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Raw Edge Retreats are intentional creative retreats that combine forms of art, movement, writing, adventure, and community to reconnect to the creative self.
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08/02/2022

Our home for the week🌿⁠
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November + February⁠
www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

07/14/2022

July is the birthday month for both Raw Edge cofounders Rachel (6th) + Bri (14th).

While we passionately encourage the solo traveler, this month we wanted to offer a special rate for those choosing to travel with a buddy.

Secure your deposit for an upcoming creative retreat with a friend, and both of you receive $200 off your booking✨

Nov 19-26, 2022
Feb 25 - March 4, 2023

code: BRINGAFRIEND

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07/13/2022

Magic hour ✨

Our home for the creative retreat this November.

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05/04/2022

In a busy and unforgiving world, we crave ways to turn inward and nourish our creative selves, we crave new horizons and experiences, we crave community.

Join us this November in Pacific Guatemala for the Raw Edge Creative Retreat led by +

7 days, all-inclusive.

Choose yourself + secure your deposit today:
www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

04/11/2022

Daily yoga in the yoga loft 🌿

04/11/2022

Working and creating with our hands, immersing ourselves in nature, moments of tranquility, phones put away...⁠
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it's incredible how much space we can find.⁠
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Love this amazing shot during our mangrove boat tour

04/08/2022

It's amazing what one week with strangers can do for your soul ✨

04/08/2022

Sandra’s Restaurant is one of several woman-owned business in El Paredon, Guatemala, although she was one of the very first about a decade ago. Her daughter Gaby runs the library, just a few blocks away, and she graciously hosts cooking classes in her home.⁠
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'It was a beautiful experience getting to know the country and the culture and was really impactful.’⁠
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~ Raw Edge creative⁠
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Join us on our next weeklong creative retreat in Guatemala where we explore many avenues of creativity and community.⁠
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www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

04/08/2022

'I was able to actually understand for the first time what "flow" meant and get out of my head and into the flow of the class. They were hard but not too hard. And I felt really encouraged to move at my own level and pace when needed. I thought Rachel did a great job of accommodating all skill levels.'⁠
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~ Raw Edge community member⁠
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Each day after a slow morning of writing and coffee, we join up in the yoga loft for our healing sweat session.⁠
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Learn more at www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

04/08/2022

Aura and her family open their home to small groups for weekly cooking classes via in the coastal village of El Paredon, Guatemala.⁠
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Aura and her daughter were the most gracious hosts, and had immense patience with our group's lack of tortilla making skills. ⁠
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In Guatemalan culture, corn tortillas are a staple with just about every meal. Women often use a heavy grinding stone for grinding cornmeal and making the dough balls, before they are patted between the palms to create the familiar tortilla shape we all know well.⁠
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Sometimes this beautifully worn tool and centerpiece is handed down from mother to daughter, sometimes it is a wedding gift.⁠
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Open air kitchens are typical in this village, and they truly made us feel like we were part of the family.⁠
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04/08/2022

Afternoons are for color palette and pigment history lessons under shady tropical bungalows with 🌴⁠
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Art, Movement, + Adventure.⁠
November 2022, Pacific Guatemala⁠
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www.RawEdgeRetreats.com/Guatemala

02/02/2022

Just let it go where it wants to gooo.⁠
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It's going to anyway.🎨⁠
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Daily art workshops, yoga, and adventure.⁠
Incredible meals, incredible individuals.⁠
7 days, all-inclusive creative retreat.⁠
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Guatemala 🌴 November 19-26, 2022⁠
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www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/31/2022

'Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.' ⁠
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—Mary Lou Cook⁠
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Louder so the people in the back can hear 👏🏼👏🏽⁠
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Our next creative weeklong all-inclusive retreat is in Pacific Guatemala this November. Join us.⁠
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www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/31/2022

Witnessing nature's creative process doesn't come much sweeter than this.⁠
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The turtles are protected at the sanctuary when they hatch. They are then gently gathered and released near the breaking waves. Their first march across the black volcanic sand is crucial for their life process, so that years later, after traveling for hundreds of miles, they will be able to remember and return to this exact beach to lay their own eggs.⁠
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This method of protecting the eggs and the release process significantly increases the likeliness of survival for these humble creatures.⁠
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All proceeds from this interactive experience go straight back into purchasing stolen eggs off the black market, to be safely returned to the sand⁠
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November is the tail end of the hatching season in Pacific Guatemala.⁠
Waking up before the sun and walking down the volcanic sandy beach to participate at the sea turtle sanctuary in El Paredon is one of our favorite events during a Raw Edge Creative Retreat.⁠
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01/31/2022

This modern concept of the 'outdoors' is an interesting one, suggesting that there is some separation between us inside and us outside. ⁠
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The creative process is heavily fueled by a connection to the natural world, and wild, open moments of awe. Moments where we feel an undeniable recalibration, a connectedness not only to ourselves, but to everything around us as well. 'Indoor' anxieties and stressors melt away somehow, and feel much less threatening when we are 'outdoors'.⁠
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Mangrove Forest tour by boat and local guide via the local education program is one of the many excursions during the weeklong Raw Edge Creative Retreat in Pacific Guatemala. ⁠
Join us for Thanksgiving this year.⁠
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www.RawEdgeRetreats.com/Guatemala

01/17/2022

For some creatives, particularly in today's bizarre landscape, it feels very natural to remain in an isolated state in order to create from our inner worlds. ⁠
While this is important for many people's process, we cannot neglect one of our most vital needs: connection to our tribe.⁠
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Chances are, if you actually looked outside of yourself, many of us are feeling like we're in a very similar boat. ⁠
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The most beautiful aspect of connecting with a lyric, or a poem, or a piece of art, is when we are reminded that we're not alone. Someone else has felt this way too, and we feel seen in the warmest way.

