Men's Gathering

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When: September 20 & 21, 2025


Location: Wild Horse Mountain Farms - Sherwood, OR


Your biggest task during this gathering is to find your way into two different communities - a herd of horses AND a group of other men.


What to expect:


Day 1 (Half Day): Enter the Herd


We’ll start with the horses. You’ll enter into a pre-established community with its own norms, power dynamics, rhythms and flow. As you enter the herd, there's a lot you'll have to sense, learn, and synthesize quickly.


What you'll confront:

  • What it feels like to enter a community as an outsider.
  • The strategies you use to navigate the unknown.
  • Belonging through the eyes of a horse.


Day 2 (Full Day): Find Where You Belong


We'll take the learning deeper by broadening your relationships with the other men. You'll participate in individual and group exercises with the horses that will ask you to show up, be seen, play, and collaborate with the other men.


What you'll confront:

  • Who you believe you should be vs. who you actually are.
  • The vulnerability of expressing your truth.
  • Seeing and being seen by other men.
  • Struggle, conflict, play, success, failure, and everything else that comes with collaboration.
  • Belonging in a community of men.


What this gathering WILL do:

  • Help you create strategies to understand and respond to your emotions. 
  • Improve the quality of your relationships.
  • Help you better navigate conflict.
  • Give you the freedom to define who you are, who you want to be, and your version of manhood.
  • Offer you both the challenge and support you need to grow as a man.



Why are horses involved?

There's just nothing better than the clear and non-judgmental feedback of a 1000lb animal to help you explore the gap between where you are and where you'd like to be in your life. They offer experiential, embodied, and relational learning that will only amplify your growth as a man.


*All exercises are done on the ground and there will be no riding at this event. No horse experience is necessary.



What's included:

  • September 20 - Half-day gathering to kick off the retreat (refreshments and materials included).
  • September 21- Full-day gathering (refreshments, lunch, and materials included).


What's not included:

  • Lodging. Participants have the option to stay on property at Wild Horse Mountain Farms in the beautiful bunkhouse cottage. This cottage can sleep 10 people and is equipped with semi-private bunkrooms (potentially shared with one other participant) on the lower floor, 2 bathrooms with showers, and full kitchen and gathering space on the top floor. Cost: $65/night per guest (please check one of the boxes below to add to your purchase). For more information (detailed description and video tour) on these accommodations, please email [email protected] prior to purchasing. Participants can also reserve an Airbnb or hotel on their own if preferred. Lodging recommendations will be provided after registering.
  • Dinner on September 20. We will all gather for a community meal (location TBD) after our first half-day on the ranch. Each participant will be responsible for their own meal and beverages.


Want to attend, but have some questions:

Don't hesitate to reach out - [email protected]. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have and/or set up a time for a virtual call.

Hear from a past participant:

For more, watch the whole video here.

What will you do with the horses?
You will enter into a relationship with a being that doesn’t speak the same language as you do. While humans often rely on verbal language and relating through concepts, horses rely on physical language and feel. Without the typical control mechanisms used with horses (halters, bridles, saddles, etc.), I’ll ask you to get present to the relationship itself.
As you begin to relate to the horse— whether that’s standing close together, needing more space, or moving together — the horse offers feedback. And because the horse is simply responding to what it feels, rather than telling itself a story about what it feels, the feedback will be honest, direct, and non-judgmental. And in this feedback, you will get a window into your impact on the relationship. If something isn’t working, we'll explore what that means to you and what else you might try. And when you make a shift, so will the horse. This right here is a doorway into the deeper exploration of how you show up for yourself and in the world.