My Journey to Here

Naturefy was founded by Marisa Gant, professional wilderness guide, spiritual life coach and health/wellness counselor. With years of experience in the business and holistic healing world in a variety of roles, Marisa founded Naturefy to guide and mentor individuals, businesses and communities to harness their true nature, connect with the sacred and live in greater accordance with nature’s natural rhythms and cycles. 

Bringing more than seven years experience working in the international development sector, leading business development, trade certification and operations at a variety of for-profits, non-profits & start-ups with varying experience managing business teams and projects. Marisa paralleled this business track with work in holistic health, wellbeing and wilderness guiding. Marisa understands how to achieve results for the people she works with in a thoughtful, professional and graceful manner. She has gotten to where she is today and continues to build upon and educate herself in the following ways:

• Ordained Reverend with intuitive skills and spiritual training, Two-Year Clairvoyant Training Program, Berkeley Psychic Institute

• 500 hour Ayurvedic Holistic Wellness Counseling Certificate, Kerala Ayurveda Academy

• Wild Woman Project Circle Leader Training, Wild Woman Project

• Master’s degree in Sustainable Business Administration (MBA), Presidio Graduate School (formerly Pinchot University)

• Change Agent Development, Carol Sanford for over 8 years

• Reiki Foundation Training, The Reiki Training Program, Vedic Astrology Foundation Course, Kerala Ayurveda Academy & Elemental Space Clearing Course, Denise Linn

• Wilderness First Responder Certified (WFR) 80 hour training, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

• Certified Interpretive Guide (CIG) 32 hour training, National Association of Interpreters

• Wilderness Tour Guide and Naturalist, Evergreen Escapes for three years

• Environmental Leadership Senior Fellow, Environmental Leadership Program

• Co-Founder and Lead Facilitator, Seattle Moon Circle for over a year. Previously a lead facilitator for a different Moon Group that met for 4 years.

• Co-Creator and Co-Facilitator, Grief Tending offering ceremonies and rituals to support people in tending and moving grief from their mind, spirit and bodies.

• Co-Founder and Co-Facilitator of Calm One, Calm All offering tools, resources, monthly group sessions and ongoing content to ground and nurture calm.

• Thinking Partner & Summit Producer, Regenerative Business Summit for October 2016 & September 2017

• Board Member, Rite of Passage Journeys from 2017 - 2019

• Spiritual Life Coach Certificate, Transformation Academy

All in all, Marisa holds spiritual and personal development as pivotal shaping forces in her life. She grew up highly sensitive and intuitive and from a young age began exploring Buddhism and later Taoism to better understand herself and the world. She received the label of dyslexia in her childhood, alongside a very smart and capable twin sister, which prompted her to persevere and demonstrate fearlessness in developing herself, a trait she has carried throughout her life. An avid athlete by nature, she plays soccer regularly, dances, snowboards, runs and practices yoga. She also holds an immense reverence for nature and has a heightened sense of adventure that she applies in trying new things and consistently challenging herself and others around her to grow.

Marisa believes we each bring unique gifts and intelligences to the world and that through spiritual and personal growth as well as deepening our connection to nature, we each hold the key individually and within groups to unfold and blossom so as to serve ourselves and the planet in beautiful and harmonious ways.