Tanin Shunter

Tanin Shunter is an outdoor educator, founder of Kootenay Rites Of Passage, and a conscious hiphop artist (Kosmic T). With over 9 years experience mentoring youth in the Kootenays, he is honoured to be supporting the next generation in discovering their gifts and deepening their connection with Mother Nature.

His professional experiences include a B.A in business, former ECE assistant, 1:1 behavioural support (E.A), leading & facilitating Rites Of Passage programs for teen boys, hiphop/music workshops at local schools, lead-mentor in outdoor nature education programs through The Forest Path, Earth Connections and Kootenay ROP.
 He is an ongoing student of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, an earth-honouring wisdom tradition from the heartlands of Peru – with over 8 years of active practice and apprenticeship within this cross cultural beauty-way.

He views his role as one of empowering the innate wisdom, curiosity, playfulness and creativity within every child/teen he works with, and is honoured to work with the community in co-creating more opportunities for nature-based play, discovery, and learning. He also values the grounding force of steady daily rhythms as a structure and container for day to day learning and activities.

As a hiphop artist (Kosmic T), Tanin also brings a wide repertoire of high-vibe songs to inspire the inner artists of the youth he works with.

In sharing the restorative and re-connective teachings of the PMT it brings him great joy to weave some of the magic, mystery, and beauty of these wisdom-ways into his nature programs – emphasizing respect, sacred reciprocity, and gratitude for the earth, while providing fun, hands-on ways to connect with the essence of these nature-based teachings in a way that is relevant to the times we now live in.

Tanin was raised in Nelson, BC and is forever-grateful to call these mountains home.