Hózhó is a hands-on experience where you’ll work with the land, sweat in ceremony, and share connection with others under desert skies. Rooted in Indigenous tradition and community service, every moment is designed to bring you a greater understanding of ancestral practices that can be taken home and applied into your everyday life. It’s not easy — but it’s honest, sacred, and unforgettable.
What Is Hózhó? Hózhó isn’t a retreat. It’s a return. It’s a remembrance.
Set in the high desert of the Southwest (Navajo/Diné), Hózhó 2025 is a 4-day immersion in land, labor, and community. Limited to just 20 participants, this experience invites you to show up fully — not to spectate or self-soothe, but to serve, connect, and remember.
Together, we’ll clear invasive trees from a dried riverbed to help restore flow to ancestral lands by liberating a Spring. We will be introducing water to a much needed climate. We'll prepare and participate in sacred Diné ceremonies, including butchering a sheep and sitting in a traditional Navajo sweat lodge. You’ll eat wild and fresh meals, sleep in a Navajo Hogan, and spend time in real, raw connection with each other and with the land.
This isn’t a curated wellness weekend. It’s a hands-on, immersive soul-level invitation.
What to Expect Here’s what your 4 days will include:
Teachings on Diné culture, Hózhó, and more
Service project to restore the land through tree clearing & removal
Traditional sheep slaughter and butchering
Building and participating in a Diné sweat lodge
Music and dance with Diné artists
Nourishing meals (including wild game and veg options)
Stay in a traditional Hogan (communal sleeping for all participants - Optional: bring your own tent)
Visit to Four Corners
Time for integration, rest, and connection
Who This Is For This experience is for people who want something that offers ancestral practices that can be integrated in creation of our New Earth and the modern day Village.
People who want to show up and participate.
This is for you if:
You’re craving depth, community, and purpose
You’re willing to sweat, serve, and stay present
You respect Indigenous culture and want to engage with care
You’re tired of performative or commercialized "healing" spaces
You’re 18+ years of age
Invest in Yourself. Support the Land and Its People.
Hózhó is more than a retreat — it’s an investment in your own growth and in the healing of sacred land and community. Deepening the connection between ancestral tenants and modern society to create a vibrant, abundant, new society — together.
Investment to join:
$1,000 per person
$800 for members of The Village Cooperative
Your contribution directly supports Navajo hosts, local artists, land restoration efforts, traditional ceremonies, and nourishing meals prepared with intention.
Payment plans are available.
Logistics
Dates: August 29 – September 1, 2025 (Labor Day Weekend)
Location: Navajo land near Monument Valley (exact location will be given after registration)
Includes: All meals, programming, materials, logging and tools.
Bring: Work clothes, boots, water container, journal, hat, sunglasses, pillows, sleeping bag, gloves, swimsuit, camp set of dishes and open heart.
How to Join
This experience is intentionally small — just 20 spots to keep it personal, grounded, and real.
If you feel called to be part of it, don’t wait! Spots are first come, first served.
Click below to secure your spot — or reach out with questions. We’re happy to talk it through.