Wild Creativity

A Transformational Retreat with Amber Rubarth at Awake Ranch

August 29-31, 2025 | Mulino, Oregon
45 minutes from Portland, nestled in the embrace of nature


Your Creative Block Ends Here.

What if 3 days could really shift your creative expression?

Join internationally-acclaimed singer-songwriter and creative facilitator Amber Rubarth (Carnegie Hall, Glastonbury, American Folk) and The Circle Up Experience for an intimate creative breakthrough retreat where nature becomes your collaborator and horses mirror your truth.

Set on 40 sacred acres of pastures, horses, and wide open sky at Awake Ranch, this experience invites you to return to the rhythm of the land, your breath, and your inner voice.

Reserve your Transformation

Early Bird Special (First 20 Spots Only)

Save $300 when you commit to your creative transformation before July 14th.

Tent Camping:

Immerse yourself in nature with your own cozy camping spot under the Oregon stars. We provide your own private tent for the weekend. You're also welcome to bring your own if you prefer.

RV Spot: | Only 10 Available

Enjoy the retreat experience within the comfort of an RV. The price includes an RV rental for the weekend that will be on property when you arrive. If you want to bring your own RV, you're welcome to! You just purchase a Tent Camping registration and let us know you're bringing an RV and you can park in designated RV area.

VIP Experience: | Limited to 8 Creators

The full transformational experience with exclusive perks (see below).

VIP Deep Dive Experience Includes:

  • Private 45-minute breakthrough equine session on site ($497 value)
  • Premium location for your tent/RV with best views
  • Private massage for ninety minutes
  • Signed materials from Amber's collection

Flexible Payment Options:

Secure Your Spot: $500 non-refundable deposit

Payment Plans: Split into 3 equal payments between deposit received date and 8/14.

Balance Due:  30 days before retreat

If you are interested in any of these payment plans, please email us at [email protected].

Families & Students Welcome

We believe creativity thrives in community—and that includes your family.

FAMILIES WELCOME

You’re invited to bring your loved ones along for the journey. We’ll have gentle, nature-based activities available for children during workshop hours, including arts & crafts, outdoor exploration, and time with our goats—Jack, Jill, and Jane.

Kid Pricing:

Ages 0–8: FREE (daycare provided during workshops)

Ages 9–16: $250 (nature based activities offered during workshops)

Ages 17+: Full Retreat Price (able to attend all workshops)

To register children, please email us directly at [email protected].


Student Discount

We offer 30% off for currently enrolled students. Just send a photo of your valid college ID, and we’ll send you a special code to use at checkout.

To request your student discount, email: [email protected]

Scholarships Available

We believe healing, creativity, and connection should be accessible to all.

To support greater inclusion, we’re offering a small number of partial scholarships for those with financial need or who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).

If some financial support would make participation possible for you, we invite you to apply:

Click here to fill out the scholarship form.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we’ll be in touch shortly after receiving your submission.

We see you. We honor your path.

This Retreat is for you if:

  • You know something powerful wants to be expressed through you—but can't access it

  • You are ready to learn new practices and tools to push through the blank pages, empty canvases, and untouched instruments

  • Perfectionism and self-doubt are louder than your creative voice

  • You crave a creative community that gets it

  • You're ready to stop consuming and start creating

Reserve Your Transformation

This retreat weaves together:

  • Interactive workshops with Amber Rubarth offering tools for focused creative expression, playful subconscious flow, and daily connection practices Intimate

  • Equine-assisted coaching sessions guided by Natural Leadership principles — experience the mirror of the horse as you explore vulnerability, courage, and presence

  • Sound bath and private concert under Oregon stars

  • Morning yoga and movement sessions to embody your creativity

  • Unplugged, off-grid environment (goodbye creative-killing notifications)

  • Evening storytelling, music circles, and deep connection around the fire

What You'll Experience (And Why It Works)

  • Release What's Blocking You

    • Breakthrough creative blocks through equine-assisted coaching (no riding required)
    • Why it works: Horses reflect your authentic state, revealing patterns you can't see alone
  • Emerge with Your Next Chapter

    • Integration practices + creative ritual design + community witnessing
    • Why it works: Accountability and ritual make transformation stick
  • Reconnect to Your Creative Source

    • Morning yoga to embody inspiration + Amber Rubarth's workshops on transforming wounds into art
    • Why it works: Movement unlocks creativity; vulnerability becomes your superpower

You'll Leave With:

  • Your personal creative breakthrough (participants report finishing long-stuck projects within weeks)

  • A proven system for moving through future blocks

  • Your creative manifesto and daily practice

  • Lifelong connections with 39 other committed artists & creatives

  • Direct mentorship access from Amber Rubarth

Stay Under the Stars

Participants may choose from:
  • Tent camping (bring your own or we can have them onsite setup for you)
  • RV’s (bring your own or have one delivered onsite)

Nourishing holistic meals, evening gatherings, and immersion in nature complete the experience.

