Healing Trails - 2026

Service Description

Unlock the profound connection between healing and the natural world in this intensive backpacking journey. 🌟Event Highlights: 1. From Grief to Gratitude: Immerse in the therapeutic relationship with nature to embrace and navigate change. 2. Learn & Reflect: - Explore your own relationship with the environment. - Dive into discussions, presentations, and practical applications. 3. Enhance Your Toolkit: - Understand bereavement counseling and the nuances of human grief. - Grasp core principles of nature-informed therapy. - Discover practical interventions for those dealing with loss. 4. Backpacking Adventure: - Refreshing 5-7 mile hikes each morning. - Experiential grief counseling sessions in the afternoon. - 6 days, 5 nights of nature-infused learning (Sunday to Friday). 💡 Learning Objectives: - Core Principles of Nature-Informed Therapy - The Human Grief Response, including complicated grief - Non-death-related loss and disenfranchised grief - Attachment Theory and its role in grieving (Bowlby) - The Five Stages of Loss (Kübler-Ross) - Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning - Practical tools and interventions for immediate use - Guidelines for grief counseling and supporting special populations (including children and adolescents) - Personal reflection on your own loss history and how it shapes your work 🎒 Backpacking Highlights: - Seminars on lightweight gear, food planning, and navigation. - Limited to just 8 participants for an intimate experience. - Gear rentals available. - Meals provided (Vegetarian options available). Food Allergies & Dietary Needs Because this program takes place in a remote backcountry setting, meals are prepared in small cook groups of 3–4 participants. For safety, simplicity, and group logistics, CNIT is generally only able to accommodate vegetarian meals. We may be able to support additional dietary needs only when participants with similar needs can be placed in the same cook group and the accommodation is practical in a backcountry setting. Participants with food allergies, sensitivities, or medically necessary dietary restrictions should contact us before registering so we can talk through what is realistic. We care deeply about participant safety and inclusion, and we also want to be honest about the limits of small-group wilderness programming.