Wild Belonging.
A five week ecopsychology experiential with a cohort bridging nature reconnection, cultivating soul-centric community and deepening your ecological identity. Remember yourself as a mammal of this earth.
We have become an indoor society, tech-bound and living in a fragmented world. The call to surround ourselves in community, to belong, to strengthen our connection with the land, and to nourish our spirits is alive now more than ever.
How are we to cross this river in this Great Turning, if not together? We are seeds, and our flourishing was never meant to happen alone, it grows through the bonds we strengthen with the land and with one another. Together we can plant and regenerate a culture that is life-affirming, one where our own becoming and the Earth's becoming are woven into the same story.
Come home to yourself and your wild belonging. Explore your connection to the natural world and your ancestry while held in community. Allow nature to be a bridge into greater intimacy with yourself. Wild Belonging is a cohort that meets once a week to practice the Way of Council, Earth-Based Contemplative Practices, drawing from Wilderness Rites of Passage Models, & Ecopsychology.
Reclaim your Wild Belonging to this Earth.
This Container Is For You If…
You're craving community that celebrates your ecological identity and wildness.
You're craving a spiritual, embodied connection with the Earth. More time outside, more earth-based practice, more attunement to your own landscape.
You want to deepen your relationship with yourself, grow your self-awareness, and be witnessed by community as you do.
You want to deepen your knowledge of how your ancestors connected with land, the seasons, and their people.
You're grieving modernity, capitalism, and white supremacy.
You want to deepen your relationship with your voice.
You can sit in the fire of relational transformation — willing to look at your shadow and committed to growth.
Our Time Together
We gather in-person once a week for five weeks, practicing the Way of Council and ecopsychological practices, relating with the land as guide, storyteller, and teacher. Our nature-reconnection practices are intended to strengthen your wild belonging to this Earth, alongside like-minded community. We invite your authenticity and wholeness, welcoming your gifts in this circle, and honoring your unique soul path.
We gather in wild lands within the ancestral homelands — past, present, and future — of the Ohlone people, in what is now known as the East Bay.
This is an intimate, closed cohort of 10–13 people, meeting every Friday for five weeks, September 11 – October 9, 2026, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Our Flow Each Day:
Morning Council
Ecopsychology Practice
1-hour lunch break
Solo time with the land
Closing Council
Meet the Team
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Reet Rannik Carías
Reet (she/they/ella) is the founder of Ecoterapia and a seasoned Wilderness Rites of Passage guide, initiated on the wild lands of the Yavapai and Apache peoples. She holds Master's degrees in Transpersonal Ecopsychology from Naropa University and Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and weaves together Gestalt, ecopsychology, Buddhism, rites of passage, and animism in service of keeping the old ways alive through this Great Turning.
A songbird of Estonian, Dominican, Irish, and Colombian ancestry, born and raised in the Dominican Republic, being multilingual, multicultural, multiracial and gender fluid - ni de aquí ni de allá, betwixt and between - Reet carries the belonging wound. Cultivating an earth-rooted belonging has been deeply healing for her as a misfit living between worlds and holding different identities, and it now shapes how she companions others through the same terrain. A Caribbean feminist committed to liberation, she moves through the world kind-hearted, silly, feral, soulful, and radiant — del Caribe a la Bahía, con amor.
Her teachers include Tina Ashrae Fields, Shea Humming Bear Armstrong, Scott Eberle, Cynthia Eisho Morrow, Debbie Stone, Vicky Julita Spiers, Taunya Black, Gieve Patel, Srini Katragadda, and dr. elita laya.
Reet Rannik Carías
Associate MFT Applicant
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KT Carroll
KT Carroll (she/her) is a psychotherapist, ceremonialist, and ritualist whose work lives at the intersection of healing, ancestral reconnection, and the living world. She holds a Master’s in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has also trained with The Earth Body Institute in for ecotherapy, with Wilderness Reflections for wilderness rites of passage, and in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with Alchemy Community Therapy Center.
KT’s therapeutic and ceremonial work is rooted in ecotherapy, somatic awareness, and depth psychology — supporting individuals and communities in coming home to themselves, to each other, and to the earth. She empowers voice and song as pathways to cohesion and belonging.
As a European-descended/white person, she is engaged in the lifelong work of reconnecting with and reclaiming her ancestral roots while acknowledging the harms of colonization and white supremacy to all who exist within this system. Her personal exploration of Root Loss informs how she companions others who are seeking to remember and restore their own lineage connections — honoring the grief that can arise in this process while also celebrating the deep empowerment and grounding that come from becoming re-rooted.
KT is a weaver of community, radically attuned and walking a path of beauty.
