THE WORK
To contribute to humanity’s return to its natural intelligence—at a time when it is most needed.
By bringing people into direct contact with this intelligence, so that life may be lived from it—and cultivating those who will carry it into the world.
Toward a human world lived from natural intelligence.
A world that remembers itself.
BEHIND THE LENS
For more than two decades, Nic Askew has worked at the edge of human presence — exploring what becomes visible when attention is unconditional.
The camera is not used to tell stories, interpret meaning, or direct outcomes. It is used to create the conditions in which truth reveals itself.
From stillness itself, people are met without agenda or condition. In that meeting, something essential becomes visible — not because it is drawn out, but because it naturally reveals itself.
This way of working has given rise to the Soul Biographies film series, experienced by millions around the world, and to the living practice known as Inner View.
To learn more about Nic, see BIO. To explore his work further, click below.
DAVID LEVY
David has served as the steward of Mayacamas Sanctuary since 2006, a journey that has transitioned from an iconic retreat center into a deep, spiritual guardianship.
In the aftermath of the 2017 fire that swept through this landscape, something entirely new has emerged from the ash. David's work with Nic Askew and the "Inner View" process has activated a return to the land in a way he never could have imagined—one that is far more impactful than his original vision. Together, David and Nic have discovered that the combination of sacred land and soulful media creates a rare alchemy, an intentional space designed to move both the speaker and those who witness the speech.
This partnership represents a whole-systems approach to conscious media. By wedding the stillness of the camera with the grounding pulse of the earth, they provide an innovation in contemplation that the world requires now.
David believes that we are all "content creators" in our own right, and in this current moment, every voice matters. This is an invitation to engage with a new origin point for human expression—one where the land and the lens become a singular tool for mobilizing the collective thinking and fresh solutions our world is crying out for.
“I recognized in David a shared seeing of how the world could remember itself — and a way of working that complements what moves through me, helping Inner View reach the places it will count.” - Nic Askew
Mayacamas Sanctuary
Inner View meets the land at Mayacamas Sanctuary.
This is not a retreat from the world, but a place where presence and landscape converge — where the work unfolds in direct relationship with earth, silence, and scale.
Mayacamas is stewarded in partnership with Rock Creek Institute, the institutional sponsor of Inner View Experiences on the land and beyond. Rooted in the understanding that stillness restores right relationship — within ourselves and within the collective — Rock Creek supports the emergence of voices shaped by depth, clarity, and consequence.