Ritual ~ Reclamation ~ Rewilding
An initiation into embodied feminine power
An Avia Collective production ~ co-hosted by Sara Champagne & Gretchen Fox Palmer
The invitation
A weekend immersion blending physical activation with ceremonial depth ~ embodiment, movement, ritual, and nervous system work at the intersection of strength and softness. The full truth of the feminine: strong enough to fight, soft enough to feel.
You will learn to lead thousand-pound animals with nothing but your presence. And carry that power into every room you enter for the rest of your life. And you will gather around a sacred fire with women who will never ask you to shrink.
From The Fire Theology
The anger, the hunger, the intensity ~ the parts of you that you were taught to manage ~ they were fuel all along. Energy. Power. Life force. The rage that has been quietly waiting for too long. The voice that has been suppressed and unspoken. The body that has been shamed and is ready to be heard and witnessed.
At FORGE, we give the fire somewhere to go. The grappling mat. The pole. The ceremony. The night sky.
Wielded. Thoughtfully. By a woman who knows what she's holding.
The arc of the weekend
Twenty-five acres of Hill Country land, held by horses, supported by other fierce women and tended by fire.
Full Weekend Pass holders arrive first. You step off the noise of the world and settle into the land, breathing differently almost immediately. Check-in, welcome gifting, herbal elixirs and grounding tea, optional equine connection. The arrival is intentionally slow. The nervous system lands first. Everything else follows.
A candlelit long-table dinner under the Texas sky. Ambient music, storytelling, intentional conversation ~ then the land goes wild after dark. Warm. Intimate. Untamed.
$133 add-on ~ included with VIPThe first flames of the weekend, lit under the Texas night sky. Ceremony is intention made physical. The intention is the fire. The ceremony is how you direct it. This is your Opening Fire.
This isn't a schedule. It's a reclamation.
Throughout Saturday, you'll move through five pillars of embodied feminine power. Some will ask you to stand your ground. Some will ask you to soften. Some will ask you to play, lead, rage, trust, move, or take up more space than you normally allow yourself.
Together, they form the architecture of FORGE.
The energetic threshold crossing. Blessing of the land, intention setting, vocal activation, grounding through earth and horse energy. This is your opening: the ritual that begins something new.
Jiu-jitsu with Lauren Sears
No shrinking. No surrendering.
Learn what it feels like to stand your ground when someone crosses the line.
This isn't about learning to fear the world. It's about giving your body a different piece of information: I can respond. I can protect my space. I have choices.
Through jiu-jitsu, you'll practice boundaries in their most physical form: pressure, resistance, leverage, voice, presence.
Because something changes when a woman knows, in her body, that she does not have to surrender her ground.
Equine-facilitated leadership with the Kenshō herd
Horses will not follow your title, your intelligence, your accomplishments, or your force.
Strip them away. Find your presence.
Working with the Kenshō herd becomes a visceral practice in congruence, boundaries, nervous-system regulation and feminine leadership.
You don't overpower a thousand-pound animal. You become clear enough to be followed.
Movement, curiosity + conscious play
You run the company. The household. The calendar. Everything, actually.
For a minute, she gets to stop being responsible for all of it. Let her have her way.
Throughout FORGE, spaces for movement, dance, exploration, sensuality, curiosity and unapologetic play invite you out of productivity and back into aliveness.
No outcome required. No one to impress. Just the part of you that remembers how to want, wander, move and play.
Pole flow + somatic embodiment
Too much. Too little. Too loud. Too sensual. Too visible.
Women's bodies have been criticized, controlled and commodified for generations. This is a reclamation.
Pole flow and somatic embodiment invite you back into your body on your own terms, not for performance, not for approval, not for anyone else's gaze.
Pleasure. Strength. Sensuality. Expression. Choice. Your body is yours to inhabit.
Rage alchemy ~ ritual ~ nervous-system work ~ sacred fire
We were conditioned not to trust other women. Then we sat in a circle and remembered: we are medicine for one another.
Fire Tending is woven through the entire weekend, from the Opening Fire to rage release, breathwork, ceremony, integration and the Saturday Night Fire.
Here, anger doesn't have to become destruction. Tenderness doesn't have to become weakness. Intensity doesn't have to be suppressed. We learn to tend what is alive inside us.
And sometimes? We heal. We ritual. And we pour gas on the fire.
Business. Economies. Power. Society.
FORGE isn't only interested in how women feel when they leave. We care about what women build.
Throughout the weekend, we intentionally source from, hire, feature and invest in women-owned businesses, practitioners, makers and services wherever possible.
Because reclamation is personal. But it is also economic. Every dollar can reinforce the world we inherited, or help build the one we want next.
For the woman who wants to go deeper. Supported Integration. A private brunch to close the circle.
By the end you will understand what the book means when it says: you become dangerous in the most beautiful way.
Who FORGE is for
She has prioritized her healing. The therapy. The retreats. The long seasons of sifting through the past. That work is sacred. It continues. And alongside it, something else is awake now. She is ready to take up all her space. Ready to let her fire burn at full flame. Ready to wield what she has spent years learning to tend.
FORGE is for women ready toTake up space.
The land
Twenty-five acres in the Texas Hill Country where the land and the horses create an extraordinary energetic frequency ~ one that holds you safely in your truth. Kenshō means "seeing one's true nature."
The fire needs a hearth. This is it: a wellbeing-centered ranch where the wind hums through the trees, horses breathe in unison, and time stretches open. Strong enough to hold your rage. Soft enough to hold your rest.
Your hosts
Founder, Avia Collective
Curator of soulful group travel and retreats. Sara builds intentional collaborations that scale impact for women ~ an approach that is both grounded and inspiring.
Author of The Fire Theology ~ Kenshō Stables
Coach, facilitator, and steward of the Kenshō herd. Gretchen guides high-achieving women home to themselves ~ and then teaches them to burn bright.
The evenings
When the sun drops, the work softens into something quieter ~ long tables, open books, and the kind of laughter that only comes after you have burned something down.
Reserve your place
Space around the fire is limited.
Come with your bestie. Or bring the whole crew. FORGE was always meant to be the kind of weekend you talk about long after it's over ~ the kind where you get out of your normal routine, come back into your body, do something bold, and experience it all with women you actually love being around. This time, we're making it even more fun.
$777Saturday only ~ The Forge
One full day in the fire
VIP Weekend Passes
All weekend passes include
Shared Rooms
$2,500Per person ~ shared room
Come with your bestie. Or bring the whole crew.
The kind of weekend you talk about long after it's over. You're out of your normal routine, back into your body, doing something bold, with women you actually love being around. This time, we're making it even more fun.
Unique to the Bestie House
A real roof, real beds, and a fire pit out back to keep the night going. Rooms are shared, so book with your bestie or crew in mind.
Reserve your space in the Bestie Houseby Hill Country Rent a Tent
$1,777The full FORGE weekend
Fully set up campsite with tent, air mattress, bedding, chair and lantern ~ ready before you arrive.
VIP is about more than where you sleep.
You arrive before the larger Saturday group, stay on the land after the fire, wake up at Kenshō, and remain through Sunday for the intimate integration and closing. No leaving the ranch. No breaking the container.
Coming with a friend? Discounts are available for shared camping ~ please inquire.
Reserve a camping spotEvery moment of the FORGE container, from Friday arrival through Sunday integration ~ you simply handle your own place to sleep.
Bring your own tent, book a stay nearby in Wimberley, or day-trip in ~ lodging is entirely up to you. Everything else about the container is exactly the same.
All bookings subject to our Terms & Conditions.
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