sacred nature institute
an integral approach to healing
through ancestral ritual
and deep nature connection

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The mission of Sacred Nature is to invite transformation by sharing practices and cultivating spaces that support people to reconnect with their bodies, with one another, with the earth, and with the mystery. All we do is guided by the wisdom of the soul and brilliance of nature, at the fertile juncture of indigenous wisdom and modern science. Attuned to our hearts deepest longings, with the support of community and counseling, we invite a collaboration that helps us move what is stuck, and metabolize unconscious material into embodied understandings. Our sanctuary is dedicated to loving kindness, and initiatory encounters are held in a web of somatic, creative and ecopsychological practices designed to provide ongoing support and integration.

The healing power we access in awakened states represents great hope for all who suffer in the modern epidemic of mental and physical imbalances, yet what’s often forgotten is that the context in which this work is held is critical. In order to continually advance our skills and knowledge, we are committed to ongoing training in trauma-informed therapeutic modalities, apprenticeship to wisdom traditions with living plant medicine lineages, and accountability within a network of mentors, elders and colleagues.

Centered in Gratitude,
Dedicated to Reciprocity.

We believe that the recovery of our latent animist sensibility is critical to our capacity to navigate our current planetary challenges, and manifest a future that honors all beings. We center our work in gratitude to cultures with living lineages of earth-based wisdom, stewards of sacred plant traditions, and the healing forces of nature .

Our guiding ethic is reciprocity, and a portion of all proceeds is given to the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative, a network of indigenous community-based organizations fighting for land, water, food, medicine and culture. Our dedication to earth-based wisdom and regenerative culture transports us beyond individualistic goals, towards a collective liberation.

Together,
we transform.

As practitioners of ancestral lineages, and life long learners, we have devoted decades to our education in ceremony. Our teachers are elders in Amazonian earth-based traditions, masters of yoga, meditation, and integral, somatic and art-based therapies, and the forces of nature.  Our commitment to ongoing training ensures that our containers are physically and psychospiritually clear and safe for all.

Above all, we believe in accessibility and inclusion. Ecstatic communion with nature is the birthright of all humans. We all have the right to thrive, and the healing of our world needs all our visions and offerings. Our decolonial future depends on our expanding compassion, engaged participation, and commitment to a community that leaves no one out.