Sara Harris and Susan Kistin, co-founders of EarthWays, met on a Vision Quest in August of 2000 when both were celebrating the powerful transition of their fiftieth birthdays! A spark was ignited then to pursue this profound earth based work together and the idea for EarthWays was born. The original vision for EarthWays was to include a larger staff of quest guides, so it could be an organization that could make available many ways for connecting with the profound guidance of the wild earth. That dream became an exciting reality this last year, when Cynthia Morrow and Sahara Chaldean were invited into the fold! Cynthia and Sahara are both dedicated and talented Wilderness Guides with an abiding respect for the ways of the natural world. We are thrilled that EarthWays is now a collective of four! EarthWays is committed to restoring our damaged relationship with the natural world through our programs, which bring people out into direct connection with the many wonders of the earth. We also know that through earth-based healing practices, a sustainable relationship to self, to the earth, and to our communities is revitalized. Many of our participants have told us that their experience on the land is magical, and life changing. "Your respect for nature and the people who do the journey is honorable. Your reflection to each individual is priceless and there are no words for how it touched my heart and soul as each person shared and you reflected their story back to them. Beautiful!" Mary Lou Henry Sara Harris Sara Harris, MFT,of HeartMatters, specializes in stress relief related to all aspects of the heart, emotional, relational, as well as cardiac health and related conditions. She is a passionate apprentice to the mystery of life as it expresses through poetry & language, our living earth, and the wild, sacred revelations of the body & psyche. Sara serves on the board of the School of Lost Borders. She is certified in Wilderness First Aid. Sara can be reached at 707-824-8230 or sharris@heartmatters-sebastopol.com Susan Kistin, MFT, has a deep and heartfelt delight in supporting people to enter into relationship with the wondrous mysteries of wild nature. She has over 25 combined years as a body-oriented psychotherapist and massage therapist. Susan specializes in custom designed ceremonies and rites of passage. She is certified in Wilderness First Aid. Susan can be reached at 707-823-1319 or wildinspired@comcast.net Susan Kistin Cynthia Morrow Cynthia Morrow, MA, MFT, has 15 years experience as a depth and body-oriented psychotherapist and is a trainer of interns. Her work as Wilderness Guide is informed by the profound mystery of where nature and psyche meet and is rooted in explorations of eastern and earth-based healing traditions. She is certified in Wilderness First Aid. Cynthia can be reached at 415-221-6373 or natureofsoul@comcast.net Sahara Chaldean offers programs to facilitate Relational Presence in all areas of our lives. In her programs she passionately integrates elements of Speaking Circles with earth-based healing practices, ceremonies and rites of passage. Sahara is a Certified Speaking Circle Facilitator. She has trained with Wilderness Rites. She is also certified in Wilderness First Aid. Sahara can be reached at 707-362-0869 or sahara@truenaturespresence.com Sahara Chaldean "Wonderful!!! Thank you for such deep listening,wisdom and compassion." Jane Kingston, psychotherapist The rites of passage offered by EarthWays are a cross cultural mix of modern and ancient earth based practices. We follow no specific religious or traditional path. In this way, our programs are accessible for men and women from every background. Back top