Mandalynn Freeman
photo by wildbodyphotography
Mandalynn is a Rite of Passage Guide, Ceremonialist, Soul Alchemy Coach, Rewilding Facilitator, and previous Permaculture Teacher & Designer, who is deeply passionate about cultivating regeneration through the process of embarking in radical death & rebirth.
Through her studies and experience in Psychology, Ecopsychology, Coaching, Permaculture, Environmental Studies, Ceremony, Ritual, & Rites of Passage, she weaves together the ancient teachings and medicine of the Earth and the transformation of individuals.
She is a strong advocate for tending to the inner & outer landscape, cultivating fertile soil for the soul, alchemizing our past and shadows into fertile gold, and regenerating the inner landscape through letting go of who we were and stepping fully into all that we are, all that we are meant to be, and the medicine that we are meant to share.
Along with her trainings, Mandalynn has a natural ability to uncover what is out of alignment and decipher what has been operating subconsciously, highlighting the truth of what you are not, supporting you to alchemize, and step more fully into who you truly are - into alignment with your Soul, into empowerment, and into actualizing your deepest dreams, desires, and dharma.
Her medicine is fierce, yet soft - for those who are ready to alchemize their limiting beliefs of what’s possible for them into becoming the creator of the life they deeply desire.
Mandalynn’s deepest passion is to support individuals in crossing the threshold from who they were and embark in a profound journey of rebirth into becoming who they truly are.
She currently resides in Taos, New Mexico supporting individuals to embark in rite of passage immersions on these sacred lands.
Crossing the Threshold between who you were & the truth of who you are
photo by wildbodyphotography
My medicine is alchemical. Fierce love. No bullshit. Pattern disrupting.
It shines a light on the shadows. It sees beyond the veils of illusion.
It goes to the root.
It holds space in the descent, dissolving, void, becoming, & ascent.
It's not designed to cater to your perceived limitations or old stories.
It's here to emancipate you and liberate your soul.
My medicine is here for you to take radical ownership of your life, what you're capable of creating in your life, and stepping fully into your authentic power.
I am here for those who are ready to allow everything to crumble to reborn into the truth of their soul.
I am here for those who are ready and willing to look within, be radically honest with themselves, and alchemize the layers that aren't rooted in truth and alignment.
I am here for those who are ready to cross a threshold into a completely new reality - one that can only be crossed by leaving the familiar.
My medicine is for those who are ready and wanting a new life - one that is in alignment with their authentic truth.
My Story
I decided to embark in the first stage of a rite of passage - Severance. I left my home, what I thought was my “dream job,” many of my belief systems and perspectives, my community, my identity as a permaculture teacher, and basically everything that made me, Mandalynn. This was my choice, but also felt by force - as many rite of passages can often be.
I moved to the island of Hawaii, a landscape that held solace and regeneration for me throughout my 20’s. And it was here that I actively became… nothing. I was no longer who I was. I didn’t carry the same belief systems anymore. I was completely dissolving as I embarked in the second stage of a rite of passage - the Threshold. I lived in a tiny cabin in the middle of Waipi’o Valley with no electricity, cell phone service, or running water and allowed myself to completely regenerate — in alignment with the truth of who I actually am, not who I was.
It was in this fertile void that I found my connection to rite of passage work — providing the framework for regeneration of the inner landscape and the work that is essential if we are to cultivate a regenerative culture.
Throughout this timeframe, I integrated the tools and knowledge of ceremony, ritual, and rites of passage through a Global Ceremony & Rites of Passage Training with my teachers Haaweatea Holly Bryson from Nature Knows and Katie Asmus from Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute. I wove these teachings into my regenerative tool box - all of which assisted me into regenerating my inner landscape from the depths of the unknown and embarking on a new journey - one that was deeply aligned with my soul.
I wove together multiple trainings in Ecopsychology, Rite of Passage Facilitation, Coaching, my background in Psychology, Permaculture, and communicating with the natural world, my passion for ritual and ceremony to honor, mark, and support change and transformation… and began supporting my community through embarking in profound death and rebirth journeys - a rite of passage.
My work is beyond just being a rite of passage guide & soul alchemy coach — My work is the depths of who I am, the soul journey I continuously embark in, and the wisdom I’ve harvested through the embodied journey of choosing to live a life from the Soul over the mind — weaving together the embodied tools, knowledge, and wisdom from the teachings of embarking in my own rite of passage journeys. As much as I am a steward and teacher of this work, I will forever remain a student to the continuous teachings of life.
