JOIN US IN WELCOMING:
HANNAH RICKE OF FLOCK OF BEASTS
IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THE SANCTUARY WILL BE HOSTING THIS INCREDIBLE HUMAN FOR INCREDIBLE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES.
JOIN US.
HELLO, I’M HANNAH.
I AM A SELF-TAUGHT SOLO BACKPACKER, WRITER, AND ARTIST WITH ALMOST 5,000 MILES HIKED OVER EIGHT COUNTRIES.
SEEK BEAUTY.
LIVE FIERCELY.
THROUGH SOLO BACKPACKING, CREATIVE STORYTELLING, AND ART, HANNAH SEEKS TO INVIGORATE YOUR LIVING SPIRIT TOWARD A FIERCER BEAUTY THAN IT HAS KNOWN BEFORE.
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES:
LORE: THE FULL EXPERIENCE
LORE: UNLEASH THE WILD WITHIN
What stories have shaped you? What beast lies dormant in your soul, waiting to be honored?
Join Hannah Ricke—artist, published author, and genuine badass with 5,000+ miles of self-taught backpacking across 8 countries—for a profound 2-part journey into your truest, wildest nature.
This isn't just another workshop. This is a sacred exploration of the untamed parts of yourself that society taught you to hide. It's time to reclaim them.
Chapter 1: Mask Making | Sept 13, 7pm @ The Sanctuary Create a sacred mask that honors your inner beast. All supplies, wine & seltzer included. $100/$85 early bird pricing
Chapter 2: Overnight Wild Experience | Sept 20-21, Mills River Park Embody your beast under the stars. Camping, ceremony, and sacred community.
Space is limited. RSVP Today. $200/$175 early bird pricing.
Full transformative experience: $250/220 early bird pricing by 9/1.
Ready to meet the wild you've been hiding? Your beast is calling.
LORE: Chapter 1
UNLEASH THE WILD WITHIN
What stories have shaped you? What beast lies dormant in your soul, waiting to be honored?
Join Hannah Ricke—artist, published author, and genuine badass with 5,000+ miles of self-taught backpacking across 8 countries—for a profound 2-part journey into your truest, wildest nature.
This isn't just another workshop. This is a sacred exploration of the untamed parts of yourself that society taught you to hide. It's time to reclaim them.
Chapter 1: Mask Making | Sept 13, 7pm @ The Sanctuary Create a sacred mask that honors your inner beast. All supplies, wine & seltzer included.
$100/$85 early bird pricing by 9/1/2025
LORE: Chapter 2
EMBODY YOUR BEAST UNDER THE STARS.
Camping, ceremony, and sacred community.
What if the parts of you that feel 'too much' are actually your greatest gifts? 🌙 LORE isn't about becoming someone new—it's about remembering who you've always been beneath the masks society gave you. Join us Sept 20-21 for a overnight journey back to your wild truth.
Together, we celebrate!
$175/$200 early bird pricing by 9/1/2025
STORY TELLING SHOWS
THE GROUND FELT FAR AWAY
yes, the cultivation of a dirty, rough, inelegant joy.
ever since she moved to China for the first time over seven years ago, and her dad built her first journal, Hannah has been trying to pay attention to the glories of life in this wild world.
this is what has distilled at the bottom of the river…four words: SEEK BEAUTY. LIVE FIERCELY.
and then two more words: “MORE LIFE!!!!”
now, she wrote a book about it, and “the Ground Felt Far Away” is seven years of thoughts on seeking beauty, living fiercely, and answering Life when she swaggers up to you with “More Life! More Life! More Life!”
let Hannah read to you out of her book in the invigorating setting of the Sanctuary at Chace Mill.
also stay to peruse and consider collecting works of art from the exhibition “WE THE LIVING”, oil and acrylic paintings created by Hannah with a fierce, eager brush.
$15 tickets, $20 at the door
A STAGED READING OF A STORIED JOURNAL
TO SANTIAGO: 500 MILES ON THE CAMINO
Hannah Ricke thinks backpacking is for everyone: and even if you don’t want to do it for real, hearing about it is just as good.
So we will walk through Spain together.
in 2022, Hannah solobackpacked the ancient pilgrimage “the Camino de Santiago”, a 500+ mile trail that weaves through medieval Spanish towns all the way to Santiago de Compostela.
Enjoy an evening of adventure as Hannah tells you of the places, the people, and the Good Walk through a wondrous land.
And stay to peruse and consider collecting works of art from the exhibition “WE THE LIVING”, oil and acrylic paintings created by Hannah with a fierce, eager brush.
$15 tickets, $20 at the door
Ash St. Gelais
I was so moved by Hannah's authenticity and beauty that she shares through her work and hear life, I was inspired to bring her to Vermont. Join us in celebrating this wild journey called life, and our own inner beasts.