MISSION
Spirit Canoe Lodge supports the journey of the Human Spirit, building community, and healing our relationship with the Natural World.
VISION
A world where Humans live in harmony with themselves, each other, and the Earth.
ROOTS
Founded in 2010, Spirit Canoe Lodge is a retreat and shamanic teaching center located deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The name for this lodge came from the vision of the human “spirit canoe” journeying in the stream of life. Providing a sacred space for community gatherings, ceremonies, and workshops, we are focused on personal and collective evolution.
SHAMANIC LINEAGE
Our Shamanic offerings come from The Twisted Hairs tradition of Turtle Island, a Metis (mixed blood) lineage whose vision is to seed future generations with Beauty, Power, Knowledge, and Freedom, "twisting braids of truth".
For more about this path visit: www.dtmms.org.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Spirit Canoe Lodge acknowledges that the land in Northwestern North Carolina, including Warrensville and Ashe County, is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. We recognize the Cherokee people as the original stewards of this land, water, and air, and honor their enduring connection to this place, past, present, and future.
COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit since 2018, Spirit Canoe Lodge is sustained by a devoted community of volunteers whose passions align with our mission and vision. Deeply loved by both local neighbors and long-distance travelers, Spirit Canoe Lodge is a place many return to again and again—often bringing friends—drawn by a shared longing for peace, connection, reciprocity, and belonging.