Immersions
Queer Wild Mind Intensive - May 2024, Canada
With Sara McFarland and Jules Howatt
May 3 - 7, 2024
Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging, Victoria, British Columbia
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Fishing For Shadow Online – May, 2024
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
May 20 - June 19, 2024
Online
We will explore Shadow — the hidden, deep, and dangerous realm of our psyches. The psyche has sinister or negative aspects as well as positive or golden qualities. It also has golden characters who wear some very sinister masks. It is dark and slippery terrain.
REGISTRATION for Fishing For Shadow Online – May, 2024
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
May 20 - June 19, 2024
Online
We will explore Shadow — the hidden, deep, and dangerous realm of our psyches. The psyche has sinister or negative aspects as well as positive or golden qualities. It also has golden characters who wear some very sinister masks. It is dark and slippery terrain.
Courting the Muse-Beloved – May, 2024
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
May 30 - June 3, 2024
Rock Creek Ranch, Crescent City, California
Romance opens us to the mystery and depth of our longing. Our muse is the wellspring of our creativity, inspiration and deep imagination, ushering us toward what is most worth doing.
Nature & The Human Soul International Partnership Program with South Africa - May, 2024 - Online
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
May 30 - July 11, 2024
Online
Anchored in traditional four-directions wisdom, contemporary depth and archetypal psychologies, and twenty-five years of nature-based soul guiding, the Soulcentric Developmental Wheel (SDW) is a new ecopsychology of human development and cultural transformation. It's a blueprint showing how richly we can grow and mature when soul and nature are embraced as our wisest and most trustworthy […]
An Animas Quest near Zion National Park – June, 2024
With Mary Marsden and Laura Blakeman, Ph.D.
June 3 - 14, 2024
Lee Valley near Zion National Park, Utah
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision fast is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Soulcraft Intensive, June 2024
With Doug Van Houten and Jules Howatt
June 5 - 9, 2024
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Crossing Into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche: The Advanced Soulcraft Intensive - June, 2024
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Laura Gunion
June 6 - 10, 2024
Temple of the Holy Earth, North Cascade Mountains, Washington
An advanced version of the Soulcraft Intensive for people prepared for a radical immersion in the enigmatic dark waters of soul.
REGISTRATION for Crossing Into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche: The Advanced Soulcraft Intensive - June, 2024
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Laura Gunion
June 6 - 10, 2024
Temple of the Holy Earth, North Cascade Mountains, Washington
An advanced version of the Soulcraft Intensive for people prepared for a radical immersion in the enigmatic dark waters of soul.
The Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring - June, 2024
With Doug Van Houten and Jules Howatt
June 11 - 15, 2024
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
In the mirror of another, our eyes are opened to aspects of both our gifts and our challenges that we might not see otherwise.
The Spiral Journey: An Advanced Animas Quest in the Latvian Forest – June, 2024, Latvia
With Sage Magdalene and Sara McFarland
June 25 - July 5, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision fast is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Introduction to Wild Mind for Young Adults - June, 2024
With John Lynch, Art.D.
June 26 - 28, 2024
Fernow Cabin ~ Mogollon Rim (Partnership with Flagstaff College and Communiversity)
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Wild Mind Intensive - June 2024, Dominican Republic
With Laura Gunion
June 28 - July 2, 2024
Villa Pajon Eco-Lodge, Valle Nuevo National Park, Dominican Republic
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
The Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring - July 2024, Dominican Republic
With Laura Gunion
July 3 - 7, 2024
Villa Pajon Eco-Lodge, Valle Nuevo National Park, Dominican Republic
In the mirror of another, our eyes are opened to aspects of both our gifts and our challenges that we might not see otherwise.
Myth and the Underworld: Spider Silk in Moonlight – July, 2024, Latvia
With Sage Magdalene
July 7 - 11, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
Each human being is meant to have a unique, mystical relationship with the world. This relationship is the key to the one’s soul purpose.
Soulcraft Intensive – July, 2024
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S. and Kent Dobson
July 10 - 14, 2024
Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Wild Mind Deep Imagination Training - July 2024, Canada
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and Mary Marsden
July 15 - 20, 2024
Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging, Victoria, British Columbia
During the Deep Imagination Training, we will apprentice ourselves to the mystery and wild otherness of images that arise from the unconscious.
REGISTRATION for Wild Mind Deep Imagination Training - July 2024, Canada
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and Mary Marsden
July 15 - 20, 2024
Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging, Victoria, British Columbia
During the Deep Imagination Training, we will apprentice ourselves to the mystery and wild otherness of images that arise from the unconscious.
