Rites-of-Passage Programs

Luna Moth is a long-term coming-of-age program for girls, beginning at ages 11 to 13 and continuing over two and a half years.

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Sacred Fire is a three-year wilderness rites-of-passage program for boys who wish to undertake a conscious journey into adolescence with the heartfelt support of family and community.

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Flying Deer Nature Center
Flying Deer Nature Center is a wilderness school and community dedicated to mentoring children, youth, adults, and families in deep connection to nature, self, and others.
With gratitude and humility, we acknowledge that we gather and teach on the ancestral homelands of the Muhheconneok, currently known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans (read more…)

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