Boulder Canyon Retreat Center

05/25/2026

The body is always reading its environment. In modern life, many of us spend our days surrounded by noise, speed, concrete, screens, artificial light, and subtle overstimulation. These conditions can keep the nervous system braced without us even realizing it.

Nature sends a very different message. It tells the body that it can soften and tells the breath that it can deepen. It tells the heart that it is safe to feel again, and the psyche that it can remember its place within something far larger than itself.

There is a reason so many people feel something begin to shift the moment they arrive on the sacred land of Boulder Canyon Retreat Center... find out in the full blog, here: https://www.bouldercanyonretreat.com/blog-1

05/22/2026

In Motion retreat where we honor the body, the mountain, the breath, and how the wildness of the mountain moves through us. If you're feel called to join us, click the link below to set up a FREE 1:1 Discovery Call with Shane today!

https://www.bouldercanyonretreat.com/one-on-one-plant-medicine-journeys

05/20/2026

May is about grounding, boundaries, and steady truth—building a calm life you can actually live in.

Bull medicine feels like boots on earth and a clear spine.
Not loud. Not performative. Just honest.

Your voice carries power when it comes from integrity, when you stop shaping your truth for approval.

Did our animal of the month connect with you?

05/18/2026

We open the ceremony with a heart rattle, that was generously gifted by a very special participant; and chant—invoking the primordial sound of the universe, then offering a powerful series of bija (seed) sounds to call in the Great Goddess in her many forms.

05/16/2026

The energy of the New Moon in Ta**us is deep and steady, holding the beauty and wisdom of nature. If you are wanting to stabilize a project now is the time to set your intention! 

Ta**us is ‘get your fingers in the dirt (or paint)’, feel yourself part of nature, create beauty and comfort all around.

Ta**us resonates with harmony and the through the senses, seeks to create and bring fruitfulness to what it plants and grows.

This Ta**us New Moon aligns with Mercury in Ta**us, sending messages to us to slow and listen.

The planetary ruler of this Ta**us Moon is Venus, which is now in Gemini. In Gemini, it speaks of harmonizing polarities, of being the eager to study what your soul is longing to learn

🌙 We thank astrologer, Susan Heinz, for this wisdom about tonight’s full moon. Learn more at susanheinz.com

05/11/2026

WOW.

What a weekend of deep learnings and nascent transformation.

Here’s a full note we received (shared with gratitude):

“I’ll start with WOW. What a weekend of deep learnings and nascent transformation. I will be back because I’ve only just begun! I so appreciate the container of safety and guidance that Shane created. He gave me wings to soar and see from on high the parts of me that have been pushed down.”

If you’re feeling the pull toward deeper work—and you want to explore what a next step could look like—Shane offers a free 1:1 discovery session.

Book here https://www.bouldercanyonretreat.com/contact

(And if you’re not sure whether you’re meant for a retreat, 1:1 support, or simply a clearer plan—this call is a grounded place to start.)

05/09/2026

If you’ve been giving a lot, this is your reminder: you’re allowed to be nourished too!

Inner Fire Summer Retreat is a group weekend in nature—built for warmth, clarity, and real transformation.
FIRE is about the heat of purification and the warmth of being with others during a beautiful July summer on the wild mountain.

A space to alchemize deep patterns that we throw into the fire, as well as a place to breathe, soften, and come back to what’s true.

Limited spaces. Spots are already filling!

Learn more + reserve your space here:

Guided Plant Medicine Ceremony • Transformation • Nature-Based Ritual Book Now

05/05/2026

Sometimes we don’t need another insight. We need to get away long enough to actually feel.

That’s why Boulder Canyon Retreat Center is here—in the mountains, not the city.

Because nature isn’t just a backdrop. It’s an ally.

When we step away from the man‑made noise, we can finally feel what nature is always showing us: patterns, fractals, mirrors.

The same intelligence that shapes a leaf… shapes us.

And sometimes we realize we’ve been living like a crumpled leaf—still alive, still beautiful… just folded in on ourselves.

In nature, with the right container, we get to uncrumple.

To breathe. To reconnect. To re-pattern back to a perfect fractal in nature.

To come back into connection—with ourselves, and with Mother Nature.

Explore 1:1 journeys at BCRC & schedule your FREE 1:1 Discovery Call with Shane today: https://www.bouldercanyonretreat.com/one-on-one-plant-medicine-journeys

05/04/2026

MAY we invite you to join us? Swipe to see our upcoming online and in-person events! 👉

Don't miss these live online gatherings inside White Eagle Awakening!

Tue, May 12: Ta**ra Principles Series
Tue, May 19: Recovery Dharma
Tue, May 26: Integration & Healing Community Circle

Come as you are. Bring what you’re working with. Leave a little more resourced than you arrived.

Check out our new site to join White Eagle Awakening, get access to Zoom, and register for retreats! https://www.bouldercanyonretreat.com/

05/01/2026

May begins with a full Moon in Scorpio - rising this year on May Day,
which the Celtic people celebrate as Beltane, one of the great fire festivals.
Beltane honors the quickening of life, fertility, and the flowering of Spring.
When a Full Moon coincides with this sacred seasonal threshold,
its potency is enhanced and amplified!

This potent Moon also marks the day of the 'Wesak' full Moon.
Considered the most sacred festival in the Buddhist tradition, marking the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha.

Under the Scorpio full Moon feelings and perceptions are heightened.

Tonight, we honor the mystery and depth of our psyches,
the power of release and renewal,
and even the role of conflict as a catalyst for greater awareness.

When we are willing to see clearly the deeper patterns that bring about reactions,
the deeper needs hidden in the patterns, transformation becomes possible.

And from that transformation a wider horizon begins to open.

🌙 We thank astrologer, Susan Heinz, for this wisdom about tonight’s full moon. Learn more at susanheinz.com

04/30/2026

Giraffe medicine is heart medicine.

With the largest heart of any land animal, the giraffe invites us into a different way of living—one where we lead with openness, stay connected to our body, and keep perspective when life feels close and overwhelming.

April asked us to zoom out, breathe first, and stay kind while we got clear.

When April tried to trap you in tunnel vision (work/home/world), did you find yourself pausing—then responding from the heart instead of reacting from stress?

Or is that a practice you want to lean into more as we move into May?