August 26-30th, 2026

Mancos, Colorado

Embodied Brotherhood Mens Retreat

Includes
Organic Meals, & Cold Plunge

Now Available

Bring A Friend & Get $50 off

Compared to Standard $475-$675

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Reclaiming Male Connection Through the Wisdom of the Wild

Explore primal locomotion, groundwork, grooves, and improvisational skill-building. We focus on adaptable, functional movement — helping you build coordination, strength, and fluidity in a way that reconnects you to your natural body.

❋ Develop Your Movement

Playful, structured movement explorations across solo, partner, and group games. Inspired by martial improvisation, these practices build timing, responsiveness, creativity, trust, resilience, and a whole lot of fun.

❋ Expand Your Play

Relational movement practices that sharpen listening, presence, and embodied communication through shared rhythm and touch.

❋ Deepen Your Connection

Through contact improvisation and guided movement exploration, you’ll explore weight-sharing, momentum, and spontaneous expression. These sessions invite creativity, emotional range, and the joy of moving without choreography.

❋ Improvisational Dance

Feel your feet on the earth. Learn the rhythms of the land through our nature connection practices. Our days unfold outdoors — moving, resting, and attuning to the elements. Gather around the fire to share stories, reconnect, and remember what it means to belong to the land and each other.

❋ Practice Outside

Learn healthy practices for joint integrity, injury prevention, and rehabilitation. Recover throughout the weekend with sauna & cold plunge—leaving you feeling nourished, not depleted.

❋ Care & Integration

Body. Land. Brotherhood.

What’s this about?

A 4-night wilderness gathering to reconnect with what it means to be a man—In your body, in brotherhood & in the wild.

There’s a quiet philosophy at the heart of this gathering: that living in close relationship—with ourselves, each other, and the land—is enough.

We don’t need nonstop programming to fill every second of our day. The structure is simple, intentional, and spacious—designed to help us ground into the rhythms of the wilderness and allow the land, the fire, and our presence to do the deeper work.
We’re gathering to move, make fire, share meals, and wrestle—physically and emotionally—with what it means to be in connection with other men.
This is not a retreat led from the front.
This is a co-created summit rooted in presence, firelight, wildness, and brotherhood.
A space for embodied exploration, honest reflection, and deep nourishment.

Our Practices

Natural Movement and Parkour

Contact Improvisation

Authentic Movement

Primal Play and Playfighting

Song & Story

Improv Games

Systema

Axis Syllabus

Groundwork & Grooves

Somatic Awareness

Self-Care and Joint Health

Rehab and Prehab Techniques

Breathwork and Meditation

Nature Reconnection and Primitive Skills

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Our schedule is designed with intention—structured enough to hold the depth and spacious enough to invite spontaneity

Friday

Arrival & Grounding

Arrival & Settle In

4:00-6:00pm

Dinner (soft welcome)

6:00pm

Opening Circle

7:15pm

Sunset

8:21pm

Evening Fire, Early Rest

8:30pm

Saturday

Deep Dive

Sunrise

5:56am

Morning Mindfulness / Sauna
(optional)

Breakfast

6:30am

7:30am

Morning Sessions

8:30am

Lunch

12:00pm

Rest & Integration Time

1:00pm

Afternoon Sessions

2:00pm

Sauna & Self-Care

5:30pm

Dinner

6:30pm

Sunset

8:21pm

Evening Fire Session

8:30pm

Sunday

Integration & Closing

Sunrise, Morning Mindfulness,
& Breakfast

Same as above

Morning Sessions:
Integration & Choice

8:30am

Closing Circle

11:00am

Lunch

12:00pm

Departure by

2:00pm

A Weekend of Luxury Camping

Featuring Durango Mobile Sauna

Unwind in our unique wood-fired mobile sauna, included as part of your self-care experience at camp. It’s a simple, nourishing way to relax, slow down, and enjoy quiet connection between sessions.

Glamping Add Ons

Enjoy your own private canvas bell tent, fully set up with a mattress, bedding, table, and ambient lighting. Available for singles, couples, or families. Glamping accommodations start at $200. See registration for details.

