About this event

FORGE is a three-day women’s immersion at Kenshō Stables in Wimberley, Texas, built around strength, embodiment, reclamation and unapologetic self-expression. Expect a weekend that feels equal parts ranch gathering, movement experience, ritual space and beautifully curated women’s event. The vibe is elevated but wild, grounded but not overly polished, intimate, feminine, fiery and deeply communal. Across the weekend, guests will move through a powerful lineup of experiences including equine-facilitated work, women’s jiu-jitsu, pole flow and embodied movement, somatic rage release, breathwork, nervous-system practices, ritual, live music, fire performances and intentional integration. The full $1,777 weekend experience includes Friday through Sunday access, done-for-you camping at the ranch, chef-curated meals, Friday opening dinner and fire ceremony, all Saturday programming, the Saturday night Night Fire gathering, Sunday integration and a closing Cowgirl Brunch. Guests can expect to get dirty, move their bodies, laugh, sweat, dance, eat well, sit around the fire, connect with incredible women and experience parts of themselves that don’t always get invited into traditional wellness spaces. This is not a retreat centered on becoming softer, calmer or more “fixed.” FORGE is about taking up space, reconnecting with instinct, strength and pleasure, and leaving feeling more alive, expressed and connected.

Organizer

Hosted by Avia Collective.

Avia Collective is an experience design studio creating transformative retreats, gatherings, and place-based experiences rooted in meaningful human connection, embodiment, and a deeper relationship with place. While much of our work has been shaped by the wild landscapes and regenerative communities of Costa Rica, Avia Collective has a strong tether to Texas. Austin is part of our story, our community, and the network of women, founders, creatives, and experience-makers we have grown alongside for years. Kenshō Stables, tucked into the Texas Hill Country outside Austin, has become a natural home for that expression of Avia’s work. The ranch offers something increasingly rare: space to get out of the city, into the body, and closer to the land without traveling halfway across the world. Our gatherings at Kenshō bring the spirit of Avia home to Texas—pairing the depth and intentionality of a destination retreat with the accessibility of a weekend gathering. Through experiences like FORGE and future community events, we are creating an ongoing place for women to gather, reconnect with themselves and one another, and explore what becomes possible when we make room for more aliveness, expression, courage, and connection. For us, Kenshō isn’t simply a venue. It is partner in the ecosystem we are building: a Texas home base for community, ritual, movement, nature, and experiences that bring people back to what feels most alive in them.