What if your life isn’t meant to move in a straight line
- but in seasons?
Was this the story you adopted?
📈 Grow fast
💪 Stay strong
🧗🏼♂️Keep climbing
⏩ Always forward
🏭 Always more
Real life doesn’t work like that. It moves in spirals - we return over and over again, not because we’ve failed, but because we are being formed.
The Spiral and Compass is an older way of masculinity, shaped by the seasons.
Every season has its discipline
Every season has its challenge
Every season has its gift
We don’t need stronger men.
We need seasoned ones.
Step into the spiral.
Find your compass.
✨ SPRING
➡️ New beginnings, wonder, and vision
▶️ Innocent and Holy Fool archetypes
🔆 SUMMER
⬇️ Vitality, wildness, and belonging
▶️ Warrior & Wild Indigenous One archetypes
🍂 FALL
⬅️ Shadows, descent, mystery, and soul.
▶️ Lover & Beloved archetypes
❄️ WINTER
⬆️ Wisdom, stillness, competence, and strength
▶️ King and Nurturing Generative Adult archetypes
THIS 3-DAY RETREAT GUIDES MEN THROUGH ALL 4 SEASONS WITH ⬇️
⭕ COUNCIL
🕯️ RITUAL
🪵 NAUTURE
🎵 MUSIC
🎙️ TEACHINGS
“To everything, Turn! Turn! Turn!”
🎵 The Byrds
“To everything there is a season.”
📖 Ecclesiastes 3
Warwick, New York
October 2-4th, 2026
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Matthew Ray Lyda drives a 2012 Honda minivan sporting a unicorn license plate, with three glorious children who could not care less about his credentials and post-nominals like: Soul Companion, Author, Pastoral Sex Addiction Professional, Masters in Theology, blah, blah, blah!
What men are saying about RTW men’s retreats
“I broke through 50-year-old barriers.”
“This changed my perspective”
“It reminded me of what is important. So encouraging.”
“Worthwhile. The sparks of transformation.”
“It was an extraordinary and memorable weekend. I cherish the memories and know I will for a long time.”
“Try to accept the changing seasons of your heart, even if they seem strange to you. ”
Rumi
What men are saying about other Recover The Wild Retreats
“Eye-opening”
“Healing and reconnecting ”
“I’m renewed”