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Our Experiences

From first-time hunters to seasoned outdoorsmen, each experience is designed to deepen your connection to the land, the animals, and yourself.

Featured Experience

Hunting Immersion

A transformational 2-day journey from observer to provider. Honor the ancient rite of passage.

Honor Your Rite of Passage — Learn to Hunt

Honor Your Rite of Passage - Learn to Hunt

Ancestor Life Hunting Immersion is not a recreational workshop, but a structured hunting initiation into responsibility, skill, and sovereignty. This immersion is designed for men and women who feel the call to reconnect with the land, understand where food truly comes from, and step into the discipline of ethical harvest.

Part 1: The Hunter Intensive

The Hunter Intensive is a guided journey into the full arc of the hunting experience.

Participants will move through:

• Gear consultation and field preparation

• Understanding terrain and locating big game

• Ethical harvest principles

• Live ungulate harvest ceremony

• Field dressing and pack out

• Wilderness skills and base camp integration

• Closing feast honoring the animal

This experience is not about conquest or ego.

We participate in the cycle of life, not domination of it.

Every step is taught with discipline, safety, and deep respect for life and nature.

Part 2: The Firearms Intensive

The Firearms Intensive develops competence and confidence under expert guidance.

The Training includes:

• Rifle and pistol fundamentals

• Ammunition knowledge

• Safety protocols

• Hunting strategies

• Long-range shooting introduction

This component builds technical skill anchored in responsibility.

Mastery begins with control, awareness, and restraint.

You will leave not only more capable, but more grounded.

Ammunition & Caliber Mastery

This is not a shooting course, but a practical education in how firearms and ammunition function, and how to apply them ethically in the field.

Students learn:

Bullet construction: lead core, bonded, partition, and monolithic copper

Lead-free vs. lead-based performance and California compliance

Terminal ballistics and expansion thresholds

Matching projectile design to animal and distance

We develop caliber consciousness, the ability to confidently select the appropriate cartridge, bullet weight, and platform for the intended use.

The right tool. The right context. No guesswork.

Platforms & Calibers Included

Training includes hands-on experience with modern hunting platforms such as:

Bolt Action: 6.5mm PRC, 7mm PRC

Lever Action: .45-70, .44 Magnum

Pistol: .22 Magnum, 10mm, .44 Magnum

Modern Sporting Rifles: AR-10 and AR-15 platforms

Each platform is used to illustrate practical application, recoil management, ballistic performance, and ethical field considerations.

Real-World Distance Training

Skill is built across practical hunting distances:

15 yards

100–300 yards

500–750 yards

Then training is conducted on professional-grade AR500 steel targetsproviding immediate feedback and reinforcing accountability at a distance.

For many hunters, 500–750 yards exceeds their maximum effective range on game. We train beyond typical hunting distances to strengthen fundamentals so common field shots feel controlled and confident.

Maximum effective range is defined by the shooter’s ability to consistently execute successful shots under realistic hunting conditions. Some experienced shooters, with substantial practice and validated performance, are capable of ethically executing extended-range shots when skill, equipment, and conditions align.

The focus is disciplined judgment, not distance for its own sake.

A Neutral, Inclusive Environment

This program is politically neutral and gender inclusive.

It is grounded in responsibility, safety, and ethical harvest, not party affiliation or identity. It does not discriminate based on gender, race, religion, or background. All participants are held to the same standards of professionalism, accountability, and respect.

We are cultivating proficiency and confidence in modern hunting tools, together.

Eligibility Requirements

Participants must present a valid government-issued photo ID and attest that they are legally permitted to possess firearms under applicable state and federal law.

Safety and lawful participation are non-negotiable.

  • 2 days

  • 10 spots

  • Location: San Diego, CA

  • Dates: May 16-17

Upcoming Programs

Future Experiences

We're developing new programs to serve hunters at every stage of their journey. Join the waitlist to be notified when enrollment opens.

San Diego (D16) Deer Hunt

Sovereign Leadership Intensive

Ancestor Life Hunting Immersion is not a recreational workshop, but a structured hunting initiation into responsibility, skill, and sovereignty. This immersion is designed for men and women who feel the call to reconnect with the land, understand where food truly comes from, and step into the discipline of ethical harvest.

Who This Is For

This intensive is for you if:

• You carry responsibility for others and feel the weight of it

• Your success has outgrown your internal alignment

• You make decisions fast but question them later

• You want to lead without burnout

• You are ready to lead from presence, aligned with your core values

This is not entry-level leadership work. This program is designed for those ready to elevate life, love, and legacy.

What You Will Experience

Reconnect & Thrive™ introduces the foundations of sovereignty through body work, mental clarity, and grounded challenges.

You will experience:

• A personal leadership clarity audit

• Emotional mastery and body recalibration ( Kundalini work )

• The Integrity Trinity: Truth, Trust, Tenderness

• Decision-grade clarity processes

• Shadow pattern recognition in leadership

• The transition from performance to presence

This is an experiential retreat, so you will not sit and listen.

This retreat requires you to participate, reflect, and recalibrate, so you can expereince cungruence that lasts longer than the intensive.

3-day Program

This is a 3-day in-person intensive.

Day 1: Reconnection

Identifying where your leadership is fragmented and where you are overcompensating or underdelivering.

