Upcoming Offerings
Online Introduction to The Soulcentric Developmental Wheel – December, 2023
December 8 - 10, 2023
Online
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and John Lynch, Art.D.
Join our nature-based guides in an online experiential exploration of the Soulcentric Developmental Wheel, a new ecopsychology of human development and cultural transformation.
Fishing For Shadow Online – January, 2024
January 8 - 26, 2024
Online
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and Gene Dilworth, M.A.
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.
Soulcraft Intensive – January 2024, Australia
January 17 - 21, 2024
Arcoora Arts and Ecology Training Ground, Northern NSW
With Doug Van Houten and Jules Howatt
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.
Australian Quest – January 2024, Australia
January 25 - February 5, 2024
Arcoora Arts and Ecology Training Ground, Northern NSW
With Doug Van Houten and Jules Howatt
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision quest is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Winter Desert Quest – January, 2024
January 30 - February 10, 2024
Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California
With Pete Fonken and Laura Blakeman, Ph.D.
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. Please sign up for the waitlist. This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision quest is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Sweet Darkness – January, 2024
January 30 - February 4, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Laura Gunion and Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. Please sign up for the waitlist. Sweet Darkness is one of our most challenging programs, a truly intense intensive, a 6-day experiential immersion into nature-based Shadow work.
Wild Mind Shadow Training – February, 2024
February 5 - 10, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Laura Gunion
Wild Mind Shadow Work is the intentional process of consciously reclaiming the essential qualities of our psyche that we previously kept hidden – even from ourselves.
The Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring – February, 2024
February 12 - 16, 2024
Taft Gardens, Ojai, California
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
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 – February, 2024
February 26 - March 1, 2024
Joshua Tree National Park, California
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
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 – March, 2024
March 2 - 6, 2024
Joshua Tree National Park, California
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Pete Fonken
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Soulcentric Dreamwork Intensive – March, 2024
March 12 - 16, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
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.
Prayers In The Dark – March, 2024
March 18 - 22, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
The human species has entered a collective dark night. What visions might emerge from our prayers in the dark?
Sonoran Desert Quest – March, 2024
March 25 - April 5, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Doug Van Houten and Laura Gunion
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision quest is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Nature and the Human Soul: An Experiential Exploration of the Soulcentric Developmental Wheel – March 2024
March 25 - 29, 2024
Taft Gardens, Ojai, California
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and Gene Dilworth, M.A.
Anchored in traditional four-directions wisdom, the Soulcentric Developmental Wheel (SDW) is a new ecopsychology of human development and cultural transformation.
Deep Imagination: Into the Heart of the World – April, 2024
April 8 - 12, 2024
Ekone Ranch, Washington
With Mary Marsden and Palika Rewilding
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.
Mirror Training – April, 2024
April 15 - 19, 2024
Temple of the Holy Earth, Twisp, Washington
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Sage Magdalene
During this training, we practice detecting the greater story that pulses beneath the events of a person’s life.
The SAIP Residential – April, 2024
April 21 - 26, 2024
Temple of the Holy Earth, Twisp, Washington
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Nate Bacon, M.A.
Once a year, during a five-day gathering, SAIP participants have the opportunity for advanced training and personal soulwork with the SAIP mentors.
Queer Wild Mind Intensive – May 2024, Canada
May 3 - 7, 2024
Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging, Victoria, British Columbia
With Sara McFarland and Jules Howatt
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, June 2024
June 5 - 9, 2024
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
With Doug Van Houten and Jules Howatt
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 Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring – June, 2024
June 11 - 15, 2024
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
With Doug Van Houten and Jules Howatt
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
June 25 - July 5, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
With Sage Magdalene
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision quest is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Myth and the Underworld: Spider Silk in Moonlight – July, 2024, Latvia
July 7 - 11, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
With Sage Magdalene
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.
Animas Quest: A Depth Journey for Opening to Earth’s Wild Wisdom – July 2024, Latvia
July 13 - 23, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
With Sage Magdalene
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision quest is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Into The Bone: Body & Soul – July, 2024, Latvia
July 25 - 29, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
With Doug Van Houten
Into the Bone is will focus on the body as a way of knowing and therefore as a way of becoming vulnerable to soul.
Animas Quest: A Depth Journey for Opening to Earth’s Wild Wisdom – August 2024, Latvia
July 31 - August 10, 2024
Stacija, Latvia
With Doug Van Houten
This contemporary enactment of the pancultural vision quest is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.