Courting Your Medicine - Texas
An In-person Rite of Passage for Therapists, Leaders, Teachers and Healers of All Kinds
A 6 Day Immersion into Finding and Embodying Your Sacred Purpose
We are all here for a reason; we each have unique gifts that help us to live our purpose in the world. The core of these gifts is what we call “Soul Medicine.”
You may be a massage therapist, a Feldenkrais practitioner, a gestalt-trained psychotherapist, or a death doula, but these are not your Soul Medicine. Your Medicine is something deeper, more sacred, and often more hidden.
The trouble is most people never discover what their Soul Medicine is. Or if they know, they aren’t sure how to bring it into the world. They suffer the pain of feeling ungiven—their sacred fruits rotting on the tree. They get in their own way, trip over their shadow, get sidetracked with others’ expectations, or become lost in confusion, self-doubt, or fear.
If this is speaking to you, read on.
Courting Your Medicine is for therapists and healers of all types who have heard the beginnings of a Soul Call and are ready to court, embody, and live their Medicine into the world. It’s for those who long to be fully given and to truly and authentically serve (without leaving themselves behind).
We will engage in Soul-centered work in nature, deep imagery, embodiment practices, mirroring, radical truth-telling, parts work, shadow work, journaling, art-making, and the spontaneous magic and awe of being human. We will use all these to lift the veil and glimpse, court, and embody our unique way of belonging to the world.
If you allow it, this training can change your life.
Who This Program is For
Courting Your Medicine is for you if:
You have a desire for something greater, and have a sense that there is some as-of-yet unlived potency in you longing to be born.
You are ready to step more fully into yourself and are willing to work through the challenges you meet along the way.
You are a therapist or healer of any kind (acupuncturist, massage therapist, energy healer, mother, coach, psychotherapist,, etc. etc. etc).
You long to come into right relationship with your power—to not hide from it or get arrogant, but to own what’s yours to own.
You have a deep desire to feel more confident inside yourself and in the world, to feel the rightness that comes with knowing what you are here to do.
You are courageous—willing to go into the dark terrain of your own shadow to discover the hidden treasures there (this does not mean that you are not afraid!).
You are ready to show up completely and allow yourself to be changed in service of bringing your deepest offering to the world.
You are more committed to embodying your Soul than to staying safe or playing small (even if it is scary).
You are up to important individual and/or social healing and planetary change (even if you don’t know it yet).
You’ve done some basic psychological and spiritual work and are able to own (at least some of) your projections and break down your stories and use them for growth.
You have a sense that your challenges are opportunities to grow rather than simply obstacles and sometimes even celebrate and applaud your own difficulties (even while simultaneously cursing them).
You are grateful to have the opportunity to do your Soul Work and see it as a privilege.
You’ve resonated with much of the language you’ve seen here and have a sense (even though you don’t quite know why yet) that this training is for you
What You’ll Get From This Program
You will not learn a particular modality in this program. You will learn how to unlock your Medicine and the optimal conditions for bringing your gifts forward.
We can’t promise you will walk away “finished” or “perfect.” We can promise you will walk away clearer than you’ve ever been about what is yours to offer, and with the deep confidence to live your genius into the world.
You will have the opportunity to heal power dynamics that would otherwise keep you playing small or puff you up out of arrogance.
You will learn the Code of You and create a copy of your own Soul Medicine Operating Instructions.
You will have the opportunity to clear old contracts that no longer fit, release family dynamics and ancestral patterns that would keep you small, and remake your blueprint for life.
You will learn the secrets to live your Medicine for the greatest good.
You will receive the gift of being truly seen by a Soul community that has the capacity to mirror back to you who you really are.
You will have the opportunity to be deeply inspired, moved, wowed, and awed by an extraordinary group of people up to radical mischief and terrible goodness in the world.
You will learn to trust yourself and your own power.
