Animas Valley Institute offers multi-day, nature-based, experiential explorations into the mysterious wilds of soul for the purpose of discovering the unique, mythopoetic identity at the heart of each life. Although our work evokes non-ordinary perception and ways of knowing, it is not shamanism, nor is it primarily rites of passage, wilderness-based psychotherapy, or emotional healing. Rather, our intent is a deep-structure shift that matures the ego and elicits each person’s most creative, soul-rooted response to our critical, liminal moment in the unfolding of the world’s story.  [READ MORE]