Program Branches

The School of Lost Borders offers the following experiencial programs that are designed to support our connection as humans with the natural world and each other.

Cross into the natural world to mark and celebrate significant life transitions.

Learn how to guide Rites of Passage and support your community.

Remember the ancient wisdom of living and dying in connection with nature.

Integrate ceremony and nature-based practices into everyday life and work.

CA Month-Long Training

Jun 17 - Jul 19, 2026 Inyo Mountains - Big Pine, California Betsy Perluss, Meredith Little, Petra Lentz-Snow, Kim Belair, Angelo Joseph Lazenka Training

*Pre-requisite for this program is having completed a guided 3 or 4-day/night vision fast within the last five years. This need not have been with the School of Lost Borders.  Please submit an ...

Four Seasons of Storytelling

Jun 28 - Apr 4, 2027 Bay Area Backcountry and Zoom Scott Eberle, Logan Falley Living the Practices

One week-long gathering in Bay Area backcountry: September 20-27, 2026 All other sessions by Zoom.   Following Your Own Life Thread There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that ...

CO Summer Vision Fast

Jun 29 - Jul 10, 2026 McClure Pass, CO. Colleen Bishop, tbird (Thompson) Bishop Vision Fast

In increasing times of unrest and uncertainty it can be a common human experience to gravitate towards more “certainty” rather than less. Yet, in the Zen tradition “not knowing” is most ...

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