Links and Resources

 

Animas Valley Institute
www.animas.org
Animas Valley Institute’s mission is to help individuals re-align their everyday lives with the rhythms and cycles of nature and with their own most deeply-rooted dreams and passions, those found in their souls. They believe that living in alignment with nature and soul leads to the greatest personal fulfillment and the most useful contributions to the world, and, ultimately, creates a sustainable, balanced, and soul-centered society. Animas Valley Institute offers Animas quests and soulcraft programs nationally. They also offer a comprehensive program to train soul initiation guides.

 

Nature and the Human Soul
www.natureandthehumansoul.com
Bill Plotkin’s book describes his innovative model of human development, which is guided by nature and soul. Purchases of this book and of Bill’s first book, Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche, through this website, benefit the Animas Valley Institute scholarship fund. Bill offered me the opportunity to become a guide for Animas Valley Institute in 2000. His friendship and guidance have been invaluable to me in my ongoing development as a guide and a human.

 

Wilderness Guides Council
www.wildernessguidescouncil.org
A non-profit, membership organization for rites of passage guides dedicated to the concept that wilderness is the root source of our spiritual values, inspiration and healing.

I had the privilege of participating in the month-long training in vision quest guiding offered by Steven and Meredith in 2000. Their integrity and heart-centered ways helped me to see the path to my own style of guiding. Their excellence in the art of mirroring facilitated my development into one of my deepest gifts.

 

Lost Borders Press
www.lostborderspress.com
Books by Steven Foster and Meredith Little can be purchased here, as well as books by other rites of passage guides.

 

Earth’s Echo Explorations
www.earthecho.com
Wilderness journeys, vision quests and personal retreats offered by my co-guide Jade Sherer.

 

Rune Hill
www.runehill.com
Rune Hill is a nature preserve in upstate New York, from which my co-guide Lauren Chambliss offers programs and retreats.

 

Vision Arrow
www.visionarrow.com
http://radicaljoyforhardtimes.org/
Vision quests and programs offered by my co-guide Trebbe Johnson.