LOGISTICSProgram Date: February 1
9:00 am to approx 4:00 pm
Program Location: outside Occidental, California
Exact location will be shared upon enrollment
Suggested Donation: $40-120
Maximum Participants: 7 Humans
This Daywander program offers an opportunity for solo reflection in the tranquility of coastal redwoods.
Join us for a day of personal contemplation and group council in the peaceful Coastal Redwoods, where nature and community will meet and witness us as our whole selves.
All bodies are welcome to join us in this exploration. We are committed to making programs accessible for as many kinds of humans at possible.
APPROXIMATE PROGRAM SCHEDULE9:00 Arrival, Logistics & Intention Council
11:00 Solo Daywander
1:45 Story Sharing Council
WHAT IS A DAYWANDER?A daywander is a solo nature experience held by community. It is a wilderness meditation. It is a place of slowing down, of being with and listening to the wisdom of nature. Of being with yourself, your body, your heart.
More concretely, a daywander is a solo experience in which you spend time in nature without the company of other humans. That time is bookended by time spent in a community of fellow participants and with the holding help of your guides, so that the lessons that you learn on the land can be witnessed by community, and brought forth into your everyday life.
A daywander is a fast— you will be fasting from human contact, from rooms and walls and couches, from familiarity, from the ping of your phone, and perhaps from food. You will be stripping away all these potential distractions, and placing yourself in the belly of nature, in order to listen both to yourself and to the earth.
This practice, as your guides offer it, is rooted in School of Lost Borders lineage.
Program Guides
Tonks
Tonks is a feral femme, a humble student of mother nature, a community builder, and a long-time guide. Learn more about them here.
Dani Raven
Raven is a guide deeply passionate about lovingly accompanying people through the landscapes of their lives. She works with plant teachers, is an ongoing student of the land, an energy worker, and grief tender.
SUGGESTED DONATIONThe suggested donation for this daylong program is from $40 to $120.
If you are curious where you might fall on this scale, these guidelines from our friends at School of Lost Borders could offer some guidance.
If this range is not affordable for you, please reach out. We strive to make our programs accessible, especially for members of underserved communities. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
We look forward to meeting and gathering with you in the redwoods.
“This was such a powerful and transformative experience. It allowed for time and space to go deeply into myself and listen to my heart's truest desires. The guides made this an incredibly accessible and healing practice and the other participants were inspiring and now feel like close friends. I am so deeply grateful.”
-DAYWANDER PARTICIPANTLingering Questions?
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Want to learn more?
Many of the programs we offer, when compared to the world that most modern American humans walk though on a daily basis, are strange and foreign to say the least ..... at least that is how I felt when I first entered the world of nature-based ceremony.
You have made it to the bottom of this page, so it’s highly likely a part of you is feeling called to (or at a minimum curious about) this work. If when feeling into your body you also notice parts with hesitation or confusion or questions— please reach out. I am more than happy to connect and do my best to create more understanding for you— with absolutely no pressure to join the program.