Classes & Trips

FINDING EASE in the WILD

Summer 2024 & Fall 2024

I believe that feeling comfort in wild spaces is essential to finding ease and belonging in nature. With guidance and support anyone can find ease in the wilderness. Join me for this course where you can learn skills to help you feel safe, comfortable, and at ease in any wild space. This course is open to anyone who has a desire to learn how to be in wild spaces and have the skills and knowledge to take care of yourself. From basic navigation to learning your risk tolerance, each course will explore topics that help one navigate the ins and outs of how to find comfort when in the wilderness. Maybe you want to go car camping or feel safer when you are on a day hike, this course can support you expand your knowledge and skill base so that you can feel confident heading outside.

Limited spots available, maximum of 14 people- Bring your own snacks and lunch- Food is NOT provided.

Some Course Topics: Staying Warm, Staying Cool, Dressing for the Outdoors, How to Hike Safely, Basic Map & Compass, 1st Aid, Medical Kits, Sleeping Warm, Cooking Outdoors, Stove Use, Food Storage, How to Poop in the Wild, Shelters: Set Up & Care, Self-Care in the outdoors, Gear Buying, Packing a Backpack, Trip Planning, Car Camping Essentials, and more.

Fall 2024- Pacific Southwest - Introduction to Backpacking 7-Day Course- Dates TBD

Create personalized trips

Mindfulness

Build a custom meditation retreat in a natural setting. Work with Lawrence to plan a custom retreat. From a backpacking retreat to a basecamp retreat, there are many options to create a retreat that works for you. Lawrence is an Assistant Teacher with Inward Bound Mindfulness and has taught and been a mentor on Inward Bound retreats since 2013. Lawrence helped develop and run iBme backpacking wilderness retreats for teens and young adults, as well as be a Guide with Desert Dharma adult meditation retreats. He completed the 1-year Inward Bound Teacher Training in 2022 and is currently in a 2-year Nature Dharma Training with Susie Harrington, Gil Fronsdale, and Mark Coleman. Lawrence has been studying and sitting retreats since 2009 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and Insight Meditation Society.

Wilderness skills course

Do you want to be able to go on backpacking trips or excursions on your own but don’t have the skills yet? Or maybe you want to have the skills to go car camping with your family. Lawrence can build a custom training trip to help you gain skills or sharpen existing skills to help you feel comfortable, confident, and ready to go on personal trips with no hesitation. From pre-trip planning to gear purchasing, food planning, and route finding, Lawrence can help you build confidence in any wilderness environment so that you can feel empowered and excited to go on future adventures!

Build a Trip

Maybe you need some support building a trip. Planning the menu, navigating the permit system, reserving campsites, getting the right gear, and the little details that go into creating an easeful trip. Lawrence can do all the planning for you or can support you in ensuring you have done all that needs to be done to go on an awesome trip! Regardless of where you are in the learning and planning process, Lawrence can work with you to ensure you have everything covered.