UNCUT
Shadow, Shine, & the Sacred Wild

Step into UNCUT — a four-day liminal retreat where wilderness, ritual, and embodied practice invite you to reclaim pieces of yourself waiting for recognition. In the untouched beauty of Little Switzerland, NC, you’ll slow down, reflect, and integrate with intention — in community and solitude alike. 


Step into a sanctuary where the wild meets the sacred. Nestled in the quiet mountain village of Little Switzerland, just a short journey from the thunderous power and ancient hush of Linville Falls and Linville Gorge, this four-day retreat invites you to shed the layers of the polished self and return to what is raw, radiant, and whole—the uncut truth of who you are.


Why This Place Matters

Carved deep into the Blue Ridge, the Linville Gorge Wilderness is often called the Grand Canyon of the East. Within its 12,000-acre expanse lies one of the last old-growth forests of the southern Appalachians—a realm of untouched power, stillness, and fierce beauty.


Designated under the 1964 Wilderness Act, this landscape remains a protected temple of solitude and reverence.


Here, the forest remembers.
The rocks hold time.
The falls both roar and whisper.
In this wild, uncut land, you are invited to meet yourself—untethered, unedited, and unabashed.


In this sacred wilderness container, you won’t simply relax — you’ll arrive, witness, and integrate. This is a place to face the parts of you that long for recognition, rest, and reintegration into wholeness.

Who This Retreat Is For
You’re ready if you…
  • Feel called to look deeper—into what holds you back and what longs to be seen.

  • Crave a container that honors both ritual and realness, wilderness and wonder.

  • Are willing to engage with Existential Kink and arrive open, honest, and curious.

  • Seek genuine sisterhood, stillness, and the sacred as found in nature.

  • Are ready to say yes to every part of you that has waited long enough for recognition.


What We Ask of You

  • Read Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott before the retreat.

  • Bring your full self—light, longing, and unanswered questions.

  • Hold space for others; lean into both the hush of the forest and the roar of the falls.

  • Manage your own transportation; we’ll handle the rest.

  • Honor the sacred circle of six—this intimacy is intentional.


What You’ll Leave With

You’ll return home not just rested — but transformed in how you relate to your inner landscape, with tools, embodied practices, and experiences that continue to support your life beyond the retreat. 


If you’re ready to cross this threshold—to walk into the wilderness within and reclaim the uncut, unbroken truth of who you are—your circle awaits.