My work in the world illuminated, emerged, and crystalized when I was in a dark night of the soul and my entire life that I had built & who I was completely crumbled.
After graduating college, I became a full-time permaculture teacher. I built an entire community and life centered around this being my path. I lived in a tiny home in an eco-village, guiding individuals back to the natural world, and truly felt that I was living the life of my dreams.
Until one day, I woke up to the truth that the lifestyle I was living, the community in which I was living in, and my career was deeply out of alignment with the truth of my soul. I woke up to realize the deep amount of shame, conditioning, and guilt that kept me operating in a toxic cycle that my Soul could no longer bare.
The only thing I knew was that the work I was meant to do was much deeper, cultivating profound regeneration in individuals lives, creating a shift from the inside out. I didn’t know what that looked like at the time, but what I did know was that I could no longer continue operating in the life that I had built for myself.
I embarked in the third rite of passage stage - The Return, as I crossed the threshold between who I was and who I am now, bringing my visions, desires, and deepest dreams to life.
Over the past five years, I’ve devoted my all to cultivating a successful business that supports individuals to embark in radical transformation, death and rebirth, and rites of passages - which now reflects in virtual mentorship containers, individual sessions, in-person group retreats, and private rite of passage immersions in Taos, New Mexico.
I’m grateful to share my work has assisted so many women and men in a multitude of rites of passages - from leaving behind relationships, old outdated identities, ways of being and belief systems, career paths, profound loss, to alchemizing limiting beliefs and narratives, stepping into motherhood, stepping into their gifts, medicine, and creating their own businesses, entering into the truest & wildest forms of themselves, while supporting them with personal ceremony, ritual, and a path more deeply aligned with their heart.
My work in the world weaves together soul alchemy coaching, rite of passage and rewilding facilitation, ceremony and ritual, and ultimately supporting the death of who individuals were and the birth of who they truly are — from the truth of their Soul.
My containers and spaces I hold emanate the expansion that can unfold when we allow what is not in alignment to crumble and be reborn — that there is no true expansion without the fertile depths.
This is the depths of who I am — this work is not something that exists outside of myself, it is all of me. It is the utmost natural, organic, and invigorating work that I could possibly be doing in this lifetime and it’s truly a pleasure to weave here with you.
"Mandalynn brings the medicine of deep, tangible, space holding and safe creation containers to have you explore the medicine of the mirror- and have the chance to look deep within. Her experience and deep teachings come through strong yet gentle, so you can experience tangible shifts and easeful expansion. Mandalynn embodies the free heart of the maiden, the tender heart and care taker of the mother, and the wisdom of the wise woman, and invites you to soak in all the elements with her. The space she holds is strong, and when she invites you into that space with her, it’s an invitation to hold that strong space within yourself too. Transformation is the threshold she masters, and you get to expand into that with her work."
— Tona Moon, Previous Retreat Participant
Further Background —
photo by thais aquino
Mandalynn’s connection to regenerative practices and environmental stewardship was born at Florida Gulf Coast University within the Food Forest on campus, where she received her Bachelors in Psychology, Minor in Sociology, as well as her first Permaculture Design Certificate and began her Ecopsychology work, indefinitely shifting her path.
She has put her hands and heart into permaculture and agroforestry farms in Hawaii, where she felt deeply connected and interwoven into the webs of life by living primitively, working intimately with the land and participating in a culture rooted in honoring the Earth, the indigenous people of the land, and revering our natural resources as sacred. She awoke to the sacredness of life and wanted to bring this gift of connection to the places in desperate need.
She created Gaias Gardeners of SWFL, an organization cultivating community around localizing our food supply and creating regenerative gardens. Her practices of cultivating community around regenerative practices continued to her role as Project Manager of a permaculture program at Kashi Ashram in Sebastian Florida. There she taught others how to grow their own food, live simply off-grid, connect deeper to their passions & their connection to the natural world.
Through her Ecopsychology training, she offers a variety of practices that cultivate a deepened relationship of connection, mindfulness, interconnectivity and healing to individuals in relation to the Earth. She assists individuals in finding their true calling, their innate wild self, and excavating their unique role within their ecosystem.