In these fractured, shattered times, where so much is falling apart we can find support, sustenance and fluency in the elements of EARTH FIRE WATER AIR and ETHER which are timeless, always alive and ever shifting, and in our embodied and creative practices which align us with the wisdom that is always available, giving us glimpses of our vastness and connection to everything seen and unseen. Let’s go there, together.

Join Julie Stuart (5Rhythms) and Julie Püttgen (SoulCollage & Family Constellations) for four days of dance movement, art-making, and engaging in community ritual. We’ll weave 5Rhythms, SoulCollage, and Family Constellations together as practices for resourcing, exploration, and integration as we reconnect with the strength and wisdom of the elements, our lineages & ancestors, and our collective untamed intelligence in a beautiful and potent tapestry for you to revel in.

Julie Stuart and Julie Püttgen are wildly creative humans and friends for 25 years, who will offer their decades of experience to gently guide and hold space for movement, art-making, ritual, and community. Join us as we move fluidly between dancing and art-making, igniting our imaginations and freeing our creativity. No prior dance, art, or constellations experience is required at all.

We’ll be dancing at the top of a mountain in the southern Appalachians, the world’s oldest mountains, on ancestral Cherokee land and weaving our explorations with the land and the sentient beings who live there.

This workshop is for people who are new to 5Rhythms or who have danced the practice for decades. We welcome people of all cultures, colours, creeds, all genders and sexualities, all sizes, abilities and life stages. You don’t need to feel strong or energetic to join us. You can do this whole practice from a chair or the floor.

If you’re interested in contributing to a scholarship fund so that we can offer this workshop to folks who can’t self-fund, you can send money to Julie which will be passed along directly. Venmo: julie-stuart-12 and paypal: jnbstuart@gmail.com

I can’t wait to welcome you there. Please send me any questions or concerns you may have.

with so much love,

Julie

Retreat Begins/Ends:
Check in starts at 3 pm, dinner is at 6 pm then dance starts at 7:30 pm. We end on Sunday at 11:30 am and you can stay for lunch at noon then depart.

Registration

Registration: Open now!
Registration deadline: Thursday, September 4, 2025

PLEASE NOTE, this is important:

You will be making TWO payments. One to Julie for the program fee and another to the Mountain for your lodging and meals. When you sign up, you need to register as a participant with the Mountain AND send Julie your program fee payment.

Payment in full for Room and Board is not due until September 4, 2025 but you need to register on the website. The early bird price paid to Julie only applies to the Program fee.

Program Fee paid to Julie Required

Pay Julie directly via Zelle (preferred):  julie@makingideasvisible.com

Paypal: julie@makingideasvisible.com

Venmo: @juliestuart-workshops

Early Bird: $395 (register and pay by August 1st)
Regular: $475
Benefactor: $525
5RTA: $345
Crew (with facilitator approval): $325
Thursday evening (5/10) only: $35-$45 sliding scale

Room and Board Cost paid to the Mountain:
Adult Double Occupancy: $390 + tax
Adult Single Occupancy (limited availability): $600 + tax
Adult Bunkhouse: $330 + tax
Commuter (full event): $210 + tax

Click Here to Register!