We are restoring this earth, and its inhabitants to its natural state of wholeness, one woman at a time.
We design retreats and training programmes as an initiation, a heroine's journey - if you like - that will crack you open, and leave you softer, stronger and wilder.
Hi, we’re Gaia and Alana. We’ve worked with hundreds of women, and spent over eight years developing our dynamic approach to women’s work.
With its roots in our theatre background, and its branches in ritual, embodiment and nature connection, we create soulful spaces for you to courageously be yourself.
OUR VISION
We are tired of the old systems that perpetuate competition and separation, that are destroying our ecosystems, dispersing our communities and diminishing our feminine power.
We feel the pain of thousands of women who are feeling isolated, anxious, and disconnected from their bodies, a mirror to the larger issues humans are facing.
We understand the constant noise of criticism and judgement that many experience both from within and around us.
We envision a world where everyone - especially women - can be seen, held and celebrated in their wildness.
Where the emotional, spiritual, physical and mental wellbeing of humans and the wellbeing of the planet are seen as profoundly interconnected.
We do this by creating community;
Our wild retreats are restoring connection and wholeness; offering experiences of being loved, seen and accepted for who you truly are, where the noise of self-criticism naturally quietens, and you're able to hold yourself and others with deeper compassion and tenderness.
If you’re feeling anxious, stuck, confused, or simply hungry to shake things up and feel more alive - we see you
We’ve been there, and we invite you to follow the red thread that leads you towards your own True Nature.
We do this by creating community;
Our wild retreats are restoring connection and wholeness; offering experiences of being loved, seen and accepted for who you truly are, where the noise of self-criticism naturally quietens, and you're able to hold yourself and others with deeper compassion and tenderness.
If you’re feeling anxious, stuck, confused, or simply hungry to shake things up and feel more alive - we see you
We’ve been there, and we invite you to follow the red thread that leads you towards your own True Nature.
Our Approach to Wholeness
Self
Healing
Through our retreats and events you will witness your relationship with yourself become more accepting, loving and inspiring. Through psychological enquiry and embodiment practices we teach you the skills to question your unhealthy belief systems, feel and express big emotions and become more in tune with your body. This is about nurturing your wild self to become more self aware, authentic and embodied.
The result is a sense of aliveness, confidence, and inner peace.
Empowered Relationships
We support you to deepen your relationship with the natural world, remembering that we are part of it. We offer practices that help us commune and develop a connection with the more-than-human world. To see the earth as alive, animate and cyclical. Through the wisdom of nature and cultivating this reciprocal relationship, we support people to discover their deeper meaning and purpose.
The result is a sense of wholeness and wellbeing, living connected to the natural world and your purpose.
Ecological Awakening
We teach you how to navigate your relationships with greater compassion, depth and integrity.
To drop the masks that society expects us to wear, and encourage you to be vulnerable and honest with others. We support women to develop stronger boundaries, and softer hearts. Our retreats and events work to up-skill you in communication so that you can leave behind the “good girl” archetype and step into your power.
The result is relationships that feel fulfilling, authentic and supportive.
Our Approach to Wholeness
Self Healing
Through our retreats and events you will witness your relationship with yourself become more accepting, loving and inspiring. Through psychological enquiry and embodiment practices we teach you the skills to question your unhealthy belief systems, feel and express big emotions and become more in tune with your body. This is about nurturing your wild self to become more self aware, authentic and embodied.
The result is a sense of aliveness, confidence, and inner peace.
Empowered Relationships
We support you to deepen your relationship with the natural world, remembering that we are part of it. We offer practices that help us commune and develop a connection with the more-than-human world. To see the earth as alive, animate and cyclical. Through the wisdom of nature and cultivating this reciprocal relationship, we support people to discover their deeper meaning and purpose.
The result is a sense of wholeness and wellbeing, living connected to the natural world and your purpose.
Ecological Awakening
We teach you how to navigate your relationships with greater compassion, depth and integrity.
