"Your relationship with Nature,
reflects your inner Nature.
Where you stand in the World,
you will stand Within.
Your journey of Growth
is embraced and nurtured"
Invitation to Deep Nature Work for 2025
Deep Nature Work offers a unique way of personal growth in beautiful natural spaces where Nature as a teacher, mirror and nurturer invites you to explore and grow in an enriching environment.
Through our relationship and place in nature we find answers that may have eluded us for a long time. The small group size workshops foster beautiful community connections, creative aspects bring joy and lightness that fill you up.
9 – 11th May 2025 Harvesting Summer’s Growth – Personal Integration
The fast paced tempo of the modern society does not hold much space for integration which can lead to an overfocus on challenges and barriers.
When we start harvesting, we are often delighted and surprised at how much we have achieved, and this brings a positive outlook to the journey ahead. Nature as master of integration assists us to anchor our growth, and to bring a positive power into our daily lives.
20 – 22nd June 2025 Cycles of Nature – Winter Solstice & Matariki
Matariki and Winter Solstice are great teachers in the wonder of rebirth and re-emergence as a constant cycle on our planet and in our lives.
Celebrating the longest night and the annual rebirth of the light brings an easeful understanding to renewal; letting go of that which no longer serves and inviting the joy of the new emerging self.
18-20 July Deep Nature Foundation Workshop
This workshop invites anyone who is interested in exploring Deep Nature Work as a magical tool for personal wellbeing.
It is a gentle and nurturing introduction to working with and in Nature, to gain nourishment, insights, and tools for the world we live in. All abilities and all questions welcome.
1 – 3rd August 2025 Grace – the Path of the powerful Empath
As empaths we live in a way that generates compassion and enables gentle solutions for society and our planet. To do so without fear of burnout or loss of personal power requires alignment and skill.
Nature teaches us about the elements of reciprocity on this path. It offers us insights that enable us to be powerful and grace-full for ourselves and others.
19-21 September 2025 Exploring the inner Mystic - Equinox Celebration
Our Ancestors respected the explorations of the ‘mystics’ and the gifts they brought to Society. In the modern world we have to find our own way to connect to the wisdom inside ourselves and in the world around us, to enable us to share deeper insights with our communities.
Nature as an embodiment of creation can teach us to access to the ‘inner mystic’ in unexpected and deeply nurturing ways.
3-5 October Deep Nature Foundation Workshop
This workshop invites anyone who is interested in exploring Deep Nature Work as a magical tool for personal wellbeing.
It is a gentle and nurturing introduction to working with and in Nature, to gain nourishment, insights, and tools for the world we live in. All abilities and all questions welcome.
1 – 9th November 2025 Deep Nature Journey
A 5-6 day walk through beautiful mountains and rivers offers a powerful interconnection with Nature which allows us to grow the inner journey as we walk the outer world.
Bring your own personal inquiry or intention to allow it to unfold and grow each step along the way. Location and exact timing TBC closer to the time.
Jan 16 – 19th 2026 Summer Vision Workshop at Te Kaainga Tawhai
This is an opportunity to start the new calendar year with clarity and self-confidence. The workshop is in our special forest covenant, with a stone circle, labyrinth, a stunning vibrant river and nurturing forest and bird song.
We reflect on the year past, explore what still needs resolving and what we’d like to ‘dream’ into reality for the coming months. We offer personal coaching alongside the community exploration and you are held in deep peace and love.
Further Information on Deep Nature Work…
Tailormade Workshops, Facilitation and Coaching
Deep Nature Coaching is a personalised, heart based coaching approach offered by Maria, interweaving Nature’s magic with your journey of self discovery. Minimum 4 sessions for new people.
We also offer tailormade facilitated workshops for teams, leadership groups, young people and cross cultural settings. We can match our nature tools to themes like resilience building, team development, strategic planning, transition and change skills, and many more. Please get in touch with us to find out how we can best match what you are looking for.
How does it work….
Deep Nature Work is a blend of personal nurturing, developmental elements, nature activities, tools and reflections; all tailor made to the theme of each workshop. There are times working in a circle as a group, times for individual and pair integration and big chunks of time in Nature to gain insights, nourishment and connection. The standard workshops run from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, with short walks that are achievable by most people. We can match physical challenges/ disabilities with adapted activities. For the journey a certain level of fitness and comfort in the outdoors is required.
Your Facilitators
Maria Deutsch has facilitated Deep Nature work and Nature Coaching for many years. She is great at opening connections between everyday life’s journey and challenges and nature wisdom that can support us in these places. Maria is a qualified facilitator, coach and trainer and has been working with cross cultural groups for over 20 years.
Scott Nicol has been connecting people to nature for many years – as an environmental campaigner, as an outdoor instructor and as a passionate explorer of nature. Scott is a qualified facilitator and coach and helps people to work better together, to build their leadership potential and develop and grow.
Scott and Maria are guardians/ kaitiaki of 36 ha of native forest which they have cared for these last 29 years. This space is open as a retreat for renewal, learning and nature connection.
The Sites and Venues…
Most of our workshops are based in rented houses with full facilities and shared accommodation. From there we go out into beautiful and diverse nature settings of forests, rivers and lakes of Nelson Lakes National Park. The Nature Vision Quest involves camping and is held at our covenanted magnificent Te Kaainga Tawhai Forest, bordering Kahurangi National Park. At times we offer 5-6 day journeys into the mountains.
Contributions and Costs…
We offer Deep Nature work to nurture people to grow into their shining selves and deepen their connection to our beautiful Planet. To make it accessible to people, we keep the fees for our standard workshops to a minimum, though we accept koha if you want to add it to the base costs. We have barter and payment options if the fee is unachievable for some reason – please get in touch if this is the case.
The full brochure is here to download: Deep Nature Offerings
To find out more and to register please get in touch with Scott and Maria at koreromai@growingdialogue.nz