Meet Your Faciliators

Osi Ledbetter

Asa helps people rediscover freedom and aliveness by teaching deceptively simple ways to let the body lead. Drawing upon acrobatics, dance, bodywork, vipassana, and various therapeutic modalities, Asa brings a refreshing combination of levity and depth to the processes of learning and healing. With over a decade of experience in mind-body healing, he helps people find grace through the pains of life and occasionally gets to witness moments of transformation that defy description.

Sam Mescon

Sam is a movement practitioner, wilderness guide, and community builder with over six years of professional facilitation experience. A devoted game-giver and proponent of embodied living, Sam creates immersive containers that weave together contact improvisation, martial arts, and somatic practices. His playfighting work invites people into honest movement, deep listening, and the kind of connection that sneaks up on you—in the middle of a tumble, a shared breath, or a perfectly timed monkey noise.

Vibes Volansky

As an embodiment researcher, Lucy sees the body as a wild landscape - rich with intelligence, ecology, and emotion. She explores this through contact improvisation, wilderness work, somatic connection, and music-making. Guided by a passion for movement, Lucy has danced on floors around the world, bringing home a synthesis of classical contact improvisation teachings and a deep curiosity for what naturally emerges when we enter a space of allowance.

  • "DMC is a practical, playful, heart-opening day of communal study led by exceptional facilitators. As a first-timer, I was delighted by a depth of experience which beautifully harmonized connection and skill building at any skill level."

    - Rain D

  • “Sam, Lucy, and Asa put on fantastic workshops that are designed to put you in your body and into conscious relationship with the bodies around you. They are a great way to lean into presence, play, and fun, while also engaging with your edges. The facilitators are knowledgeable and share leadership gracefully. I recommend these workshops to anyone who is looking to level up their skills as a mover, or to cultivate their capacity for connection and expression through their body. “

    -Thom C

  • "I can’t even describe how I felt yesterday (at DMC) — it wasn’t even a feeling per se. It felt more like an essence of being and a reminder of why we’re alive. The theme of You/Me/We was extremely impactful and allowed us to meet each other in the present in a way that felt deeply authentic."

    -Katie K

  • “The welcoming and supportive space that Sam, Lucy, and Asa have created for contact improv has been transformative! I drop out of my thinking mind and into my body. Old memories stored in my shoulders have fallen away with self-forgiveness. Through the practices and activities, I’ve experienced a more empowered and connected way of moving through life. I’m grateful to have found this group of humans who are co-creating new and old ways to play, roar, tumble, and dance together. Come join us!”

    - Sandhya M

Final Logistics

Please Read Before Registering

We’re camping?

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Yes! We’ll be camping on private land in Mancos, CO. Bring your own vehicle setup, tent, or sleep under the stars. Please also bring a camp chair, mug, bowl, and utensils. 2WD accessible.

What’s at basecamp?

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Outdoor kitchen, nutritious snacks, homemade organic meals, Durango Mobile Sauna, cold plunge, portable restroom.

Pricing

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Standard
Adults: $375-$475 / Teens (13–17): $275 / Children (under 13): $100

Bring a friend, and each of you gets $50 off your ticket

Limited low-income & BIPOC scholarships below. If cost is a barrier, please apply!

Don’t forget

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Arrival: Friday, May 22nd, between 4-6 pm
Departure: Sunday, May 24th, by 2 pm

Kids Disclaimer

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That’s right! We’re opening Durango Movement Camp to children because, honestly, kids often embody play and presence more naturally than we do. Please ensure your child is reasonably self-directed and able to participate in group spaces without requiring constant individual supervision.

By bringing a child, you acknowledge that you are responsible for their safety, well-being, and any attention they may require, so as not to disrupt the group experience.

For children under 13, please reach out to Asa @ somahelpyouout@gmail.com to discuss expectations regarding their attendance before registering them.

Scholarships

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Limited low-income and BIPOC scholarships available: Durango Movement Camp is committed to supporting broader access to our retreat. If cost is a barrier, you’re welcome to request scholarship support and indicate the level of assistance that would make participation possible.

Join our commiunity!

Change your life, through your body.

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Questions?

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