About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to educate and inspire youth and adults to live in deeper connection with the land, others, and themselves by weaving ancestral wisdom into a regenerative future.
The Way to Belonging
Our approach bridges the “hard” ancestral skills that prepare us to live with the land — fire-making, tool crafting, foraging, tracking — and the “soft” practices of eco-depth psychology that reconnect us to our bodies, dreams, and emotions. Together, they form a holistic way of being that is as practical as it is soulful.
We are called to remember: to tend fire as our ancestors did, to craft beauty from the fibers and bones of the earth, to recognize our kinship with the plants, fungi, and animals we share this land with. These ways of knowing are not lost — they live in our hands, our breath, our stories.
And these skills do not live in isolation. They are woven into a larger container of ritual and relationship. Our programs integrate wilderness living with personal and communal practices — grief tending, talking circles, rites of passage, dreamwork, music, and movement — to help us listen more deeply to ourselves and to the Earth.
This is the way of rewilding — not as a return to the past, but as a return to wholeness.
What WE Do HEre
At Rainwalk Rewild, we guide people of all ages into deeper connection with the land, with community, and with the stories they carry in their bones. From our year-round forest homeschool programs to seasonal camps, weekend intensives, and adult field courses, we offer immersive experiences that rekindle a sense of belonging — not just to place, but to self and lineage.
Our curriculum is rooted in earth-based skills and ancestral knowledge: fire-making, foraging, tracking, herbal medicine, handcrafts, and wilderness living. But just as importantly, we teach the inner skills of listening, council, presence, and reverence. Every program is an invitation to slow down, remember, and return to a more embodied, relational way of living.
We don’t just teach survival — we teach a way of being.
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Our Story
Rainwalk Rewild was born from the simple, powerful belief that everyone belongs to the Earth.
What began as a dream between two outdoor educators has grown into a thriving wilderness school serving families, adults, and youth across Washington State. Our earliest programs were shaped by long days in the forest, muddy hands, sparks of friction fire, and the shared joy of learning through the land. From these humble beginnings, a community began to take root—one woven together by curiosity, courage, and a longing to reconnect.
As our work deepened, so did our vision. Rainwalk Rewild has become more than a school—it’s a gathering place for those called to remember. Here, ancestral knowledge meets modern lives, and students of all ages are invited into immersive experiences that rekindle ecological literacy, self-reliance, and awe.
Though our team and offerings continue to evolve, the heartbeat of Rainwalk Rewild remains the same:
To guide others back to their place in the web of life—with muddy boots, sharp minds, and open hearts.