styles and breathwork that shepard feelings of ease, security, acceptance, love, gratitude,  relaxation and rejuvenation.

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    Candice Brunlinger

    Herbalism & Energy Work Instructor​

    Candice Brunlinger is a certified EFT Practitioner, Mindfulness Coach, Herbalist, Fermentationist, Tai Chi Instructor and Heath Coach who is passionate about supporting others on their journey of emotional, physical, and spiritual healing using nutrition, mindset, and neuroscience. She helps guide others in their self-exploration, inner child healing, removing limiting beliefs, and strengthening healthy connections and relationships. 

    www.herballivingandhealing.com

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    Nichole Schembre

    Yoga & Sound Healing Instructor

    Nichole Schembre is a trauma-informed yoga teacher, educator, and the founder of Yoga Your Way, a training and wellness platform rooted in inclusion, choice, and embodied autonomy. Her work bridges yoga, somatics, and mental-health–informed practices to create spaces where people feel safe to show up exactly as they are.

    With a heart for community and a respect for every body’s lived experience, Nichole holds space that celebrates uniqueness, sovereignty, and connection—inviting participants to reconnect with themselves and one another through presence, compassion, and choice.

    www.yogayourway.me

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    Zenith Hiliard

    Zenith Rose is a Mendocino Coast–raised retreat chef devoted to seasonal, plant-based cuisine crafted with organically and locally grown ingredients. With roots in farm life, raw and vegan culinary training, herbal studies, and decades of professional kitchen experience, she brings joy, care, and grounded nourishment to every gathering. Her work honors local farms, conscious sourcing, and food prepared with grace.

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The Retreat Package

Your retreat experience includes:

  • 4 days / 3 nights on a secluded off-grid permaculture homestead near the Northern California Redwood Coast

  • Shared or private accommodations (queen or double beds)

  • Daily vegetarian, nourishing dinners

  • Access to fridges, potable water, and kitchen spaces for breakfast and lunch

  • 8+ healing arts and holistic wellness workshops

  • Reading, journaling, meditation, and hiking opportunities

  • Optional farm and homestead activities

  • Travel planning and coordination support

  • Support upon arrival and departure

Early Bird Special Open Until March 1st

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During this retreat, you will:

  • Explore a deeper sense of self in the wilderness

  • Gently cleanse your body and nervous system

  • Gain meaningful insight into yoga, spirituality, and plant medicine

  • Cultivate authentic relationships with high-frequency women

  • Experience what happens when life slows down enough to listen

We move.
We tune in.
We connect.
We heal.

The Big Picture

Traveling From Far?

Women flying in will be provided with yoga supplies.

Ukiah is located about 30 minutes from the property and is the nearest town for grocery shopping before arrival.

For questions, travel support, or special considerations, please contact retreat host Francisca at mysticgardenshealing@gmail.com. She will support you in creating a safe, smooth, and grounded journey.

Are you ready to immerse yourself in nature to heal with a tribe of high-frequency women?

Are you ready to align with and embody simplicity and serenity? 

Will you join us in truth and harmony to celebrate the wild woman within you? 

There is a place for you here in this circle.

With Love,

Francisca Crutchfield
Founder & Organizer

NOTE: Mystic Gardens Women’s Wilderness Retreat is NOT personal therapy or a detoxification program from recreational or pharmaceutical drugs.


Most of our leaders are not trained psychiatrists and do not carry clinical backgrounds in PTSD, addiction or other mental health concerns. If you have a history of PTSD, addiction or other mental health concerns, it is important that you arrive at our program in a stable state with the intention of using the program for self regulation, personal healing, respectful community, & spiritual growth