The Canyon Within: A Harvest Gathering Weekend at 1440 (Commuter Pass)
About this Event
You have built a life that looks right from the outside. And still, some quiet part of you knows you’ve been walking in the dark. On August 28-30, The Canyon Within is a descent — into the place you’ve been carrying alone — and then a climb back up into the harvest: what all that hard work was actually for. The walks are gentle and always optional. The real journey is quiet, and inward, and safe.
Guided by 1440 Adjunct Faculty, Diné and Lithuanian author Tony Skrelūnas, you’ll learn a toolkit drawn from traditions that survived everything: Stone Breath to steady the nervous system in a single minute, gratitude and reflection to soften a hard inner voice, storytelling and journaling to turn your hardest chapters into strength. It’s woven with the 1440 Multiversity healing foods, meditation, sound baths, and forest walks — and with the Ancestral Kitchen, where a Navajo family turns the harvest into medicine you can taste. The Canyon Within is an intimate weekend of learning, restoration, and connection in nature, and a beautiful time to be curious.
The work of Tony Skrelūnas is enlivened at 1440 through his wellbeing curriculum. Each workshop resource is drawn from his novel Stone Breath and the body of work Tony has built for decades: Stone Breath, Gratitude Session, Ancestral Council, The Centering, Canyon Exercise, Museum of Proof, and the Headlamp Circle. Attendees will explore:
- Stone Breath — find your center in sixty seconds, anywhere.
- The Canyon Within — come back up carrying what you’d been avoiding, not running from it.
- Gratitude & Reflection — build resilience and soften a hard inner voice.
- Story & Journal — reframe your hardest chapters into strength.
- Belonging — a circle that remembers it was never meant to be carried alone.
- The Harvest Table — taste healing in the Ancestral Kitchen, and celebrate the year.
- And much more
Commuter Pass Pricing:
- Tickets are available for the full three-day program only, and are $1,000.70 ($950 tuition plus $50.70 sales tax).
- This ticket option is for day learning delegates who will be attending workshop sessions and meals only.
- Overnight accommodations are not available with this ticket option.
Commuter Pass Inclusions:
- The Canyon Within faculty-led program workshops
- A complimentary digital copy of Tony's novel Stone Breath: An Ancestral Code for Modern Lives — guests receive a download code before the weekend, so they arrive having met the stories the tools come from
- A printed Ancestral Watch guided journal — to write in through the weekend and keep
- All sustainable, locally sourced meals beginning with dinner on Friday and ending with lunch on Sunday
- Daily signature classes such as yoga, meditation, art, and movement activities (hiking, tai chi, and qigong)
- Access to campus amenities including Common Grounds Cafe and 4 miles of walking trails (infinity tub and fitness center are reserved for overnight guests only)
Meet Your Faculty Member, Tony Skrelūnas
DINÉ · LITHUANIAN · ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR · PhD CANDIDATE
“The wealth is not in front of you, waiting to be earned. It is behind you, waiting to be claimed.” – from The Ancestral Watch
Tony was raised on Black Mesa by his great‑grandmother Masan, who taught him to run at dawn with a stone in his mouth—not as ritual, but as technology. His Lithuanian grandfather drove 25 miles of dirt road each year to sit in a hogan and pass on a tradition that survived Soviet suppression. His grandfather Dineh Yazzie walked six miles a day and died at 103, surrounded by family.
He carries two lineages that have survived displacement, suppression, and the modern world’s noise. He spent decades leading economic development for the Navajo Nation, co‑founding clean energy companies, and running nationally acclaimed programs at Grand Canyon Trust. He is writing three books on what ancestral systems can teach the modern world.
Tony holds an MBA from Northern Arizona University and is a Standard Bearer Honoree in the Alumni Hall of Fame. An entrepreneur and author, his work spans wellness, technology, and agriculture, including The Ancestral Watch Series. He served three terms as Executive Director of Navajo Nation Economic & Government Development and is a co-founder of multiple ventures, including Navajo Power PBC. He was also the founding director of the Native America Program at Grand Canyon Trust for 14 years and is currently a PhD candidate in Sustainable Development Education.
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1440 is a philanthropic campus, and each booking contributes to serving our community by providing scholarships and volunteer services in support of creating hope for living well.
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