Our approach emphasizes deep nature connection, the use of ritual, and authentic self-expression. We are training the next generation of young leaders who are equipped to care for themselves, their communities, and the planet. We honor our teachers by sharing what was shared with us.
A skill-building, ceremony-based backpacking program in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
‣ 7-day trail adventures for rising 8th & 9th graders; 10-day rites of passage expeditions for rising 10th graders and up.
‣ Alumni offerings growing yearly for older participants and apprentices.
We open our minds and hearts to the intelligence of the natural world, learning to pay better attention, and making deeper relations with the more-than-human world. Participants learn to track the world around them and find their place in the whole.
We foster an intergenerational culture that supports transformative personal growth. Participants learn to cultivate resilience through gratitude practices, big adventures, and intentional time as a group and in solitude.
We help fulfill the human desire to make meaning in our lives through ritual and ceremony, and especially the need of adolescents to mark the many transitions taking place in their physical, emotional, and spiritual lives.
