“Israh is a deep thinking, deep feeling, profound woman who has had (and continues to have) a varied and fascinating life. She has found her calling in supporting people to pass through critical and often challenging thresholds in their lives - both in her role as a midwife and as a wilderness rites of passage guide. She is strong, inspiring, capable, connected, immensely alive and, above all, caring.”
Public speaking
“Outdoor adventures as a rite of passage”. Opening speaker for the 2023 Adventure Mind conference, Israh shared her 20 years of experience of how rites of passage help in guiding transformative personal and collective change and why adventure is the perfect vehicle for delivery.
INTERVIEWS
Interview on the Ecoshow, 4th March 2024.
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Israh was interviewed for the Birthing Wisdom Summit 2023. The summit aims to expand the current dominant medical model of pregnancy and birth so that they can be experienced as a unique, empowering, transformational process, as well as preparation for becoming a parent. View the full programme and register for free at online. You can upgrade your registration to be able to access the talks after the event. Israhs interviews included Birth as a Rite of Passage; and a telling of the sort story of her second child.
FILM
This film was made as a promotional film for the first Wild Time programme in 2015, with the help of film-maker Nati Quiro. The programme has stayed true to its core intentions and purpose even though the activities, structure and facilitation team have changed over the years.
The world is a mountain. Whatever you say, good or bad, it will echo it back to you. I fell in love with the mountains, and they have been my inspiration, my guides and my teachers in this work. A thousand times thank you to Nati Quiro for this beautiful celebration of the mountains and our love for them.
Wild Time is a Rite of Passage to support young women at this very special transition. This wondrous journey aims to support girls of a certain age to safely experience a range of physical outdoor challenges, develop and practice survival and bushcraft skills whilst at the same time exploring interpersonal themes of self-reliance, group dynamics, and creativity. It aims to be a magical unravelling, facilitated on a adventure across wild Dartmoor. This film captures the experiences of young women on the 2018 Wild Time programme.