Folks I Recommend
School of Lost Borders: "The School" was founded in 1981 by Steven Foster and Meredith Little in Big Pine, California, just east of the Sierra Mountains. Over the past decades, the School has brought back into the world the rite-of-passage ceremony of a wilderness fast. The School draws upon pancultural teachings and the wisdom of nature itself to bring this ancient ceremony to modern-day people.
www.schooloflostborders.org
Lost Borders Press: Started by Steven and Meredith as a way to publish their own books and those on related wilderness themes by other authors. This press published my first book, The Final Crossing.
www.lostborderspress.com
EarthWays LLC: Sara Harris and Susan Kistin first met while they were both doing a wilderness fast in 2000 to mark their 50th birthday. Soon after, they formed EarthWays: "a collective of passionate and capable wilderness guides, committed to restoring relationship with the natural world by bringing people out in direct connection with the profound guidance of the wild earth." EarthWays is based in the North Bay Area, in the town of Sebastopol. The collective's guides offer day-long, weekend-long, and week-long program in the Bay Area and elsewhere in California.
http//www.earthwaysllc.com
Betsy Perluss: Betsy is an ecopsychologist and Jungian psychotherapist with a private practice in Grass Valley, CA. She has a Ph.D. in Depth Psychology and is currently a candidate in the analytic training program at the Jung Institute in Colorado. Her love for the natural world, especially wild places, led her to write her dissertation on landscapes and archetypes. All of her passions come together in her work with the School of Lost Borders, where she has been guiding for over twenty years.
[email protected] http://www.betsyperluss.com http://www.schooloflostborders.org
Collin Brown: Collin is a seeker, healer, teacher, guide who has delved deeply into the mysteries of eros, love, death, and embodiment. His path has taught him to value and trust the wisdom and insight that come from experiential learning whether it’s in a classroom, as a coach, or out in the boundless beauty of nature.
[email protected] http://www.deeperrealms.com
Cynthia Morrow: Cynthia has been a long-established psychotherapist, now based in Sebastopol, CA. She is also a wilderness rites of passage guide with EarthWays. Her work in all its expressions is devoted to the awakening of our interconnected nature for deep healing, inner strength and whole-heartedness, for the benefit of all beings.
[email protected] http://www.natureofsoul.com http://www.earthwaysllc.com
Deborah Greene-Jacobi: Deborah has been an educational therapist, teacher and mentor of youth and adults for over 35 years. She is a host and carrier of The Circle Way and facilitator of intentional conversations in educational, community and wilderness settings. A passionate wilderness guide with EarthWays, Deb is inspired by the transformative power of wild nature as a mirror of our own deepest human nature guiding earth-based healing practices and wilderness rites of passage with teens and adults.
[email protected] http://www.earthwaysllc.com
Felicia Matto-Shepard: Felicia is an MFT and a Certified Jungian Analyst practicing in Petaluma, CA. She works at the threshold of creativity, embodiment and the mystery. She offers individual psychotherapy as well as classes in Alchemical Art - a process-based soul exploration using paint and collage. Felicia’s reverence for the mystery has been shaped by her 18 years as a social worker at Hospice of Petaluma.
[email protected] https://feliciamattoshepard.com
Kai Arden, M.D.: Kai is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst in San Francisco, CA. In addition to private practice, she has worked with homeless individuals, cared for people at the end of life as a hospice physician, taught women's health in Nepal and aided those in psychiatric crisis. Her latest interest is the intersection of yoga and psychotherapy. https://kardenmd.com
Peter ‘Pedro’ McMillan (he, him, his): An elder with more than 20 years of experience with rites of passage, 10 years as a guide working with the School of Lost Borders, Pedro brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding to teaching and holding space for those called to the land. Together with his experience as a long-time eco-entrepreneur, he has a clear view of the many challenges we face as modern humans and brings a strong and compassionate heart to rites of passage and social justice work.
[email protected] [email protected] http://www.schooloflostborders.org
Roy Remer: Roy is executive director for the Zen Caregiving Project, where he has worked as an end-of-life caregiver, educator, and volunteer coordinator. He is the guiding instructor of Mindful Caregiving Education and is a facilitator of Open Death Conversations; he speaks and teaches internationally on the topics of mindful caregiving and end-of-life. He also guides wilderness-based rites of passage programs with EarthWays.
[email protected] https://zencaregiving.org http://www.earthwaysllc.com
Ruth Wharton: As a licensed professional counselor, wilderness therapist and guide, play therapist, and wilderness first responder, Ruth has worked in a variety of settings supporting diverse people in meaningful life passages. As a guide working with the School of Lost Borders for over 20 years, Ruth is also one of the founders of both the Women’s Fast and Queer Quest. Ruth continues to guide, offer trainings and mentorship in the Wild Mountains of Colorado and around the world.
[email protected] http://www.schooloflostborders.org
Sahara Chaldean: Sahara is a gifted guide and teacher, who has trained both as a naturalist and in the practice of Speaking Circles. As a wilderness guide, she doesn't just send people out to go walking on the earth; she invites them to amble: to amble and observe and reflect. She has guided with Earth/Ways for over a decade where her special interests are offering trainings in the Circle Way and the Way of Council.
