About Wild Women Hawai'i
Wild Women Hawai'i was founded by Michelle Gallagher Escobar to unite women in mutual support, empowerment, and sisterhood in a nonjudgmental safe space.
Many women who attend our retreats are ages 30-65, however, we welcome and encourage wild women of all ages from 21 to 70+. We encourage open-mindedness and tend to be crunchy and scrunchy.
Our retreats are not designed for exploring Hawai'i. Instead, we settle into one amazing location and sink into ourselves for the entire event. This encourages us to let down our guards, manifest relaxation and wellness, and find our roots as we rewild ourselves in nature and humanity as women.
The term "Wild Woman" comes from Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype which has received an international following and a succession of hundreds if not thousands of largely unrelated (although connected as women) Wild Woman, Wild Women tribes and sisterhoods. Our sister tribe is in England, and we are grateful to have received their blessing and inspiration.
For Wild Women Hawai'i we envision the word "Wild" not only as Estes intended - as rooted, raw, connected, and powerfully feminine, but also as a protest against patriarchal narratives and the way women have been portrayed, manipulated, and suppressed. Women are finally coming back into our power. We are making new narratives, or taking back our narratives. We are shifting the paradigm. And that is absolutely Wild.
Each retreat may reflect a theme to symbolize a specific focus, however, the constant values for all Wild Women Hawai'i retreats remain the same:
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Cultivate social wellness - a unique fusion of experiences and opportunities for women to become connected.
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Sisterhood connection and emotional wellness - an integrated mind, body, and spirit bonding. A support network. Not a business network, but a genuine “I see you” empathetic kinship network where we are seen, heard, and heartfelt.
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Wild and natural locations for environmental wellness as we rewild, connect with nature, and honor the Wild Woman within.
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Freedom to be ourselves without judgment. Here, we are free to be our authentic selves as long as we are kind and accepting of one another.