Day 2: Truth

Deep clarity work around decisions, relationships, and internal contradictions.

Day 3: Integration.

Rebuilding your leadership operating system around sovereignty and coherence.

The Outcome

By the end of this intensive, you will:

• Know exactly what is misaligned

• Understand your current leadership stage

• Have clarity on your next congruency cut

• Feel grounded instead of stretched

• Lead from choice instead of reaction

You leave with internal authority restored.

Why This Matters?

When leaders are incongruent, organizations fracture.

When they are coherent, culture stabilizes.

Reconnect & Thrive™ is the gateway into deeper pathways and longer sovereign mentorship containers.

This intensive is where clarity becomes congruent with who you are.

V.I.P. Seat:

Includes:

– Everything in Standard

– Private 90-minute Clarity Booster™ before or after

– Priority hot seat

– Private evening experiences during the retreat

– Direct integration call 30 days after

  • 3-days

  • 12 spots + 4 VIP spots

  • Locations: Italy, Sora - Province of Frosinone

  • Dates: September 11-13

Shadow Hunt -

Deer (San Diego-D16)

Beyond Traditional Luxury

This experience is intentionally simple.

You will not find polished luxury or curated perfection. You will find real spaces, natural surroundings, and a way of life connected to the land.

The comfort here comes from space, silence, nature, and the rhythm of each day.

The focus is not on how things look, but on how you feel. The refinement of this experience lives in what cannot be manufactured, the food you prepare, the land you walk, the body you reconnect with, and the pace you return to.

If you are looking for polished luxury, this is not the place.

If you are looking for something real, grounded, and deeply felt, you will recognize the value of what is here.

Who This Is For

This intensive is for you if:

• You carry responsibility for others and feel the weight of it

• Your success has outgrown your internal alignment

• You make decisions fast but question them later

• You want to lead without burnout

• You are ready to lead from presence, aligned with your core values

This is not entry-level leadership work. This program is designed for those ready to elevate life, love, and legacy.

What You Will Experience

Reconnect & Thrive™ introduces the foundations of sovereignty through body work, mental clarity, and grounded challenges.

You will experience:

• A personal leadership clarity audit

• Emotional mastery and body recalibration ( Kundalini work )

• The Integrity Trinity: Truth, Trust, Tenderness

• Decision-grade clarity processes

• Shadow pattern recognition in leadership

• The transition from performance to presence

This is an experiential retreat, so you will not sit and listen.

This retreat requires you to participate, reflect, and recalibrate, so you can expereince cungruence that lasts longer than the intensive.

5-day Program

5-DAY EXPERIENCE FLOW

This is about immersion and reset.

You touch everything once, in a natural way.

Day 1 – Arrival & Landing

Arrival, welcome, settling into the space

Light movement or grounding session

Shared dinner

The body starts to slow down

Day 2 – Nature & Body

Morning yoga or breathwork

Guided hike through the forest or mountains

Afternoon bodywork workshop with Gwen

Evening shared meal

You reconnect with your body and the land

Day 3 – Culture & Creation

Morning movement

Pasta or cheese-making workshop

Village walk and exploration

Optional massage or rest

Evening shared meal

Freestyle activity

You are not observing local life, you are part of it, working with your hands, moving with your body, and fully present in what you are doing.

Day 4 – Deep Nature Experience

Longer hike to the waterfall

Time in water and nature

Afternoon integration or bodywork session

Evening slow dinner

This is where the reset happens

Day 5 – Closing & Integration

Morning practice

Slow breakfast

Closing moment

You leave feeling different, and for those who stay, a freestyle experience opportunity.

10-day Program

Day 6 – Land & Rhythm

Morning movement

Return to the land of harvest, and walk through olive orchards and vineyards, experiencing how the land is cultivated and cared for.

Afternoon "Visit and Tasting": Discover the history and experience in biodynamic agriculture.

Evening shared meal

You move with the rhythm instead of following it.

Day 7 – Body & Practice

Morning practice

Extended bodywork and massage workshop with Gwen

Afternoon: Practice giving and receiving

Evening shared meal

Your sensitivity and awareness deepen, all practices are done fully clothed in a comfortable and respectful setting.

Day 8 – Exploration & Choice

Morning movement

Open day to explore nature, Discovering Pescosolido by E-Bike or

Optional guided activity or session

Evening shared meal

You choose how you spend your day

Day 9 – Space & Stillness

Light morning movement

Horseback ride with aperitif at the high-altitude refuge

Free flow for the rest of the day, time to rest, be in nature, or take space for Evening shared meal and a closing bonfire together

Everything settles without effort

Day 10 – Closing & Departure

Morning practice

Shared breakfast & closing experience

Departure

You leave grounded, clear, and connected (2pm CET)

The Outcome

By the end of your time here, you will:

• Feel more at ease in your body

• Move at a slower, more natural pace

• Feel more connected to nature and your surroundings

• Experience food, touch, and daily life with more awareness

• Have space in your mind instead of constant input

You leave feeling rested, clear, and connected to yourself.

  • 5-10-days

  • 12 spots Experience / 8 spots Immersion

  • Locations: Italy, Sora - Province of Frosinone

  • Dates: September 18-27

Your Transformation Awaits

From Observer

to Provider.

Stop consuming food without connection. Step into the field, honor the animal, and carry that experience with you for the rest of your life.

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