You're invited to Ojai, California this May!
We are nature. We are the product of 13 billion years of universal and planetary evolution, and it's only in the last few generations that we've lost our deep, direct connection to the natural world.
How can we know ourselves if we don't know nature? How can we feel whole when we're missing our very foundation?
Feeling whole and knowing ourselves arises spontaneously when we learn to connect to nature, not through the mind, but through our senses, emotions, body, and energetic system.
The good news: Learning how to connect with nature doesn't require moving to a cabin in the woods or getting a degree in environmental science. You can connect with nature in a meaningful transformative way right now, no matter who or where you are.
Nature is right outside.
It's also in you.
It's everywhere, and it's waiting to guide you, if you know how to connect.
Sounds simple right?
Yes and no.
Our disconnection from nature is the result of conditioning.
As children, we were instinctively connected to the outdoors, but our families, communities, and culture taught us to turn away. Throughout our life, we've accumulated mental barriers based on age, gender, health, race, class, and politics. We have conscious and subconscious beliefs about why we can't, shouldn't, or don't want to be touched by nature.
☁️ ☁️ Does it ever feel like ☁️ ☁️:
Engaging with nature requires complex, masculine-leaning skills and endless amounts of expensive equipment?
Meaningful outdoor experiences need to be elaborate or costly. Ex: Backpacking in the mountains, sea kayaking, or hiking some volcano in the tropics?
Learning about plants, animals, etc is too complicated, left-brain, or intellectual. It's for people who are science-y or have a knack for it?
In order to connect to the outdoors, you have to be young and physically fit? Rich? White?
In connecting with nature, you'll activate deep, overwhelming grief for our planet?
In our culture, there is a limited narrative of HOW you can connect to nature and WHO you need to be in order to do it.
That's why I created Homecoming.
Homecoming is a 4-day retreat and 6-week course that teaches you how to connect with nature on your terms: It's all about your personal where, how, and why.
After all, your connection with nature is an expression of your true self.
And, because we're all nature, everyone's invited to the party. If you have an inkling that nature's for you but you don't know where to start, that's ok. That's part of what taking this course is for.
To connect with our environment, we need to unlearn our disconnection. We need to dismantle the beliefs that are blocking our spontaneous, effortless relationship with the natural world.
🌟 This is exactly what Homecoming is for. 🌟
How does Homecoming support you on your journey back to nature and, ultimately, yourself?
Unlearning is the key to connecting with nature. However, these blocks and feelings of separateness can be complex and partly in our subconscious. I have the skills and experience to guide you through the process of reconnection.
Connecting to nature requires a commitment to inner work. It leads us to confront old, entrenched beliefs about what we're capable of, as well as our relationship to discomfort and the unknown. Because the outdoors is a perfect mirror of our inner nature, we're often asked to examine our basic identity and values. Homecoming is designed to facilitate and catalyze this process.
In this course, you'll be supported by 1) a teacher who has already gone on this journey 2) a tight-knit group of others experiencing the same process as yourself.
I will teach you how to experience the benefits of nature anywhere, anytime. When you connect to the natural world through your senses, emotions, body, and energy field, you discover that its healing power and intelligence is everywhere!
Learn to hike without being stuck in your head.
Feel excited and inspired everyday by the landscapes of your neighborhood.
Experience freedom, freshness, and creativity in your work and personal life.
🍓THE TRANSFORMATION: After Homecoming, you’ll…
Walk outdoors and immediately feel a deep connection to wherever you are.
Strengthen your intuition so that you can easily make decisions that are aligned with your path and purpose.
Experience life with more presence, and in turn, joy, ease, energy, and calm.
Consistently and effortlessly experience nature as a source of guidance, support and nourishment.
Embody focus, resilience, and compassion in turbulent times.
Deepen your understanding of yourself and the role you're meant to play in this world (deep connection to nature = clarity of your life's purpose).
If you’re interested in exploring whether this is the right fit for you, fill out a short form below (it will take you less than five min!)
The Retreat Location:
We’ll be staying at a beautiful, country home in Upper Ojai just 10 minutes from the heart of downtown. This magnificent mountain home has a breathtaking view of the Topa Topa mountains with glass French doors leading to massive decks –both front and back – that are great for outdoor dining, reading, and bird watching.
We will also have the use of a hot tub (perfect for star gazing), an outdoor patio table, and the lovely grounds to explore.
Here’s what Homecoming includes:
A 4-day immersive retreat at a beautiful country home (May 4th - May 9th) in the picturesque Ojai Valley in southern California
Four full days of: workshops, hikes, embodiment and meditation instruction, whole-food cooking, natural movement and BONUS experiences and surprises!
A 6-week course following the retreat, which will include:
An integration of experiences, knowledge, and skills from the in-person retreat
Transformative practices to shift and deepen your relationship with the outdoors and with yourself
Three Master Classes taught by experts from a variety of fields
1:1 coaching sessions with Alyssa
Weekly group calls for on-going integration, questions, sharing, and support
Bonus sessions and other surprises!
