The Nine Elements of Human Existence
Become Human Again.
Come in. Slow down. Connect. Create. Eat. Move. Feel. Reflect. Grow.
The 9 is an experiential wellness and community-building experience designed to help people reconnect with themselves, with others, and with the parts of life that make us feel fully alive.
- Love
- Vulnerability
- Food
- Creativity
- Strength
- Touch
- Meditation & Focus
- Mindfulness & Mindlessness
- Relationships
The Story of The 9
Real experiences for becoming human again.
The 9 is an experiential wellness and community-building experience designed to help people slow down, reconnect with themselves, and reconnect with one another.
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What it is
An experience, not a program. The 9 gathers people around the nine elements of human existence — love, vulnerability, food, creativity, strength, touch, meditation and focus, mindfulness and mindlessness, and relationships.
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What happens
Creativity, movement, shared food, conversation, reflection, rest, and play — guided, unhurried, and built for people who arrive as strangers and leave as something closer.
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What it is not
Not a traditional therapy program. Not a religious program. Nobody arrives broken and nobody leaves fixed — you come to experience, participate, and reconnect.
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Who it is for
Anyone ready to step away from the pace and pressure of everyday life — and organizations, workplaces, colleges, nonprofits, recovery programs, and retreat groups who want to create that for their people.
Attend
Workshops
Focused two-to-three-hour experiences built around creativity, movement, food, reflection, conversation, and connection.
Suggested donation: $20. Nobody is excluded for inability to pay. Explore WorkshopsJoin
Retreats
Longer immersive experiences bringing all nine elements together through community, nature, meals, movement, and rest.
Locations and pricing vary. Sliding scale when possible. Explore Retreats
The Nine Elements of Human Existence
You do not come to The 9 to be fixed. You come to experience, participate, and reconnect.
Our Experiences
Ways back to what makes us human.
Rest, movement, touch, creativity, and community — each one a doorway into the same nine elements.
Attend
Workshops
Two to three hours of making, moving, and sharing a table.
Join
Retreats
Weekends and multi-day immersions in nature.
Rest
Spa
Treatments designed around stillness rather than luxury.
Receive
Massage Therapy
Healing through safe, intentional touch.
Move
Yoga
Movement that reconnects body and mind, every level welcome.
Host
Bring The 9
For organizations, workplaces, colleges, nonprofits, and recovery programs.
From The 9
The places we gather.
The Next Gathering
Every room starts with the people who said yes first.