Holos Institute: Ecopsychology Counseling and Education

04/03/2026

Interested in EcoTherapy? We will be offering a jam packed informational/experiential short program - May 30 9 :00 am-1:30pm in west Marin. It's affordable, instructive and easy. Come join in!

EcoTherapy is a modality of psychotherapy that involves engaging with the natural world as a “co-therapist” to facilitate deeper awareness, recover from trauma and stress in a non-verbal process, and cultivate creativity and liminal states of awareness that facilitate emotional healing. This bri...

02/13/2026

Well it's official!... There will be another women's retreat in New Mexico this summer!

Email from Holos Institute Deep Nature Immersion     PO Box 439 Lagunitas, CA 94938 [email protected]   Greetings! My heartfelt wishes for peace, health and joy goes out to you. In these particu

10/06/2025

Here is a deeply moving interview with Jane Goodall that so embraces the philosophy of Holos Institute!

Dr. Jane Goodall connected humanity and nature in unprecedented ways. In this deeply personal interview, she shares her final message with the world.

06/05/2025

Final announcement for joining Holos Director, Jan Edl Stein in New Mexico August 3 - 8 for an all-women's deep nature retreat. Nature-based contemplative practices to deepen your intimacy with the natural world. The practices we use follow a systematic process to invite all of the senses to be fully present and form the basis of an ecotherapy. CE credits available for California BBSE licensees.

We will explore “seeing” with all senses as a means of forming an intimate relationship with nature.  There will be some art and simple writing practices to support our seeing and connection that is inspired by ancient Chinese landscape poetry. Part of the retreat will involve solo time on

05/13/2025

Please consider this retreat!

Email from Holos Institute Women's Nature Immersion Retreat     PO Box 439 Lagunitas, CA 94938 1 (415) 862-0594 [email protected]    Sight and Insight: A Deep Nature Retreat Ocamora Retreat Cen

03/26/2025

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We will explore “seeing” with all senses as a means of forming an intimate relationship with nature.  There will be some art and simple writing practices to support our seeing and connection that is inspired by ancient Chinese landscape poetry. Part of the retreat will involve solo time on

10/01/2024

a little reminder...

06/13/2024

Here is a final call out to join me in New Mexico next month (July 7 - 12) for a lovely women's retreat of deep nature immersion in a gorgeous, remote part of northeastern New Mexico. This is a small group where we drop into dreaming and liminal states to more directly experience the outstanding beauty and magic of the natural world. This might well be my final offering of this particular program so if you have been thinking of coming, do consider this one. If you need a discount - don't be shy and reach out to me directly.

Join Holos Director and Eco-therapist, Jan Edl Stein, MFT, for a deep nature-based retreat in northeastern New Mexico. “Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the ...