Soulcraft Intensive - July 2024, Canada
With Mary Marsden and Palika Rewilding
July 22 - 26, 2024
Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging, Victoria, British Columbia
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Into The Bone: Body & Soul – July, 2024, Latvia
With Doug Van Houten
July 25 - 29, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
Into the Bone is will focus on the body as a way of knowing and therefore as a way of becoming vulnerable to soul.
An Animas Quest in the Rocky Mountain High Country – August 2024
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S. and Jules Howatt
August 8 - 19, 2024
Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision fast is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Coming Home to an Animate World: A Way of Ceremony and Conversation – August, 2024
With Geneen Marie Haugen, Ph.D. and Bill Plotkin, Ph.D.
August 18 - 22, 2024
Gros Ventre Campground, Wyoming
This five-day experiential immersion is an invitation to discover who we become when we approach the world as if everything is alive, intelligent, and filled with imagination and purpose.
REGISTRATION for Coming Home to an Animate World: A Way of Ceremony and Conversation – August 2024
With Geneen Marie Haugen, Ph.D. and Bill Plotkin, Ph.D.
August 18 - 22, 2024
Gros Ventre Campground, Wyoming
This five-day experiential immersion is an invitation to discover who we become when we approach the world as if everything is alive, intelligent, and filled with imagination and purpose.
An Animas Queer Ceremonial Fast – September, 2024
With Jules Howatt and Sara McFarland
September 25 - October 5, 2024
Wild Geese Collective, Wabanaki Territory, Swanville, Maine
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision fast is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Wild Mind Intensive - October 2024
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
September 30 - October 4, 2024
Harrod's Creek Sanctuary, Kentucky
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Soulcraft Intensive - October 2024
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
October 6 - 10, 2024
Harrod's Creek Sanctuary, Kentucky
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
The Yearlong Soulcraft Immersion: Cultivating Soul-Infused Artistry and Leadership in a Time of Global Change - 2024/2025
With Mary Marsden and Laura Gunion
October 6, 2024 - September 26, 2025
Various Locations
Our advanced program for people already immersed in their soul-discovery process and who are either in a leadership position or are longing to support radical change in our world through the cultivation and offering of their most vital, visionary essence.
Sweet Darkness - October, 2024
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Palika Rewilding
October 14 - 19, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
Sweet Darkness is one of our most challenging programs, a truly intense intensive, a 6-day experiential immersion into nature-based Shadow work.
REGISTRATION for Sweet Darkness - October, 2024
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Palika Rewilding
October 14 - 19, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
Sweet Darkness is one of our most challenging programs, a truly intense intensive, a 6-day experiential immersion into nature-based Shadow work.
The Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring – November 2024, Australia
With Laura Gunion and Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
November 6 - 10, 2024
Venus Bay, South Eastern Victoria Coast, Australia
In the mirror of another, our eyes are opened to aspects of both our gifts and our challenges that we might not see otherwise.
Soulcraft Intensive - November 2024
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
November 9 - 13, 2024
Dharma Treasure Retreat Center, Tucson, Arizona
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Wild Mind Intensive – November 2024, Australia
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
November 11 - 15, 2024
Venus Bay, South Eastern Victoria Coast, Australia
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
REGISTRATION for Soulcentric Dreamwork Intensive - November, 2024
With Mary Marsden and Palika Rewilding
November 13 - 17, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
In Soulcentric Dreamwork you’ll learn what it’s like to enter dreams as mysteries, to boldly and vulnerably interact with its denizens and dreamscapes.
Soulcentric Dreamwork Intensive - November, 2024
With Mary Marsden and Palika Rewilding
November 13 - 17, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
In Soulcentric Dreamwork you’ll learn what it’s like to enter dreams as mysteries, to boldly and vulnerably interact with its denizens and dreamscapes.
Sweet Darkness – November 2024, New Zealand
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Laura Gunion
November 13 - 17, 2024
Centre for The Great Turning, The Motueka Valley
Sweet Darkness is one of our most challenging programs, a truly intense intensive, a 6-day experiential immersion into nature-based Shadow work.
Deep Imaginal, Soulcraft and the Reanimation of the World – November 2024, New Zealand
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
November 20 - 24, 2024
Centre for The Great Turning, The Motueka Valley
We’ll deepen what we discover in the imaginal world by grounding it in the body through somatic exercises and movement, and expressing it creatively through various art forms in order to fully take in and honor the gifts we receive.