My TEDx Talk:

The Visionary Power of Dreams & Nature

We all want to feel connected to something greater. Whatever name we call her, Divine, Goddess, Mystery. A divine power speaks to you every night in your dreams. And you can learn to listen, even if you feel you don’t dream at all. Dreams know more about us and the world than we do. If we listen, our lives can be guided by these visions.

I have felt the divine in the movements and gestures of the desert, ocean, stream, dolphin, antelope, and dragonfly. As a guide, writer, and activist, I help people connect to themselves and the world. Listening to dreams is one important aspect. I also guide people in deepening their relationship with nature and discovering their souls’ purpose.

Helping people connect to nature is my life. Without this connection, we lose ourselves and cause damage. Our health and the wellness of the planet are linked. The destruction we see happening to nature comes in part from disconnection. I’ve fasted alone in nature for three days and nights, longing to reconnect and listen to what the trees, mountains, rivers, and animals say. I lead others in these kinds of ceremonies.

Dreams and nature are connected. The goal isn’t to interpret dreams. We approach them by listening to them like we do wild landscapes. We listen for what the dream images, places, and characters want us to experience.

There are many things to be curious about. Who is visiting? What is happening? What do the others in the dream feel or want? Listening is key. We listen by returning to dreams in our waking imagination and allowing the imagery to affect us.

Public speaking is a potent way to influence the world by inspiring people to see themselves and the world differently. Please share my talk with others if it moves you.

Upcoming Online Program (Begins March 25th)

Tending Our Hearts & the World

An Exploration of the Confluence of Soul and Trauma

March 25th – May 20th (Six Mondays for two hours),

With Rebecca Wildbear & Joseph McCaffrey

This online immersion will take a mindfulness-based, nature-centered, resource-oriented, and non-regressive approach to trauma. We’ll highlight organized, coherent, and functional aspects of ourselves while bringing awareness to disorganized and dysfunctional parts. We will focus on strengthening each person’s capacities for self-regulation, attunement, trust, and building healthy relationships.

Animas Valley Institute Program in Northern California

Courting the Muse-Beloved

Redwood Country on the Smith River, Northern California

May 30 – June 3, 2024, with Rebecca Wildbear

The natural world is a mysterious and alluring love dance. Opening our hearts allows us to fall in love with anything—an idea, the ocean, a human, or a tree. We may turn our entire world upside down and be plunged into both ecstasy and devastation. In this rocky place, we are made profoundly vulnerable, sometimes shaken to our core, and we begin to see glimmers and hear rumblings of a greater story. We begin to ask deeper questions about who we are in our depths, bringing our attention to something newly emerging and awakening our deepest creativity.

Wild Yoga Program in Oregon

A Wild Yoga Journey: Dreaming with Mountain, River & Forest

Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon

June 6 - 10, 2024, with Rebecca Wildbear

Align with the rhythms of nature during this five-day immersion set amid Oregon’s stunning Cascade Mountain Range. Leave behind the fast pace of modern culture and rest beside the peaceful Breitenbush River. Witness how your body wants to move each morning in a gentle vinyasa-style yoga asana practice that welcomes you, no matter your level. Listen to your dreams, court your soul, and converse with the wild world. Whisper your longings and heartbreaks to the stars, ask your greatest questions to the whirling water, and receive visions from the wise elder trees in Willamette National Forest to guide you home to your heart.