FUSEE, in collaboration with Wellspring Spa and FireUp, are offering this mindfulness-based retreat for wildland firefighters as a way to give back to these communities and to support our first responders. This 7-day retreat is intended to help provide refuge, rest and renewal as well as trauma-sensitive training in mindfulness, meditation, mental health, and Sensory Awareness. There will be some time volunteering to care for the land (which may include controlled burning), and to integrate mindfulness practice into how we work.  

This retreat is about helping you transition after fire season, with a focus on rejuvenation; this venue offers saunas and hot tubs for enhanced relaxation. The retreat will include time to walk the woodland trails (as weather permits), learn many types of mental health and mindfulness modalities, be nourished with home cooked meals, and soak up the contemplative environment and deep support of this location. There will also be two follow-up monthly Zoom calls in small groups after the retreat. 

This retreat is open to current and former wildland firefighters and fire practitioners whose work involves direct engagement with fire on the landscape, including prescribed fire, cultural burning, fire management, and suppression. At this time, the retreat is not designed for support or administrative roles such as dispatch, logistics, or other non-field positions.