THE WILD WOMAN RETREAT
THE SHIBARI & MOVEMENT ARTS EXPERIENCE
CURATED and LED BY MELAYNE SHAYNE & PERSEPHONE ORTEGA GOMEZ
MONTANA USA, AUGUST 27 - SEPtEMBER 1,2026
THE CALLING OF THE WOLF PACK
In the heart of every woman beats the longing to sit with her sisters, to connect deeply and to share from her most vulnerable, raw and instinctual being. However many of us have forgotten or rejected these parts of our-selves. We have become fragmented in self, divisive and disconnected from other women. So much of our healing and growth takes place through sharing space and creating with other women, learning to receive and give feminine nurturing, fully embodying my sensuality and sexual, creative being, embracing our strength, as well as cultivating a space of harmony, and continuous recalibration of balance within self, others and nature.
Trust that the flow of life naturally guides us to where we are meant to be and where we belong…
THE EXPERIENCE
Over six immersive days in nature, you will explore Shibari and Budokon Mixed Movement as a pathway to self-inquiry, creative expression and connection.
We will experience Shibari as a doorway for self-discover and explore the paradoxes of:
structure creating freedom
containment creating release
boundaries creating safety
surrender creating power
stillness revealing sensation
Shibari is more than rope. It is a representation. It gives us access to deep layers of our psyche, fears, beliefs.
We have grown up programmed so deeply about our bodies as projections, tools, machines that we completely lost our intimate relationship with her. It’s all about performing, improving, stopping time, more exercise, less food, constant comparison. Our Budokon Movement mirrors an inner relationship with trust, control, vulnerability, being seen and how expressed and embodied we long and dare to be.
You will leave this experience feeling:
less shame
more curiosity
more compassion toward themselves
more permission to feel alive
inspired by embodiment rather than scared by it
MEET MELAYNE - A DEVOTED MOVEMENT ARTIST & PHILOSOPHER
Melayne Shayne is a movement philosopher, martial artist, ritual creator and one of the leading female voices shaping the evolution of modern yoga, movement culture and female embodiment practices.
Over the last two decades Budokon has expanded into one of the most distinctive systems in contemporary movement culture —an integrated practice weaving together martial arts, yoga, mobility training, calisthenics, and philosophical inquiry.
Born in Berlin to a Brazilian-German family, Melayne’s life has always unfolded at the intersection of structure and freedom. Ballet trained her discipline. Dance awakened her expression. Martial arts ignited her warrior spirit. Movement became the language through which she studies the human experience.
She carries the essence of Budokon’s philosophy: The Way of the Warrior Spirit—a life lived in constant inquiry and curiosity, courage, and reimagination. She embodies the rare fusion of strength, ferocity, precision, movement intelligence, and fluid grace. Her teaching style reflects that same synthesis: deeply technical yet intuitive, grounded yet exploratory, disciplined yet creatively alive. Her presence is felt.
“This immersion is deeply personal to me. Shibari as an art form, its captivating aesthetic, intriguing psychology, mystical eroticism and revealing nature of each of our human experiences has fascinated me over the last years. Last year I had a truly transformative encounter with Persephone in Costa Rica — an intricately entangled dance of muse, artist and the co-creation of art. One of my biggest and most painful fears reveled itself as I gave myself to Persephone to guide me into my sacred body wisdom. Control is an illusion. So is the fear of losing it. Her nurturing touch, caring and fully present being, soothed my heart, and quieted my mind. In this moment my only desire was to share this experience, the feeling and sensations of complete aliveness, presence, embodiment and the powerful re-claiming of our own bodies, with my Wolf Pack.
The Wild Woman Shibari Experience was birthed.
MEET PERSEPHONE - A DEVOTED SHIBARI ARTIST
Persephone is a Shibari artist devoted to the art of connection through rope. Her approach weaves together sensuality, somatic awareness, and spirituality — creating spaces where rope is not just technique, but a language of trust, presence, and self-discovery. When she ties, she's interested in the alchemy of energy between bodies: the subtle shifts in breath, the emotional landscapes that surface, the nervous system attunement that brings safety and surrender.
Her style is rooted in:
Connection before technique — rope as a way of communication
Presence & embodiment — attuning to the body’s wisdom and expression
Sensuality as medicine — awakening pleasure, play, and creativity
Healing through surrender — holding space for vulnerability, release, and transformation
Sacred rituals — creating ceremony with nature and with our spiritual path
For her, Shibari is an oracle — a way of asking questions through the body and receiving answers through sensation, energy, and trust. She guides women, men and couples into this art with gentleness and depth, balancing the beauty of form with the freedom of expression, always honoring the sacredness of the rope journey.
MEET CASSANDRA - DEL ALMA - MEDIA OF THE SOUL
As long as she can remember, her attention has always been mesmerized by beauty, expressions of poetry, and what it is that makes one heart feel so deeply. It took many journeys into the abyss of Self, with oceans of tears and waves of darkness, until she was guided to the realization and embodiment of… unconditional beauty.
It is Cassandra’s vow that the beauty framed in time, and conveyed… is the beauty that radiates from the depths of a MYSTERY that could never be fully explained. And that the masterpiece birthed… is from soul. Art channelled from above, touched and blessed by the eye of the sacred.
She will gift us with seeing us through her eyes of love.
TRAVEL & JOURNEY
Arrival day is Thursday August 27th. You can arrive as early as 2pm, latest by 4pm. We will organize one group pick up at airport FCA at 3pm.
Departure say is Tuesday September 1st. We will enjoy a last breakfast together and organize a group drop off at the airport FCA leaving the retreat at 10am.
YOUR INVESTMENT INTO YOU
There are only 16 limited spots to be part of this unique Wolf Pack in Montana for our Wild Women Retreat. Due to this fact there are NO exceptions for refunds.
2.500USD for one wild woman / 4.500USD for two wild women signing up together ~ includes shared accommodation, daily farm to table meals, snacks and drinks, our specially curated Wild Women Essentials gift bag, Integration Call, photo shoot with our professional photographer, one group transportation from and to airport. Private room available upon request and extra charge of 1000USD.
If for any reason you need to cancel your payment is FULLY TRANSFERABLE (but not refundable) with a 60 day notification of cancellation. The full investment must be paid 60 days prior to retreat.