Upcoming PeerSpirit Wilderness Quests
Following is a chronological listing of our scheduled Wilderness Quests that are open to the public. If you have questions about registration, travel logistics, etc., please contact the people listed below. If you have specific questions about the nature of questing, or if you'd like to look into booking a private questing experience for your organization, please contact Ann at the PeerSpirit office.
- Elder Passage Wilderness Quest, Inyo Mountains, California
- Cascadia Quest (for men and women) at Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington
- WomanQuest, Turtle Island Preserve, North Carolina
ELDER PASSAGE WILDERNESS QUEST
Guides: Anne Stine and Ann Linnea
This nine-day immersion into the sacred Inyo Mountains, CA beyond the eastern Sierras is an opportunity for women age 50 and older to explore what it means to become an elder in the world at this time. Informed by the wisdom of nature, we will enter the initiatory passage into this next stage of life. In addition to the traditional practices of solitude, fasting and exposure to the natural world, we will sit in council, sing, dance, journal, drum, walk and create ceremony together. By honing our abilities to listen to the earth, ourselves and each other, we will begin to forge our own unique paths to claiming our eldership in our homes, communities and places of work.
Anne Stine, MA, MFT (www.wildernessrites.com) is founder and director of Wilderness Rites, with many years experience as an ecopsychologist and rites of passage guide. Through guiding, teaching, training, mentoring and council work her intention is to offer initiatory earth-based healing rites and practices that assist people to reclaim their true place within the wisdom and cycles of nature. Her programs have been offered in the wilderness areas of California, Oregon and Idaho as well as at several universities and retreat centers across the country and have been greatly informed by her own extended periods of solitude and fasting in wilderness settings. Her writings have appeared in "The Soul Unearthed" (Tarcher 2001)
Ann Linnea of PeerSpirit has been a wilderness guide for four decades. She has devoted her life to sharing the wonder and wisdom of the natural world with people of all ages. In her book Deep Water Passage: A Spiritual Journey at Midlife (Pocketbook, 1997), she chronicles her courageous journey around the 1800-mile shoreline of Lake Superior by sea kayak. Her latest book, Keepers of the Trees, captures her commitment to linking the stories of human beings to the earth. Through a lifetime of wilderness work and a decade of bringing the wisdom of council into the mainstream, Ann has developed a deep-seated belief that true, internal, systemic change is facilitated by extended immersion in the natural world in the creative company of peers.
Participants enter a careful preparation process upon signing up that includes written materials, a phone consult, and suggested soul preparation activities. All food will be provided except the final celebratory dinner in town. Participants provide all their own camping gear--list provided. No prior camping experience is required. Hiking and other movement is not strenuous, though base camp is located at 8,700 feet elevation. If in doubt about your physical abilities for this quest, please feel free to call either Anne or Ann and discuss the issue with them.
DATES: July 15-25, 2010
COST: $1225
REGISTRATION: Limited to 12 women, age 50 and older
DETAILS/MORE INFO: For more details on this quest, please download an Elder Quest flyer.
LOCATION: Inyo Mountains in eastern California's high mountain desert
DEPOSIT: A non-refundable $325.00 deposit holds your place. Register by check or money order through the Wilderness Rites office, 541-488-4899, 480 Herbert St., Ashland OR 97520
CEUs (for MFTs and LCSWs): 36 units
SCHOLARSHIPS: We have a limited amount of funds available for scholarship. Please let us know if you'd like more information about our scholarship process.
The Vision Quest for elder women being offered by Ann Linnea and Anne Stine is part of the larger network of vision quests being offered by a variety of organizations.
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CASCADIA QUEST
June 6-12, 2011
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Eastern Washington, USA
For the third year, PeerSpirit is delighted to offer this wilderness
quest for both men and women. If you are seeking to mark a transition in your life, to reconnect with your inner wisdom, or to clarify a life situation, we invite you to join us in the beautiful forested lands of the eastern Cascade Mountains. Using Skalitude's off-the-grid retreat center as a base camp, the group will prepare for a 48-hour solo by learning the traditional quest practices of wilderness solitude, fasting, council, and ceremony.
Participants will provide their own equipment (list provided) for the solo time. All food will be provided. No prior camping experience is required. Hiking and other movement at this 3,000 ft. elevation will not be strenuous.
About the Facilitators:
Ann Linnea of PeerSpirit is a wilderness guide with four decades of experience. Through a lifetime of wilderness work and fifteen years of bringing the wisdom of council into the mainstream, Ann has developed a deep-seated belief that true, internal, systemic change is facilitated by extended immersion in the natural world in the creative company of peers. Ann is a certified Wilderness First Responder and a member of the Wilderness Guides Council.
Christina Baldwin is a guide to the inner life through journal writing and personal story. She is passionate about nature, wildness, and helping people sit with the earth and receive instruction, inspiration, and direction. She and Ann co-founded PeerSpirit circling, which, along with the quest’s own ancient ceremonies, will provide the social and spiritual container for the journey of these days.
DATES: June 6-11, 2011
LOCATION: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains near Carlton, WA (Driving time from Seattle is 4.5 hours and from Spokane, 3.5 hours)
COST: $975.00 (includes everything on-site). A non-refundable deposit of $250 holds your place.
SCHOLARSHIPS: We have a limited amount of funds available for scholarship. Please let us know if you'd like more information about our scholarship process.
REGISTRATION: Limited to 12 men and women, age 21 and over. Register through the PeerSpirit office.
DETAILS/MORE INFO: For further information , please contact Ann Linnea or visit the Skalitude web site at http://skalitude.com/events.html
WOMANQUEST:
AN INTRODUCTORY VISION QUEST FOR WOMEN
June 2-6, 2010
Turtle Island Preserve
Near Boone, NC
Although Ann Linnea is no longer co-guiding this quest, she helped establish it and we highly recommend this five-day, four-night introduction to the ancient art of vision questing. The 2010 quest will be co-led by Pam Noble and Judy Flavell—both of whom have trained with Ann. For more information, please email info@womanquest.net or visit www.womanquest.net.
