Deep nature connection & visionary mentoring
The land has always been speaking.
Most of us were never taught to listen.
For healers, practitioners, and visionaries ready to build a living, sacred relationship with the natural world — and let that wisdom reshape who they are and how they serve.
I've spent 25 years transmitting the arts of deep nature connection, tracking, bird language, and visionary practice. I carry a direct lineage from Jon Young — himself the first student of wilderness survival legend Tom Brown Jr. — and was fortunate to have been mentored by Jon in the same deep, immersive way that Tom mentored him. I'm currently co-authoring a book with Jon on Coyote Mentoring, to transmit these core principles and practices to the next generation of guides, healers, and leaders.
Coyote Mentoring is an inquiry-based, transformational approach to supporting deep bonding and connection with the Earth — enlivening the senses and sparking meaningful engagement with Nature's mysteries. It is the heart of everything I teach.
This is not a wellness program. It's a depth path.
There's a particular kind of longing that brings people to this work. It feels like homesickness — except the home you're missing isn't a place you've ever lived. It's a relationship with the Earth you were born for but never fully entered.
You've done the inner work. You have a practice — meditation, energy work, therapy, teaching, or some weaving of all of these. You've gone deep enough to know that transformation is real, and that how you show up in the world matters.
And still, something calls.
Maybe it arrives as a quiet ache when you're outside — a sense that the birds, the trees, the land are offering something you haven't yet learned to receive. Maybe your spiritual practice, real as it is, has become somewhat internal and solitary — disconnected from the living world around you. Maybe you've tried other programs and found yourself, as one client put it, "spinning your wheels" — gaining knowledge but not the embodied knowing you're actually after.
Perhaps you already sense that the natural world is a mirror — that going deeper into the land means going deeper into yourself. What you haven't had is someone to guide you all the way in.
Many people arrive here expecting to learn more about nature on an external level. What they discover, again and again, is something they didn't expect: as one client said after three months of mentoring, "it's almost like the opposite — it's really heavy on the internal level."
These are things you may already know. This work helps you actually know them — in your body, in your practice, in how you move through the world and serve the people in your care.
If this is where you are, you're exactly who this work is for.
The work
A living tradition,
not a collection of techniques
What I teach isn't assembled from multiple modalities — it emerges from a single, coherent lineage of relationship with the natural world, refined over 25 years of practice and mentoring.
At its heart is Coyote Mentoring — an inquiry-based, transformational approach to supporting deep bonding and connection with the Earth, through enlivening the senses and sparking meaningful engagement with Nature's mysteries. This is not a technique. It's a way of being with the land, with students, and ultimately with oneself — passed person to person, in the old way.
The practices — bird language, wildlife tracking, nature qigong, visionary meditation, intuition training, inner tracking — aren't separate courses you collect. They're facets of one way of moving through the world. Each one deepens the others. Together they form what I think of as a complete path: from the quiet of a sit spot, to reading the language of alarm calls rippling through a forest, to the inner landscape of vision, purpose, and alignment.
What makes this different from most nature connection or spiritual mentoring work is the integration. This path doesn't ask you to separate your inner life from your outer practice, your spiritual depth from your professional purpose, your connection with the land from your ability to lead and serve. It asks all of those to become one thing.
"Your teachings illuminated much that even years of formal meditation training had not. I 'knew' these things. Now I know them. I am not afraid of nature — I am part of it."
— Margaret Drescher, meditator since 1971, student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Jon Young, who trained me and whose work has shaped the modern nature connection movement, describes this mentoring as guidance for those seeking "authentic connection to tracking and nature connection at the deepest level."
This is the level we work at here.
Who this is for
- A healer, therapist, or somatic practitioner who feels called to bring the living world into your work — and into your own renewal
- A spiritual seeker at an inflection point, looking for a practice that grounds your path in something older and larger than any single tradition
- A leader, entrepreneur, or creative professional whose inner life and daily work feel separate — and who wants to change that
- A nature connection mentor, tracker, or wilderness educator ready to go deeper into the lineage, the craft, and the visionary dimension of this work
What these paths share is a readiness for depth — and an understanding that the most transformative work happens not through accumulating more information, but through building real relationship. With the land. With your own nature. With the mystery that moves through both.
The path
Choose your entry point
Whether you're ready for deep personal mentoring, prefer to move at your own pace, or want to begin with a taste of the practice — there's a path here for you.
1:1 Mentoring · 3 months
Wild Wisdom Mentoring Journey
A personal immersion into the arts of deep nature connection — bird language, tracking, sensory awareness, sit spot practice, and the inner dimensions that open when you learn to listen to the land.
For those ready to be genuinely changed by the natural world, not just informed about it.
Learn moreAvailable worldwide via distance mentoring
1:1 Coaching · 3 months
Your Light Within
A coaching journey integrating inner tracking, visionary practice, and Rapid Reprogramming — to quiet the noise, release what's blocking you, and step fully into your purpose and leadership.
