Steppe and Soul – Pilgrimages to Mongolia

Exploring vast lands and inner landscapes

The Call of the Steppe

Steppe and Soul offers sacred journeys into the heart of Mongolia — a land of vast skies, ancestral wisdom, and deep connection with the natural world. These are pilgrimages of cultural and wilderness immersion, of deep inner exploration and transformation. You’ll walk in ceremony, sit with shamans and lamas and breathe in wild silence as you are witnessed by the land.

Each journey is guided by somatic wisdom and intimate relationships with Mongolian artists, activists and spiritual teachers.

What We Offer

We partner with regenerative travel groups, aligned organizations, and visionary leaders to curate experiences that nourish the body, awaken the spirit, and honor the earth.

Custom Pilgrimages for aligned communities and organizations
Seasonal group journeys
Shamanic ceremonies and spiritual initiations
Horse treks and overland journeys to Taiga, Gobi and steppe landscapes
Somatic healing, breathwork, integration circles
Trauma-informed and healing-centered space-holding
Regenerative program that gives back to local initiatives
Supporting local activists at the forefront of social justice movements

Why Mongolia?

Mongolia is not a backdrop — it’s the living force that infuses and inspires Steppe and Soul pilgrimages.

For nearly 20 years, Steppe and Soul founder Brandt Miller has walked in deep relationship with Mongolia’s land and people. From studying abroad there in 2006, to his Fulbright Fellowship in 2008, to working for National Geographic, to two decades of collaboration with shamans, artists, and LGBTQIA+ leaders, his work is rooted in reverence, reciprocity, and right relationship.

We work with some of the most gifted spiritual teachers, artists, movement-makers and guides in the country.

Every offering is built on trust, listening, and connection to the unseen.

Meet the Guide

Brandt Miller is a transformational guide with a wealth of experience in the realms of storytelling and transformation—ranging from journalism in Cambodia, to storytelling in tech and nonprofit, to producing for National Geographic, Discovery and Smithsonian. With an MFA in Creative Writing, graduate studies in theology, and training in Somatic Experiencing®, Breathwork and Collective and Ancestral Trauma Healing and Integration with Thomas Hübl—he blends a narrative sensibility with his work as a coach and facilitator.

Drawing from trauma-informed facilitation and years of work in Mongolia and beyond, Brandt creates spaces for deep listening, soul recovery, and embodied presence.

He leads with integrity, sensitivity and respect for mystery.