{ THE WARRIOR WOMAN }

CRAFTED & LED BY MELAYNE SHAYNE

“The Way of the Warrior Woman is an empowering quest as we step into becoming the heroines of our own journeys. The Warrior Woman Retreat is a radical awakening to our inner warrior, igniting the fire in us to persevere, prevail, and unleash the courage and will power to create the life we truly desire. Our warrior spirit manifests itself as clarity, focus, determination, courage, strength, integrity and a passionate love for life.”

UPCOMING EXPERIENCES

THE WARRIOR WOMAN x AVIV RETREAT MONTANA USA, SEPTEMBER 16-21, 2025

THE WARRIOR WOMEN x AVIV RETREAT

Montana USA | SEPTEMBER 16-21, 2025

Many of us have lost our vital power to keep moving. We have lost the connection to our warrior spirit, and no longer believe in our strength. We have become complacent and stagnant in the facade of safety, security and familiarity. However deep inside we hear the calling for her, our Warrior Woman.

For 6 days and 5 nights (includes arrival + departure days) we will live and immerse ourselves in an intimate tribal community of sisters secluded in nature at Melayne’s home in Montana. Enclosed only by the forest and the mountain view our home away from home was thoughtfully designed to retreat, for recovery, harmony, grounding, connecting with our inherent wilderness, and a deep dive into self.

For this unique collaborative women’s only retreat Melayne has Black Belt World Champions and Hall Of Fame Inductees Luanna Alzuguir and Ana Carolina ‘Baby’ Vieira by her side to bring together women from all over the world to learn Jiu Jitsu from some of the best female athletes and leaders in the sport all while being in the majestic nature of Montana.

INTENTION OF THE EXPERIENCE

Our Warrior Women x AVIV Retreat will be a reset to step into a new gained inner and outer strength, confidence as well as clarity by awakening dormant aspects of our-selves through the diversity of our Budokon movement practices of Yoga, Mobility, Crawling Patterns, and Kettlebells, together with the truly empowering martial art of Jiu-Jitsu. Together we will build our armors, rekindle our courage, and learn to trust our self-reliance. This experience like no other unifies in its expression and exploration our femininity and masculinity, our softness and strength, our instinct and intuition. Our retreat is designed with the intention to ignite transformation, and to re-imagine our-selves.

Our retreat fosters embracing new experiences, cultivating belonging among other women and falling (deeper) in love with Jiu-Jitsu and its power of creating a more expansive and expressed life. We welcome all levels of experience, with adjustments made to cater to varying Jiu Jitsu levels, movement backgrounds and ages.

Our feminine essence will also be nurtured through morning rituals, a matcha ceremony, meditation, breath work, sauna, ice baths, explorative, free-form movement practices, Yoga, dance, art projects, body work, sound healing and bonding with our warrior sisters. During the retreat we will also experience detoxing effects through our cleansing yet nourishing nutrition plan, education and implementation of intuitive natural beauty rituals, daily meditation, breathing practices and time spend in Montana’s stunning nature.

All aspects of mind - body - spirit are integral parts of the experience and create a retreat for you that will be a physical, mental and emotional reset and recalibration. A challenging yet rewarding task that will ignite transformation. Let us come together as this tribe of Warrior Sisters to embark on our heroine's journeys.

BUDOKON MIXED MOVEMENT EXPLORATION

We will MOVE and express our bodies in unexplored ways to break and reshape patterns of the mind and matter.  Melayne will guide us through Budokon Yoga & Mobility classes,  free form movement journeys & sensual awakening practices, primal crawling patterns, Kettlebells workouts, breath work and meditation.

MARTIAL ARTS

As part of Melayne’s mission to empower women through martial arts we will ignite our warrior spirits with her Black Belt sisters and World Champions Luanna Alzuguir and Ana Carolina ‘Baby’ Vieira who are changing the game of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in a male-dominated world of martial arts. In their daily Jiu Jitsu seminars Luanna and Baby will provide a unique and refreshing change of pace, and create a safe environment for learning, connection and to expand your skills. Beginners are welcome as well as more advanced practitioners as all will benefit from the deep dive Melayne will take the group into the state of the art Budokon Mobility & Combat Conditioning curriculum developed for Jiu-Jitsu and grappling. You will take your Jiu Jitsu game to a next level or kick start your JiuJitsu journey through the principles of serpent-like movement, pressure through core-integration and strength as well as embodiment of understanding of leverage of the gentle art. 

Melayne herself is a Sixblades and Lovato purple belt under World Champion’s Xande Ribeiro and Rafael Lovato Jr., dedicated to her black belt journey.

wOLF PACK TALKS

In our daily Wolf Pack Talks are group sessions during which we discuss aspects that are integral to our human experience and how to create a life in alignment with our values. If we act in misalignment with our core truth, blindly following unconscious motives directed by our limiting beliefs, we are no longer living in integrity but rather in contradiction with our essence and won’t be able to create what we truly desire. Only from a place of knowing self, identifying root causes and thought patterns of our triggers and contradictions we can create the empowered choice to act consciously.  Collectively we will dive into our belief structures and attachments to identify  what no longer is in service to us to live a full-filled and expansive life. 

Melayne also offers individualized MindSet Coaching Sessions using the InnerCompass Enneagram Personality Test to dive deep 1:1 with anyone inspired. Please inquire for more information.

