MURMURATIONS

Finding our way back to being dreamt by earth. Together.

  • “ I had the privilege of learning Focusing skills and other ecosomatic practices, during a nature based rites of passage mentorship with Natasha Lythgoe, and the experience was truly transformative. Natasha embodies a rare blend of deep presence, intuitive guidance, and a profound understanding of the inner landscape. Her teaching style is both gentle and precise—she creates a safe, attuned space where the body’s wisdom can emerge naturally. Through her guidance, I developed a more profound connection with my inner knowing, learning to trust and navigate the subtleties of felt experience with greater clarity. “

  • “ Murmurations is a journey into the wildness of the body (human and earth body) and the wildness of the soul. Into those parts of ourselves we have become estranged and disconnected from, due to the trappings of the modern world, at a time when we (humans) couldn't be more lost. This is a journey back to the earth: it's awe and aliveness, dreams and myth, heart and spirit, with all of the beauty and discomfort that brings. It is a way to hold and embrace rites of passage work in an embodied and steady way, so the transformation they bring - often of mythic proportions - can be met, and most importantly, integrated. “

  • “ Natasha carries the depth and the vastness of the territory in such an incredible way: every session is an adventure and a deep dive into the unseen. Where you can start to feel as if you can see in the dark, and accompany all that wants to be known - bringing gifts for each of us and our own uniqueness, as well as a way forward to serve the wider communities (human and more-than-human) we are deeply connected to and so desperately need to come back into relationship with. “

  • “ Natasha’s ability to hold space with warmth and deep listening made all the difference. She doesn’t just teach Focusing, she embodies it, making the learning experience not just intellectual but deeply experiential and integrated. If you have the chance to learn from her, I highly recommend it. Thank you, Natasha, for your wisdom and presence. “

Six Month Group Mentoring Programme | Apprenticing The Earth

I guide individuals toward a better understanding of themselves and the natural world through programmes that encourage self awareness, reverence for the Earth, and relationships that foster interconnection with all beings. 

Deep nature connection doesn’t end with increased mental and emotional wellbeing; it aims to transform your identity. It’s about shifting from an "Isolated Self" to an "Ecological Self" - a state of being profoundly rooted in relationship with everything. Buddhists call this Inter-Being or Interconnectedness.

This programme focuses on some of the main elements used in nature-based rites of passage which support life transitions in nature.

It includes traditional teachings on SoulCraft, Thresholds and The Mirror of Nature, the Four Directions Nature Based Map of Psyche, Ancestral Practices and the Way of Council. In addition to this I share practices from what I’ve developed within the field of Embodied Animacy.

This Earth Apprenticeship offers practices for a way of living as well, as for those who want to explicitly learn about questing.

These practices change us at depth. We are grown through Earth’s Dream of us. It is this kind of shift in our perception which I believe is necessary to address today's social and environmental challenges. 

Please note that this is not a complete vision quest guide training programme. It goes without saying that in order to co-guide vision quests one needs to have been guided through at least one by an experienced guide and incorporated the change that flowed from it. Alongside this, the North Shield trainings, in-the-field safety elements and assisting opportunities which are all essential elements in professional guide trainings are not offered here. In the future I may develop this into a longer training with in-person elements.

You are
who your Ancestors
sang about in their ceremonies.
You are
their revolutionary prayer.
You are
their sacred gift to the world.

Why I created this programme

This mentorship aims to provide you with a deeper understanding and experience of profound initiations into Earth's Dreaming

Explore the body as the doorway.

Deepen your own understanding of this field.

Receive guidance to bring these deeper nature connection initiations and practices to your clients, colleagues and communities.

Explore systems-led leadership.

Group work as fields of aliveness.

Weave these modalities into your current work.

Some images from programmes I’ve guided over the last decade. For more, alongside testimonials click here.

Each Month Includes:

  • 2 x 150 minute group mentoring sessions held by myself

  • Ongoing peer support via WhatsApp

  • Password protected page with access to recordings

In Addition there will be:

  • 4 x Peer-Led Conversation Cafes: these are unfacilitated spaces are for you to use as you need, to digest our group process and support group connection

  • 1 x 120-minute Council: a session to share in council and have your process witnessed within community as well as build fellowship with other mentees

  • 1 x In-Person Fireside Gathering at the beginning of the programme in Epsom, Surrey. This is totally optional as geography may hinder some from attending.

  • 3 x (Optional) Half Price 1:1 Coaching sessions

A 24 hour Wilderness Vigil:

My previous cohort requested that I guide as 5/6 day programme with a 24 hour solo which I will lead this August. I am hoping to offer this opportunity to futire cohorts - as an optional extra.

