River Journeys 2026 - Page Lambert

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RIVER OF TRANQUILITY

Featuring Special Guest Carole Murko.

Gates of Lodore, Dinosaur National Monument, Green River, Vernal, Utah

5 days/4 nights September 13-17, 2026

As we enter this spectacular stretch of the Green River in search of more tranquil days, and guided by the professional women guides of SGRE, Carole will guide us into the river within. Founder of Love.Eat.Heal., teacher of qigong, self-mastery, the biology of change, and certified teacher of Dr. Joe Dispenza’s NeuroChange Solutions, Carole will help us activate our inner healer — the part of us that remembers how to return to balance, vitality, and wholeness, even when the world around us seems to be spinning out of control.

Through gentle qigong, guided reflection, and her signature River of Change exercise, Carole will invite us to explore what it means to move with the current rather than resist it.

“Together, we will awaken the body, quiet the mind,
listen more deeply, and discover that tranquility is not the absence of change,
but the inner state we can cultivate as change carries us forward.”

MORE ABOUT CAROLE

Carole Murko

Gates of Lodore on the Green River is one of the most popular trips offered by Sheri Griffith Expeditions, the professional outfitter that Page has been partnering with since 1997. A classic river trip with great hikes, exciting whitewater, beautiful beaches and colorful history, this is also a journey into spectacular wilderness. The scenery is a combination of Rocky Mountain trees and plants, drifting down into dessert canyon country. Abundant wildlife includes deer, bighorn sheep, eagles, trout, and hawks around almost every bend. The Green River through The Gates of Lodore cuts into the great Uintah uplift at Dinosaur National Monument.

We purposely travel slowly, about 10-15 miles per day, giving us ample time to explore the canyons and take in the Green River and its surrounding wildlife. Days are a blend of excitement, wonder, rewarding hikes, peace and tranquility. This special trip includes a lay-over day to allow more time for our creative explorations.

RIVER TRIP DETAILS

5 Days/4 Nights September 13-17, 2026 Gates of Lodore, Dinosaur National Monument, Green River, Vernal, Utah

COST: $2499.00 (includes government user fees, and processing fee).

Please consider purchasing trip insurance. SGE has a no-refund policy.We find www.insuremytrip.com to be a good resource.

INCLUDES: Tents, sleeping bags, Paco pads, rafting equipment, Sheri Griffith River Expedition’s professional women guides, healthy snacks and fresh meals, beverages, river journals, writing facilitation, creative discussions with Page, and special guest Carole Murko.

DEPOSIT: $450 sent with this registration form (space is limited; please register early). If you must cancel, $200 of your deposit may be applied toward a 2026 or 2027 Page Lambert Creative Adventure.

DATES: Orientation Saturday, September 12; on the river Sunday, September 13; off the river Thursday, September 17, 2026 (five days/four nights)

WHERE: Gates of Lodore, Dinosaur National Monument on Utah’s Green River. The trip starts and ends in Vernal, Utah.

More About Carole:

A Note from Page: Carole Murko is a dear friend. She is filled with joy, and her joy is contagious. It is in her and Jim’s historic, Berkshires home on their beautiful 75-acre estate, where I hold my fall “Vibrant Landscape of Writing” retreat in Massachusetts. I can’t think of anyone better during these tumultuous times to help guide us down the River of Tranquility than Carole. From her collection of myriad and heart-filled accomplishments, I am sure she will choose the perfect way to enrich our days as we flow through this peaceful and rejuvenating landscape.

Carole Murko is the founder of Love.Eat.Heal, where she helps people activate the healer within through qigong, meditation, conscious nourishment, self-mastery, and the biology of change. A NeuroChangeSolutions Consultant trained to teach Dr. Joe Dispenza’s Change Your Mind…Create New Results program, Carole is also a Dragon’s Way Qigong Instructor, Medical Qigong practitioner, HeartMath Certified Instructor, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, and lifelong student of healing.

After navigating her own healing journey from a rare and theoretically incurable eye disease, she became devoted to the great question of her life: What makes us well? Her answer lives at the intersection of thought, emotion, energy, food, movement, belief, and radical action.

Carole has lived many lives — municipal bond analyst, global fixed-income marketer, interior designer, NPR radio host, PBS food storyteller, gourmet cook, health coach, qigong teacher, herbalist, and mind-body healing practitioner. Somehow, improbably and perfectly, all of those tributaries have merged into one flowing river: helping people understand that healing is not simply something we chase when something goes wrong. Healing is a way of being.

Through Love.Eat.Heal, Carole offers immersive retreats, private coaching, corporate wellness experiences, KitchenQi™ workshops, qigong practices, seasonal nourishment, and teachings that blend neuroscience, ancient wisdom, story, food, and embodied transformation. Whether she is guiding a group through the biology of change, teaching women how to cook with Qi and intention, or helping someone remember the intelligence within their own body, Carole’s work invites people into a new way of being — one rooted in awareness, vitality, self-trust, and inner healing. To learn even more about Carole’s extraordinary life, CLICK HERE.

Sheri Griffith Expeditions is working with the managing agencies to make sure that they offer opportunities for excellent outdoor experiences that still comply with CDC requirements and recommendations that mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

PERSONAL JOURNALING TIME is woven into the moments between floating down the Colorado River, hiking at your leisure, or relaxing on shore. Although this is not a workshop, Page will facilitate creative discussions about writing at the river’s edge and in the evening when we circle up to share readings under the stars. “Women rediscover a unique part of themselves in the natural world,” Page says, “and we inspire each other in uniquely feminine ways.”

WHY THE RIVER? “Women have always gathered at the river,” Page reminds us. “It is where we traditionally have come to greet the sun, to bathe our children and wash our clothes and fill our cooking pots. It is where we cleansed and purified ourselves. It is where we have always shared our stories.”

In 1996, photographer Kathleen Jo Ryan invited Page and 14 other women writers, including Linda Hogan, Annick Smith, Nickelodeon producer Linda Ellerbee, and writers Ann Swinger and Teresa Jordan, to be part of the book project, Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon.

Page’s experience in the Grand Canyon inspired her to partner with Sheri Griffith Expeditions in 1997, and create her first river journey for women. Several renowned women have joined Page on these adventures, including Joy Harjo (National Poet Laureate), Cheryl Crazy Bull (President of the American Indian College Fund), Ellen McLaughlin (award-winning playwright and actor) and New Mexico’s Living Treasure, storyteller-in-clay, Roxanne Swentzell.