This Place Was Built, Not Bought
SpiritWorks Trilogy
began as ten acres of undeveloped land
bordering Glacier National Park.
What it became
— a permaculture herbal sanctuary,
a retreat center, a working farm —
took over a decade of deliberate work,
many hands, and
one clear vision held over time.
How It Began
I purchased this land in December 2011. For the first two years I lived here in reclusive retreat, beginning to understand the place. The property had previously housed a laser tag business, and the land needed clearing. That work — physical, slow, attentive — became my entire focus.
I was also moving through difficult passages with my parents and elder siblings during those years. The gardens were where I found peace. I treated the land as a canvas and the plants as paints, and the act of designing and clearing became its own form of healing.
In the fall of 2013, while harvesting, I heard a voice I could not ignore. It felt like the land speaking to me — telling me that I had been healed here, and that it was now my turn to let the land heal others.
I was not glad to receive that information. I valued my privacy and the quiet I had built here. But ignoring it wasn't an option. I began reaching out to schools with sustainability programs, inviting student interns. Around the same time, my middle son — finishing his naturopathic physician program — told me that good quality medicinal herbs were hard for practitioners to find. He recommended forty herbs to begin with.
In January 2014 I cleared trees for what is now the main cultivation area. By summer the farm was laid out. The first five interns arrived that year.
That was the beginning.
The Work That Followed
From 2014 forward, SpiritWorks evolved into something I had not initially planned: a regenerative agriculture program focused on nutrient-dense medicinal herbs, and a mentorship structure built around a phrase that became central to the work — growing more than plants, growing people.
The standards that emerged for who could live and work on this land were not theoretical. They came from a practical need: if others were going to share this property with me, I needed to want them here. That required clarity about how people show up — for the work, for each other, and for themselves. Those standards are documented at spiritworksherbs.com/standards.
For over a decade, working with people in this way has been my non-conventional healing practice.
The farm carries a history of USDA certified organic status with the Montana Department of Agriculture as a production herb farm. It now operates as a permaculture herbal sanctuary continuing to use regenerative agricultural practices — over 100 medicinal plants in deliberate design, integrated into the land rather than imposed on it.
About Lindy Dewey
Carolyn "Lindy" Dewey, MS, BCST, BCPP, LMT
Founder and Steward, SpiritWorks Trilogy
I bring over three decades of clinical experience in healing arts and over twenty years of land stewardship at SpiritWorks.
My background is hybrid by design — formal training in therapeutic recreation and bodywork, sustained study in biodynamic craniosacral therapy, polarity therapy, somatic trauma resolution, and visceral work, alongside years of practical business systems consulting in medical and clinical environments.
Formal Education
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M.S., Community and Outdoor Program Administration, Springfield College 1976 (emphasis: Therapeutic Recreation; Nationally Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, CTRS, 1976–2002)
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B.A., Biology, University of Colorado Boulder (minors: Chemistry, Astrogeophysics, Art, Psychology) 1973
Healing Arts Training and Certifications
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BCST — Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. 700-hour practitioner training through the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust (UK) and the North American School for Craniosacral Therapy with Michael Kern, DO. Additional training and ongoing study with Paul Vick, Franklyn Sills, Michael Shea
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VCSW _ Visionary Cranio Sacral Worker. with Hugh Milne, Reiko Dewey (1000-hour Visionary Craniosacral Certification, Milne Institute).
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BCPP — Board Certified Polarity Practitioner. 650-hour certification through the Polarity Realization Institute; affiliated with the American Polarity Therapy Association (APTA).
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LMT — Licensed Massage Therapist. 612-hour Holistic and Therapeutic Massage certification, Spa Tech (Portland, ME). Nationally Certified Massage Therapist (NCBTMB).
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Somatic Experiencing — Foundation for Human Enrichment (Peter Levine method); training through Lael Keen.
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Visceral Manipulation — three-level series with Konrad Obermeier.
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Healing Touch — Levels I–IIIA, Colorado Center for Healing Touch.
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Additional coursework at the Canadian College of Osteopathy (study toward Diplomate in Osteopathic Manual Therapies program, year one+).
Clinical Experience Over three decades of private practice. Past clinical roles include the Supportive Services Program at Norris Cotton Cancer Center (Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center), offering touch therapies to patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation; Sojourns Community Health Clinic (Vermont) as part of a multidisciplinary integrated medicine team; and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital as Chief Recreational Therapist.
Full professional history at spiritworks.us/about, spiritworks.us/resume, and spiritworks.us/training.
The Hands Behind the Land
SpiritWorks has been developed in response to one vision, with the hands of many.
Over the years, the property has been shaped by volunteers, employees, students, and interns who came to live and work on the land — some for a season, some for a week, some for a single day. Each brought something. Each took something with them.
I remain the primary visionary. Others continue to come — to volunteer on the farm, to learn, to contribute.
Local practitioners also offer services on site when guests request them: massage therapists, energy medicine practitioners, yoga teachers, and chefs. These are independent professionals from the region, brought in by arrangement to match what a guest or group is looking for.
What This Place Is For
SpiritWorks is a private sanctuary. It is not a hotel, not a vacation rental, and not a generic retreat venue. The land does specific work for people who arrive ready to use it.
The property serves three primary purposes:
Group retreats and corporate offsites — held in the retreat center for facilitators, leadership teams, and organizations who need an environment that supports real focus and real change.
Extended individual stays — for remote workers, individuals in transition, and professionals who need more than a long weekend to actually settle and do meaningful work. Held in the Long View Residence, the Studio, and the Hermitage.
Land-based learning — through volunteer, internship, and apprenticeship programs that have run for over a decade.
What Guides This Work
A few principles, named plainly:
Environment shapes outcome. Get the container right and what needs to happen usually does. This is the operating premise of everything here.
Depth over volume. Fewer guests, longer stays, higher integrity. Not a model built on turnover.
Self-responsibility. Guests arrive ready to use the space. The sanctuary supports — it does not deliver outcomes on demand.
The land is the work. Not a backdrop. Not decoration. The actual healing agent.
What Guests Say
Reviews and guest testimonials are accessible when you google SpiritWorks Trilogy.
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