Nature Connection for Adults

Our Adult programs are designed to help you:

• LEARN the principles of Nature Connection, how to apply invisible schooling techniques and the natural cycle of learning that supports fun, engaged learning and growth.

• EXPERIENCE some of the most valuable mentoring techniques and nature skills to expand your own connection with the world within and around you.

• GATHER with like-minded folks who value nature at the heart of individual, family, and community health and well-being.

• BE GUIDED by experienced mentors who have helped thousands of people transform through Nature Connection.

Deep Listening: Sit Spot, Mapping & Eco-Journaling

• Sunday, March 8th, 2026

• 10am-3:30pm

• Vashon Island (stay tuned for final location)

• Ages 18+

• What to bring? Pack a lunch, water bottle, journal, paints, pencils for taking notes and journaling.

• $95

This workshop will guide you in establishing a sit spot routine—returning to the same place in nature to observe and connect over time. You’ll keep an eco-journal, map your sit spot in meaningful ways, and track patterns such as weather, moon phases, and wildlife rhythms. These simple yet powerful practices deepen ecological literacy and kinship with the land.

Skills you will learn in this course:

• Establish and maintain a sit spot practice

• Observe seasonal, weather, and lunar patterns over time

• Keep an eco-journal with notes, sketches, and reflections

• Map your sit spot in meaningful and creative ways

• Track wildlife activity and natural rhythms

• Strengthen ecological awareness and place-based connection

• Cultivate attentiveness, patience, and kinship with the land

Tracking: Animal Sign & Bird Language

• Sunday, May 17th, 2026

• 10am-3:30pm

• Vashon Island (stay tuned for final location)

• Ages 18+

• What to bring? Pack a lunch, water bottle, journal, paints, pencils for taking notes and journaling.

• $95

Tune your senses and step into the art of reading the land as a living story. In this workshop, you’ll learn to identify animal tracks and signs, practice aging and interpreting them. You’ll also explore the hidden world of bird language—calls, alarms, and patterns. These skills together open new layers of awareness and connection.

Skills You Will Learn in This Course:

• Tune your senses to observe subtle signs in nature

• Identify and interpret animal tracks and signs

• Age and analyze tracks to understand animal behavior

• Recognize and interpret bird language, including songs, calls and alarms

• Detect patterns and interactions in the natural world

• Develop heightened awareness and deeper connection with the land

Fire as Teacher:
Friction Fire & Sacred Flame

• Sunday, April 12th, 2026

• 10am-3:30pm

• Vashon Island (stay tuned for final location)

• Ages 18+

• What to bring? Pack a lunch, water bottle, journal, pencil, and if you have a hatchet, fixed blade knife or other fire tools you wish to explore. Note the class will focus on friction fire and not on modern methods.

• $95

• Option to purchase on site a fixed blade knife $25

Experience the ancient craft of fire-making and the wisdom it carries. Through hands-on practice with bow drill and hand drill, you’ll learn how to source and prepare materials, build a fire with skill, and tend it with respect. Alongside practical techniques, we’ll explore fire as a teacher of focus, patience, and transformation.

Skills you will learn in this course:

• Carving your own bow drill set from natural materials

• Using a knife safely, confidently, and with purpose

• Identifying the best local woods and materials for friction fire

• Proven techniques for producing a coal with a bow drill

• Making and using a natural tinder bundle

• Billeting firewood safely and efficiently

• Preparing, building and tending a fire

• Leave No Trace principles and effective fire cleanup

Be A PROGRAM VOLUNTEER

If you:

• love relating with children

• love being in Nature

• are attentive to group management 

• are excited to have fun

… then consider volunteering at one of Vashon Wilderness Program’s transformative nature connection programs for youth! 

• Learn sensory-based games

• Engage in seasonally-based nature crafts and nature-based skills

• Provide safe and supportive learning environments

• Enjoy the mental, physical and emotional benefits of time spent outside

Weekly and monthly commitments available; 1-6 hours per shift.

Volunteers receive mandatory training and must pass a background check.