Somatic Nature Therapy Institute

Somatic Nature Therapy Institute Somatic & Nature-Based Therapy, Mentorship, Trainings, Quests & Rites of Passage. Previously Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute.

Founded by Katie Asmus, MA, LPC, BMP, Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute (formerly Namaste Healing Arts Center, LLC) is a multi-dimensional Therapeutic and Educationally-based organization incorporating Wilderness and Body-Centered Psychotherapies. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, our unique and progressive approach to healing and wellness is based on the practices of invoking the inherent wisdom of the body-mind, of utilizing the natural world as healer and guide, and of accessing and appreciating the abundance of the universe. At SWTI, our mission is to “open people’s hearts and minds to greater possibilities!” We offer the following four dimensions of service to our clients and to the community at-large:

1. Counseling, Coaching, & Healing
2. Teaching, Mentoring, & Consulting
3. Connecting Like-Minded Practitioners and Students
4. Promoting the Fields of Wilderness Therapy, Body-Centered Psychotherapy, Sacred Soul Work & Human Potential

The new year invites us to look at where we’ve been and where we are going.If you’re feeling the pull toward aligning wi...
01/20/2026

The new year invites us to look at where we’ve been and where we are going.
If you’re feeling the pull toward aligning with what matters more clearly in your life and work, our 2026 programs were created for exactly that.

✨ Enroll by Jan 31, with Holiday Pricing — 18% off our full course fees – a way to honor your growth and/or learning while saving on this year’s trainings.

💚 Explore the calendar and see which offering calls to you:

👉somaticnaturetherapy.com/calendar

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we pause with humility and care.The call to “be the change you want to see in the wo...
01/19/2026

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we pause with humility and care.

The call to “be the change you want to see in the world” lives alongside the reality that many in our world are still facing deep injustice, violence, displacement, and inequity. Holding this truth asks more of us than inspiration alone—it asks for presence, listening, and responsibility.

Change does not begin in abstraction. It begins in how we tend to our own hearts and nervous systems, how we show up in relationships, how we refuse to look away from suffering, and how we stay committed to dignity, compassion, and justice even when it is uncomfortable.

Today, we honor Dr. King not only through words, but by recommitting to the ongoing, courageous work of care—for one another, for our communities, and for the future we are shaping together.

May we continue to choose love with clarity, and action with conscience.

✨ From Curiosity to Clarity ✨An Introduction to Our 2026 Programs & TrainingsIf you’ve been feeling drawn toward our wor...
01/18/2026

✨ From Curiosity to Clarity ✨

An Introduction to Our 2026 Programs & Trainings
If you’ve been feeling drawn toward our work but unsure which offering is the best fit, we’d love to invite you to this live on-line webinar presentation and conversation.

In this one-hour gathering, our founder, Katie Asmus, will share an overview of the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute’s 2026 trainings and rites of passage programs—speaking to the intention, format, and focus of each. There will also be time for questions, so you can listen for what aligns with where you are right now.

This space is for curiosity, reflection, and inquiry—no pressure, just information and connection.

🗓 January 28
⏰ 6 pm MT
📍 Live on Zoom (recording shared with all who register)

Come as you are. Let curiosity lead, and allow clarity to emerge.

🌿 https://www.somaticnaturetherapy.com/from-curiosity-to-clarity

There’s a kind of nourishment that doesn’t come from food—but from reflection, aliveness, and attention. 🌿Feed Your Soul...
01/18/2026

There’s a kind of nourishment that doesn’t come from food—but from reflection, aliveness, and attention. 🌿

Feed Your Soul is an invitation into a deeper kind of nourishment—one that comes through reflection, aliveness, and attentive presence. Now open for registration.

This isn’t about perfection or polished writing— it’s about showing up with what’s tender, curious, messy, and alive.

🗓 February 7 – March 21, 2026
⏰ Saturdays, 10 am–12 pm MST
📍 Online via Zoom
💛 Donation-based offering

If you’ve been yearning for a soft container to reflect and root deeper, this is for you.

https://www.somaticnaturetherapy.com/feed-your-soul

Today we’re celebrating Katie — the heart, vision, and steady presence behind the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute. 🌿Kat...
01/17/2026

Today we’re celebrating Katie — the heart, vision, and steady presence behind the Somatic Nature Therapy Institute. 🌿

Katie, your deep listening, care for our shared humanity, and devotion to honoring body, mind, and nature wisdom ripple outward in ways both seen and unseen. You remind us again and again that meaningful work is rooted in presence, integrity, and compassion.

From all of us at SNTI, thank you for the ways you lead with humility, curiosity, and heart. We’re so grateful to walk alongside you and to be part of the communities you tend so thoughtfully.

Wishing you a birthday filled with nourishment, beauty, and moments that let you feel how deeply appreciated you are. 💛

✨ Upcoming Gatherings & Invitations ✨As we move through this season of winter and into the early months of the year, we’...
01/16/2026

✨ Upcoming Gatherings & Invitations ✨

As we move through this season of winter and into the early months of the year, we’re holding a handful of offerings—each an invitation to pause, listen inward, and reconnect in ways that support our body-minds and overall health and resilience.

