Women's Backpacking Retreats

Deanna is a passionate guide, Earth steward and dancer. She believes that our bodies and the Earth are inseparable, and that by developing a loving relationship with both of them, we can live a meaningful, connected and healthy life. Through her transformational experiences in nature, she has developed a relationship with the Earth that has served as an essential anchor for navigating her life and soul's purpose. She wants everyone to have this same opportunity.

Deanna has formal education in Biological Psychology from UC Santa Barbara, and is a certified Professional Nature-Connected Life Coach, Transformational Wilderness Guide, Backpacking Guide, Wilderness First Responder, Embodiment Facilitator and Rites of Passage Guide. She has years of training and experience in outdoor education, rites of passage, wilderness transformation facilitation, coaching, mentoring, community building, mindfulness, dance and embodiment facilitation. When she is not guiding, Deanna loves to play in the ocean, surf, dance, climb oak trees, play music, tend fires, talk to plants, and drink cacao!