Join PeaceTree along with Lauren McElroy, Knitting Designer and Meditation Leader (Mother of Purl)

The Path of the Heart
A creative journey back to yourself
Red Clover Ranch, Wisconsin

Held at Red Clover Ranch, this retreat unfolds in rhythm with the land. Open skies, prairie grasses, and the gentle hush of rural Wisconsin create a natural invitation to slow down. Here, time stretches. Breath deepens. The nervous system remembers how to settle.

Designed for fiber artists, this gathering offers rest as a starting place. Rest for tired hands and busy minds. Rest that comes from morning light across fields, the steady presence of animals, and evenings wrapped in quiet. At Red Clover Ranch, rest is not an interruption to creativity, it is what allows creativity to return.

From this grounded stillness, inspiration emerges. Making becomes a listening practice. Fiber connects us to place: wool, thread, texture, and touch echo the agricultural roots of the land beneath our feet. As hands move, the heart follows. Joy rises naturally through the simple act of creating without urgency or expectation.

This retreat is a weaving of interconnectedness. With the land and its cycles. With one another in shared meals, shared silence, and shared making. With the inner voice that longs to be heard. In this gentle container, heart healing is supported through creativity, presence, and community. Each participant is invited to sing their heart’s song in their own way, through fiber, form, or quiet knowing.

At Red Clover Ranch, gifts are offered freely and received with grace. There is compassion for the pace each person carries, patience for the creative process, and spaciousness for whatever arises. This is a place where nothing needs to be fixed or proven. Only felt.

The Path of the Heart is not about producing work. It is about returning. To joy. To belonging. To the deep remembering that happens when creativity is rooted in land, care, and connection.

Christine - peacetreefiberadventures@gmail.com

Lauren - contact@motherofpurl.net