[email protected] http://www.earthwaysllc.com
www.schooloflostborders.org
Lost Borders Press: Started by Steven and Meredith as a way to publish their own books and those on related wilderness themes by other authors. This press published my first book, The Final Crossing.
www.lostborderspress.com
EarthWays LLC: Sara Harris and Susan Kistin first met while they were both doing a wilderness fast in 2000 to mark their 50th birthday. Soon after, they formed EarthWays: "a collective of passionate and capable wilderness guides, committed to restoring relationship with the natural world by bringing people out in direct connection with the profound guidance of the wild earth." EarthWays is based in the North Bay Area, in the town of Sebastopol. The collective's guides offer day-long, weekend-long, and week-long program in the Bay Area and elsewhere in California.
http//www.earthwaysllc.com
Betsy Perluss: Betsy is an ecopsychologist and Jungian psychotherapist with a private practice in Grass Valley, CA. She has a Ph.D. in Depth Psychology and is currently a candidate in the analytic training program at the Jung Institute in Colorado. Her love for the natural world, especially wild places, led her to write her dissertation on landscapes and archetypes. All of her passions come together in her work with the School of Lost Borders, where she has been guiding for over twenty years.
[email protected] http://www.betsyperluss.com http://www.schooloflostborders.org
Collin Brown: Collin is a seeker, healer, teacher, guide who has delved deeply into the mysteries of eros, love, death, and embodiment. His path has taught him to value and trust the wisdom and insight that come from experiential learning whether it’s in a classroom, as a coach, or out in the boundless beauty of nature.
[email protected] http://www.deeperrealms.com
Cynthia Morrow: Cynthia has been a long-established psychotherapist, now based in Sebastopol, CA. She is also a wilderness rites of passage guide with EarthWays. Her work in all its expressions is devoted to the awakening of our interconnected nature for deep healing, inner strength and whole-heartedness, for the benefit of all beings.
[email protected] http://www.natureofsoul.com http://www.earthwaysllc.com
Deborah Greene-Jacobi: Deborah has been an educational therapist, teacher and mentor of youth and adults for over 35 years. She is a host and carrier of The Circle Way and facilitator of intentional conversations in educational, community and wilderness settings. A passionate wilderness guide with EarthWays, Deb is inspired by the transformative power of wild nature as a mirror of our own deepest human nature guiding earth-based healing practices and wilderness rites of passage with teens and adults.
[email protected] http://www.earthwaysllc.com
Felicia Matto-Shepard: Felicia is an MFT and a Certified Jungian Analyst practicing in Petaluma, CA. She works at the threshold of creativity, embodiment and the mystery. She offers individual psychotherapy as well as classes in Alchemical Art - a process-based soul exploration using paint and collage. Felicia’s reverence for the mystery has been shaped by her 18 years as a social worker at Hospice of Petaluma.
[email protected] https://feliciamattoshepard.com
Kai Arden, M.D.: Kai is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst in San Francisco, CA. In addition to private practice, she has worked with homeless individuals, cared for people at the end of life as a hospice physician, taught women's health in Nepal and aided those in psychiatric crisis. Her latest interest is the intersection of yoga and psychotherapy. https://kardenmd.com
Peter ‘Pedro’ McMillan (he, him, his): An elder with more than 20 years of experience with rites of passage, 10 years as a guide working with the School of Lost Borders, Pedro brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding to teaching and holding space for those called to the land. Together with his experience as a long-time eco-entrepreneur, he has a clear view of the many challenges we face as modern humans and brings a strong and compassionate heart to rites of passage and social justice work.
[email protected] [email protected] http://www.schooloflostborders.org
Roy Remer: Roy is executive director for the Zen Caregiving Project, where he has worked as an end-of-life caregiver, educator, and volunteer coordinator. He is the guiding instructor of Mindful Caregiving Education and is a facilitator of Open Death Conversations; he speaks and teaches internationally on the topics of mindful caregiving and end-of-life. He also guides wilderness-based rites of passage programs with EarthWays.
[email protected] https://zencaregiving.org http://www.earthwaysllc.com
Ruth Wharton: As a licensed professional counselor, wilderness therapist and guide, play therapist, and wilderness first responder, Ruth has worked in a variety of settings supporting diverse people in meaningful life passages. As a guide working with the School of Lost Borders for over 20 years, Ruth is also one of the founders of both the Women’s Fast and Queer Quest. Ruth continues to guide, offer trainings and mentorship in the Wild Mountains of Colorado and around the world.
[email protected] http://www.schooloflostborders.org
Sahara Chaldean: Sahara is a gifted guide and teacher, who has trained both as a naturalist and in the practice of Speaking Circles. As a wilderness guide, she doesn't just send people out to go walking on the earth; she invites them to amble: to amble and observe and reflect. She has guided with Earth/Ways for over a decade where her special interests are offering trainings in the Circle Way and the Way of Council.
[email protected] http://www.earthwaysllc.com