For healers, leaders, and visionaries ready to align their inner life with the work they're here to do.
EnquireAvailable worldwide via distance mentoring
Self-paced
Courses & Guidebooks
- Deep Nature Connection Sit spot, bird language, sensory meditation
- Visionary Intuition & Energy Healing Qi, intuitive style, visionary practice
- Mental Resilience & Thoughtwork Inner tracking, creative resilience
- Holistic Wildlife Tracking Coming soon
The Book
Conscious Nature
The Art and Neuroscience of Meditating in Nature — blending neuroscience, place-based awareness, and teaching stories that guide and inspire.
"The new gold standard for the how and why of mindfulness." — Nicole Apelian
Purchase on Amazon
Free · Begin here
Rewilding the Ecology of Our Imagination
A free two-part audio series exploring how to reweave nature's intelligence into modern life — blending neuroscience, place-based awareness, and the attuned imagination that bridges self, community, and Earth.
No cost. No obligation. Just a genuine beginning.
Get the free audio series"If we all had mentoring like this,
the world would be a very different place."
Matthew Wheat
What becomes possible
In clients' own words
For the long-time spiritual practitioner
"Your teachings illuminated much that even years of formal meditation training had not. I 'knew' these things. Now I know them. I am not afraid of nature. I am part of it. I am not separate from it. I am invited in because I am nature."
Margaret Drescher · Meditator and practitioner since 1971, student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
For the seeker ready to go all the way in
"I wasn't expecting the internal level at first. It's almost like the opposite of what I expected. Connecting to Nature allowed me to explore my inner landscape just as much, if not more, than my outer reality. The past three months have been the most transformative of all my life. Everything you're teaching isn't just about Nature. You can quite literally use it in everything in life."
Madelaine C. · Mentoring participant
For the professional ready to break through
"I had done many personal development programs, but was spinning my wheels. Josh moved mountains within me and opened up so much possibility. I now feel more rooted in who I am, leaning into my life purpose and able to offer my gifts to the world."
Karianna Rosenberg
From Josh's own mentor
"Josh is an exceptional mentor, offering guidance for how to move into our core neurobiology that needs to be awakened in nature through the senses. This mentoring is for those seeking authentic connection to tracking and nature connection at the deepest level."
Jon Young · Founder, Wilderness Awareness School & Connection 1st · Author, Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature
For the tracker and nature mentor
"Many of us are starved for what is our birthright: true mentors that enable us to have our own experience and relationships with the places we call home. Josh's mentorship has been just such a gift. My only regret is that I waited so long. If you are on the fence, hop down off that fence."
Chris Lopez
The land has been waiting.
So has this work.
If something in these pages has spoken to the part of you that already knows — the part that has always felt the pull of the wild, the call toward something deeper than your current practice — this is your moment.
You don't have to know exactly where you're going. That's what mentoring is for.
I work with a small number of people at a time. If you feel ready — or simply want to explore whether this is the right fit — I'd love to hear from you.
consciousnature.net · Deep nature connection & visionary mentoring
From Grounded Presence to Visionary Purpose...
Welcome, I 'm Josh Lane, author of Conscious Nature.
I offer soul-rooted mentoring, courses & books blending deep nature connection, inner tracking, and energy-based meditation—to help you awaken clarity, remember your kinship with the wild, and align with your Earth-guided path.
Reweaving the Circles of Nature and Culture
This two‑part audio series explores reweaving nature into our modern cultural fabric—blending brain science, place‑based relational awareness, and the attuned imagination that merges self, community, and Earth.
Current & Upcoming Offerings
Discover pathways that enliven curiosity, connect the senses, and awaken deeper relationship with the Earth.
Personalized One-on-One Nature Meditation & Awareness Coaching
A sensory immersion into Nature's ancient language of instinct, intuition and belonging at home on the Earth.
Monthly Group Meditation Sessions
Interactive Online Classes exploring the arts of Nature Awareness, Inner Inquiry & More
Get the Conscious Nature Book
Adventure into the Nature of awareness and feeling at home on the Earth, with practices and teaching stories that guide and inspire.
Self-Paced Courses & Guidebooks
For independent learners ready to go at their own pace. These rich, nature-based resources empower you to awaken clarity, nurture creative inquiry, and cultivate your own daily practice of Earth-anchored presence.
Mentoring Creates Real Client Results...
Madelaine C.
"The past three months have been the most transformative out of all my life...working with the Elements and being more consciously present in Nature has brought me to a deeper understanding of myself and the world."
Margaret Drescher
"This training helped me rediscover my spiritual training as real and fresh through nature connection. Your teachings illuminated much that even years of formal meditation training had not. I am so, so grateful."
Matthew Wheat
"Josh helped me transform the discomfort of not knowing into appreciation of mystery. Mentoring guided me to seek knowledge through experience. Bird language, gratitude, and sensory meditation now enrich every part of my life."