Nature Programs
To be fully alive is to meet each stage of life with presence and attention.
Rites of passage and nature-based practices offer a way to mark meaningful transitions with intention, honesty, and care. Through council, solitude, poetry, song, mindfulness, fasting, and ceremony, you are guided to honor what has been, release what no longer fits, and listen for the deeper truth emerging in your life. In the company of nature and community, a more grounded sense of belonging becomes possible.
All of you is welcome here—especially the parts still waiting to be known.
Rites of passage and nature-based practices offer a way to mark meaningful transitions with intention, honesty, and care. Through council, solitude, poetry, song, mindfulness, fasting, and ceremony, you are guided to honor what has been, release what no longer fits, and listen for the deeper truth emerging in your life. In the company of nature and community, a more grounded sense of belonging becomes possible.
All of you is welcome here—especially the parts still waiting to be known.
"You were never broken and you’re not going home fixed” Angelo Lazenka
Upcoming Programs
You can find all upcoming programs and Rite of Passage ceremonies on my School of Lost Borders Profile. Simply scroll down to see what we offer and explore the schedule from there.
Ceremony for Life Transitions
A space to honor meaningful change
There are moments in life—grief, endings, divorce, or transitions—that carry weight but don’t have a clear ritual in our culture. This offering creates a space to acknowledge and mark those thresholds with care and intention.
For those moving through meaningful change, we shape a simple, personal ceremony rooted in your experience and what feels true for you. This is not about fixing or resolving, but about honoring what has happened and allowing meaning to take form.
The process may include intention setting, symbolic gesture, time alone on the land, and being witnessed—held in relationship with the natural world, where something deeper can settle beyond words.
Structure
One preparation session
3-hour ceremony held outdoors
One integration session
Details
$500–700 sliding scale
This work happens in relationship with the land. You’ll need access to a natural outdoor setting, and the ceremony is held in person.
There are moments in life—grief, endings, divorce, or transitions—that carry weight but don’t have a clear ritual in our culture. This offering creates a space to acknowledge and mark those thresholds with care and intention.
For those moving through meaningful change, we shape a simple, personal ceremony rooted in your experience and what feels true for you. This is not about fixing or resolving, but about honoring what has happened and allowing meaning to take form.
The process may include intention setting, symbolic gesture, time alone on the land, and being witnessed—held in relationship with the natural world, where something deeper can settle beyond words.
Structure
One preparation session
3-hour ceremony held outdoors
One integration session
Details
$500–700 sliding scale
This work happens in relationship with the land. You’ll need access to a natural outdoor setting, and the ceremony is held in person.
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. -Mary Oliver |
Womens Rite of Passage At times we find ourselves at a crossroads—feeling the pull to pause, to listen more deeply, to step out of the noise of everyday life and into something more essential.
Since time immemorial, women have gathered—to witness, to grieve, to celebrate, and to remember. In sharing our stories across generations, something settles. We begin to recognize ourselves in one another, and reconnect with a deeper knowing—of enoughness, of beauty, and of the creative life moving through us. This is a space to return to the rhythms that hold us. To release what no longer fits, and to listen for what is quietly unfolding within. Supported by nature, simple ritual, and community, we begin to trust the pace of change. We do not come to strive or prove, but to remember how to belong-- to ourselves, to each other, and to the living world. Something in you already knows the way back. |
Wilderness Flavors
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