Here’s what’s coming up:

🌿 Nature Church — Every Sunday
A weekly space to slow down, listen, and gather in relationship with the more-than-human world. Now accessible beyond Boulder, this ongoing circle offers a steady rhythm of reflection and connection.

🧠 Mindfulness Coaching for ADHD — January 25
A supportive, practical offering for those navigating ADHD—exploring awareness, nervous system support, and ways to work with attention and overwhelm rather than against it.

💬 From Curiosity to Clarity: An Introduction to Our 2026 Programs & Trainings — January 28
A live, informational webinar designed to help you discern which of our trainings or rites of passage may be the best fit for where you are right now, with space for questions and conversation.

✨ Holiday Special Pricing Ends January 31
If you’ve been feeling called toward one of our 2026 programs, this is the final window for our 18% off holiday-season tuition savings.

🌲Feed Your Soul — February 7
A 7-week online gathering offering space for reflection, creativity, and connection with the natural world

We’d love to have you join us if you feel the call to step in!

Links and details are available below. 🌿
https://www.somaticnaturetherapy.com/calendar

Halfway through January — and two weeks left to receive Holiday (Early–Early Bird) Pricing!From Colorado immersions to o...
01/16/2026

Halfway through January — and two weeks left to receive Holiday (Early–Early Bird) Pricing!

From Colorado immersions to online programs, each 2026 program invites you to learn, grow, and connect through the wisdom of the body and the natural world.

Reserve your space (and your discount) before the end of the month.

🌿 Full calendar: somaticnaturetherapy.com/calendar

Beloved Community!Our 2026 Nature Therapy & Ecotherapy trainings are open for enrollment, and for this holiday and new y...
01/15/2026

Beloved Community!

Our 2026 Nature Therapy & Ecotherapy trainings are open for enrollment, and for this holiday and new year season, we’re offering 18% off our nature-based programs.

If you’ve been feeling the call to expand your therapeutic skillset in a way that feels alive, creative, and inspired, this might be the doorway.

These trainings offer you theory & tools to:
• collaborate with the natural world in supporting clients
• invite movement, metaphor, and meaning into sessions
• reconnect with our own inner knowing and wisdom as practitioners

Each program stands as its own journey:
✨ Collaborations with the Natural World
✨ Uncovering Genius – Nature-Based Parts Work
✨ Connecting with Ground – Ecotherapy for Trauma & Attachment
✨ Intro to Therapeutic Nature-Based Interventions

Whether you're longing to deepen your relationship with the land, expand the tools you offer clients, or simply reconnect with your own creative spark - consider this a call.

Holiday pricing is available for a limited time.

If you feel a tug of curiosity or a flicker of “maybe this is for me,” you can explore our trainings, submit an application, or send us questions through our website. Find us through the link in our bio.

Wishing you moments of peace, inspiration, and wild blessings as we move into this new year. 🌿✨

If you’ve ever sat in a circle and felt the subtle shift—the one where the room settles, the air thickens a little, and ...
01/13/2026

If you’ve ever sat in a circle and felt the subtle shift—the one where the room settles, the air thickens a little, and everyone seems to breathe from a deeper place—you have experienced Sacred Space.

Our upcoming Facilitating Sacred Spaces program was created for those who want to understand this mystery more fully… and learn how to consciously create it.

Over 5 months, we’ll explore:
🕊 Cultivating your own presence and relationship with the Sacred
🕊 The technologies and tools that will help you open that threshold
🕊 Listening to your own inner guidance
🕊 Tracking the group while tending to subtle shifts in the collective
🕊 Bringing greater intention and connection into the work you already do

If something inside you is stirring as you read this…
an inner spark of curiosity,
a sense of recognition,
or even a quiet yes,
we’d love to welcome you into this circle.

We begin January 15, 2026.
Enrollment is open now.

https://www.somaticnaturetherapy.com/facilitating-sacred-space

Let 2026 be the year you take meaningful steps toward focus, calm, and transformation.🌟 Join Our Mindfulness Coaching fo...
01/12/2026

Let 2026 be the year you take meaningful steps toward focus, calm, and transformation.

🌟 Join Our Mindfulness Coaching for ADHD 🌟

If you or your clients are struggling with impulsivity, restlessness, procrastination, or the shame and guilt that can come with feeling unfocused or identifying with an ADHD diagnosis, you’re not alone.

Starting January 25, 2026, this eight-week personal and group coaching program offers a compassionate environment and constructive mindfulness practices for working with impulsivity, restlessness, procrastination, and the shame and guilt that often accompany ADHD.

Here’s what you’ll get:
✨The neurobiology of ADHD and mindfulness
✨A gradual introduction of informal and formal mindfulness exercises, including mindfulness in everyday life and more formal seated and walking practices
✨Practices that train focus, help you monitor your attention, and help with self-regulation
✨Four 30-minute one-on-one coaching sessions to help you deepen your practice and coping skills
✨Four group meetings to share insight, learn from others, and get the most out of the MAPs practices

Ready to feel more in control and connected?

https://www.somaticnaturetherapy.com/mindful-adhd-support-group

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