An Inspiring Journey is a unique mix of wilderness adventure and reconnection to the world around you – the physical exertion of scrambling up an alpine ridge and then the timeless awe of watching a breathtaking sunset from the summit. Move your body, calm your mind. Engaging conversation and reflective stillness. This natural rhythm of activity and rest is so good at rebalancing mind, body and spirit.
Our wilderness adventures can be relaxing walks around an alpine lake or on tranquil forest paths, long scrambles to a remote summit, or a multi-pitch mountain climb that really brings you back to the present moment. We aim to help you choose an adventure that matches your skills and challenge level, and helps you find your own nature based flow experience.
Whatever the adventure, your coach will spend time with you, listening, asking questions, giving feedback and remembering what you said yesterday. They may also facilitate some of the group conversations or include some experiences around mindfulness, flow and reconnecting to the wild and natural world. Your conversations may be with your companions, with yourself and also maybe with the natural world through which we are travelling.
Sometimes people return simply with the pure joy and heightened sense of being alive that comes from journeying over days in a wilderness or mountain environment. Sometimes it is the clarity of thought and feeling that comes from having your mind, body and heart back in balance again. Sometimes it is the unexpected answer that you heard yourself speak when someone else asked you a question. Sometimes it is just the renewed connection to your fellow human beings freed of the mental overstimulation of modern life. Whether it is a climb, a sunset, a conversation or a dream it can be an experience that travels on with you afterwards.
Open Journeys
Our open Inspiring Journeys are group based wilderness adventures. The level of physical challenge (effort) and adventure challenge (excitement) are graded separately as ‘walk and talk’, moderate or demanding as a guide to what is required. But the aim is also for you to relax and each day will have plenty of breaks.
Your journey will be as a group. We will live communally in a shared tent or mountain hut and sometimes cook together. Our aim is to create a team where each person can find their own space within the wider group and daily activity. Time for conversation and reflection, for activity and resting. People have often said that the experience of being part of an emotionally connected team like this has been one of the unexpected pleasures from such an experience.
Personal Wilderness Journeys
We also create wilderness and adventure experiences for individuals and groups based specifically around you, and your needs. Whether on your own or with a group of friends, this is your own personalised wilderness, mountain or nature based journey with an experienced coach alongside you throughout the adventure. These can last a few hours up to several days and can be anywhere from gentle walks through quiet alpine valleys and lakes to high level mountain traverses and adventures. Overnight stays will usually be in mountain bivouacs or huts. This is an opportunity to walk and talk, breathe fresh air and feel the earth beneath your feet, to move your body and calm your mind. The combination of the natural world and a skilled coach can be an impactful combination.
As this National Geographic article says, “We are wired to be outside”
