About

I'm Ash Lounsbury (she/her) and I started Wake! Ecohealing in the fall of 2024. An ecopsychologist and enrolled citizen of the Wahzhazhe (Osage) Nation, I am currently settled on the mountainous, unceded land of Tsalaguwetiyi (Eastern Band Cherokee), or what is often referred to as Asheville, North Carolina, within the watershed of the Tah-kee-os-tee, or French Broad River.

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Over the past few years, I have been reclaiming and remembering my belonging to the natural world, a journey that began as a way to navigate severe depression. Now, I bring these practices into my work, offering them to the community as pathways to reconnect with the earth. My hope is to provide accessible, ecopsychologically informed experiences that foster insight, healing, and an ever-deepening relationship with nature.


I sometimes write about myth, ecohealing, and birds. Check out my writing here.


Credentials

I hold a non-clinical Master's in Ecopsychology from Naropa University and Level 1 and 2 certificates in ecotherapy from the Earthbody Institute. With over a decade of meditation experience, I have had the honor to support Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield's virtual meditation community members. In 2025, I co-founded Earthwild Ecology Club where I co-facilitate virtual ecopsychological workshops.


Note: While I hold a Master’s in Ecopsychology and offer nature-based coaching and guidance, I am not a licensed therapist or clinical mental health practitioner. My work is rooted in personal experience, academic training, and earth-based practices. It is intended to support self-discovery and connection—not to replace professional mental health care when needed.

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What people are saying

[The workshop] was lovely, calming, and deeply connected me to my intuition and the world around me in that moment.

- Meghan G.

I enjoyed the meditation and centering. Examining the relationship I have with bird song was quite interesting and I got a lot out of it.

- Ellen

[I enjoyed] the ease, gentleness, and depth. I feel a more open connection [that] could happen anywhere.

- Krista Simone

Ash has a unique way of creating a space that feels safe enough to open to new ways of thinking and being. Her wisdom is practical yet still mystical. As a teacher and facilitator myself, I was inspired.

- Miranda M.

Practical magic at play! Definitely going to take this inspiration to divine more with birds.

- Mary Plantwalker

Learning how the birds can offer information, clarity, reassurance, knowing they are kin and are so eager to relate…I’ve not experienced birds in the same way since.

- Vanessa T.

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Interested in deepening your relationship with the earth but not sure how to begin? Fill out the form below with any inquiries or messages and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.


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