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SUMMARY:Women's Earth Spirit Circle (Year-Long Program)
DESCRIPTION:A year-long journey into the wilderness of your heart and soul. The Earth Spirit Circle intends to create a close circle of women\, steeped in sisterhood and time outdoors\, with the collective vision to be the fullest\, truest expression of yourself. You will be a part of a community that gathers to create personal rites of passage in nature to return to that deep part of yourself that you long to remember. We will bring together sisterhood\, nature\, and spirituality. You will be supported to experience yourself as whole\, interconnected and loved. You will have a place where your inner riches can safely emerge\, welcomed among peers in the beauty of the natural world. \nYou will experience: \nBuilding a community that will love and support you and your intentions\, with monthly meetings throughout the year. \nEmbodied spiritual and Earth-based practices\, rooted in Vajrayana Buddhism\, the Diamond Heart Approach\, and the School of Lost Borders. \nApproaches from the fields of EcoPsychology\, Somatic Psychology & Expressive Arts Therapy. \n3 Nature Daylong Retreats over the course of seasons in the same location to cultivate a sustaining relationship to place. \n12 Indoor/Outdoor 2 Hour Evening Meetings throughout the year to create continuity and community. \nA 3 Day Nature Retreat\, with solo time and fasting\, where you will create your own personal rites of passage to explore your wishes and intentions for the year. \nA 9 Day Wilderness Journey\, with solo time and fasting\, where you will be supported by the group and the practices you’ve been learning to prepare for a multi-day solo; you will participate in a fire ceremony\, offering to the fire what you want to transform in your life; you will claim a life change you are ready to make\, ask important life questions\, and receive the nurturing and solace of the natural world. \nA Sweat Lodge Ceremony to inspire and honor your commitments and prayers for your ongoing life. \nA 2 Day Culmination Retreat to celebrate your growth over the course of our year together.
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/womens-earth-spirit-circle-year-long-program/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Gender Specific Programs,Rites of Passage
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SUMMARY:Men's Wilderness Renewal
DESCRIPTION:A six day wilderness renewal for men centered around a 3 day solo fast.\n⟢ Limited to 10 participants. Approximately 5 miles of moderate hiking to basecamp. In and out via the Upper Dungeness Trailhead.\n⟢ Participants are responsible for breakfast\, lunch/snacks for the full 6 days (except for the days you choose to fast) All dinners are provided and we will all share in preparation/clean up. Dietary needs and food preferences will be accounted for.\n⟢ Preparation & integration calls both virtual and in person TBD\n⟢ Cost is a sliding scale between 600-1000$ \nWhat do we mean by renewal? \nIn these days of constant exposure to screens and the pressure of modernity it’s easy to forget the rhythm of the seasons and our bodies’ innate wisdom and the life-giving connection with the earth. To renew is to slow down\, to empty\, to begin again. When we do this\, there is a natural unwinding. To renew our awareness is to remember what truly matters in our lives\, and to re-attunement. It is our hope that we may all return to our lives after this time with our cups a little more filled so we can be of greater service in whatever ways we can. \nWhat do we mean by solo? \nAfter 3 days together everyone is invited to find a solo site of their choosing in the vicinity of the main camp (within a 1/4 mile or so) to spend 2 nights and 3 days on solo. \n“To walk to a wild place\, to sit down\, and listen”: words from Martin Shaw’s recent “Liturgies of the Wild” that articulates that to which a wilderness renewal (solo) invites us. Perhaps personal ritual and introspection come more naturally in these conditions? We will ask men to reflect on their intentions for this time prior to embarking and we will have calls (possibly one in person) so we can begin to prepare for this and connect with each other. \nThis will be with the support of two trained guides and therapists (Nico Kladis and Larry Sol). Additionally\, this experience will be held by a circle of men and the the beauty of the wild world where your dreams\, joys\, grief and whatever wisdom and gifts become visible will be held. This will take place in the Olympic Mountains outside of Port Townsend WA. \nNico Kladis MA\, is a facilitator\, wilderness guide and mental health therapist. His life’s work has arisen out of the paradox of heartbreak and beauty; joy and suffering. Nico’s lineage comes primarily from mixed European and Mediterranean ancestry and is committed to growing his awareness of his ancestors’ acts of harm and humanity. Collaboration in service to wholeness is one way he is learning to repair. His approach is culturally humble and relational as well as somatically based\, integrating a framework of belonging rooted in the living world including our non-human-kin. He offers land based gatherings and retreats for individuals and groups as well as for men. Nico lives in Port Townsend\, WA (s’Klallam/Chimakum land). Read more about Nico here. \nLarry Sol holds master’s degrees in both Environmental Education and Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist\, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner\, and a former director of peer-mediation programs. His background includes 10 years as an Outward Bound instructor\, with courses in the boundary waters\, Florida Everglades\, the mountains of Montana\, Washington and California. He has trained and studied with Francis Weller and the School of Lost Borders and brings inspiration and perspectives from these experiences as well as his experience of being a father and a husband. \nPlease reach out with any questions or inquiries: Nico 360.301.0684 or Larry 707.672.2475 \n⋘ ── ⋅◈⟐⋅🌎⋅⟐◈⋅ ──
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/mens-wilderness-renewal/
LOCATION:Olympic Mountains\, WA\, WA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Rites of Passage
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