“I can’t adequately explain the experience when people ask, but it seems to me perhaps like a work of art? First, you are alone with your thoughts or ideas; then, perhaps noticing something more – such as colorful spools of thread or seeing unique patterns and shades in the light. And soon there are also individual squares of lovely textured fabrics that have formed to include palpable elements of depth and soul. And then, before you know it, this all blossoms into one magnificent living quilt. Bound together by spirit. By love. By each other. By Feathered Pipe.”
— mindful unplug experience retreat attendee
26 July - 2 August 2025
Feathered Pipe Ranch - Helena, Montana
Rhythms pulse within us and all around us. Breath and heartbeat, tides and seasons, cycles of body and mind. Through mindfulness practices, we become aware of and entrain to these rhythms, their cadence animating the living current, which is our nature. Our ninth running of the homegrown Feathered Pipe Mindful Unplug is about deepening our exploration of these life affirming rhythms.
Mindful Unplug den mother and emcee Anne Jablonski guides daily yoga and mindful movement, dharma inquiry, meditation, and inspiring early morning forest immersion practices. Acknowledging that you are the primary architect for your own well-being, she uncovers creative ways that inspire you to become more friendly and intimate with your own inner landscape and wisdom within. Anne brings warmth and humor to sharing yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices, cultivating playful curiosity in your personal exploration of movement and contemplative wisdom traditions. Her intention is to have you return home with the tools and inspiration to reset mindfully and embrace a personal daily mindful movement and meditation practice.
The leader of Montana-based Drum Brothers, Matthew Marsolek, will join us for the entire Mindful Unplug week again in 2025. Widely known for his warm and engaging teaching style, Matthew shares a sumptuous variety of heart-opening sessions built around participatory sound, rhythm practices, and voice awareness. Simple guided exercises that open and free the voice, frequent song circles utilizing chants and songs gathered from his world music studies, and body rhythm practices are only a small sample of the rich palette of offerings this profoundly skilled teacher can share during our time together.
