Does the answer come from others around you or from society? What if the real answers lie within ourselves? What would happen if we let that part of ourselves speak, our source, that deeply knows what we desire?
A Vision Quest is an ancient, ritualistic way of seeing. A way that has a permanent place in many cultures. One in which we connect with ourselves and nature. There, in nature, in the silence, within ourselves, the answers come. Answers as clear as the water of a mountain stream, as clear as an eagle’s gaze, and as grounded as the roots of a tree.
We create a safe space so you can receive your own answers.
Your answers. From within.
The Vision Quest consists of three elements: preparation, then solitude in nature, and finally, integration.
Before you set off, we’ll thoroughly prepare you. Together, we’ll consider your intention and connect with the nature around us. After the necessary process work, you’ll be ready to go. During your solitude, you’ll also leave all last distractions behind: you’ll fast, and only carry the bare essentials. After four days and nights, you’ll return to base camp to integrate your experiences. We’ll work with dance, music, and poetry, among other things. In this setting, a kind of foundation is created, allowing you to receive your own answers. Your answers. From within.
For the entire time and beyond, we’ll cook in a way that’s not only delicious (flavorful and visually appealing), but also supports you in your process, fasting, and integration.
A Vision Quest takes place in nature. Usually wilderness. There, you live within a larger, more expansive ecosystem. Sparrow Hart describes it this way: if my home is my castle, then leaving my home removes my familiar perception of power and self-centeredness. The world no longer revolves around me. In nature, we literally immerse ourselves in something “bigger.” We become part of and of the web, not the ruler or the goal of the web itself. We cannot encounter insights in the world we know. To let go of our roads, houses, televisions, or in other words, our created human world, requires stepping into a “much older world,” namely the nature from which we emerged. As a human species, we have evolved with and through this living nature over millions of years. By reconnecting with nature, parts of us we have forgotten are awakened: our own, authentic, and natural self.
Vision questing is often associated with Native Americans. However, vision questing is timeless and has been practiced throughout history and across continents. For example, in 500 BC, the Buddha entered the forest to fast in search of enlightenment. Christ and biblical prophets went into the desert without food. Moses climbed Mount Sinai. Muhammad retreated to a cave. The reasons these famous sages and many others embark on a vision quest vary. Sometimes to find purpose or direction, sometimes to draw closer to God, or to connect with the origin of life itself. This is to embrace oneself and guide us through all the obstacles in our human lives.
