A Restful, Week-Long River Trip to Reconnect & Reset
Looking For A Week of Rest?
I don’t know about you all, but this time of year I am feeling the bottle neck of my spring workload before the wild energy of summer hits. I’m also low-key looking into my autumn wondering if I will have given myself enough time to re-charge before another mountain town winter snows me in. Maybe I’m biased1, but there are few places in the world that nourish and refill my cup and sense of purpose more than a multi-day river trip.
Here at The Art of Rest, we could not be more excited to be hosting our first water-based, week-long experience of rest and reconnection.
Join us on the Main Salmon with Hughes River Expeditions for a Beautiful Week to Connect, Restore, and Sink Into a Conscious Relationship with Yourself and Nature.
Conscious in the Current is the first ever Hughes River Expeditions2 Restorative Wellness trip on the Main Salmon. Conscious in the Current is a curated week of intentional connection, community and conscious practices. The week is structured in for you to participate in as much or as little of the guided practices that feel right. Instead of bringing outside facilitators into the world of The Main Salmon, this week on the water is created, led, and fostered by guides who have a deep love and intimacy for this particular watershed.
The experienced guides at Hughes will be providing optional opportunities and invitations such as: contemplative nature-based walks, gentle daily inquiries, facilitated mindfulness practices, lightly guided movements, and daily opportunities to share your experiences collectively in community.
This is a perfect trip for conservationists, therapists, space-holders, storytellers and creatives to connect more deeply with themselves in nature. It is an ideal trip for anyone finding themselves needing a “reset” in their everyday lives, lightly guided by experienced and compassionate hands.
The guides and creators of this trip have several decades of collective experience, are well-seasoned in this specific canyon and have backgrounds as mindfulness teachers, movement facilitators, therapists, breath workers, and deeply lovable human beings. They are so excited to spend intentional time with you in this space.
To our knowledge, no other week-long river experience like this exists—don't miss out.
Resting and Rafting on the Main Salmon River
The Main Salmon River is a breathtaking, first-class Class III-IV whitewater river with an abundance of indigenous history3, pristine flora and fauna, and breathtaking canyon views. Nestled in the present-day Frank Church Wilderness, there are few places in the world to be both as comfortable and as remote. You’re guaranteed soothing views of mighty Ponderosa pines and sage brush forests, as well as an incredible variety of wildlife from majestic bighorn sheep to otters and kingfishers.
Along the way are healing waters of natural hot springs, vivid pictographs, as well as remnants of pre-colonial indigenous life and homesteads from the past two hundred years of white settlement. Each night we create a home in a mixture of large beaches, grassy benches, orchards and remnants of those who have called this place home before us.
Unplug and Reconnect in Nature
The guides on this trip have several decades of collective experience, are well-seasoned and invested in relationship with this specific canyon. The guides who co-created this trip have thoughtfully curated opportunities to connect deeply with specific and unique areas of the Main Salmon river corridor.
Traveling down this free-flowing Wild and Scenic River, you will have the opportunity to feel:
The expansiveness of a natural, erosive watershed system
The potent life-death-life cycle of affected wildfire areas
The beauty and reverence of old-growth Ponderosa Pine, Mountain Mahogany, and Ancient Pacific Yew Trees
The human and more than human history that has loved these canyons for centuries
Each new landscape will be paired with a thoughtful and unique invitation to deepen into a conscious inquiry. We will be prioritizing deep rest, unique story, and personal meaning.
Creating Community in the Current
Conscious in the Current looks forward to building community with you. Since we will be traveling together for a week, we’re looking to keep the experience intimate. This year we’re capping the trip at 14 spots to ensure there is enough space and time for a personalized experience, as well as the ability to engage with other individuals seeking a similar type of rest and connection.
Whether you’re hoping to embark on this adventure solo, or look forward to deepening into intentional time with a close friend—we encourage you to book your spot early.
Is there someone you know who would benefit from a week of deep, connective rest? Help us spread the word.
Want To Learn More?
If you’re interested in joining us for Conscious in the Current please feel free to email us at dagnyrose@theartofrest.me for more information. We’d love to share our favorite place with you.
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A Bit About Our Partner...Hughes River Expeditions
Hughes River Expeditions, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Department of the Interior. HRE is permitted by the following agencies to outfit on the respective National Forests and National Public Lands: Salmon-Challis National Forest – Middle Fork of the Salmon and Main Salmon rivers. Cottonwood Field Office, Bureau of Land Management – Lower Salmon River. Bitterroot National Forest – Selway River. HRE is an officially licensed outfitter by the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board (3405 and 21104); State of Montana, Board of Outfitters (OUT-OUT- LIC-40799). 6400 Caras Lane, Lolo, MT 59847 (PO Box 218) - (406) 540-4450 - info@hughesriver.com
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