Nature’s Compass

What is the course?

Nature’s Compass is an invitation to be held and supported by a like-minded virtual community as we journey through the turning of a year together. By bringing more awareness and intention into the yearly seasonal cycle, we will explore and deepen our relationship with ourselves, others and all of life. There will be eight online evening sessions at seasonal turning points, combined with carefully curated invitations and nature-connection practices to do in between sessions to help us attune to nature’s rhythms and act in greater service to life.

Why?

By deepening our relationship with the Earth’s cycles we come into deeper relationship with ourselves, our human communities and the web of life. On this journey, we will explore how these cycles can provide us with powerful wisdom and guidance, including around birth, growth, death and incubation, that we can bring into our lives and projects. We will make each of the seasonal turning points an opportunity to pause from our busy lives and access the deeper intelligence of our hearts and intuition. Every gathering will become a marker to reflect on the last phase and to explore our longings and aspirations for the next phase.

What practices will we be doing?

In between our gatherings, there will invitations for nature-connection and creative practices that can be adapted in a way that aligns with your life’s rhythms and needs - but at the same time ensures commitment and accountability. For example, some of these you may wish to do alone, but others you may wish to do with friends or family. Some of the invitations include:

• A regular sit-spot practice - spending time in one place in nature near your home that you visit throughout the seasons and build a deep and intimate relationship with.

• An intuition walk - seeking guidance from nature and your inner knowing.

• Sleeping out or camping in the summer under the stars.

• Outdoor firesides - either on your own or with friends and family.

• Creative practices - such as poetry, creative writing or drawing.

• Meaningful ways to mark the seasonal shifts in a way that is authentic for you.

• A regular gratitude practice.

• Foraging food, teas and medicine at different times of the year to bring into your everyday life.

• Doing things in service to others and the earth - however small these may be.

Who is it for?

Anyone looking to harness the incredible potential of nature and community to enhance wellbeing, connection, meaning and purpose in your life. One of our main intentions for this course is to make some of the work we do at Change in Nature more accessible to people who might not be able to commit to a residential retreat. Nature’s Compass is limited to twelve people to ensure an intimate community with which to journey through the year.

What will you come away with?

We hope that by doing this course with us you will:

• Bring your life into greater alignment with natural rhythms, bringing more balance to your days and enhancing your sense of wellbeing

• Connect with nature and the seasons in a more intentional way, with all the benefits that this might bring - such as improved mental health, greater happiness and increased vitality, creativity and inspiration

• Access the wisdom of your heart and intuition at regular intervals throughout the year - helping you to navigate life’s journey in a way that is more aligned with your deeper truths

• Get more clarity on personal dreams, goals and objectives in your life - and be held accountable to them by others

• Deepen your relationships with the trees, birds and wilder spaces on your doorstep

• Rekindle and deepen a reverence for life

• Be supported by a like-minded community of fellow travellers

When?

We will meet eight times together at the seasonal turning points in the Northern Hemisphere. These are based on the Celtic ‘Wheel of the Year’. Although we will not celebrate these turning points with traditional Celtic practices, these provide helpful markers and guidance from an ancient tradition where people lived much closer to the natural world.

All our gatherings will be 7.30pm to 9pm on the following 2025 dates:

• Imbolc. Tuesday 4th February.

• Spring Equinox. Tuesday 18th March.

• Beltane. Tuesday 6th May.

• Summer Solstice. Tuesday 17th June.

• Lughnasadh. Tuesday 22nd July.

• Autumn Equinox. Tuesday 16th September.

• Samhain. Tuesday 28th October.

• Winter Solstice. Tuesday 16th December.