Embrace Nature's Rhythm and Heed the Call
Tori Gray, The Wilderness Guru
Ever wondered how to blend your passions into a successful business? Today, we're getting one approach - allow me to introduce you to Tori Gray, a registered Maine Guide for the past few years who is going into her second full season of business as The Wilderness Guru.
In creating The Wilderness Guru, Tori has taken advantage of the rising tide of demand for recreational guiding, and created a fabulous business that melds together all of the things she loves.
Lots of Tori’s offerings center around Baxter State Park, which holds a very special place in her heart, because of its unique management philosophy, that prioritizes wilderness preservation over recreation. It’s also where she first started considering a nature-based career, when she served as a wildlife educator and ridge runner during summers away from her pursuit of dance in college.
Today, The Wilderness Guru offers guided group and private hiking and backpacking trips, yoga retreats, foraging workshops, forest therapy walks, and integrative health and wellness coaching. The Wilderness Guru Katahdin trips are pulled together with the utmost respect for the mountain and its sacredness - and Tori even looks for ways to integrate Citizen Science efforts into these adventures, to contribute further to our knowledge of the special flora and fauna that she loves so much.
Head to TheWildernessGuru.com for more information about upcoming trips and events, click a trip link below, or get the expanded list of coolness over on the episode page at GuidesGoneWild.com.
@thewildernessguru on Instagram
GuruWilderness on Facebook
@GuruWilderness on TikTok
@GuruWilderness on Twitter
Other Gear Lists (constantly evolving & growing)
Bendable Maine Community Collection (A few resources surrounding Baxter State Park that Tori put together for Maine's Online Library system)
And more fun links from our conversation:
Northern Solstice Alpaca Farm (Unity, ME)
Common Ground Fair (Unity, ME)