Program Tuition & Basic Accommodations: $2795
Invite a friend(s) new to the Feathered Pipe and you each save $100!
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Join meditation and yoga teacher Jillian Pransky for a week devoted to the sacred practice of pausing and receiving. Through slowing down, grounding, and consciously relaxing, we create the conditions to become more available to ourselves, to one another, and to the living world around us.
As we learn to receive the support that is already here, we can soften habitual patterns of tension and reactivity and meet the present with greater openness, clarity, and choice. Most importantly, we remember our inherent connectedness—to our bodies, our hearts, each other, the earth, and the Life that is always unfolding around and within us.
Through mindful yoga flows, somatic exercises, restorative practices, guided relaxation, meditation, journaling, and contemplative experiences in nature, you will learn to:
— Land in your body and receive the support that is already here
— Reduce stress and habitual patterns of tension and reactivity
— Relax into greater spaciousness, ease, and presence
— Listen more deeply to your body, mind, heart, and the world around you
— Cultivate the pause that allows for greater clarity, compassion, and choice
— Deepen your capacity to receive beauty, connection, and the goodness already present
— Remember your belonging to yourself, one another, and the living world
Special Guest Offerings
The grounding and opening we’ll be cultivating throughout the week will be enriched by two special guests who bring their own unique magic to the experience.
Heidi Rose Robbins, internationally respected astrologer, poet, and teacher, will join us as a guest, offering a select session that weaves astrology and poetry as tools for reflection and insight. She will also host an evening gathering by the fire, Poetry and Stories Under the Stars: What the Night Sky Whispers. For those who wish, she will be available for optional one-on-one astrology sessions during the week.
For part of the retreat, we’ll be joined by Garth Stevenson, world-renowned musician and composer known for his deep musical relationship with the natural world.
Garth creates music with the land—performing on icebergs, among whales, and in wild places around the globe. In Montana’s wide-open landscape, his music becomes a living dialogue with sky, earth, water, and silence. Garth will offer outdoor concerts and live music woven into select practices, including unforgettable sunrise and sunset experiences by the lake.
Progressively throughout the week, Jillian will guide you through LARLAR™, her six-step practice for bringing the sacred pause into daily life: Land. Arrive. Relax. Listen. Attend. Respond. You’ll practice receiving the support that is already here, listening more deeply, and meeting each moment just as it is—creating more space to choose how you want to respond.
Again and again, you’ll discover that you can return. To your body. To your breath. To your heart. To the present. And begin again.
Along the way, enjoy Jillian’s signature blend of deep guidance and joyful community—playful music, campfires, nature, delicious meals, meaningful conversation, and spontaneous laughter. There will be time to practice deeply and time to simply be. Time for solitude and time for connection. Time to listen inwardly and time to receive the beauty of Montana’s extraordinary landscape.
Daily Schedule:
8am — Breakfast
9:45am-12:30pm — Morning Session includes a weaving together of Dharma, Somatics, Mindful Slow Flow Yoga, Meditaiton, and Deep Relaxation.
1pm — Lunch
4:15-6pm — Restorative Alchemy
6:30pm — Dinner
7:45pm — Evenings will alternate between special events such as concerts, practices, hikes, bonfires, and free time to enjoy simply being.
*Thursday will include quiet campus hours, offering spacious time for personal practice, rest, reflection, enjoying the land, or adventuring off campus should you wish.
Return home feeling rested, grounded, refreshed, and more deeply connected to yourself, others, and the living world—with a compassionate practice you can return to again and again. Because nothing flourishes alone.
*30 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Program credit hours are available for this retreat.
WHAT JILLIAN’S PAST RETREAT, TRAINING & CLASSES ATTENDEES SAY:
“The only thing more wonderful than experiencing the beauty and warm hospitality of Feathered Pipe Ranch is doing so in community with Jillian Pransky. Her kind heart and compassionate presence, paired with teachings rooted in deep study and wisdom, create an experience that is truly transformative. If your soul is calling for calm, ease, renewal, and connection—a return to your true nature—you will find it here.”
“Jillian set the scene for an intimate and wonderful gathering of people from all walks of life. Her slow and steady style of teaching allowed her methods to really be integrated into my body and mind and weeks later I’m still saying (and hearing!) her words- “go slow”, “try softer”, “land- can you feel your triangle feet?”, “this isn’t about forcing”, “where’s the place that you can relax just a little more?” All said with curiosity, laughter, and a lot of love. Planning on returning next year to dive deeper and continue becoming.”
