Your Guides
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Natasha Lythgoe, founder & guide
I’m Natasha, also known by my Buddhist name Nagadipa which means light in the depths - this name was given to nine years ago, as a mirror of my essence and as life teaching. I continue to be humbled by all that it brings. by way of lessons in life.
I guide individuals and groups through life transitions in nature. With over twenty years of experience leading programmes I have been moved and honoured to witness countless stories; listening and attending to what has purchase on folks’ hearts.
The way I work weaves together the main threads of my life; creativity, dharma (truth), mythic journeys, the intelligence of the body and nature.
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Werner Pilz, guide
Werner Pilz is an experienced Vision Quest guide and Wilderness Facilitator with more than fifteen years experience as a lead guide. He started his spiritual journey 30 years ago at the buddhist Naropa Institute in Boulder/Colorado. He later trained with the School of Lost Borders in the US and Germany. He has been guiding Vision Quests, running programmes and facilitating Way of Council all over Europe. He is an active member of the German-Speaking Wilderness Guides Network.
His current passions are guiding sacred soul-journeys for men and supporting and mentoring young adults. His work is informed by Rites of Passage, The Four Shields, Council, Focusing, Identity-orientated Trauma Psychotherapy, Music and the Trickster Archetype. He is also a very proud father of two blossoming 26 year-old women.
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Geeta Stillwell, guide
I’m Geeta and I am a human being on a journey to remembering my sense of belonging to this earth. The path that has been offered to me by the meaning of my name is that of embodying a love song. Through my own journey of growth and transformation over the past 25 years I have gathered tools that include nature connection practices, forest therapy, awareness through movement practices, experiential anatomy, deep listening, meditation and breathwork.
I bring with me a sincere intention of sharing and learning with fellow humans, the embodied resources that have supported my understanding and deepening of what it means to be alive and connected to this beautiful place we call home. Home in the body, home on the earth.
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Ulrich Schoisswohl, guide
The archetypes of the magician, mediator and wounded healer sit very closely at Ulrich's heart, with the green man currently joining the band.
As does the question, what does mature masculinity look like in 2025, and the work of co-creative communal explorations around Sacred Masculinity and Men’s Spirituality.
He has also published two books on Buddhist-informed conflict work both with a twist towards embodied mindfulness in communication and conflict. Available on Amazon.
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Lotte Trinhammer, guide
I´m dedicated to inspire and facilitate healing and compassion, and I´m therefore excited to co-guide with Natasha on journeys towards authentic connection in both inner and outer landscapes.
A “strange” longing led me on a journey including Yoga, Meditation, Dancing, Buddhism and Shamanism. Every chance I get you will find me in the forrest – with leaves in my hair and dirt on my cheek. It never fails to amaze me the magic that happens when we take our practice outdoors. The natural world has such wisdom – simple, raw, wild, unpredictable and beautiful. Here anyone willing to listen will get just the answer they need – to bring back home, to digest and to grow.
My journey so far has helped me reclaim and integrate my wildness, and to listen and be true to my longing for an authentic, natural and passionate life.
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Ali Wates, apprentice
I'm looking forward to supporting The Call of the Wild for Women and meeting you all. I recently took part in a medicine wheel retreat, followed by a vision quest with Natasha and Werner, and this has been part of a slowly building relationship with nature based practices. My other hats include working as a clinical psychologist in the NHS, mainly working with complex trauma; although I ascribe to the mantra that "retreats will not be psychologised" (this was part of a longer discussion on the vision quest) I recently completed a two-year Vajrasati yoga teacher training in Brighton, and enjoy working with embodied approaches to wellbeing, and, just being.