Summer Wisdom in Practice
The 2026 summer programme is a new format 8-week, live, online, small group coaching programme
Each customised programme is designed to give you a sense of what connecting to nature means to you, and to deepen that connection to enhance your well-being. There is no right or wrong way - your experience is unique to you and the season and happenings in nature. I am here to guide and support you to find your way.
My approach to Nature Connection is much more than learning about nature. It is about co-working with Mother Earth and what she offers to us - it is a respectful reciprocal relationship, where we explore and learn to respond to what is happening in nature.
This means that, because every season is different, every programme is different. This Summer we will be co-working with the plant medicine of Daisy, and the animal medicine of Wren, helping us navigate the high energy of the summer.
Join me, starting Monday 1st June.
How the Programme works
My Seasonal Wisdom programme, like all my courses, is designed to help you understand and experience nature connection and give you insight into how co-working with nature's energies and cycles can benefit you.
During live webinars, hosted on Zoom, I will guide you on how to develop your connections with the plant and animal or bird we are co-working with.
You will be sent my own Plant and Animal essences by post, for you to take daily over a certain period, and which can deepen your connection to your own needs and the world around you.
I recommend you use a journal to note how you feel as you take these essences – the effects may be subtle or dramatic, but often very different to what you expected!
Curiosity and autecology
Autecology is the study of a species' life history, behaviour and adaptation. In my nature connection programmes I invite you to be curious and explore all aspects of the plant and animal that we are co-working with, to deepen your connection with this particular form of life that exists alongside you on this Earth.
You will be given guided instruction on how to develop a practice of observation and deepen your sense of perception to really feel a sense of communication with this other ‘being’.
Throughout the Seasonal Wisdom programme we encourage you to share photos and findings on the community WhatsApp group - a closed group, sharing only amongst fellow students.
Individual Guidance
You also have the opportunity for individual mentoring to help you develop your connection to nature in a way that suits your circumstances as you continue through this Programme. Individual sessions take place over Zoom and are an opportunity for you to raise any questions you may have, to express what you are experiencing, or to ask for guidance on any aspect of the programme.
The full schedule, including dates and times for all Zoom sessions, will be provided at the Seasonal Wisdom Introductory meeting.
If you would like to join but are not sure it is right for you. Get in touch!
During the programme there is always the option to ask for more 1:1 guidance from either Dr Karen or coach Steph (additional charge applies).
Meditations
Curiosity Assignments
Plant/Animal Essences
Guided Journeying
Personal & Group Consultations
My Way of Life
My name is Dr Karen Stead‑Dexter
I live in Somerset, UK, and connecting with nature is an integral part of my life and well-being.
When you join my Seasonal Wisdom in Practice programmes, you join me and a small group of like-minded people to learn and develop living in synchronicity with nature's cycles.
I will introduce you to, and guide you in, my personal practices developed over 30 years and drawn from teachings I have been honoured to receive from my teachers. This way of life, in tune with Nature and her cycles, is vital to my health and happiness. They are the best form of 'self-care' I can give myself.
I invite you to give yourself the same care and attention too.
I adapt each programme to the unique energies and teachings of the season, co-working with the plant and animal (or bird) who calls to me at that time.
Groups are kept small (max. 15 people) to allow everyone time to ask questions so if the opportunity to deepen your connection with nature and your relationship with yourself is calling to you, I invite you to join us.
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