The Process:

This is not a pre-recorded course. We meet live on Zoom for each teaching & mentoring session, gathering together to learn & practice.

Even though all meetings are recorded, you will get more out of the course if you can prioritise meeting with us live.

We will gather as an intimate group. It’s required that videos are left on during the sessions. You can adjust distance and the position of the screen if needed.

 

When:

Zoom Gatherings will be:
Alternate Wednesday evenings
17:00 - 19.30 GMT (UK)
FOR MEN

OR alternate Thursdays daytimes
10:00 - 12:30 GMT (UK)
FOR WOMEN


If you have a chance to work with Natasha seize it. She is a rare gift of quiet determination, deep compassion and authentic wisdom.

THE AREAS I WILL DRAW ON AND MY PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THIS

I’m a wilderness guide specialising in Rites of Passage | Vision Quests having trained in the States and the UK over the past decade. I bring and blend my twenty six years of experience in complimentary modalities which I believe are necessary to guiding this work in a way that is relevant now in 2025. 

The way I guide aims to create a profound shift in our sense of identity, transforming it from one that is isolated to one that is deeply rooted in relationship; from Isolated Self to Ecological Self. It is this kind of shift in our perception which I believe is necessary to address today's social and environmental challenges. This is Deeper end of Nature Connection.

My modalities include Generative Coaching, 25 years of meditation, Buddhist practice and Dharma teaching, trauma-informed therapy, Gendlin’s profound somatic process called Focusing and wilderness guiding. I am also a core member of the UK Wilderness guides council. 

In addition to traditional ways of facilitating nature-based-rites of passage programmes I ensure the way I run my programmes are embodied, trauma-aware, do not overly psychologise the process at the expense of experiences of self transcendence, and emphasise integration.

Photos of our ‘24 Cohort

Don't turn your back on the everyday ingenious capacity of the Holy in Nature to pump Her brilliant wind of miracles, beauty, and unexpected turns of fate into the vagrant promiscuous flapping mind-bellows of civilization which is always trying to forge some clever shackles of cynicism, dead purity, and depression in order to handcuff you to the bedpost of your assumed destiny.

- Martin Prechtel

New Dates

Group Mentoring Sessions

MENS COHORT DATES/ TIMES
An Evening Cohort

Wednesday 28th May 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 11th June 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 25th June 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 2nd July 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 16th July 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 30th July 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 13th August 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 3rd September 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 17th September 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 24th September 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Conversation Cafe Dates (optional)

Wednesday 18th June 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 23rd July 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 20th August 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

Wednesday 10th September 17:00 - 19:30 GMT

WOMENS COHORT DATES/ TIMES
A Daytime Cohort

Thursday 29th May 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 12th June 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 26th June 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 3rd July 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 17th 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 31st July 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 14th August 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 4th September 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 18th September 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 25th September 10 - 12.30 GM

Conversation Cafe Dates (optional)

Thursday 19th June 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 24th July 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 21st August 10 - 12.30 GMT

Thursday 11th September 10 - 12.30 GMT

Way of Council Meeting with a Guest Way of Council Trainer and Facilitator

I am hoping we can have a combined Council with both cohorts.

Date to be Confirmed

In Person Gathering

Open to both cohorts - an opportunity to meet ‘in the flesh’ and sit around a fire together. Very informal.

This is totally optional as geography may hinder some from attending.

We will look for a date once the programmes start.

HOW TO APPLY

Places are limited to 8 - 10 people per cohort.
Please contact me to register your interest. Please include what monthly fee you would like to pay.

Upon application I’ll send you an email arranging a brief chat on the phone to ensure this programme is a good match for you.

NOTE: This is not complete vision quests guide training. The North Shield trainings and assisting opportunities which are both essential elements in the training to become a guide are not offered within this programme.

PRICE

I’ve spent my entire life avoiding working for the 'big money' so that I could help ordinary people with few resources to access excellent programmes.

I need to make a modest living. Please do consider paying what is within your financial reach and a fair price for my commitment to small group sizes and my expertise.

I offer this programme at three prices - all prices include VAT

6 x Monthly Payments of

£150 or £225 or £291

Total Cost for the three tiers:

£900 - £1350 - £1750

If you’d love to join and can’t afford the lowest rate please get in touch.

You can choose to pay a one off payment upfront or monthly payments over the six month period payable 1st of each month

Once you have been offered a place a £200 a non-refundable deposit will confirm your spot. This will be deducted from the total cost.

Cancellation Policy:

Your deposit is non-refundable.
There will be no refunds for cancellations after the mentorship programme begins.

Photo Credit at top of the page: Lill-Veronica Skoglund
Other Photos made by myself