Ambassadors for Change in Salmon Nation

At the moment Wildheart holds two gatherings a year and is actively looking for a centre in Sussex, to hold courses, retreats, conferences and much more. We hope to expand these gathering to the USA in the near future, so if youre interseted in setting one up, get in touch. Please read below to see what we are about.

Wildheart brings together some of the most inspiring, passionate and committed pioneers of the wild. Visionaries, teachers, leaders, ecologists, performers, healers, shamans, artists, musicians whose heart embraces the wilderness that lies at the core of our human spirit. No longer able to bear the destruction of our most precious resource we hold gatherings of such beauty and eloquence for peoples of all ages to come and celebrate this life on our true home. 

The gatherings bring together a number of groups involved in teachings of inspiration, compassion and wisdom. There are teachings from Dzogchen, sufi dancing, shamanism, sweat lodge and vision questing, ecopsycholgy, earth restoration, lectures and films, so many wonderful ways to inspire the  body and soul to realise its natural place in the world.

Our Gatherings offer the view that we can and yearn to foster a deep, profound and real connection with the Earth, and in order to survive on this beautiful earth, it is vital that we meet that simple and natural connection with home. Opening a way for us all to get our feet truly planted on the earth and for each of us to remember our true home, which is nothing but the drumbeat of our heart, the song of the wind, and the thunder in the vast sky.   

Sponsored by  Tigers nest, Trackways, & Spirit Horse we will be hold five days of fun and enchanting wisdom for all the family to enjoy. Wilderness skills , elders & initiation, ancient ritual, poetic verse & divine story, enchanting music, sufi dancing, theatre & performance,  great food, crafts, and a whole lot more, come along and bring the wildness of your heart and soul so we may all jump up and live again. 

Bringing together Bushcraft, Outdoor pursuits, Conservation, Sustainable Land use, Deep Ecology, Nature Awareness, Rites of Passage and the work of the Shaman, fostering an inclusive approach, that recognising the depth inherent in working with nature. 

The gathering is open to every one whether you are a Bushcraft enthusiast, have a love of Nature, or are interested in Shamanism the Wild heart Gatherings are open to you.

There are a spectrum of skills to experience: Canoeing, Flint knapping, Fire making, Archery, Ancient Crafts, Tracking, Bird language, Plants as food and medicine, The eye of the artist, Music, Movement, Martial Arts, the transformational work of Nature Awareness, Healing and an introduction to Shamanic skills, healing and Spirit Work.

see: www.wildheartgathering.com

Tigers nest. 

Tigers nest is a project which aims to provide a series of different resources that can support people to really appreciate life. We live in a culture that is always searching for joy or fulfillment in a transitory world, rushing from one thing to the next to try and find that elusive quality of natural peace, joy and happiness. We rarely give ourselves the opportunity to stop and really appreciate our lives as it’s unfolding in each and every moment, to really be with our life, right now. For this purpose, we hold a series of different events from workshops, walking retreats, to Individual psychotherapy, as well as inviting both contemporary teachers and elders to come and share their unique wisdom. see www.tigersnest.com

Walking Retreats. (Land as Medicine).

In her wonderful book “Wild”, Jay Griffiths tells of how of all around the world, elders are seeing how that we have became dangerous to ourselves, young people are becoming violently out of control, living in a wasteland of the mind. And all these wise elders pointed to one solution: The Land.

Violence comes from being outside nature, not having the clarity of mind that the vastness of the sky provides, losing touch with the grounded quality of the earth, spending time with the wild emotions of the rivers and seas. Nature is both wild and kind, it is the natural world that provides all our resources to survive, yet when we lose touch with that natural rhythm, we find ourselves in a crises, we lose touch with our source. Our current environmental crises is a perfect mirror, reflecting how we have often lost touch with our most primal resource. To spend time with our true home allows a deep healing to take place.

You go back to the land to be yourself, says one of the elders, all human mind is free and wild and we need wild land to remember who we are. To spend time sitting out by a fire under the summer stars, or to sit and see both the sunrise and sunset in one day, these are the most natural aspects of life, but rarely do we give ourselves time to listen, to really see, to remember who we truly are.

The walking retreats provided by Tigers nest allow us to reconnect with that wild soul that is in its essence free and vast. Part of the retreats we spend camping, some in hotels, guest houses and outside. We are encouraged to spend some time walking in silent contemplation and also have the support of silent movement practices, meditation, sky gazing and story telling. By spending time with the five elements, we slowly come back to ourselves and resource deeply recharging our lives with awareness and passionate action as we realise we are an intrinsic part of the whole and our life is a gift to share with others.

The retreats run from two/three days in Sussex, to five/seven days in Snowdonia. For more details, see dates on the back of this programme and check the website. Places are limited, so its best to book early to secure a place. The retreats are a great way to stay fit both physically and mentally.

www.tigersnest.com