Smooth Sumac, Rhus spp.
Welcome to Inner Wilderness Institute! I hope we can serve as an outfitter to help you prepare for your soul journey. Seeking to know our deeper selves can be like stalking through a thick bush at night—you can barely see where you are going or what may be coming at you. But the exhilaration of discovery and feeling alive in the moment by encountering wilderness makes both our inner and outer journeys worth it…and when it is not exhilarating, but instead just itchy, muddy and cold, well, we’ll deal with that, too! Join us!
Why is Inner Wilderness Institute right for now?
photo by Karla Souder
It’s time for humans to have magic, fun and meaningful experiences out in the woods again! The child in you has not forgotten the awe and splendor of communion with nature. And the 100,000 year old Homo sapien in you has not forgotten how to psychologically shapeshift and become brethren to the tree and stone elders, the totem animals or stars who guide one’s life. We, too, can reawaken to latent skills held deep within us that weave us into the fabric of all around us.
When even thinking about nature, too many of us these days quickly are reminded of all the problems the world faces. Often joy, serenity and belonging gets replaced with sadness, guilt or fear. Magic as our home base slips away or gets replaced by a bittersweet quality. All that is seemingly left are problems, problems, problems. We cannot deny environmental problems are real and serious. To varying degrees all of us are coming to realize the impact that climate change, the peak in oil resources, and other environmental crises will have on us and next generations.
Register for our upcoming workshops in the Rockingham and Augosta county areas.
Or email kate.guenther@inner-wilderness.com
Wecome to the Inner Wilderness Institute
Welcome to the Inner Wilderness Institute, a nature-based counseling institute in the central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We’re hoping our program will appeal to your sense of adventure and celebrate the awe and mystery associated with living with and within the natural world.
Please read more about our upcoming workshops in the Harrisonburg and Staunton areas: Working Deeply with Nature to Explore Yourself and also Animals Connecting us to Our Deeper Selves.
