For forty years, Bill Plotkin and his co-conspirators at Animas Valley Institute (AVI) have been evolving a contemporary Western nature-based approach to the journey of soul initiation. In 2016 an overture was made to Bill Plotkin and his brother and sister guides who sensed that our land and people were ripe for their work of reconnection, healing and cultural renaissance.

In 2016 Robert Boyle and Carin Eisen created Soulcraft Australia dedicated to bringing the work of the Animas Valley Institute to Australia. In 2019 we became Soulcraft Australia & New Zealand Inc. (SANZ), an incorporated association run by a committee of 8-10 volunteers.  

Please let us know if you have an interest in joining or assisting the committee, or contributing in another way.  We are always interested in enriching the field of Soulcraft work by expanding relationships and connection.

Between 2017 and 2024 we have conducted 2 - 4 programs per year, ranging from entry level programs such as the Soulcraft Intensive, Wild Mind Intensive and The Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring, to more advanced programs such as the Deep Imagination Intensive, Advanced Soulcraft Intensive and the Animas Quest.