THE WOLF PACK LEADERS

Next to Melayne Shayne, our Wolf Pack Leaders Davonne Smith, Sibylle Klaus, Esther Leon and Isabelle Wittebort will contribute with their crafts and facilitate a fully immersive experience for our Warrior Women Tribe.

REIMAGINE BEAUTY& JOYFUL AGING

Davonne Smith’s personal passion and love for natural processes and good health led her to become a Licensed Holistic Esthetician with 20+years of experience and a Budokon Yoga Teacher. She has always been inspired by the healing that Mother Earth offers, and through self-studies and mentors found her “WAY” that built her path of healing both internally and externally. Her intention is to share her wisdom and support other women in rediscovering their sacred inner and outer beauty at any age. She will will introduce us to holistic ancient self care rituals that continuously nurture us from the inside out revealing radiant skin, good health and aging naturally with grace. During our time together we will share “THE WAYS” to integrate gua-sha and facial reflexology routines, dry brushing, natural mouth and hair care as well as essential oils into our daily modern lives.

HEALING sOUND AND TOUCH & SENSUALITY

As a life-time learner with beginners mind Wolf Pack Leader Sibylle Klaus has been part of the Budokon family for many moons now and by Melayn’s side on her heart mission. Sibylle is a deep seeker of wisdom who finds her inspiration in a diversity of movement practices and healing arts. She is an intuitive feeler, connecting deeply in spirit to anyone she surrounds. Her nurturing, loving and therapeutic touch provides a deep healing message not only for the body but also the soul.

Sibylle is passionate about sharing the magic of sound by facilitating deeply relaxing experiences with crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, gongs and chimes, that allow you to connect to your heart, soul and spirit.

HOLISTIC NUTRITION & NURTURING

Farm-To-Table and living with the land is our philosophy around food. Eating from what the gardens of nature provide us with, digging our hands in the earth and truly experiencing gratitude for the seeds we plant is an essential experience of The Warrior Woman x AVIV Retreat. During our time together we will nourish our souls and bodies with a delicious and wholesome brunch, afternoon snack and nourishing dinner. As a guiding force of our Wolf Pack, our Chef and Integrative Nutritional Health Coach Esther Leon will forge a nurturing sanctuary where women can embark on a transformative and empowering journey of holistic vitality and radiant fulfillment. With her unique blend of passion, expertise and empathy she will create a delicious and wholesome menu support to our Warrior Women.

CREATIVITY & HEALING

Isabelle Wittebort is a young creative whose deep love and passion for art emerged in her life as a powerful means of personal healing. A few years ago, Isabelle began her Budokon journey with a narrative that had left her feeling stuck in a victim mindset. Through the transformative combination of art and Budokon she reframed her narrative into one that emphasizes the power of using her shadows to illuminate her path. Isabelle's unique experience, yet relatable narrative, shows us how we can use our experiences of trauma and adversity as sources of strength and resilience.

Through her expertise in nude and semi-nude photography, Isabelle uses her camera as a tool to empower women, facilitating a journey towards embracing their beauty and self-love. With eight years of professional photography experience, Isabelle demonstrates a keen eye for detail and the raw beauty in each of her subjects.

LIVING IN THE MONTANA MOUNTAINS

We will live and immerse ourselves in an intimate tribal community of Wolf Pack Sisters at Budokon Montana. Melayne’s home is located on a sequestered five acre plot of land carved out from surrounding protected national forest. Enclosed only by nature the home was thoughtfully designed for movement, connection, retreat, recovery and a deep dive into self.

Our entire 5 acre property is a playground and training facility we invite you to use as much as you can during your stay with us. From our outdoor dojo and calisthenics bars, the tiger-wood deck and front yard with mountain view, ape-swings in our forest, Japanese zen and rock garden, to our indoor dojo offer a diversity of opportunities to explore and experience the Budokon curricula.

Our cosy guest cottage offers housing for 10 women in 3 separate bedrooms with spacious bunk beds and 2 bathrooms as well as a fully equipped kitchen, fire place, lounge area, and outdoor showers. Our cosy and beautifully decorated clamping canvas tents sleep another 10 adventurous nature lovers. Our main house offers privacy in our two private guest rooms with Queen Beds and a shared bathroom upon request and additional charge. Please inquire about private rooms.

Bringing a female relative of blood or heart can be beautiful however it is not necessary to embark on this journey of re-connection to have them physically present.

TRAVEL & JOURNEY

Arrival day is Tuesday September 16th. We will organize two group pick ups from Glacier International Airport FCA that afternoon between 4-6pm. If you land after 6pm you will be responsible to book your own transportation (extra cost 80USD).

Departure day is Sunday September 21st. We will organize two drop offs at FCA Airport, leaving the property between 9 - 11am. If your flight departs early in the morning you will be responsible to book your own transportation (extra cost 80USD).

More details and information about travel logistics will be shared with your registration.

YOUR INVESTMENT INTO YOU 

There are only 20 limited spots to be part of this unique Warrior Women x AVIV tribe in Montana. Due to this fact there are NO exceptions for refunds. 

2.500USD per Warrior Woman // 4.500USD total for 2 Warrior Women coming together ~ includes shared accommodation, daily farm to table meals, snacks and drinks, transportation from and to airport, our specially curated Wise Women Essentials gift bag, Integration Call, photo shoot with our professional photographer. Private room available upon request and extra charge of 1000USD. 

If for any reason you need to change course dates, your payment is FULLY TRANSFERABLE with a 60 day notification of cancellation. The full investment must be paid 60 days prior to retreat.