Her teachers include Kelly Yi, Mollie Pleetanino, Amy Biesemeyer, Dave Talamo, Aaron Bartley, Jason Butler, Amanda Downs, and Carlos del Rio, as well as Owl, Hummingbird, Coastal Live Oak, Coyote/Wolf, and Snake, to name a few.
Katherine Glusac
Registered Associate MFT and PCC,
supervised by Dr. Kelly Yi, PSY #24210
Sliding Scale & Payment Options
To make this experience accessible while supporting the guides and the work that goes into holding this journey, we are offering a community sliding scale. Please choose the tier that best reflects your financial reality. We offer payment plans if you need and ask for a non-refundable deposit — 50% of the ticket of your choice — to secure your spot in our circle after our mutual discernment call.
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This is a community supported ticket made possible by those who pay the 'Coyote' (Pay It Forward) ticket. We have three spots available for the Scholarship ticket!
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This is the regular rate and helps cover the costs of preparation, gear, permits, campsite reservations and fairly compensating your guides. Payment plans available for all tiers. Please inquire!
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Tier 3 'Coyote' – $950
This option helps subsidize the Community Supported tickets and ensures that this work can continue to be offered to a wider range of people. If you’re in a place to give more, we deeply appreciate your support!
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We know that life happens — emergencies, illness, unexpected circumstances are simply part of being human, and we hold that with compassion. At the same time, Wild Belonging is a closed cohort with a limited number of spots, and your commitment matters to the container we're building together as a group.
For this reason, your deposit/payment is non-refundable once your spot is confirmed. If you need to withdraw, we will do our best to fill your spot from our waitlist — if we're able to do so, your payment (or the portion covering your spot) will be refunded to you. If we're unable to fill your spot, the payment is retained to honor the commitment made to the cohort and the container.
If something arises that keeps you from continuing partway through the series, please reach out to us directly — we'll work with you with as much flexibility and care as we're able to offer.
Frequently Asked Questions
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a hearty lunch
warm layers
a camp chair & blanket
hiking boots that are already broken in to prevent blisters
wool socks (help prevent blisters and regulate temperature if they get wet)
journal & pen
bandana for gathering plants, to pee rag, just about anything!
rain & wind layer
sunhat
sunscreen
beanie & gloves
insulated mug for tea
half a gallon of water
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Our gathering space includes a mixture of asphalt trails and dirt paths which are mostly flat. You will be invited to sit for prolonged periods of time with the option to stretch & wiggle as you need!
The fall season can be wet & colder in the bay so be prepared to be exposed to rain droplets, wind and cooler temperatures.
During your solo time you will be invited to wander the land - this is not a hike but an opportunity to engage with the land with mindfulness. -
We’re asking participants to miss no more than 2 sessions considering our program only runs for 5 weeks in its totality.
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Not at all. This container welcomes people at any level of experience with council, ecotherapy, or time outdoors — all that's asked is your willingness to show up with curiosity and openness.
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There are bathrooms and a water fountain by the parking lot, but there will be no facilities at the event site.
Please bring at least half a gallon (about 2 liters) of water for the day. If you need to urinate, you may do so in the forest; for bowel movements please return to the parking lot.
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This is a wilderness experiential, so making contact with the elements is part of it. If it rains, we'll put up a rain tarp to gather under; depending on how hard it's raining, we may also decide it's best to reschedule. Being outside means being in contact with the elements, which may feel comfortable for some and like an edge for others — this is part of the wilderness experience, and can make for rich exploration.
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No. Wild Belonging is an ecopsychology and community container, not a substitute for individual therapy or mental health treatment. While the work we do together can be transformative, if you're currently in crisis, navigating acute mental health concerns, or unsure whether this container is right alongside (or instead of) individual support, we'd love to talk it through with you on our discernment call.
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We gather in Wild lands in Oakland, within the ancestral homelands of the Ohlone people in the East Bay. There is parking available and it is accessible by bus. Exact directions will be shared with accepted participants ahead of our first gathering.
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Yes — please let us know about any mobility limitations, medical conditions, allergies (including plant sensitivities like poison oak), or anything else relevant to spending a full day outdoors, including solo time on the land. This isn't about screening anyone out; it's so we can hold you well and make any accommodations that would help. This is part of what we'll talk through together on our discernment call.
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Lunch is individual — please bring a hearty lunch of your own (see our "what to bring" list). If you have dietary restrictions or questions about what to bring, feel free to ask us directly.
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We would love to co-create this together. We have created these community agreements & guidelines as a foundation to build off of to create a container that is respectful, brave, and conducive to our transformation & the expansion of our awareness.
What does a safe, affirming, and accountable container look like to you?
