Leah Flaunty

It was September 2019 at Echo Lake camp in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Having spent the weekend attending self development workshops, and finding a moment for downtime to walk in the surrounding woodlands, I came across a log between two pine trees overlooking the lake. I wrote down my intentions – “I want to create programs in nature that inspire and transform”. Feeling so connected to nature and clear on purpose, I saw a caterpillar moving towards me – watching, it moved away from the trunk towards one of the Pine trees and started to make its way up. As the caterpillar climbed higher, a voice of someone I didn’t recognise said ‘it has found its way, it’s true north’. Those words were meant for me and in that instant my clarity of purpose was set – my true north, I knew my purpose was to create transformational programs in nature. This was how Compass and Soul came to be. Since then I have used my experience in creating wellness programs, coaching and running workshops to develop the Compass and Soul program, my hope is that the offerings help to inspire and transform, as originally intended.

Kristin KUHN