Soulful Connection with Trees:
From Ancestral Connection to Modern Ecology
11th September - 13th September 2026
Immersive Residential - Rill Estate, South Devon
A weekend of connecting with trees in diverse ways, from identifying species and understanding tree biology, to intuition, intimate sensory experience and deep soulful connection. We are so excited to welcome Kara Moses back for the return of this popular and much-loved course. Join us this September for a deeply nourishing experience with nature.
Key Information
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At the beautiful Rill Estate in our local bioregion of South Devon
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Friday 11th - Sunday 13th September, 2026
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£480 - £600
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This is a 3 day weekend residential course.
Course Overview
Trees have always held a special place in human culture as sources of not only food, medicine, fuel and practical use but creative inspiration, mythic symbolism and spiritual significance.
Have you ever wondered if trees can communicate, and how? Or how they grow, and what their shape tells us about their lives? Or how to identify different species without looking at the leaves, and what their presence might tell us about the soil, water or other living beings in the surrounding landscape? Or perhaps even what it feels like to be a tree?!
Over this weekend we'll connect deeply with trees in diverse ways, from learning to identify species and understanding basic tree biology to intimate sensory experience and deep soulful connection. We'll learn about their uses and services, myths and folklore associated with them and cultivate a whole new appreciation for our wooded friends. Then, based on this deepened understanding, we tune into our intuitive wisdom and the subtle energetic qualities of the trees and discover the magic that awaits!
This weekend course uniquely blends practical field ecology and deep nature connection.
Together we'll learn to:
Identify common tree species using a range of techniques including bark, buds, and shape
Learn about their ancestral uses of trees and how we have evolved alongside them
Learn about different tree species' place in myth, legend and folklore
Learn how to interpret tree ‘body language’ - how the shape of a tree can tell you its life story
Understand basic tree biology – how they grow, live and communicate with each other
Step into the secret world of trees
Connect with trees using dynamic multi-sensory awareness techniques for heightened awareness and deep connection with nature
Tune into the subtle energetic qualities of trees for ecological healing
Develop nature observation techniques to build into your daily life
Course Structure
The course will draw upon a range of learning modalities, from discussion, practical activities and presentation, to embodied learning, reflection, solo time, and ritual.
Beginning with modern science, we’ll learn about tree biology and ecology, brush up on tree ID, and meet a range of native species - including their practical uses and spiritual/mythological significance in Celtic culture. We’ll then transition to a deeper way of being with the trees via some gentle crafting, immersing ourselves increasingly deeply in ecological empathy, intuition, inter-species communication and simple ritual.
Day 1 - Intro, Welcome and Tree Biology
Day 2 - Meeting Native Species & Tree Identification
Day 3 - Deep Connection, Intuition & Inter-species Communication
Why Join This Course?
This course uniquely combines cutting edge science with ancient wisdom and ways of knowing and being with the more-than-human; much needed balance in a world of polarised modernity. Offering a glimpse into the secret world of trees, it aims to support a shaking off of human supremacy and a stepping into deep ecological humility.
Venue:
This is a 3 day weekend course running from Friday 11th - Sunday 13th October 2026, hosted in-person at the beautiful Rill Estate in our local bioregion of South Devon. You will be held by the presence of the River Dart, rolling hills and ancient woodland. You will live in community with others and come together over shared meals and activities that harness joy, relaxation, and connection. Our vegetarian food is freshly and lovingly prepared on site, and we can cater to any dietary requirements needed. To ensure your comfort, we have a range of single and shared rooms available.
Cost:
£480 - £600 (single and shared rooms)
Facilitators
Kara Moses
Kara is an ancestral skills educator, writer and conservation forester with a passion for wildlife tracking, foraging, trees and multi-species flourishing from a kincentric perspective. Her approach embraces the philosophy that wild living skills aren’t about lone survival or mastering nature but about thriving together in reciprocal relationship with the non-human communities that support us - an invitation to ecological humility and to relationship. She is particularly interested in radical, decolonial approaches to more-than-human relationships, social change and ancestral skills and has developed an approach called Radical Nature Connection, which finds expression in the Radical Ecological Pedagogies curriculum. Kara was responsible for researching and writing the twelve best practice case-studies in the Kincentric Leadership handbook and is a Kincentric Training Partner. She lives in an off-grid co-operative of eight humans and one dog in west Wales, where she runs courses on their rewilded land.
Frequently Asked Questions
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This course is for tree lovers of all kinds! You may be someone who has a particular passion for our magnificent friends or are simply looking for new ways to deepen your relationship with nature. This is a truly accessible course that will speak to your heart and leave you feeling nourished.
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No, we welcome people from all backgrounds. Please let us know if you have any specific needs and we’ll do our very best to ensure you feel fully welcomed and cared for.
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This is a 3 day immersive in-person course, in community with others. We invite you to participate with presence. Weekend courses start at 4pm Friday and end Sunday 3pm
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All materials will be provided. Feel free to bring anything that may support your comfort. Some sessions will be held outside and weather during late summer / early autumn can be changeable, so please come prepared with suitable outdoor clothing, footwear and a water bottle.
The Venue
What Participants Say…
“Participating in Kara’s Soulful Tree experience changed my life forever! I experienced the most profound connection with all of life which has fundamentally evolved my worldview. A moment that I will never forget was having my feet buried in the ground, aware of all the mycelium networks whizzing around and working their magic beneath me!”
- Sarah, Course Participant
