Toby Joy Zelt, Wild Spirit Adventure

Toby's life is a self-created adventure; she is a seeker and visionary. Toby created these wilderness adventures in order to share life-changing practices and wisdom from experiential, spiritual, and cultural sources, that inspire her own life journey of meaning and the cultivation of well-rounded health. As a facilitator, Toby supports personal transformation, healing, deep connection, truth-seeking, and a deeper understanding of self and other.

Toby is a NOLS Wilderness First Responder and a Wilderness Spirituality Guide. She is an Environmental Educator and a ropes and challenge course facilitator. Toby has a Masters of Arts in religious studies and another MA in educational administration. She also earned her Bachelors with majors in Philosophy, Psychology, and Women’s Studies.

Toby is an awarded educator with 14 years experience. In her career, she served as Associate Director of a nonprofit in Wilderness Spirituality. Toby served as Head of Staff Development and Training for 70 staff at an Adventure Camp in Colorado. Toby has facilitated women's groups, trained young leaders, and led wilderness experiences. Much of her work is done through creative independent projects: consulting, teaching, developing curriculum, leading retreats, and facilitating dance and backpacking/camping trips.

A variety of wisdom traditions influence and inspire Toby, primarily Taoist, Jewish, Native American, and Buddhist. She also absorbs the teachings of psychologists, wilderness therapists, and survivalists. In her free time, Toby enjoys ecstatic dancing, backpacking, cycling, spending time with her dog, and sumi-e painting. In Europe, she began studying Rebalancing and Shiatzu bodywork and engaged in the study of qi gong. She spends a great deal of time traveling and living in the beauty of the natural world.