Transform your life with nature
Explore Nature Connection, survival skills and Wild Villages with Nature Philosophy’s earth-based courses and experiences
It’s time to awaken your senses, ignite your power and remember your wild soul.
For the last 20 years, Nature Philosophy has supported thousands of earth-aligned humans to radically deepen their connection to the natural world, themselves and their true purpose.
Founders Katie and Sam and their trusted tribe of facilitators know firsthand the transformational magic that Nature Connection can bring to your life – it’s the most powerful technique for personal transformation they’ve ever experienced!
But using the wisdom of deep Nature Connection as a north star is about more than your personal growth. It can help you ensure that soul-connected and sustainable lifestyles are possible for your wider community, now and for future generations.
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Online programs
In-person programs
IN PERSON PROGRAMS
IN PERSON | Nature Philosophy courses for adults
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Embrace your body-based connection to the earth, with five days of skills, connection and community.
Time to reset your inner landscape and nourish your soul. This is a prerequisite for our advanced survival courses.
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Our advanced survival skills course that takes everything you learnt in Nature ONE and dials it way up!
Devour new skills to survive in the wilderness – advanced shelters, fire making, primitive pottery, traps and tracking, and more …
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A sacred healing journey and ancient rite of passage to reveal your personal truths and life’s purpose.
Prepare yourself for an epic solo wilderness experience – it’s time to manifest your Vision!
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Explore unique spiritual pathways to integrate universal truth and deep states of silence into your everyday life.
Secure your potential to transform any painful life wound into a purposeful soul experience.
IN PERSON | Nature Philosophy courses for families
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You’re invited to play, reconnect, reset and thrive in our village experience.
Enjoy five blissful days together with like-minded families – surrounded by nature and disconnected from the digital world.
IN PERSON | Nature Philosophy courses for women
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A sacred healing journey and ancient rite of passage to reveal your personal truths and life’s purpose.
Prepare yourself for an epic solo wilderness experience – it’s time to manifest your Vision!
Led by Quest Protectors Katie Rydge and Talia Levy.
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Connect more deeply with the land around you through the weaving with local fibres and exploring natural dyes.
These multi-day workshops offer healing, fun, creativity and connection.
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Facilitated by the women of the Mäpuru Homelands Community in North East Arnhem Land, this 10-day experience offers the chance to learn directly from Yolngu master weavers and share culture with Indigenous Australians who are living on and managing their traditional lands.
IN PERSON | Nature Philosophy courses for men
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A sacred healing journey and ancient rite of passage to reveal your personal truths and life’s purpose.
Prepare yourself for an epic solo wilderness experience – it’s time to manifest your Vision! Led by Quest Protector Sam.
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Facilitated by the men of the Mäpuru Homelands Community in North East Arnhem Land, this 10-day experience is a chance to learn from Yolngu Elders – sharing culture, making traditional hunting tools and journeying “on Country”.
IN PERSON | Nature Philosophy training for facilitators and Protectors
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A seven-month course to equip you with the mindset, skills and magic needed to facilitate transformational Nature Connection Programs.
Develop your unique offering, digital marketing strategy and gain confidence to launch!
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An eight-month course that supports you to create ripples of change in our culture – to create powerful village experiences.
You’ll learn how to shape your unique village offerings with a clear business plan to support your cultural regeneration efforts.
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A 10-day initiation into the pathway of Vision Quest Protection.
You’ll explore the spiritual and energetic skills of protecting a Vision Quest, as well as the logistics required to safely organise, facilitate, and protect a Vision Quest for others.
ONLINE COURSES
ONLINE | Nature Philosophy online courses for adults
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A seven-day intro to the power of Sit Spots!
Sit Spots are a core Nature Connection Skill you can use to tune into the land around you and find calmness, clarity and belonging.
Learn a skill per day in just 60 minutes!
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A seven-week program to deeply ignite your relationship to the land and powerfully enhance your naturalist knowledge.
You’ll explore seven topics, supported by group calls, guest speakers and more. Includes access to the Sit Spot Challenge.
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A month-long program to activate the power of your soul! Find clarity around your life’s purpose and learn how to transform pain into personal power.
A transformational journey culminating in a dawn to dusk solo wilderness ceremony.
ONLINE | Nature Philosophy online courses for women
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A four-week immersion that guides you to use your body, breath and all of your emotions to ignite your unique personal power.
It’s time to deeply embrace all of who you are through emotional flow, safety and pleasure. Find your power!
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Partner with Nature Philosophy Co-Founder Kate to explore your resilience, body-based healing, personal wisdom and power.
Kate is a qualified Counsellor, Women’s Tantra Teacher, Vision Quest Facilitator, and Nature Connection Mentor with over 20 years experience.
From Kate:
I specialise in helping humans who are sick of being stuck in their personal wounds.
In partnership, we can help you find your inner wellspring of resilience, body-based healing, personal wisdom and power.
I offer a range of all gender and women’s only in-person and online group programs. As well as working with a limited number of clients via 1-1 sessions.
I am a professionally qualified and fully insured Counsellor, Women’s Tantra Teacher, Vision Quest Facilitator and Trainer, Nature Connection Mentor and Trainer, mother of two epic humans and luscious lover of life.
I have traversed my own journey of healing and hold over 20 years of experience as a healer who can offer you a safe space to explore your crisis and pain as an emerging and integrated felt sense of your personal power.
If you are genuine in your desire to ‘do the work’ and feeling called to work together, please REACH OUT.
“Kate is a truly wise and highly aware mentor that can take the willing apprentice on a journey of spiritual growth and freedom. Mentoring with Kate over the last two years has accelerated my path of evolution, knowledge, and integration… Kate’s gifts of compassion, highly attuned listening, and feminine perspective is a unique treasure in my life.”
— RAIN CZUPRYNA
ONLINE | Nature Philosophy online courses for men
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Partner with Nature Philosophy Co-Founder Sam to redefine your personal power and find the joy that comes from living from a place of male authenticity and purpose.
With support, you can explore what it is to truly be a powerful man in the modern world and how you can safely express this power.
“Sam’s ability to pick up on blind spots that I can bring light into and create the changes I need is amazing. I feel a genuine sense of care, belief and support from him. I appreciate his gentle but firm way of empowering me in my journey. I would highly recommend him. ”
— MAHLI HAWKEBOOK A 1:1 WITH SAM
Ready to explore the power of Nature Connection?
START YOUR JOURNEY HERE with free resources
Diving into Nature Connection
A fundamental guide to the power of Nature Connection – so you can expand your awareness and start your journey towards living as an earth-aligned human.
Raising Nature-Connected kids
One of the most powerful things you can do for your children is foster their relationship with nature. Learn the three key elements of how we do this now.
Guided Nature Connection sensory meditation
A 15-minute audio with instructions to help enhance your senses, clear your mind and empower your relationship to the world around you.