To drop the masks that society expects us to wear, and encourage you to be vulnerable and honest with others. We support women to develop stronger boundaries, and softer hearts. Our retreats and events work to up-skill you in communication so that you can leave behind the “good girl” archetype and step into your power.
The result is relationships that feel fulfilling, authentic and supportive.
Our Personal Journey
Our journey into this work began with our individual experiences of extreme pain at the loss of a deep love. Ill-equipped to deal with the intensity of the grief, anger, and confusion that gripped us, we set forth in discovering how to process and heal. At the time we had no one to guide us and had to forge our own ways to deal with big emotions that are deemed unacceptable for public consumption.
We each found the practices that helped us understand ourselves and, after several years, began sharing the wisdom gleaned through our journeys. Alana found her respite in nature, and Gaia through tantra.
With a shared background in theatre, and an appetite for ritual, our friendship sparked immediately. Since then we have each grown exponentially, sharing the wisdom we picked up along the way developing several retreats together.
Our signature comes in our ability to shift and adapt to the ever changing needs of the group. We bring a fierceness that challenges our participants to bravely confront their fears and trauma, held within a compassionate container of love and sisterhood. What sets us apart is our creativity and playfulness, a balance of depth and lightness, which is an essential component to any spiritual endeavour.
Our Team
We are a small and growing team of women dedicated to building communities of empowered women.
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Alana Hyde Bloom
FOUNDER
Alana is the co-founder of True Nature. She facilitates our flagship retreats, run’s nature connection experiences and coordinates events.
Alana is passionate about stewarding eco-centric cultures having spent several years exploring pathways to regenerate earth & people.
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Gaia Harvey Jackson
FOUNDER
Gaia is the co-founder of True Nature. She is a course and retreat facilitator, leading our flagship retreats and training programme.
Gaia has a fierce love of women and a true desire to uplift those around her to become bigger, brighter and bolder in their expression.
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Faye Gould
COMMUNITY MANAGER AND COMMS
Faye leads our year long membership programme and heads up the communcations for True Nature.
One of her greatest joys is to create safe gatherings of women who support each other to access their inner truth and deepest power.
Our Facilitators
Our facilitators have developed their practices from their own experiences using a similar approach. They share the skills and tools that have been most effective in finding their own power and purpose.
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Bryoni Bee
FACILITATOR
Bryoni is a shamanic practitioner and facilitator specialising in womb work. She guides courses, retreats and events supporting women to explore The Womb Mysteries.
Events: The Womb Mysteries
Voice of the Womb -
Mar Estarellas
FACILITATOR
Mar is a PhD graduate at UCL and part of the Equality, Diversion and Inclusion committee, running workshops to raise awareness of cyclical living for wellbeing in the workplace.
Mar is a graduate of our training programme.
Events: Unlocking the Gifts of Anger
Intuitive Painting -
Orshi Orsolya Szeverics
FACILITATOR
Orshi is a facilitator and artist focusing on mental and emotional health through creative liberation, and a graduate of our training programme.
Events: Unlocking the Gifts of Anger
Intuitive Painting -
Dani Tonks
FACILITATOR
Dani is a a coach, creative consultant & movement facilitator for embodied self expression, confidence, body positivity, and nervous system resiliency.
Dani facilitate & design playful, powerful & pleasurable spaces for transformation, connection & empowerment.
Events: Slow Dating and Speed Friending
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Carolin Goethel
FACILITATOR
Carolin is a Berlin based community weaver and facilitator. Drawing on her anthropological studies, her work in leadership education and her passion for deep ecology, she’s developed a varied toolbox to build cultures of interbeing.
Events: Unearthing Soul and Deep Dive into Nature & Self
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Jenny O'Hare
FACILITATOR
Jenny is a deep ecologist and facilitator, recently returned to Ireland following the call of her homeland. Her work focuses on the relationship between humanity and the rest of the living world, and is deeply inspired by her own sense of belonging to living systems.
Events: Unearthing Soul and Deep Dive into Nature & Self
