Nature:

a Refuge and Church

"The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship".

Emerson

Nature ....

Join us for unforgettable nature tours and enriching classes,

started by someone who spent a year off

in the woods of North Carolina

as a six-year-old, while others were in school

and later hiked with the Sierra Club in California...

In his fifties, he spent

one hundred Saturday mornings at

Shambhala Meditation Center https://shambhala.org/

and in his sixties,

he visited a Tibetan Buddhist monastery

five times,

hiked on the Appalachian Trail for the first time,

and also started photographing

in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Virginia.

He was baptized in a creek in West Virginia.

Guided Tours

Experience breathtaking landscapes with our expert guides on immersive nature tours.

Nature Classes

Learn more about why Nature is so healing and inspirational to us all, with an emphasis on various writers such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alan Watts, Richard Feynman, Anthony Storr, The Desert Fathers, and Others.

"Alan Watts - Man and Nature"

"When You Feel Like A Stranger In The World - Alan Watts On The Mystic Experience"

Alan Watts

We Surely Benefit From Unplugging from the Hustle and Bustle of Life ...

"Why Pascal Was Right | Benefits of Being Alone"

"How Loneliness Can Be Your Secret Strength - Socrates, Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Friedrich Nietzsche"

"Learning to Enjoy Being Alone is a Superpower | Joe Rogan and Naval Ravikant"