Weird and Wild in the Woods Camping Retreat for Women ~ Round 2 coming in 2026!!!
Our first annual Weird and Wild in the Woods Camping Retreat for Women took place Sept 2025 and it was SO. MUCH. FUN.
It truly felt like summer camp meets women’s retreat meet party in the woods! As one of our Weird and Wild Sisters said,
I’ve never felt so at home with strangers.
If you would love to join us next year, start by getting on the early bird list!
When the details are finalized for 2026 (we’re contemplating having a Spring and Fall option) YOU will be the first to know! Get access to accommodations first, special early bird pricing and have the best shot at claiming one of the Weird and Wild Attendee spots! Simply fill out the form below and we’ll send you the info when we’re all set to get weird and wild!!
Here’s what we got into in 2025…
🗓 Friday – Sunday, September 12-14 2025 | ⛺️Cosby, TN in the Smoky Mountains
Where summer camp meets women’s retreat meets a primitive party in the woods! Unplug and unmask in the heart of nature with a fun, magical, down-to-earth community.
Let your weird and wild flag fly!
Imagine a judgement free zone and welcoming, supportive, FUN space to explore and reclaim your weird and wild nature!!! Through embodying more of our weird and wild nature, we reclaim more of our power.
We’re talking a hike/dance through the Smokies, self love body painting, talking to trees, weird wardrobe party, somatic education and intuition development, morning movement that feels good and crystal bowl meditations, fun games and DIY fairy houses, dancing around the fire, dips in mountain streams, all complete with healthy, nourishing meals.
As an added BONUS, retreat attendees will be invited to gather for a complimentary Pre-retreat somatic workshop on zoom, “Cultivating Inner Safety” ($120 value!)
We’ll explore simple but powerful somatic tools to create calm, safety, stability and groundedness in the body so you can move through life calmer and arrive at the retreat grounded and resourced before gettin’ weird and wild! Receive the zoom workshop invite upon registration.
What do we mean by Weird and Wild, exactly?
This event was inspired last summer when I went to the woods to recharge because I was feeling low. I found myself dancing weirdly and wildly barefoot in a mountain stream by myself, and I thought “how freaking fun would this be with other women on a camping retreat?!” And the name “Weird and Wild in the Woods ” was given to me. A year later it’s coming to fruition!
Weird: “of strange or extraordinary character : ODD, FANTASTIC, relating to or caused by the supernatural: MAGICAL”
Weird derives from the Old English noun wyrd, essentially meaning “fate” and the power to control one’s destiny.
Wild: living in a state of nature; not subject to restraint or regulation : UNCONTROLLED, deviating from the intended or expected course; a wild, free, or natural state
“To be a wild woman means to establish territory, to find one’s pack, to be in one’s body with certainty and pride regardless of the body’s gifts and limitations, to speak and act in one’s behalf, to be aware, alert, to draw on the innate feminine powers of intuition and sensing, to come into one’s cycles, to find what one belongs to, to rise with dignity, to retain as much consciousness as possible” – ‘Women Who Run With the Wolves’ by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.
We’ll have experiences to explore and express our weirdness in all definitions of the word — strange, magical, odd, supernatural, fantastic and experiences to connect with our wild nature.
What happens in the woods, stays in the woods.
Tentative Schedule and What to Expect:
Friday:
- 3:00-5:45 pm Check-in and camp set up
- 6:00 pm: Welcome Dinner
- 7:15 pm: Release your F*cks Weird and Wild fire Circle
- 10:00 pm: Quiet hours
Saturday:
- 8:00 am: Crystal Sound Bowl Meditation & Qoya inspired movement class
- 9:15 am: Breakfast
- 10:30 am: Leave for Smoky Mountain National Park
- 10:45 am Morning Circle – Intuition development, talking to trees & cyclical living
- 12:15 pm: Picnic Lunch
- 1:15 pm: Weird Wardrobe and self love body ‘painting’
- 1:45 pm: Weird and Wild hike, dance and swim in the Smokies
- 4:30 pm: Return to camp & Free time
- 6:15 pm: Dinner
- 7:15 pm Fire Circle, Smores, and “Oracle” Improv
- 10:00 pm: Quiet hours
Sunday:
- 8:00 am: Aroma yoga Chakra movement journey & Crystal Sound Bowl Meditation
- 9:15 am: Breakfast
- 10:15 am: Fairy Houses
- 11:15 pm: Closing Circle
- 12:15 pm: Lunch
- 1:15 pm: Weird, wild, and on your way!
The Campground:
This family owned, heavily-wooded 40 acre campground is just outside Cosby, TN nestled in the Cherokee National Forest at the foot of the Smoky Mountain National Park.
We will have the entire campground to ourselves!!!!
There are 3 secluded rustic camping cabins that sleep 3 each. $355 for a spot in a shared cabin which includes all meals.
There are 2 camping areas with space for multiple tents. $330 for BYO tent camping which includes all meals. There are a few tent sites that are more private if you prefer that.
Tents are not provided and attendees will need to bring their own. The exact location of the campground will be provided upon registration.
This will be a Primitive Experience.
There are bathroom facilities at the campground with running water, flushing toilets, cold-water sinks and 2 cold water showers.
There is no electricity and no cell service at the campground. There is limited internet access at the check-in cabin if you need to briefly connect with family or loved ones.
We’re going FULL FERAL, almost. hehe
The food:
Nourishing and healthy meals will be provided as well as coffee/tea. You will be able to list your dietary restrictions on the registration form.
Feel free to bring your own snacks and an air tight container to store them in.
Please also bring your own water, water container and other non-alcoholic beverages of your choice as this will be a non alcoholic retreat.
Grab a friend and JOIN US!!
There are 9 total cabin spots, 3 spots in each cabin.
Shared cabin: $355
Grab a cabin spot here
Tent camping: $330
Grab a tent spot here
Both options include all meals, activities and the pre-retreat “Cultivating Inner Safety” Workshop on Zoom (workshop valued at $120!!)
IF FLYING IN: Because of damage from Hurricane Helene in the Asheville, North Carolina and East Tennessee areas, if flying in, I recommend flying into and out of Knoxville instead of Asheville. You would encounter partially closed roads, bridges, and construction between the Asheville Airport and Cosby.
I can’t wait to get weird and wild with you!!!
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Your facilitator and retreat creator:
Meg Campell is a trauma-informed Intuitive Somatic Emotions Coach with certifications in holistic health, cyclical living, Qoya-inspired movement, energy healing and trauma healing. Everything Meg facilitates is through a trauma-informed lens and she’s passionate about blending somatic wisdom, intuitive guidance, cyclical wisdom, movement and play to create unique experiences and spaces where women feel deeply safe, seen, and free to be exactly who they are. Meg is a goofball at heart, adventurer, traveler, and lives part time on a sailboat with her kitty, doggy and partner, Kevin. She loves dancing, rock climbing, art, nature, animals and is always up for trying new things.