Your Initiation into Nature, Spirit, and Community
RITUAL HEALING VILLAGE 9-DAY ENCAMPMENT
A journey of return & remembrance
Upcoming Session: August 21 - 29, 2026
The Ritual Healing Village 9-day Encampment is not a retreat or a glamping experience. It is a return, a remembering of how to be in relationship with the land, ancestors, elements, and community. The encampment is a ceremonial village, designed to support deep personal healing while weaving participants into a collective field of mutual presence and belonging.
Rooted in Indigenous African ritual and spirit technologies - as passed on by Elder Malidoma Somé - this encampment brings you into a sacred container where you will be seen, held, and transformed.
Is this journey for you?
The Ritual Healing Village Encampment is for those who feel a true call toward ritual work and elemental initiation. It is for people who sense that something in their life is ready to be met directly, a rite of passage into becoming.
Answer the call if:
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What awaits you During the Nine Days
RHV participant
I enjoyed being in the wild forest and sleeping in a tent and being buried in the earth (with my head out) and all the fires and beautiful brave souls.
The Ritual Healing Village is an initiatory container. It is not passive, and it is not gentle in the way modern retreats often are. The work here is direct and deeply ceremonial. The "Village" is a temporary threshold, a place that you step into when you are prepared to journey down the rabbit hole; call upon the ancestors and forces of nature; and walk forward carrying what you have learned back into your life.
Across nine intense days in the rustic woodlands of the East Coast Village, you will enter a sequence of intentional ritual encounters with the elemental forces of fire, water, earth, nature and mineral. Each element is approached as a teacher, an initiator, and a mirror, inviting you into direct relationship with their power and wisdom. These encounters may stir emotional release, ancestral memory, physical sensations, and profound insight.
During the encampment, participants are guided into direct communion with nature; listening, observing, and engaging with nature spirits and elemental intelligences. These moments deepen your relationship, humility, and attunement, reminding us that healing does not happen apart from the unseen world of Ancestors and Nature.
- If you’ve been walking the edges of your own becoming…
- If you’re seeking community, connection and clarity…
- If the Earth, the Ancestors, or your dreams have been calling…
Then this is your invitation.
We welcome you to take your place by the ancestral fire.
are you ready to Journey Down the Rabbit Hole?
The circle is forming.
Spaces are limited to protect the integrity of the initiation. When the circle is complete, registration will close.
Program Dates: August 21 - 29, 2026
$2,500/person (includes meals, camping & supplies
Pay in full
make a one time payment of $2,500
Pay in 4
pay $500 down, and 3 monthly installments of $675
Pay in 6
pay $500 down, and 6 monthly installments of $375
Your Awesome Leadership team
Chief montana
Chief Montana, (he/him/his) was enskinned as a Warrior Chief in the northern Ghanaian town of Tamale. He is a respected leader deeply grounded in the Dagomba warrior tradition. His ancestral roots fuel his passion for guiding Africans and their descendants back to their indigenous essence.
Chief Montana's journey extends beyond his heritage. He has also explored the profound wisdom of the Dagara people of Burkina Faso, learning under the esteemed Dr. Malidoma Somé. This unique blend of traditional training and personal gifts has honed Chief Montana's exceptional skills as a diviner and healer.
aamirah branch
Aamirah Branch, B.Div (she/her/hers) is a Diviner, Spiritual Healer, gatekeeper of the Gnuir & Tenbalu shrines as well as an Ordained Minister. Aamirah trained extensively with Dagara elder Malidoma Somé; the Foundation for Shamanic Studies; the Arthur Ford International Academy of Mediumship, the Healing Mysteries at Delphi University. She also trained in Soul Detective work (Level III) with Barbara Stone, Ph., LISW, DCEP.
Aamirah currently coordinates and facilitates ritual intensives at the East Coast Village where she brings her passion and dedication to promoting ancestral wisdom to the modern world.
Elder robert walker
Robert Walker, MS, (he/him/his) is an Elder, gatekeeper for the Tingan Shrine (tingansob) and Ritual Leader, who studied and facilitated rituals with Elder Malidoma Somé since 1988. He is one of the founding members of the East Coast Village and currently leads the annual 5-day Ancestralization ritual at the ECV.
Robert has remained deeply committed to the traditional and spiritual wisdom of the Dagara people of West Africa. He believes that an understanding of the importance of reconnection to Ancestors should be brought to the Western world, where this wisdom has been lacking.