Deepening Roots, Growing Branches: Cultivating Your Wildest, Wisest Self
June 26–29, 2025
On Land Retreats, the Natural World
Program Start Date & Time: June 26th | 5:00pm
Program End Date & Time: June 29th | 12:30 pm
Unwind from the stress and pace of life this summer during a joyful retreat deepening your connections with “nature” – our oldest kin and teacher – and your own wild soul.
Guided by ecopsychology, animism, and nature-based ritual, we will rekindle the joy of reciprocity and kinship between humans and the more-than-human world. This retreat offers spacious time on the land for replenishment, where you’ll be invited to notice the world within and around you using all of your senses. We will practice listening deeply: to the land through spacious solo time, and to our human hearts through sharing experiences in Council. We will also engage in other contemplative and creative practices, including nature connection exercises you can take home.
Together, we will sing, play, dream, laugh, and deeply rest. You will leave feeling resourced, soothed, and inspired—ready to bring your wisest, wildest self back into the world.
Why Did Past Participants Love this Retreat?
“The container that Tina and Shea create and hold for the group is incredibly supportive, which allowed for a deeper unfolding and deepening into our own collective group wisdom. I am feeling nourished and settled as I re-emerge into the world at large to spread the seeds of our time together.”
– JB
“This retreat was a beautiful, centering, and personally healing experience for me…a headwater experience for the next part of my path.”
– Lila Edwards
“Spacious and nourishing. A beautiful reconnection with myself, with nature, and with community.”
– Aaron Gabriel Neyer
“The space to reconnect to what is important, with amazing guides. Very healing and revitalizing.”
– Whitney
Your Journey Doesn’t Have to End Here
The presenters for this program are also offering the Gathering of Eco-Spiritual Practitioners, happening September 18–21. You can register for that experience on its own—or bundle it with this program for a total tuition price of $650.
If you want to register for the bundle, click on the button below to be brought to the 2nd program page. Upon registering, use code “Special108” in the discounts section of the registration page. You will see a prompt “Handled by registrar” in the payment section underneath it. Once you see that, you are good to submit your registration. Our front desk team will reach out to you with a discounted payment link via email.
A Gathering of Ecospiritual Practitioners | September 18th – 21st [2025]Retreat Faculty
Shea Armstrong
Shea is an ecopsychologist, threshold guide, and facilitator dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with their favorite selves and the more-than-human world. With a background in endangered species conservation and rich experience in nature-based rituals, Shea weaves somatic awareness, creativity, and playful reverence into her work. She brings warmth, open space, and a gentle presence when […]
Tina Fields
Tina is Professor Emeritx of Ecopsychology at Naropa, International Ecopsychology Society’s USA representative, and a practicing Druid who lived and taught fully outdoors for nearly five years. She brings extensive experience in eco-spiritual guidance, including wilderness rites-of-passage, Shinrin-yoku, mindfulness, psychedelics, myth, song and contradance, labyrinth walks, and Council practice. Through a combination of reverence and […]
