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 Healing, sacred places, retreats, spiritual, vision quest, mustangs, paint horses, counseling, reiki, holistic resource management, organic gardening, alternative healing, permaculture, energetics, perlandra, sustainable living, holistic, conservation, wildlife management, camps, youth camps, tipi living, teepee living, wildcrafting, herbal medicine, medicinal herbs, edible herbs, buffalo, bison, culture, spirituality, philosophy, art, workshops, findhorn, indigenous, indian, native american, crow indian reservation, native plants, montana, big horn county.“The blessings of the Mountain are subtle yet powerful, loving yet demanding, peaceful yet may change your reality forever.”
The Mountain is a very sacred place that moves to the Ancient wisdom of Oneness with all things, calling forth the conscious knowing of who we are, why we are here and the peace and joy of being welcome and highly purposeful.
All humankind shares a sacred kinship that flourishes when we recognize our abilities to share our talents and time in ways which benefit one another. Sacred Ground has been a gathering place, a haven and a school for the peoples from around the world. We learn from and exchange our unique gifts, while pursuing our commitment to ‘sacred living’. Sustainable and Sacred Living is a new ‘quest’ for all of us as we seek to live in greater harmony with ourselves, our environment and each other.

Slice of Life - Activities

Our classes are “in the field”. Experience is a wonderful teacher.
“Speak to the earth and it shall teach thee.”
Healing, sacred places, retreats, spiritual, vision quest, mustangs, paint horses, counseling, reiki, holistic resource management, organic gardening, alternative healing, permaculture, energetics, perlandra, sustainable living, holistic, conservation, wildlife management, camps, youth camps, tipi living, teepee living, wildcrafting, herbal medicine, medicinal herbs, edible herbs, buffalo, bison, culture, spirituality, philosophy, art, workshops, findhorn, indigenous, indian, native american, crow indian reservation, native plants, montana, big horn county.We know this is true. We spend time with the Earth, touch Her, sleep upon Her and work in collaboration with Her,

Our staff includes skilled, and unskilled people. Some are employed, most are volunteers.
People have been coming here from all over the world for years and many wish to return and we invite the many more who wish to come. We call your stay with us a “slice of life”. The activities vary as you live and work with us as a family.

  • Come, spend time with us
  • Put your toes and fingers into the gardens!
  • Harvest and process medicinal plants
  • Fix fence in the horse and buffalo pastures
  • Build the new corrals
  • Feed and care for animals (one buffalo will even let you scratch her!)
  • The Sacred Hunt
  • Gentle and train the Paints and Mustangs (yes, hands on!)
  • Join outings to our favorite sacred places
  • Sleep under the stars high on the mountain (we love our campouts)
  • Healing, sacred places, retreats, spiritual, vision quest, mustangs, paint horses, counseling, reiki, holistic resource management, organic gardening, alternative healing, permaculture, energetics, perlandra, sustainable living, holistic, conservation, wildlife management, camps, youth camps, tipi living, teepee living, wildcrafting, herbal medicine, medicinal herbs, edible herbs, buffalo, bison, culture, spirituality, philosophy, art, workshops, findhorn, indigenous, indian, native american, crow indian reservation, native plants, montana, big horn county.Go boating and swimming in the Big Horn Canyon - spectacular beyond words! A great cool down after long warm days too.
  • Campfires and lots of stories and laughter
  • Put your toes up and rest
  • Sacred space and private time

We live and play and work with love and zest…we look forward to knowing you.

