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.
AZ Mirroring the Four Shields of Human Nature: The Art of Storytelling and Listening
Mar 17 - Mar 23, 2025 Catalina State Park - Tucson, Arizona Silvia Talavera, Gretchen (Grae) Gerlach Training
“Stories are a form of medicine that can operate at the deepest levels of self and soul.” Michael Meade Telling one’s own story is an ancient art. Nowadays, we ...
The Great Ballcourt Initiation – Spring Fast
Apr 15 - Apr 26, 2025 Eureka Valley, California Scott Eberle, Cynthia Morrow Living & Dying
Death is the ultimate agent of transformation—be it a physical death or “the little deaths” encountered throughout life. Indigenous cultures developed rituals to aid and guide people ...
CA Spring Vision Fast
Apr 22 - May 3, 2025 Big Pine & Death Valley, California Petra Lentz-Snow, Scot Deily Vision Fast
Life transitions, like entering adulthood, midlife or elderhood are always "DNA invitations" to go out on the land. The need to become anew is planted deeply into our ancestral bones because it was ...