8th Wellness Retreat!
Our Theme: "How Can I Help?
May 30-31, 2026
9:00am - 5:00pm
UNC-Asheville
Barb will be presenting three sessions. A behavior class: Peace and Harmony at Home (Where Do We Start?). And two training classes: What, Why, When, How? (Tricks Unraveled)
https://www.phoenixlanding.org/wellnessretreat.html
Our 2026 Wellness Retreat will be more interactive, with many opportunities for attendees to participate and learn through interaction, discussion, and hands-on activities.
For example, during the training sessions, some audience members will have the opportunity to learn trick training or techniques for teaching husbandry behaviors. There will be a mini wet-lab for gram stain learners. Together we will build PVC stands and a foraging table which will be auctioned on Sunday.
Many of speakers will present photos, videos, or case studies and ask you to help determine if there is a problem and what possible solutions might be. Perhaps you need to learn the proper way to hold or towel a bird or learn to provide medications and give injections, etc.
Of course, we will have our usual array of helpful lectures about a wide variety of topics. A draft agenda is under construction. We plan to have FOUR simultaneous tracks, similar to our past Wellness Retreats, so there is SOMETHING for EVERYONE!