“Jillian’s retreat at Feather Pipe Ranch is a rare gift of peace, nourishment, and spaciousness. It offers the chance to unplug, recenter, and discover a deeper grounding and inspiration that lasts well beyond the retreat itself. I continue to carry this sense of renewal forward and cannot recommend Jillian’s work and Feather Pipe Ranch enough.”
“Jillian’s retreat at Feathered Pipe Ranch was truly magical. I had the most extraordinary time and left with a full heart. She holds such a loving, sacred space that made me feel completely supported and at ease. I left feeling refreshed, grounded, and deeply renewed in body, mind, and spirit. I can’t wait to join her again!”
RETREAT TIP! Extend your time in peace and beauty while savoring Western hospitality by spending some time exploring the great West’s National Park treasures either before or after your retreat with Jillian Pransky at the Feathered Pipe Ranch. Glacier National Park is a glorious and scenic 3.5-hour drive north and west of Feathered Pipe, while Yellowstone is just a 4.5 hour drive south and east of the Ranch through some of the prettiest Western territory you’ll ever see.
ABOUT JILLIAN PRANSKY:
Jillian Pransky is an international presenter, mindfulness and yoga teacher, and author of The Power of the Pause: 90 Seconds to Calm, Reset, and Reconnect. A student of Pema Chödrön’s work since 1998, she has taught at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Esalen Institute, Blue Spirit Costa Rica, Omega Institute, national conferences, and corporate settings. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Yoga Journal, Prevention, and more.
Rooted in both ancient wisdom and modern science, Jillian weaves yoga, restorative movement, mindfulness, and somatic awareness into her teaching. Through her LARLAR™ method, she offers practical tools to integrate mindful pauses and deep listening into daily life—reducing stress, releasing tension, and creating new ways to respond with clarity and care.
Passionate about making mindfulness accessible, Jillian guides students to slow down, reconnect, and cultivate spaciousness, presence, and compassionate connection with themselves and the world around them. She is also the author of Deep Listening: A Healing Practice to Calm Your Body, Clear Your Mind, and Open Your Heart, now in its third printing.
Learn more about Jillian: jillianpransky.com
PRICING & REGISTRATION:
Program Tuition & Basic Accommodations: $2795
Invite a friend(s) new to the Feathered Pipe and you each save $100!
Registration deposit required: A $500 non-refundable deposit is required to secure online registration. Full payment is due eight weeks before the start of the program.
Tuition fee includes: Triple Occupancy Main Lodge, Shared Yurt/Deluxe Wall Tent/Sai Condo, or Single Tipi/Tent, plus meals and use of all amenities – our bathhouse, sauna, hot tub, as well as all the Feathered Pipe Ranch facilities and grounds. Upgraded accommodations are available.
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Feathered Pipe Ranch Map: Click here.
The retreat will include:
— 7-nights indoor or outdoor accommodations (upgraded accommodations require an additional fee)
— All daily classes and group sessions, suitable for all
— Delicious and lovingly prepared international cuisine
— Shuttle service from/to Helena Regional Airport on arrival/departure day
— Full access to the extensive Feathered Pipe grounds (including the hot tub and sauna)
Not included:
— Airfare
— Any/all excursions off-campus
— Bodywork & Massage
— Montana Accommodation Tax $25
— Staff gratuities
— Laundry
Shuttle service: Shuttle service from/to Helena Regional Airport on arrival/departure day is complimentary (free) for all registered guests. Please note that if you are needing pick-up or drop-off on any other day, that there will be a $50 one-way charge.
Arrival and departure: Please plan to arrive at the Feathered Pipe Ranch no later than 3pm on the arrival day (Saturday, 7 August) of your retreat so you can join us for a tour of the grounds before dinner at 6:30pm and our group evening orientation following dinner. Please arrange to leave the Ranch in the morning or early afternoon of departure day (Saturday, 14 August). Checkout is at 9am, and guests are welcome to stay at the Ranch until their flight leaves that day.
Interested, but still need more information? Visit our FAQ page, drop us a message including your contact details here, or give us a ring at (406) 442-8196.
Thanks and look forward to seeing you!