01/14/2022

Creativity is your gift just for being human. Use it.

Art, Movement, & Adventure
Join us for a 7 day, all-inclusive retreat in Pacific Guatemala catered to the creative soul.

Upcoming weeks:
*November 19 - 26, 2022
*February 18 - 25, 2023
*Feb 25 - March 4, 2023

Secure your deposit with us today:
www.RawEdgeRetreats.com/Guatemala

01/14/2022

We practice to know ourselves. We practice to create time to focus on the breath. We practice to get out of our mind and back into the body. Like creativity, when we practice yoga we are in flow. Letting the world melt around us, settling into our inner knowing, our place of creation, our Raw Edge. ⁠
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Learn more and reserve your spot with us at an upcoming Guatemala retreat at www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/14/2022

'Teach a woman to fish, and the stoke will be contagious'... or so the saying goes 🎣⁠
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Just a casual outing in the Guatemalan mangrove forest, exploring and fishing, guided by the locals ⁠
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You don't want to miss our next weeklong creative retreat: ⁠
November 19-26 2022⁠
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Learn more and reserve your spot at www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/14/2022

Watercolor sketching and swimming at sunset☀️⁠
should be a daily ceremony wherever you are.

01/14/2022

Many of us want to feel like we're enough, like we can contribute something while we're in this life, and have a good time doing it. ⁠
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A lifestyle overhaul is unsustainable, too big to take at once for most of us.⁠
It's the small shifts and pivots that make the biggest and most sustainable impact in our life over time.⁠
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Finding ways to be more creative in your daily life can be writing thoughts in a journal, learning a new recipe, or dabbling in any new artistic medium.⁠
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Here's to throwing perfection to the wind and allowing ourselves more creative freedom in this new year🍻⁠
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Raw Edge Creative Retreats⁠
Nov 2022 + Feb 2023⁠
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www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/14/2022

We’re all craving some level of community. Life has a way of isolating us into our roles, daily necessities and patterns, and we can easily forget how tribal we still are to our core, as part of being human.

Feeling extremely grateful for the open hearts and minds that accompanied us on the first Raw Edge retreat in Pacific Guatemala, November 2021.

We hope you’ll join us in 2022✨

www.RawEdgeRetreats.com to book your spot

01/14/2022

'I loved the art workshops. I loved learning about some of the specifics like the history of the mediums and colors. I had a hard time breaking out of my perfectionist self and just creating freely but I liked how we were encouraged to do that.'⁠
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~Raw Edge participant⁠
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Join us in 2022, book your spot now⁠
www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/06/2022

Meet the founders and creators of Raw Edge Creative Retreats: Bri Wenke and Rachel Priest.

01/06/2022

In Guatemala we explore new mediums in the daily art workshops. Play is not only encouraged, it is vital to any creative process.⁠
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The only thing you need to be able to do is show up with an open heart and an open mind.⁠
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The worst you can do is never try.⁠
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www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/06/2022

Daily yoga with up in the open air bungalow is part of the Raw Edge experience in Guatemala. All levels are welcome.⁠
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'I have never had such an amazing yoga experience and guide. One week has made me more confident and connected to my practice that I’ve been doing for years.'⁠
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-Raw Edge participant⁠
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Reserve your spot now for 2022/2023:⁠
www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/04/2022

Tap into your creative confidence, move on your yoga mat, explore with adventurous like-minds, build community.

Pacific Guatemala November 2022.

Reserve your spot today for 10% off your booking. Now through January only.

www.RawEdgeRetreats.com

01/04/2022

One thing is for certain: we eat like kings.⁠
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We knew the meals would be epic, but we could not have been prepared for THIS level of epic. Thank you for bringing your culinary magic to our creative retreat.⁠
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Join us on the next Raw Edge Creative Retreat in 2022!⁠
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01/04/2022

Adventure and creativity, all while supporting the local community via !⁠
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Each community activity supports sustainable tourism and employs the locals of El Paredon.⁠
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Everything... has to be a competition 😂⁠
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thanks for being epic hosts to this rowdy crew!

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It’s been a journey… but we’re just getting started. We thrilled to invite you on our next creative adventure: Pacific Guatemala November 13-20, 2021 Art ~ Yoga ~ Adventure All-inclusive, you simply book your own flight. Spots are limited. Learn more at RawEdgeRetreats.com @artbybri @rachelpriestyoga