Great Places To Start
The Animas offerings listed on this page, while some of our most profound experiential immersions, are also the most popular “entry points” for those with no prior experience with Soulcraft™ practices or the work of Animas Valley Institute.
Great Places To Start offerings include:
- Soulcraft Intensive
- Wild Mind Intensive
- The Way of Council & the Art of Mirroring
- Nature and the Human Soul
- Animas Quest
Online Introduction to Soulcraft – November, 2024
November 22 - 24, 2024
Online
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Sara McFarland
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL. Please sign up for the waitlist. Join our nature-based guides in an online experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Online Intro to Soulcraft in Celebration of Publication of Soulcraft in Portuguese
December 6 - 8, 2024
Online
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
Join our nature-based guides in an online experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Nature & The Human Soul Online – January, 2025
January 22 - February 27, 2025
Online
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Kent Dobson
Anchored in traditional four-directions wisdom, the Soulcentric Developmental Wheel (SDW) is a new ecopsychology of human development and cultural transformation.
Soulcraft Intensive – February, 2025, Australia
February 4 - 8, 2025
Chakola Wildlife Refuge, Kangaroo Valley, Southern NSW
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Soulcraft Intensive – March, 2025
March 30 - April 3, 2025
Joshua Tree National Park, California
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH and Gene Dilworth, M.A.
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Wild Mind Intensive – April, 2025
April 30 - May 4, 2025
Dharma Treasure Retreat Center, Tucson, Arizona
With Jules Howatt and Sara McFarland
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Soulcraft Intensive, May 2025
May 24 - 28, 2025
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
With Doug Van Houten and Kent Dobson
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Art & Soul: Unveiling and Igniting the Hidden Imagery of Nature and Psyche, June 2025
June 3 - 7, 2025
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
With Doug Van Houten
The reinvention of self and world happens primarily through the powers of our imaginations. The special focus of Art and Soul is the awakening of these powers and the expression of our raw images.
Soulcraft Intensive – June, 2025
June 25 - 29, 2025
Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S. and Kent Dobson
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.