The Ancestral Watch

The work of Tony Skrelūnas is enlivened at 1440 through his Ancestral Watch 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. Through these tools, attendees will learn to:

• Use breathwork to calm the nervous system and improve focus
• Apply gratitude and reflection practices to build resilience and rewire outlook
• Access inner wisdom through guided visualization and perspective shifts
• Reframe challenges into strength through storytelling and journaling
• Develop simple, portable rituals for stress, clarity, and daily resilience
• And much more

This intimate workshop is limited to just 15 attendees, ensuring an immersive experience in the redwoods.

This immersive retreat is all-inclusive, so you can focus on wonder, learning and growth. Pricing starts at $1,100 plus tax for this weekend program ($430 per night plus $240 workshop tuition), and includes:

• The Ancestral Watch program workshops
• Overnight accommodations (shared Pod or private room)
• All sustainable, locally sourced meals beginning with dinner on Friday and ending with lunch on Sunday
• Up to three daily signature classes such as yoga, meditation, art, and movement activities (hiking, tai chi, and qigong)
• Access to campus amenities including the infinity-edge hot tub, 4 miles of walking trails, and the fitness center

As a nonprofit philanthropic campus, each booking contributes to serving our community by providing scholarships and volunteer services in support of creating hope for living well.

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.