ANIMAS PROGRAMS

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A weekend intensive providing a highly experiential immersion into the Nature-Based Map of the Psyche, a holistic model that differentiates four primary dimensions of our wholeness as well as the four kinds of fragmented, wounded, or shadowed parts of our personalities. The Map orients us to a way of understanding and experiencing our psyches as healthy and uniquely human expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.

This contemporary embodiment of the ancient vision quest is a dynamic wilderness rite for men and women who are seeking greater clarity regarding life purpose and meaning, and/or undergoing the healing and empowerment of a major life transition.

The Yearlong Soulcraft Immersion is an 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. This program is focused on neither healing nor therapy, but rather on the underworld journey of soul encounter and on the advanced development of the skills and sensibilities required for the embodiment of cultural artistry and leadership.

This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft; a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.

These courses are designed for those who have previously vision-fasted or have experienced other soul-oriented work (need not be with Animas) as well as for wilderness-initiation guides, soulcraft trainees, psychotherapists, educators, and health professionals.

Programs that deepen and broaden our sensory, emotional, and imaginal intimacy with the wild Earth. We discover ourselves more fully by exploring the world that makes possible our lives.

Using the 8-stage model of human growth developed by Bill Plotkin, these programs help you clarify your next steps in soulful personal development, and help parents, educators, wilderness guides, and therapists align their work with both nature and soul.

Programs that help us approach true elderhood – the final quarter of life in which we join the Council of Elders and learn to care for the soul of the greater, more-than-human community.

The Soulcraft Apprenticeship and Initiation Program (SAIP) is designed for those ready to apprentice themselves to their souls and to make a commitment to learning, employing, and co-developing a contemporary, Western, nature-based path to soul encounter and soul initiation.

These one-at-a-time apprenticeships are for those who seek training in Animas soulcentric approach to guiding vision quests. Your Quest Apprenticeship can, at any later time, become part of your Soulcraft Apprenticeship and Initiation Program (see above) should you decide to enroll in the latter.

An overview of the Eco-Soulcentric Developmental Wheel and an experiential introduction to soulcraft practices for addressing soul-initiation and cultural renaissance.