Radical Regeneration

Connect with your most authentic self to embrace what is truly life-giving

Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
April 14-20, 2024

Radical Regeneration is a week-long journey of deepening personal responsibility for how you live, from the ground up.

Together, we’ll tend our inner gardens — letting go of the things that aren’t serving us, learning how to cultivate fresh possibilities and reorienting towards what is life-giving. This is an invitation to connect with our most authentic selves and explore what it means to take radical responsibility for our lives and how we show up in the world.

We’ll practice attuning to the living world and apply permaculture principles to the way we relate to each other and the land. We’ll learn how to build fertile soil, grow our own food, and consciously design ecosystems for natural harmony and abundance. This is our responsibility as stewards of the Earth.

Join us in this soulful process of renewal, restoration and growth. This journey will leave you feeling empowered by your ability to create life and the feeling of belonging with the vast diversity of wild plants and animals on Earth.

What does it mean to radically regenerate?

Radical comes from a Latin word meaning "root." To “radically regenerate” means to go straight to the root in order to grow into the forms we truly want.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to:

Take ownership of how you show up in the world, for the people you care for and the energy you bring to your communities.
Live in alignment with your deepest values
Be a good steward of the Earth
Cultivate new, ever-expanding possibilities
Identify the radical steps you need to take but have stopped yourself from doing

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On this retreat, we’ll tend to:

Outer garden

Confidence in working with the Earth, in the kitchen and in the garden
Interacting and communicating with your environment and your body through the permaculture principles
Skills to tend your own garden at home: planting seeds, nurturing growth, harvesting food and making medicine
Understanding the importance of fruit trees, animals and biodiversity in a food ecosystem
Various forms of composting (hot composting, worm composting and compost teas)
Holistic food preparation from processing, cooking, fermenting and more
New recipes and intuitive cooking practices like flavor profiling and layering
Cultivating a fun and joyous atmosphere in the kitchen and preparing meals for your community

Inner garden

Mapping your personal ecosystem
Possibility management
Simple breathwork techniques that can be used effectively every day
Tuning into your senses and creating sensory experiences for others
Developing self-trust and practice leading with your intuition and values
Harmonizing your personal life rhythm (energy, activity, moods) with the cyclical rhythms of nature
Integrating yourself within a circular food system: from drinking water, growing and harvesting food, to composting our food scraps and managing our personal waste
Deepening personal responsibility for your existence

This retreat is for you if:

You’ve been wanting to learn more about permaculture, gardening, and get your hands in the Earth
You’ve recognized the problems of our industrialized food system and want to create change in your own life
You love cooking and eating, and want to deepen your relationship to food as medicine for the body, mind and soul
You’re tired of mind-based work; you want to create with your hands and feel that growing food, making medicine, and building soil are important human skills
You’re on a journey of personal soul-seeking, and want to nurture a stronger relationship with yourself and your values with support from a loving community
You crave community and connection not based on what we have or what we do, but who we are and how we show up in the world
You’re fired up and ready to pursue the creation of a radically different world
Crave more presence, joy and beauty in their lives and the ability to attune to these natural gifts more regularly

Daily Rhythm

7:30am: Morning Movement: waterfall or mountain hike, yoga, qi gong, or cold plunging to get your energy going.
8:30-9am: Breakfast
9-11am: Workshop or lesson time (ie. Intro to the 12 Permaculture Principles)
12:30pm: Family Lunch
Afternoon: Afternoon learning session in the outdoor classroom
6pm: Family Dinner — a delicious feast prepared lovingly with all local ingredients
After-Dinner Activity (permaculture movies, sauna and cold plunge, fire circles, and more)

What To Expect:

Daily lessons, discussion and hands-on learning in the garden, in the community, and in the kitchen
Guidance from practiced permaculturists, chefs, community leaders, herbalists, and entrepreneurs
Philosophical discussions and reflections on the relationship between the macro and micro experience of food and ecosystems
A field trip to visit a 30-year old Guatemalan permaculture community
Lessons in the art and tradition of Guatemalan cuisine from locals in the village of Tzununa
Cooking homemade delicious, healthy, vital food together
Barefoot living and finding joy in simplicity
New friends that feel like family

Details & Pricing

The price of the retreat is $995 USD which includes all classes, activities, and three healthy, home-cooked meals per day.

Guatemalans are offered a discounted price of Q5000.

If you’d like to stay on-site, there are tents and private or shared rooms available that can be booked separately. There may also be room for you to bring your own tent. Other housing options include local Airbnbs, hostels and retreat spaces. Please ask about this on your info call.

To hold your spot, we request a $300 USD nonrefundable deposit. You’ll need to pay-in-full one week before the retreat begins. You can cancel your enrollment up to 48 hours in advance of the course for a refund (minus the deposit), and if it’s within 48 hours we cannot provide a refund.

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Accommodations & Exchanges

There are different types of accommodations designed for singles and couples, ranging from luxe options to more earthy experiences.

We want to include people with different work and financial situations, so the exchanges include both options for full payment and flexibility and partial work/trade.

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YOUR FACILITATORS

Frankie Kemp

At 18 Frankie left the UK to discover himself and alternative ways of living. While farming in Canada, Frankie learned about permaculture, which guided his light to the community of Punta Mona in Costa Rica. There, he deepened his love and practice for the whole process of food consumption — from planting and tending, to harvesting and creating original dishes to share with his community. Frankie has since led various workshops on the subject and has helped community organizers implement permaculture based systems. Frankie finds his purpose in bringing joy into everyday life through dancing, singing, the internal arts, breathwork and creating spaces to inspire a “new matrix” that opens up our way of viewing the world and its endless possibilities.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Mackenzie Barth

Mackenzie is a community weaver and the creator of Casa Awanima, the space where the retreat will be hosted. She has been stewarding land in Guatemala for 3 years and on a personal journey to understand herself more deeply through the reflection of nature around her. She is inspired by the teachings of permaculture, herbalism, regenerative leadership, and Earth-based spirituality and will be sharing much of her learnings from personal experience in the immersion. One of Kenzie’s highest excitements is to connect cultures, people, and land, and she feels honored to support people in regenerating their lives through renewed relationship with Earth.

The Land

The land where the immersion will be hosted is a 2.5 acre property near Lake Atitlán, stewarded by OBF cofounder Mackenzie Barth. It is nestled on a sunny mountainside of Tzununá, tucked in a valley that is bursting with life and filled with diverse trees, herbs, plants, insects, and birds. Lake Atitlán is a crater lake surrounded by volcanoes that offers potent medicine, inspiration, and cleansing for all visitors.

Three years of tending has transformed what was once an overgrown piece of land into a lush, tropical estate. The landscape features many stone terraces, thousands of native trees and planted fruit trees, natural ponds, a waterfall, food and herb gardens, a yoga deck, sauna, cold plunge, and beautiful naturally-built buildings. You can expect to feel the love and hard work that has gone into every space.

The intention of the project is to serve as a reminder to people of what we actually need to feel peaceful and content: fresh air, sunlight, natural beauty, local food made with love, good friends that feel like family, and creating with your hands. There is richness in simplicity.