Napa Valley · 2026

A collective of
teachers, healers,
and neighbors —
ready to gather.

For the locals, practitioners, and curious people who sense there's more here than what's on the surface.

Register for a Class The Longer Vision
What This Is

The valley
is the classroom.

The valley is full of people who know things. They just rarely find each other. This school is what happens when they do.

The original meaning of school is scholē: free time chosen not for productivity, but for what is worth understanding. Time set apart to tend something that matters.

The restoration of a place begins with the restoration of its people's attention.
01
Small by design
10 to 14 people per gathering. Close to the land, the teacher, each other.
02
Seasonal calendar
90 minutes to a full day. Some overnight. All between Napa and Calistoga.
03
Rooted in place
In a home, on the land, or somewhere in between.
04
A longer arc
This is the beginning. Apprenticeships, residencies, and a school in the truest sense are what we're building toward.
2026 Gatherings

What's
Coming Up.

Salons, workshops, community evenings, and overnight gatherings — all between Napa and Calistoga. For locals and visitors alike. Spaces are small by design.

Show up open. The rest follows.

No experience required. Wear layers, bring water and a mat. The Restore School has multiple locations. Some classes happen outdoors and in spaces that may not have indoor access. Come prepared and with a spirit of self-sufficiency.

Open fire cooking, Napa Valley
The Longer Vision

From gathering
to transformation.

The Restore School is experimental by design, and consistent in the core vision of connection to land and community. What it becomes is shaped by shared responsibility: the practitioners who teach, the places that open, and the people who show up. As the community grows, so does the school.

Now · 2026
The Gatherings
Seasonal workshops and overnight events. The school finding its people.
Near · 2027–28
The Deepening
Multi-day immersions. Return cohorts. Guest mentors from across the valley and beyond.
Middle · 2028–30
Seasonal Apprenticeships
Full tracks in land stewardship, healing arts, food, and intentional technology.
Horizon · 2030+
The School Proper
A land-based institution. Knowledge transferred through practice. A place others come to carry home.
The Valley's Moment
1 in 4 St. Helenans is 65+
A generation shaping this valley is moving into a new chapter. The school gathers the people ready to grow alongside what comes next.
The Moment
7 in 10 US workers are disengaged
The search for meaningful work is the majority experience. What people learn here is how to come back into rhythm with wherever they already are.
What's Possible
38% of US adults use integrative medicine outside the clinical system
We were taught to optimize, measure, and fix. The body became a machine, and time a resource. Land simply faded into a backdrop. Most people know something is amiss, they just haven't had the opportunity to feel their own body's intelligence activate from true resonance, yet.
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Who We Are

Built in conversation
with the valley herself.

Teachers, healers, neighbors, lifelong learners carrying the same wisdom and walking the same paths are all over the valley, but rarely in the same room. This school is what grew from those encounters. It has no fixed home, but it moves with the people and places that carry it.

The Teachers
Independent practitioners,
each with their own practice.

Healers, makers, and guides who bring what they carry into the room. The school creates the conditions for that to be shared.

The Places
Homes, land, and spaces
across the valley.

Working land, homes, and spaces with the valley's quality of light and quiet. The setting is part of the practice.

The Students
Curious people who show up
ready to be in it.

Not just to receive but to participate. Come prepared: bring water, wear layers, and leave your expectations at the door.

The Restore School
Meet teachers, builders, and neighbors sharing offerings rooted in health, natural rhythms, and the outdoors.

Upper Napa Valley.

This land has been tended, listened to, and read for thousands of years, first by the Wappo, then by the winemakers who followed. Rhythm is still here. Restoring it for ourselves and others is what this school aims to share.

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