Wild Nature Heart
Wild Nature Heart is a home for programs, poetic offerings, and earth-rooted practices
devoted to deeper belonging with the living world at a time of unraveling and cultural reimagining.
Contact
Ryan Van Lenning
Email: ryan@wildnatureheart.com
Phone: (510) 219-3349
Upcoming Events
Write Your Wild River is a 6-week invitation into poetry as presence, practice, and portal. Part creative writing journey, part nature-connected immersion, part earth community, this course is for those longing to slow down, listen more deeply, and create from a place that is more embodied, more alive, and more in conversation with the world.
WHEN: 6 Sundays, Oct. 11 – Nov. 15
TIME: 10am – 12pm Pacific Time
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Testimonials
“I have worked with Ryan in different courses and contexts, both virtually and in person on the land. I find him to be a skilled guide, gentle but powerful, who creates invitations to experiences that provide safety to swim in liminal spaces where deep work blossoms into growth, all in the absence of ego. Not only is Ryan very knowledgeable but he listens deeply and provides mirroring that leaves you feeling seen and honored. The spaces he creates encourage productive struggle and growth with a healthy dose of play.”
—Kim Bielmann, Deep Belonging 2025
“Ryan is a purposeful, playful, permission-giving guide for creative quests! I had so much fun in this workshop! I sometimes surprised myself with the writing that emerged, and was inspired and delighted by my fellow poets’ writing and our collaborative creations. What a joyful journey that enlivened me and helped me birth something new into the world!”
—Gemma Armstrong (Write Your Wild River, Spring 2025)