Meet the Team
About Wild Women Hawai'i
Wild Women Hawai'i was founded by Michelle Gallagher Escobar for mutual support, empowerment, and sisterhood in a nonjudgmental safe space. What started as free monthly outdoor sharing circles, dance classes, and workshops, alchemized into blissful weekend wellness retreats. Most women who attend our retreats are in midlife, however, we welcome wild women of all ages from 21 to 70+. Many are residents of Hawai'i although women from around the world are welcome and wanted. Our retreats are not designed for exploration of Hawai'i. Instead, we settle into one amazing location and sink into ourselves for the entire event. This encourages us to let down our guards, manifest relaxation and healing, and find our roots as we rewild ourselves not just in nature but in humanity as women.
The term "Wild Woman" comes from Clarissa Pinkola Estes in her book Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype which has received an international following and a succession of hundreds if not thousands of unrelated (although connected as women) Wild Woman, Wild Women tribes and sisterhoods. Wild Women Hawai'i is one such sisterhood tribe. Inspired by the authentic Celtic-centered Wild Women Retreats in the UK, Wild Women Hawai'i stands on its own authentic two feet and serves the needs of the diversity of women in Hawai'i and beyond.
Each retreat has a theme, or a name, to symbolize a specific focus, however, the constant values for all Wild Women Hawai'i retreats remain the same:
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Cultivate joy and social wellness - a unique fusion of experiences and opportunities for women to become more connected, compassionate, and joyful.
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Sisterhood connection and emotional wellness - an integrated bonding of mind, body, and spirit. A support network. Not a business network, but a genuine “I see you” empathetic kinship network where we are seen, heard, and heartfelt with no strings attached.
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Wild and natural locations for environmental wellness as we rewild, connect with nature, and honor the wild woman within.
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Freedom to be ourselves without judgment. Here, we are free to be our true selves as long as we are kind and accepting of one another.