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Ravenwood, The Healing Forest
Indigenous Widsom, Life Threatening Illness, and Awakening The Heart

Ravenwood: The Healing Forest invites you to discover how nature is our first and wisest teacher. Through photography and open-hearted sharing, Corinna offers passage into the wild, dynamic, natural world where the fullness of life, even in the face of great difficulty is felt. Through ritual, guided practice, and lessons you are invited to enter into reciprocal relationship with nature that is growth stimulating, hope energizing, meaningful, and connecting.

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About The Author

Corinna Stevenson

Achk Miskinâhk Iskwêw/Spirit Turtle Woman

For over 25 years, Corinna has taught and guided people through personal transformation in the wilderness of Vancouver Island, BC. Diagnosed in 2010 with multiple myeloma, a terminal plasma cell cancer, and no longer able to withstand the rigors of wilderness expeditions, Corinna turned her attention to navigating the wild terrains of the soul. Despite a prognosis of 1-3 years to live, Corinna has been dancing with life threatening illness for over 13 years. With her awakened way of seeing the world and through her bond to the forest called Ravenwood, she teaches that when we see and hear the wildness within and around us, we can transform suffering into something life sustaining. It is her belief that if we are to have a future on this beautiful planet that we need to dissolve the illusion that we are separate from each other and from nature. Corinna models that the miracle of finding one's true connection with nature can show us that it is possible to live a good life, a beautiful life, amidst uncertainty, illness, chronic pain, and loss. Corinna has helped hundreds of people who seek a connection to self and nature to heal and understand their true place in the world.Corinna comes from a strong line of Métis, First Nations, Irish, Scottish, and French ancestors and is a member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia. As a Métis woman, wisdom keeper, and ceremonialist, Corinna weaves traditional cultural teachings and Earth-based forms into all her practices. Corinna holds a bachelor’s in education from McGill University and a Master of Arts in transpersonal psychology with a concentration in ecopsychology from Naropa University. She is the recipient of a Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Certificate of Achievement, 2003) and ihas published articles on rites of passage and mental health in the BC Schools Counsellors Association and BC Métis Resilient Roots magazines. She is the author of, Ravenwood: The Healing Forest: Indigenous Wisdom, Life Threatening Illness, and Awakening the Heart, for which she was awarded the prestigeous Nautilus Gold Seal, recognizing world changing books that radiate the wisdom of care, hope, collaboration, and creativity, and that uphold the values of conscious and restorative Earth practices, wellness, love and beauty, spiritual growth, and positive social change. An exceptionally talented guide, writer, and teacher, Corinna brings much heart, wisdom, and integrity to her work. Her immense respect for the natural world and her well-founded belief in the unlimited potential of humans are themes that characterize all her efforts.​

"This is one of those rare books to keep close at hand for regular reading. Corinna Stevenson has a gift for weaving nature in with Indigenous wisdom for our current, turbulent times. She creatively illumines how our relationship with nature is necessary for a healthy planet and personal life. With embodied practices she takes us into her forest, Ravenwood, where we join with the medicine of our inner and outer guides. Corinna is a member of the Métis nation, one of three distinct Indigenous groups in Canada. She shares herself and her ancestorial inheritance in ways that invite us readers into the Beauty that surrounds each of us. That is in each of us. She is the real deal. She invites perspectives and practices that can transform our engagement with the world and ourselves. She takes us through the seasons where we encounter the strength we need to face any difficulties (she lives with a threatening illness) and to awaken our hearts. Corinna offers us a timely and Indigenous guide to the Beauty Way that is essential for all of us longing for just and transformative ways to live peaceably in these challenging days. I highly recommend Ravenwood: The Healing Forest. I am grateful for Corinna’s work in the world." 
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JULIE TALLARD JOHNSON, LCSW, MSW

Author of The Clue of the Red Thread and The Wheel of Initiation

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