Trainings & Apprenticeship Programs

            For the trainings, participants assist on one of our Vision Quest programs.  Participants arrive the day before a program begins for a briefing regarding the structure of the program and what is expected of them, and remain one day after the close of a program for a debriefing.  Participants learn our modern adaptation of the ancient Native American Vision Quest.   They receive instruction in the dynamics of rites of passage, a Medicine Wheel, the dynamics of fasting, and safety procedures.  Participants also learn the way of counsel and the process of mirroring, both of which are central to the Vision Quest process.

            A pre-requisite for the training program is that you have gone on a Vision Quest yourself (either with us or another organization).  It is also possible to train with us and go out on a Vision Quest during the same program. Our apprenticeship program involves continued mentoring after the completion of our training program.  When the apprentice feels ready, she or he would assist one of the guides on a Vision Quest program.   

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The School of Natural Wonder, 35 Fairview Road, Wardsboro, VT 05355

(802) 896-6271/email: info@schoolofnaturalwonder

www.questvision.org