Upcoming Offerings
Into The Bone: Body & Soul – June, 2023
June 8 - 12, 2023
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
With Doug Van Houten and Laura Blakeman, Ph.D.
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. Please sign up for the waitlist. Into the Bone is will focus on the body as a way of knowing and therefore as a way of becoming vulnerable to soul.
Soulcraft Intensive for Earth Activists – June, 2023
June 13 - 17, 2023
Bell Meadow Farm, Sedalia, CO
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S. and Erica Rhinehart
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.
Soulcraft Intensive – June 2023, Canada
June 22 - 26, 2023
Wave Hill Farm, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
With Doug Van Houten and Bruce Howatt
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. Please sign up for the waitlist. 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.
Soulcentric Dreamwork Intensive – June 2023, Latvia
June 26 - 30, 2023
Stacija, Latvia
With 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.
The Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring – June 2023, Canada
June 28 - July 2, 2023
Wave Hill Farm, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
With Doug Van Houten and Bruce 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.
Awakening Noospheric Imagination: Experiential Cosmology, Earth Community, and the Human Soul – June, 2023
June 29 - July 3, 2023
Temple of the Holy Earth, Twisp, Washington
With Geneen Marie Haugen, Ph.D. and Special Guest Guide, Brian Thomas Swimme, Ph.D.
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. Please sign up for the waitlist. As our civilization careens into an unknown future shaped largely by human beings, we will need a new compass, new possibilities or worldviews, to help find our way.
Wild Mind Intensive – June 2023, Cymru (Wales)
June 29 - July 3, 2023
Spirit Horse, Cymru, Wales
With Sara McFarland, Wild Mind Guide and Bell Selkie Lovelock, Wild Mind Guide
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Prayers In The Dark – July 2023, Latvia
July 2 - 6, 2023
Stacija, Latvia
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
The human species has entered a collective dark night. What visions might emerge from our prayers in the dark?
Crossing Into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche: The Advanced Soulcraft Intensive – July, 2023
July 8 - 12, 2023
Temple of the Holy Earth, Twisp, Washington
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Palika Rewilding
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. Please sign up for the waitlist. An advanced version of the Soulcraft Intensive for people prepared for a radical immersion in the enigmatic dark waters of soul.
The Spiral Journey: An Animas Quest in the Latvian Forest – July 2023, Latvia
July 8 - 18, 2023
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.
Beauty Mesa Quest – July, 2023
July 18 - 29, 2023
Manti La Sal National Forest, Utah
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. 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.
Wild Mind Intensive – July 2023, Latvia
July 20 - 24, 2023
Stacija, Latvia
With Sara McFarland, Wild Mind Guide and Bell Selkie Lovelock, Wild Mind Guide
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Animas Quest: A Depth Journey for Opening to Earth’s Wild Wisdom – July 2023, Latvia
July 26 - August 5, 2023
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.
Wild Mind Intensive – July 2023, South Africa
July 28 - August 1, 2023
Bodhi Khaya, Stanford, Western Cape
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 – August 2023, South Africa
August 3 - 7, 2023
Leshiba Wilderness, Western Soutpansberg, Limpopo Province
With 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.
Rocky Mountain Advanced High Country Quest – August 2023
August 4 - 15, 2023
Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S. and Bruce Howatt
This is an ADVANCED version of our vision quest, and is a dynamic wilderness rite for those seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning.
Wild Mind Intensive, August 2023
August 7 - 11, 2023
Santa Cruz Redwoods, California
With Doug Van Houten and Palika Rewilding
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Art & Soul, August 2023
August 14 - 18, 2023
Santa Cruz Redwoods, California
With Doug Van Houten and Palika Rewilding
The reinvention of self and world happens primarily through the powers of our imaginations. The special focus of Art and Soul is the awakening of these powers and the expression of our raw images.
Coming Home to an Animate World: A Way of Ceremony and Conversation – August 2023
August 23 - 27, 2023
Gros Ventre Campground, Wyoming
With Geneen Marie Haugen, Ph.D. and Bill Plotkin, Ph.D.
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.
Courting the Muse-Beloved – September, 2023
September 5 - 9, 2023
Rock Creek Ranch, Northern California
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
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.
Wild Mind Intensive, September 2023
September 14 - 18, 2023
White Ash Learning Cooperative, Wabanaki Territory, Swanville, Maine
With Doug Van Houten and Sara McFarland, Wild Mind Guide
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Queer Soulcraft Intensive, September 2023
September 20 - 24, 2023
Wild Geese Collective, Wabanaki Territory, Swanville, Maine
With Doug Van Houten
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 Dark Womb – Sonoran Desert Women’s Quest – September, 2023
September 25 - October 6, 2023
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Palika Rewilding 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.
Soulcraft Intensive, October 2023
October 2 - 6, 2023
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.
Prayers in the Dark, October 2023
October 8 - 12, 2023
Harrod's Creek Sactuary, Kentucky
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?
Fishing For Shadow Intensive – October, 2023
October 23 - 27, 2023
Taft Gardens, Ojai, California
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and Laura Gunion
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.
Advanced Sonoran Desert Quest – November, 2023
November 3 - 14, 2023
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
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.
Wild Mind Intensive – November, 2023
November 5 - 9, 2023
Joshua Tree National Park, California
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and Laura Blakeman, Ph.D.
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 – November, 2023
November 10 - 14, 2023
Dharma Treasure Retreat Center, Tucson, Arizona
With Mary Marsden and Nate Bacon, M.A.
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.
The Yearlong Soulcraft Immersion: Cultivating Soul-Infused Artistry and Leadership in a Time of Global Change – 2023/2024
November 11, 2023 - August 28, 2024
Various Locations
With Bill Plotkin, Ph.D. and Palika Rewilding
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.
The Wild Mind Training Residential – November, 2023
November 28 - December 2, 2023
Taft Gardens, Ojai, California
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
The Wild Mind Training Residential is the core of the Wild Mind Training Program steeped in the Nature Based Map of the Human Psyche.
Sweet Darkness – January, 2024
January 30 - February 4, 2024
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona
With Laura Gunion and Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
Sweet Darkness is one of our most challenging programs, a truly intense intensive, a 6-day experiential immersion into nature-based Shadow work.