You will receive the deep satisfaction of knowing who you really are and the tools, exercises, and guidance you need to birth your gifts into the world.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Program Outline
A 6-day in-person intensive in Texas, which is currently open for enrollment.
Courting Your Medicine is a Rite of Passage for Healers to more clearly identify, own and live into their unique soul gifts in the world. During this program you will experience the following:
Identifying and clearing the “Demons at the Gate”, or the many beliefs, experiences and lineage patterns that get in the way of your knowing, trusting and offering your gifts in the world
Deep explorations to know and embody your Medicine while being seen and supported by a supportive community, the earth, and your support in the unseen realms
Discovering the “Care and Feeding” of your Medicine, in other words, how you will set up your life, your environment, and your daily rituals to best support the living of your gifts into the world.
Developing a roadmap for your “Delivery System”, i.e, how and in what format you want to offer your gifts to others, while simultaneously acknowledging the many ways that you are already and inevitably doing so.
Clarifying and committing to your next steps for living your soul gifts in the world so that your very being can radiate your Medicine.
*Note that if you choose to embark on this 6 day immersive Rite of Passage experience, you will also be supported to continue deepening into your Medicine through:
2 additional on-line group integration sessions
The potential to continue meeting with cohort members interested in doing self-guided councils or accountability check-ins
What People are Saying About Courting Your Medicine
Program
Details
Next Program:
September 20 - 25, 2025
Location:
High Hope Retreat Center, Glenrose, TX
Price:
Regular rate - $2825
Early bird rate - $2645 (if you enrolled by 06/30/25)
Holiday special - $2317 (if you enrolled by 01/31/25)*
*If you pay in full prior to 01/31/25, you'll get an additional $150 off the above holiday special rate
Includes:
1, 2.5 hour follow-up zoom integration group
About Your Facilitators
With several decades of experience in outdoor education, therapy, teaching, mentoring, and rites of passage guiding, Katie Asmus, MA, BMP, LPC, incorporates present-moment awareness, relationship to the natural world, body-mind connection and ceremonial practices to support people in more deeply and compassionately connecting to themselves, others, and the earth.
She believes strongly in the power of spending time in nature as a way to deeply listen inward, and has a long history of creating, practicing, and facilitating personally meaningful, culturally relevant ceremonies and rites of passage. Katie also has had a 30-plus-year career working with therapy and coaching clients and over 20 years teaching wilderness therapy, adventure therapy, ecotherapy, and somatic therapy at a graduate level.
Currently, Katie directs and facilitates rites of passage trainings and experiences, sees therapy and coaching clients, guest teaches, and trains therapists and healers through The Somatic Nature Therapy Institute. She is known for saying that “Inner work is world peace work.”
Tami Gilmore, MA, LPC is a passionate advocate for integrating the healing power of nature with therapeutic practice. As a traditional and wilderness therapist, Tami has dedicated her career to guiding individuals on transformative journeys of self-discovery and healing.
The "Courting Your Medicine" program, facilitated by the Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute, has been a pivotal experience in Tami's personal and professional growth. Through this transformative journey, she has expanded emotionally and spiritually, finding profound meaning and connection with nature and herself. Tami treasures the lifelong relationships forged during this program and continues to be inspired by the community of like-minded individuals committed to sharing their authentic medicine with the world.
With a teacher's heart and a learner's spirit, Tami finds inspiration in the resilience and brilliance of others. She delights in hearing their life stories and guiding them on their path to healing and self-discovery. Armed with a BA in Psychology and an MA in Counseling, Tami has supplemented her formal education with extensive training in EMDR, Somatic Therapy, IFS therapy, and various programs offered by the Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute.
Combining her love for the outdoors with her passion for helping others, she now runs a successful private practice and a wilderness therapy retreat company.
Apply for Courting Your Medicine
To apply, click the link below to fill out an application and share your goals for attending the training. We’ll review your application and schedule a time to talk with you, share more about the program, answer any questions you have, and collaboratively determine if it is the right fit for you.
For questions or if you’d like more information, please contact us.
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