There is a sacred portal, a mysterious door, a green gate, a dark space into certain realms of our consciousness, of our and the collective Psyche. These portals are both within and without. Many of us struggle to find enchantment in the world and a connection to our imagination. An important practice for intentionally accessing the sometimes-hidden realms of the Self, the Earth, and the Cosmos is through the practice of deep imagery.

This program is designed and primarily intended for trainees in Animas’ Wild Mind Training Program, but other guides and human development facilitators are warmly invited to apply. Trainees need not apply, and are also encouraged to participate in the Way of Council and Mirroring Intensive before this training.

You must be enrolled in the WMTP to register for this residential. The Wild Mind Training Residential is the core of the Wild Mind Training Program steeped in the Nature Based Map of the Human Psyche. In this 5-day training, participants hone their skills in listening, tracking, deepening, mirroring, and creating invitations to help others cultivate their wholeness and heal their wounded and fragmented subpersonalities. We also practice the skills of council, dreamwork, and Shadow work, and further develop our understanding and use of the Nature Based Map of the Human Psyche.

The Soul Journey Intensive invites you into five days of direct, experiential exploration of nature, psyche, and the deeper dimensions of your life. Through time in wild nature, imaginal work, poetry, ceremony, dreamwork, and other Soulcraft practices, you will explore the mysterious territory where psyche and soul meet. At the heart of this work is the discovery that each of us carries a unique inner image - a way of being and a particular gift that is ours to bring into the world. As we come into relationship with that deeper image, new possibilities for how we live, create, and contribute can emerge. Soulcraft brings together ancient nature-based ways of knowing with modern depth psychology, the poetic tradition, and wilderness rites of passage to offer a contemporary path of soul discovery and initiation.

On this 5-day immersion, you’ll learn what it’s like to enter dreams as mysteries; to boldly and vulnerably interact with its denizens and dreamscapes; to be moved by the deep intelligence of its living images; to open to non-ordinary ways of perceiving; and to experience the underdream of your everyday waking life.

We offer a monthly ‘Nature and Soul Council’ online, as a way for our community to remain connected and engaged with Soulcraft practices. Each gathering has different hosts, a particular theme and comes with an invitation to wander.