THE GARDENS

We are expanding our garden area (previously for personal use only) to includeHealing, sacred places, retreats, spiritual, vision quest, mustangs, paint horses, counseling, reiki, holistic resource management, organic gardening, alternative healing, permaculture, energetics, perlandra, sustainable living, holistic, conservation, wildlife management, camps, youth camps, tipi living, teepee living, wildcrafting, herbal medicine, medicinal herbs, edible herbs, buffalo, bison, culture, spirituality, philosophy, art, workshops, findhorn, indigenous, indian, native american, crow indian reservation, native plants, montana, big horn county. several areas around the ranch proper. This gives us diversity in soil, sun, water, wind, temperature, etc. and enables us to implement many different growing modalities. Orchards and wild berry patches are in the plan. As in life, there are many ways to accomplish a goal and we are exploring as many as our area and ‘the Mother’ will allow. We begin with common sense and proceed to studies including:

  • PermacultureHealing, sacred places, retreats, spiritual, vision quest, mustangs, paint horses, counseling, reiki, holistic resource management, organic gardening, alternative healing, permaculture, energetics, perlandra, sustainable living, holistic, conservation, wildlife management, camps, youth camps, tipi living, teepee living, wildcrafting, herbal medicine, medicinal herbs, edible herbs, buffalo, bison, culture, spirituality, philosophy, art, workshops, findhorn, indigenous, indian, native american, crow indian reservation, native plants, montana, big horn county.
  • Methods of Perlandra and Findhorn
  • Fed by Sound Wave Energy (from SWE by Nicole LeVoie) and agriculture Harmonizers (from Slim Spurling, Geobiologist & global environmental specialist )
    To say the least, this is exciting!
  • Native American
  • The way grandma did it and much more!

THE GOAL: To feed the Body, Mind and Spirit. The hands and hearts of many will participate and many will learn and benefit. The food raised is shared with our family and members of the community.

WILD MEDICINALS, HERBS AND ALTERNATIVE HEALING

Much to our delight the world is now abuzz with alternative methods of achieving wellness for body, mind and spirit. We have been wildcrafting our local medicinal and edible plants and conducting what we call “Medicine Walks” that others may learn. We continue to do this and now include the growing of the most common herbs used for Aromatherapy and Medicine. We have many ‘experts’ in these fields and look forward to our own further learning and sharing.
Alternative healing is multilevel and multifaceted so I will briefly say that we are extensive and varied in our work with the animals, people, and the land. We draw on our own experience & guidance as well as a world-wide network of healers, scientists and the latest "alternative" news sources. If you are specifically interested in this field or wish to work with us "hands on", please contact us and we can address your questions.

Footnote: Inquire about our herbal tinctures & infusions now available to the public. We are introducing "ancient" herbs and 'weeds' that we consider a staple in our diet and medicine cupboards. Read about them in Horse Tales.

Notice: We are currently out of stock and will have more at summers end. We have yet to harvest and this would be a wonderful opportunity for volunteers to participate and learn this truly fun process!

Participate / Contribute

All donations of materials, price reductions, time, labor, monies, expertise are tax deductible

  • Construction
    • Building roads and trails
    • Landscaping
      • Flower gardens
      • Orchards
      • Wilderness walkways and retreat areas
      • Labyrinths (Horse and People)
    • Buildings
      • Staff housing
      • Guest housing
      • Ceremonial structures for Native Gatherings
      • Architects and Design assistance (Design is underway…all assistance is welcome)
  • A 3/4 Ton Ranch Truck - ‘ole Blue ‘ has served us well for 11 years
  • A Horse Trailer ... that can also be used for buffalo
  • Cash donations are enormously welcome for all operation costs

 

DAY TRIPS (2007)

  • Visit the Buffalo
  • Learn about plants - "The Medicine Walk"
  • Tour the Ranch
  • Picnic
  • Special Events

Call for reservations and pricing.

VOLUNTEERS: “Barter/Bargain” Your contributions of time, energy and expertise are highly valued. A ‘Slice of Life” is highly valued. Together we are priceless.

GUESTS (2008) Accommodations are ‘what’s available’. A Tipi, bunk in the Hayloft, Tents and many enjoy throwing out bedrolls and sleeping ‘under the stars’. Tana sleeps outside most of the time. Meals are hearty and healthy.

This is a ‘wilderness’ retreat, expect to rough it a bit. You will have lots of questions so please call or email for further information.

COST: $200.00/Day/Person $100.00 6yrs-12yrs Free Under 6
$1,200.00/Week/Person $600.00 6yrs-12yrs Free Under 6
50% deposit required One week cancellation notice

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