The greatest shamans, medicine women and mystics all share one teacher and that is Mother Earth. They go to her and sit on her bones and she teaches them all they need to know.

Dates for 2025


🌳Saturday 24th May to Monday 2nd June ✨With David & Jen✨ £950

Contact Jen 07931886573 jen@reconnecttoself.scot


🌳Saturday 26th July to Monday 4th August✨With David & Jen✨£950

Contact Jen 07931886573 jen@reconnecttoself.scot

✨Deposit £400 ✨remaining £550 due two weeks before Vision Quest starts✨


David has four interviews on Spotify. To listen here are links 😊🌳

“The experience of the Vision Quest is one of the most profound of my life. Its breadth, depth and magnitude have surpassed any expectations I had about the process. It has, and continues to be, truly life changing. Something that can have such a dramatic effect on someone’s life has to be held in a space of great wisdom, care and compassion. David and the Earth Encounters team give all of these aspects to the safe, transformative  journey they facilitate”. Martin Coyne, Vision Quest, September 2023.

Centre For Wilderness Rites of Passage.

Earth Encounters, a centre for wilderness rites of passage, was set up in 2000 by David Wendl-Berry to promote and celebrate wilderness and personal renewal through nature. Based in Gloucester, the centre offers various courses, the heart of which is the Vision Quest itself. The courses are structured to meet the needs of all applicants, from introductory workshops, animal therapy sessions, shorter quests such as one or two nights or even 24 hour journeys, to lead up to a four day and night Vision Quest.