Deep Dive into Nature and Self – a four week guided solo journey: 20th September – 13th October

We invite you to a guided journey, diving deeply into Nature and Self.
We invite you to the ancient practice of time spent alone on the land. 
We welcome you to your own deep knowing and belonging.
We invite you back and beyond to what it means to be a true human being.

For centuries, across many different cultures and regions worldwide, humans have spent time alone in nature. This simple and ancient practice reconnects us deeply to self and to the living world around. Sometimes also experienced as a Rite of Passage,or a Vision Quest, spending time alone in nature connects us deeply to knowledge beyond our own. For whatever intention it may want to be lived, this practice has not lost the gifts it holds for humanity and nature alike. To dwell on the land alone in reverence is a beautiful remembering of our profound humanness.

We believe in the healing properties of place, of nature, and the power of our individual relationships to both. This relationship has become ever more vital over the last months, and will be, for those that are yet to come.
What can our relationship to our place reveal to us, what messages does the land around us hold for us? Which layers of our beings want to be shed? Which new ways want to emerge in our lives? What does the land have to communicate with us that has laid dormant in our psyches and that we cannot find alone?

Join us in uncovering the medicine and the new stories it brings. 

We will guide you through a 4 week process, where we will prepare you , and accompany you in a threshold ritual (which you will hold in your own surroundings). During your journey, the mirror of nature and the heart of the community will guide you towards more clarity and insight. We will support you in connecting more deeply to the natural world around you. You will be joined by other members of a small community to enhance your learnings, and supported by three experienced guides to assist you along the way.

This is a deeply connective and revealing process which can be engaged for any life event / enquiry / challenge or gift that wants to be lived. This is essential medicine for surreal times.

The 4 week process entails:

• 5 online meetings on Zoom (sharing circles, rituals, input on Deep Ecology, the tradition of Rites of Passages and the 4 Shields Model of Human Nature)
• 4 meetings with your personal buddy to support each other throughout the process
• A range of nature connection and Deep Ecology practices for you to do at home
• Access to a Trello board with shared resources and practices
• An optional Signal group with all participants and facilitators to stay connected and support each other throughout the process
  
• Preparation of and guidance towards your one day Earth Solo Experience in a wild place close to your home
• One-to-one support session with a trained guide

Flow of the Earth Solo Experience:

Pricings

250 EUR: Supported Price
*for students, low waged, or those experiencing challenging living circumstances

350 EUR: Regular price

450 EUR: Supporter Price
*for those with ample financial means, which allows others with less means to participate

If money is an issue, but you long for this Medicine in your life, you can apply for a bursary via the application form. We hope to offer at least 1 bursary place, and will assess all bursary applicants before making a decision.

A deposit of 30 EUR is required to secure your spot, and is non-refundable.

Application process

Facilitation team

Sophie Vandenkerchove

Carolin Goethel

Carolin is a community weaver and facilitator. Drawing on her anthropological studies, her work in leadership education and her passion for deep ecology, she’s developed a varied toolbox to support other humans to deeply connect to themselves, each other and their natural environment.

The profound experience of her own vision quest sparked her desire to guide others on this journey. She has since then been studying eco-soul centric philosophies and practices with the Animas Valley Institute. Carolin has always been inspired by indigenous ways of being and seeks to infuse her work with the values of interconnectedness and reciprocity.

Jenny O’Hare

Jenny is a Deep Ecologist who has come through a journey of Earth Sciences and Ecological Conservation to focus more deeply on the intersection of the human psyche and soul with the rest of the living world. What is the relationship that is constantly playing out, and how can that relationship become ever more reciprocal and nourishing? She has completed Nature Resonance trainings, a fellowship in Spiritual Ecology, and holds certification in both Eco-Therapy and Solo Nature Experiences. Her own relationship with the living world has always been her ultimate sense of belonging, and she is passionate about inviting others into, and sharing in that belonging.