This is unplugged, off-grid creativity at its most alive.

Located in Mulino, Oregon, just 45 minutes from Portland, Awake Ranch provides an idyllic setting for creating new ideas. With rolling fields and expansive views, Awake Ranch is a working dressage barn, but also the headquarters of The Circle Up Experience.

Why This Works When Other Things Haven't:

It's Experiential, Not Theoretical

No more creativity books gathering dust. This is full-body, in-nature transformation.

Horses Don't Lie

They respond to your authentic creative energy—showing you exactly where you're blocked and how to break through.

Amber's Proven Process

From bedroom songwriter to Carnegie Hall, Amber shares practical tools for creativity and the subconscious. 

Nature Resets Your Nervous System

40 acres. No wifi. Stars. Silence. Your creativity needs space to breathe.


Imagine Yourself in 6 Months:

  • That project you've been sitting on? Published/performed/shared.
  • That creative confidence you've been seeking? Embodied daily.
  • That community you've been craving? On speed dial.
  • That voice inside saying "you're not good enough"? Silent.


The only question: Will you be one of the 40?


Reserve Your Creative Breakthrough

Three Day Map of Creative Awakening

Day 1: Arrive + Remember

Welcome to Awake Ranch. Settle into the land—find your tent, explore your RV, and enjoy an open, nourishing lunch. We’ll begin with a grounding Welcome Circle, followed by our first Equine Facilitated Workshop where horses will help us connect with authentic presence and creative truth.

As the sun softens, drop into a Sound Bath to reset your nervous system, then gather for a community dinner under the wide open sky.

The evening opens with Amber Rubarth’s first Creativity Workshop, where you’ll explore your relationship with creative energy. We’ll end around the campfire with song circles, storytelling, and starlit connection.

Day 2: Explore + Express

Begin your day with optional yoga or a walking meditation, then enjoy a slow breakfast with fellow creatives.

The morning unfolds with a workshop on tuning into the subconscious through music and story. Later, we’ll gather for a movement experience to awaken the body before diving deeper into building your own creative toolbox with Amber.

In the afternoon, you’ll be invited into a solo creative project in nature—an opportunity to listen inward and create from the wild intelligence around you.

We’ll reconvene for dinner, followed by an intimate acoustic concert in the tipi and a powerful community resourcing circle to honor needs and gifts.

Day 3: Integrate + Carry Forward

We start again in stillness—yoga, walking, or simply being. After breakfast, we’ll gather for our final creativity session, focusing on how to take your insights and inspiration back into everyday life.

We’ll close with a second Equine Facilitated Workshop, deepening your connection to intuitive leadership and natural intelligence.

The afternoon is for integration, goodbyes, and packing up—with snack bags to carry the nourishment home.


About Amber Rubarth

Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriterAmber Rubarth draws you into a world where wonder and high-minded concepts weave into a poetic tapestry, "knocking down walls with songs so strong they sound like classics.” -Acoustic Guitar. She has toured extensively from South Africa to Japan and all throughout Europe and North America including appearances at Carnegie Hall and Glastonbury Festival, opening for legendary artists including Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens and Dr. Ralph Stanley.

Rubarth made her acting debut starring in the feature film American Folk (out now on Amazon), winning numerous festival awards, and the Hollywood Reporter calling it "Superb... A heartfelt homage to American folk music,” and Rolling Stone “Enchanting… discovering two wondrous new voices.” Her eighth solo album Cover Crop offers a meditation on our interconnectivity with nature, and was self-produced in the woods of the Hudson Valley, NY with 15 reinterpretations of beloved songs through the lens of environmental sustainability.

About The Circle Up Experience

Led by Brad Lande-Shannon, The Circle Up Experience teaches Natural Leadership, blending somatic wisdom, group coaching, and horse-facilitated learning. Our retreats invite people into deeper authenticity, grounded power, and heart-led leadership — guided by horses and nature as co-facilitators.

Join Us

Reserve your spot early and bring your open heart, notebook, and a willingness to get a little dusty and a lot inspired.