Great Places To Start

The Animas offerings listed on this page, while some of our most profound experiential immersions, are also the most popular “entry points” for those with no prior experience with Soulcraft™ practices or the work of Animas Valley Institute.

Great Places To Start offerings include:

  • Soulcraft Intensive
  • Wild Mind Intensive
  • The Way of Council & the Art of Mirroring
  • Nature and the Human Soul
  • Animas Quest

Wild Mind Intensive – October 2024

September 30 - October 4, 2024
Harrod's Creek Sanctuary, Kentucky

With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.

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

October 6 - 10, 2024
Harrod's Creek Sanctuary, Kentucky

With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.

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 – October 2024, South Africa

October 9 - 13, 2024
Biedoux Valley Wegbreek, Cederberg Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa

With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH

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 for Earth Activists, Online – November, 2024

November 4 - December 16, 2024
Online

With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S. and John Lynch, Art.D.

This is our popular 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.

Soulcraft Intensive – November 2024

November 9 - 13, 2024
Dharma Treasure Retreat Center, Tucson, Arizona

With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.

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

November 11 - 15, 2024
Venus Bay, South Eastern Victoria Coast, Australia

With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH

Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.