My work weaves together soulwork, creative expression, ancestral tending, mentoring, and visual art —
all different doorways into the same deeper conversation with soul.
I welcome you to follow what resonates and remember what calls you deeper
into the mystery that’s shaping your one precious life.
Doug Van Houten is a Soulcraft™ guide with the Animas Valley Institute (www.animas.org). He also guides programs & mentors individuals on the land at the farm that he lives on in Goshen, Kentucky (20 minutes outside Louisville) and at a distance using Skype or phone.
To view the Harrods Creek Farm click here.
There is a growing awakening in our time —
a quiet but powerful call to live with greater meaning, purpose, and soul. More and more, people are yearning to live in deeper alignment with their true nature — to feel alive, connected, and in service to something larger than themselves.
At this pivotal moment in human history, that longing is both personal and collective. Beneath the surface of our busy, distracted culture is a hunger — not just to heal, but to grow. To become fully human. Courageous. Wildly alive. To show up in the world as a unique expression of wholeness, and to pollinate the world with our one-of-a-kind gifts.
And yet, contemporary society has strayed far from the path of soul. We are often cut off from the deeper currents that guide psychological and spiritual maturity. The dominant culture encourages numbness over feeling, distraction over depth, conformity over authenticity. In this climate, many of us quietly suffer — sensing loss, confusion, and a slow unraveling.
But the longing remains — clear and insistent. We are meant for more than survival. Each of us is meant to enhance the web of life. To live in harmony with the Earth, and offer back the beauty we are here to bring.
Nature-based Body, Art & Soul
offers a loving, wise, and timely response to this longing. Rooted in both ancestral and contemporary practices, this work invites you into a process of self-healing, soulful deepening, and the cultivation of innate human wholeness. It is not simply about mending what's broken — it's about maturing into the fullness of who you are, and stepping into a life more centered in soul. Over time, this path shapes us into visionaries — people with the depth, artistry, and courage to reimagine ourselves and participate in the transformation of our wounded world.
Through this work, you will learn to:
Awaken and embody your innate human wholeness — summoning the deeper Self that already lives within you.
Identify, befriend, and integrate fragmented parts of yourself — revealing the gifts hidden within your wounds and shadows.
Enter into deeper communion with the living world — restoring relationship with nature as a mirror and guide.
Expand your ecological identity — understanding your unique place in the greater story of life.
Engage practices that open the gates to soul — through imagination, dreams, reflection, memory, and vision.
Remember where you truly belong — not just socially or geographically, but cosmologically.
Participate in what Thomas Berry calls The Dream of the Earth — becoming an agent of renewal in a time of great turning.
Podcast Audio with Caravan of the Heart
https://open.spotify.com/episode/58LgwzUwXZZLYn0XHZoZLr?si=cb8dd097e508490e&nd=1
Podcast Audio with Liz Wiltzen of Tracking Yes!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/980419/9295300
Podcast Audio with Juniper Owens with Academy of Integrative Mental Health
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1082051/6912536
Podcast Audio with A Healing Bridge — Ancestors in the Making
https://www.ahealingbridge.com/doug-van-houten-interview
