Meet Brittany
Brittany Jane Laidlaw is a Somatic Ecologist, Rewilding Mentor, and Eco-Philosopher with over 11 years of experience leading embodied experiences that reconnect people to the wild. As the world becomes more digitalised, domesticated and disembodied, she is passionate about reawakening humanity’s relationship with the Earth - through the body - as the foundation for holistic wellbeing and spiritual evolution.
Brittany is a leading voice in the field of Ecosomatics and the first PhD Candidate in this field in Australia. Her innovative research explores ways of relating to and restoring living ecologies through the body. Her work has received numerous awards for its unique leadership in socio-ecological regeneration, including the inaugural Westpac Future Leaders Award, and the Prime Minister's Endeavour Award, and she was an Australian Representative to the UN Conference for Sustainable Development.
Previously, Brittany was the Co-Founder of Wildsong, a nature mentoring program for children and families where she shared ancestral skills, stories, music and movement as a catalyst for holistic well-being and cultural repair. Brittany also applied these skills as a contestant on the popular tv show, Naked and Afraid, which is one of the most challenging survival experiences in the world. During this experience, she survived 21 days in the South Africa bushveld (naked!) with only two items and a strong passion for showcasing a different approach to outdoor survival - one that relates to the ecology as a conscious ally and teacher.
Today, Brittany offers a range of programs that guide people into deeper relationship with their bodies, their soul, and nature, so they can feel fully alive and connected to their greater life purpose. Her most recent work also also explores the emerging field of mytho-ecosomatics which integrates mythology, somatic practice, and ecology as a means of reawakening embodied animism in the modern world.
Ecosomatics
Brittany is a pioneering voice in the field of ecosomatics and among the first PhD Candidates in the world to be qualified in this field.
Her research is primarily centred on eco-somatics, an interdisciplinary field that connects embodiment practices and skills with ecological consciousness. The field uniquely bridges research from somatics (which values the body as a source of knowing) with the discipline of deep ecology (which recognises our interconnectedness with living ecologies and the consciousness of nature) to demonstrate the potential of bodily knowledge in understanding our relationship to the animate Earth.
Rewilding & Adventure
Brittany is a spirited adventurer and all-round wild woman with a deep passion for learning from earth-centric cultures, including her own Celtic lineage. This curiosity has led her to study ancestral skills, spend long periods immersed in wild places, undertake vision quests and solo expeditions, and ultimately, survive 21 days -naked - in the South African bushveld. For the past seven years, she has taught these skills and guided transformative, immersive experiences in nature for hundreds of women and children. This included pioneering rewilding programs for women in Australia, with up to 50 participants.
