One day in-person Rewilding Retreat held at Storyhouse on Whidbey Island’s (Tscha-kole-chy) Whidbey Institute. Seasonal Rewilding Retreats teach on, and are responsive to, the sacred and seasonal wisdom that exists within the phenology of that particular season.

Organic and locally sourced lunch meal is included as well as light morning and afternoon refreshments.

One day in-person Rewilding Retreat held at Storyhouse on Whidbey Island’s (Tscha-kole-chy) Whidbey Institute. Each Rewilding Retreat will teach on, and be responsive to, the sacred and seasonal wisdom that exists within the phenology of that particular season.

Organic and locally sourced lunch meal is included as well as light morning and afternoon refreshments.

One day in-person Rewilding Retreat held at Storyhouse on Whidbey Island’s (Tscha-kole-chy) Whidbey Institute. Each Rewilding Retreat will teach on, and be responsive to, the sacred and seasonal wisdom that exists within the phenology of that particular season.

Organic and locally sourced lunch meal is included as well as light morning and afternoon refreshments.

Connect with the rhythm of the sacred seasons and the calendar of the Earth that is on-going within you and throughout the world with this Blessed Beltane | A Cross-Quarter Day Mini-Retreat.

One day in-person Rewilding Retreat held at Storyhouse on Whidbey Island’s (Tscha-kole-chy) Whidbey Institute. Seasonal Rewilding Retreats teach on, and are responsive to, the sacred and seasonal wisdom that exists within the phenology of that particular season.

Organic and locally sourced lunch meal is included as well as light morning and afternoon refreshments.

You are invited to celebrate the turning of the Celtic Wheel of the Year in ceremony and community! Celebrate Imbolc, the mid-point of Winter (or the first day of Spring within the Celtic Wheel of the Year), by gathering together in a virtual sacred circle with this mini-retreat.

Join Wild Iona Journey co-guides Mary DeJong and Victoria Loorz on this virtual call to hear insight into this special offering. They'll share their personal stories that relate to the particularities of the Wild Iona Journey - plus give you a chance to contemplate your own motivations for taking part in the journey as well as answering any questions about this sacred offering.

There is no charge for this event. You can register to receive the Zoom link below. A recording will be posted to our website following the event.

This Summer Rewilding Retreat will focus on spiritual practices prayerful postures associated with the season of Summer, the element of Earth the cardinal direction of South, and the bioregion of the garden and field. Threaded within these corresponding categories are deep mythopoetic meaning and psycho-spiritual themes that will inspire your wild soul formation and connection to the Sacred Wild. 

This Spring Rewilding Retreat will focus on spiritual practices prayerful postures associated with the season of Spring, the element of Fire, the cardinal direction of East, and the bioregion of the forest. Threaded within these corresponding categories are deep mythopoetic meaning and psycho-spiritual themes that will inspire your wild soul formation and connection to the Sacred Wild. 

This Winter Rewilding Retreat will focus on spiritual practices prayerful postures associated with the season of Winter, the element of Air, the cardinal direction of North, and the bioregion of the mountains and high places. Threaded within these corresponding categories are deep mythopoetic meaning and psycho-spiritual themes that will inspire your wild soul formation and connection to the Sacred Wild. 

This Summer Rewilding Retreat will focus on prayers and spiritual practices associated with the season of Summer, the element of Earth the cardinal direction of South, and the bioregion of gardens, fields, and farms. Threaded within these corresponding categories are deep mythopoetic meaning and psycho-spiritual themes that will inspire your wild soul formation and connection to the Sacred Wild. 

This Spring Rewilding Retreat will focus on prayers and spiritual practices associated with the season of Spring, the element of Fire the cardinal direction of East, and the bioregion of the forest and woodlands. We will even go out with a mycologist to forage mushrooms in the Chinook Forest! Threaded within these corresponding categories are deep mythopoetic meaning and psycho-spiritual themes that will inspire your wild soul formation and connection to the Sacred Wild. 

This Winter Rewilding Retreat will focus on prayers and spiritual practices associated with the season of Winter, the element of Air, the cardinal direction of North, and the bioregion of mountains and high places. Threaded within these corresponding categories are deep mythopoetic meaning and psycho-spiritual themes that will inspire your wild soul formation and connection to the Sacred Wild.

Join the Turner Lectures Planning Team for another thought provoking series of discussions and fellowship.  This year's Lecturer, Mary DeJong, is a long-time urban naturalist, practitioner and guide of place-based pilgrimage. Mary will be sharing her theological framework for bringing the imago Dei tradition into a whole and integral relationship with the more-than-human world and this work is critical for a flourishing future for all of creation.

“This earth we are riding keeps trying to tell us something with its continuous scripture of leaves.” -William Stafford

Come spend a day of reflection and retreat at the Peace and Spirituality Center, a lovely set-apart place that shares space with a magnificent second growth forest and the lapping edges of Lake Washington. Here we will engage in a liturgical rhythm that will invite a deep remembrance that the community of creation was God’s first sacred text, that within the natural world we can participate in a holy reading that profoundly connects us to ourselves, the more-than-human world, and the Divine. Come away for a few hours to sink into the scripture of creation!

You are invited to a unique forest church service this summer in Seattle, Washington. Hosted by WilderSoul and Waymarkers. Through nature-based practices that draw upon the wisdom of sacred narratives and older traditions, we will cultivate a deeper connection with nature and our own wild wholeness. Take a step across the threshold toward a culturally creative vision for life. Renew your sense of hope and courage to face our current spiritual and ecological crises together, rooted in kinship and community with one another, the wild earth, and the great mystery we call God. 

Is your sense of the sacred feeling stunted? Are you feeling disconnected from the rhythms and seasons of the natural world? Do you desire a deep feeling of communion with the whole community of creation? Then it is time to rewild your wonder! Respond to this call to seek the sacred within the text of the natural world and recover your feral faith on Whidbey Island for this day long retreat with Mary DeJong at the Whidbey Institute's Storyhouse, a nurturing cabin surrounded by legacy forest and the whispers of wild life half a world away from the urban hustle and bustle.