The Natural World

Our Natural World is a gift and a treasure. Connecting with the Natural World around us, learning new ways to care for and reciprocate the gifts of nature can be incredibly invigorating and healing. Join us in exploring nature, how nature supports us, and how we can best support nature in return.

Sensing Earth Energies – A Somatic and Contemplative Doorway into Communing with the Earth

Anne Z. Parker PhD

November 21–23, 2025

Program Start Date & Time: November 21st  |  5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: November 23rd  |  12:30 pm During this enriching 3-day, 2-night program on the land, we will dive into somatic connection with the earth. By engaging with earth-based practices such as feeling and working with telluric earth energies, entering the energy fields […]

ONLINE Writing Through the Changes

Molly Murfee

December 6, 2025–November 1, 2026

Program Zoom Session Dates December 6th, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.  December 7th, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m February 28th, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. March 1st, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. June 7th, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. September 5th, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.  September 6th, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.  November 1st, […]

Yoga and Nature: Gifts of the Season 

Melissa Lago

January 9–11, 2026

Program Start Date & Time: January 9th  |  5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: January 11th  |  12:30 pm Replenish your body, mind, heart and spirit and bring it into harmony and balance with the seasons through yoga and spending time in the natural world. Many of us spend more time staring into screens, […]

Healing with Nature

Rochelle Calvert

January 22–25, 2026

Program Start Date & Time: January 22nd, 2026 – 5:30 pm Orientation Program End Date & Time: January 25th, 2026 – 1:30 pm This nature meditation retreat is designed to support healing through nature-based mindfulness and somatic practices. Trauma often disrupts our inner ecosystems, leading to a dysregulated state that hinders our ability to fully […]

FREE ONLINE EVENT: The Great Silence: Mindfulness and Nonduality

Johann Robbins

March 29, 2026

Program Start Date & Time: March 29th |  10:00 am Program End Date & Time: March 29th |  12:00 pm This is a free introduction to Nonduality, and a chance to be with Johann Robbins before his seven day nature retreat at Drala at the end of the summer. He will offer a guided meditation, […]

Regenerations: Cultivating Connections to Earth, Art & Activism

Molly Murfee and Ivy Kim

April 28–May 3, 2026

Program Start Date & Time: April 28th  |  5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: May 3rd  |  12:30 pm Regenerate: to bring into renewed existence, to replace that which is injured, to give it a new and more vigorous life. Regenerations: Cultivating Connections to Earth, Art & Activism is an active investigation of our […]

The Art of Zen Birding

Ryan Dibala

May 15–17, 2026

Program Start Date & Time: May 15th  |  5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: May 17th  |  12:30 pm There are birders and there are Zen birders. What’s the difference? Intention. Join naturalist and Birding Man Wildlife Tours Founder Dr. Ryan Dibala in a series of workshops that explore what could be considered the […]

Wild Rest: An Embodied Devotional Retreat in Nature

Devon Hase, Djuna Devereaux and Yong Oh

June 1–7, 2026

Program Start Date & Time: June 1st, 2026  |  5:30 pm Program End Date & Time: June 7th, 2026  |  12:30 pm Devotion begins as attention and deepens through love. Devotional practice can be expressed in the body, heart and mind as our most intimate longing to awaken. Within the refuge of an integrated experience […]