The Path to Adulthood - an initiatory experience into a life of depth and meaning

The modern world has forgotten the ways of initiating people into true soulcentric adulthood, and thus people of all ages are stuck in various versions of adolescent consciousness, navigating their lives through vicious circles of existential crises, survival, mental health challenges, overwork, escaping, unhealthy behaviors.

How would it be if we grew up in soulcentric communities and families, where mentors and initiation guides would see deep inside of us, listen to our existential longings and usher us into maybe the most important journey of our lives, the journey of meeting our Soul, our deepest meaning, our sacred image that we were born with.

“The Path to Adulthood - an initiatory experience into a life of depth and meaning” is an invitation to dive deep into the world of Soul, Nature, Mystery, Meaning. In this realm wild allies are waiting to talk to you, natural elements are planning to shape shift you into more real and raw versions of yourself, Mystery is following you to drop synchronicities along your path, and eyes and ears of hungry fellow wanderers are praying for your heart to open, to crack, to expand.

And when you return from this journey, perhaps you will carry a drop of sacred medicine, visions, dreams, ideas, which are deeply needed by your village and your people. In this way, you will be an agent of cultural evolution, feeding and inspiring the hungry souls that surround you. We pray that this experience will give you a new way of looking at yourself and at the world and you will root yourself more in a soulful way of being and living. And become a source of inspiration and empowerment for the generations that will follow.

As this is an Erasmus+ project, you will be invited to envision yourself as a youth worker, mentor, coach, facilitator, trainer of the young souls and become your own version of space holder for the unique unfolding of the youth in your village.

Program intentions:

• To create a deep immersion, a ceremony, a ritual of initiation into adulthood, serving the transition into a soulcentric way of life.
• To root ourselves in wholeness and cultivate our inner resources and capacities, which can allow us to live in authenticity and meaning.
• To expand the ecological and existential consciousness, by creating intimate and personal relationships with the more than human world and the greater web of life.
• To create a space for authentic and vulnerable relating between people, thus fostering healthy human communities.
• To expand our life visions and become agents of cultural evolution, who give their gifts to their people and become leaders of their communities.

How are we going to work

We dream of enacting an initiation rite, a process, a journey, which will allow the participants to slow down, tune to the rhythms of nature, of their bodies and hearts. Engage in sacred ceremonies, spend intentional time in nature, sit in circles and speak from the heart, be witnessed, mirrored and invited to step deeper into the personal callings.

The guides will offer a bundle of practices and activities, that are rooted in the principles of soulcentric development, such as: wandering in nature, embodiment practices, deep imagery journeys, symbolic art, the way of council, praying, fasting, meditation and mindfulness practices, guidance through questions, mirroring and personalized invitations, silence and solitude, singing, drumming, dancing, storytelling, soul-poetry, community work, conversations with the natural world.

Who are we calling for: Wanderers, Explorers, Questers