2020 Workshops and Conferences
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Events with Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs
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IV Annual Conference on Forests and Their Potential for Human Health
October 29-31, Portugal
October 29-31, Portugal
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Immersions and Special Events with Wild Communion
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Council of Waters and Trees
May 10th-14th, 2020, Portland Oregon, USA
October 12th-16th, 2020, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
Council of Waters and Trees focuses on the imaginal realm. We invite into relationship the natural world, allowing the inhabitants to speak to us. The immersion culminates in a final council where their voices are heard and embodied.
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Language of Invitation
April 20-24th, 2020, Mountain Light Sanctuary, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
The sensuous world of nature offers an unending stream of invitations. When we listen and respond with the whole of who we are, these invitations guide us into deeper connection with self, others, and nature, and the divine. In Language of Invitation, we will develop our capacity for awareness of these invitations. We will develop our skills as guides to offer this language to others, supporting participants and ourselves to experience the healing of the forest. Much of our time will be spent on the land, listening to the messages it has for us.
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Houses of the Heart
April 13th-17th, 2020, Elohee Retreat Center, Georgia, USA
November, 16th-20th, 2020, Dancing Deer Retreat Center, Atascadero California, USA
In Houses of the Heart we explore the linked properties of power and beauty as they uniquely live within each of us. We work extensively with mandalas, symbols of wholeness that bring forward the power of our imaginations to reveal our hearts and help heal and develop our capacity for wellness. We've pioneered a very powerful approach in which we build a mandala outdoors large enough for embodied experiences of our deepest and most ecological intelligence. This can be a truly magical experience that moves us beyond our conceptions of what is possible.
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Alchemy of Forest Therapy
October 18th-25th, 2020, Hollyhock Retreat Center, Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada
Alchemy of the Forest is offered just one time in 2020. This will be a 7 night event at Hollyhock Leadership Center on Cortes Island. We will be immersing ourselves in the topic of the transformations that occur when we come into connection with the natural world. Alchemy is an authentic Western spiritual tradition with a long history that is re-emerging through depth psychology and nature based practices. This course will link the ancient practices of the alchemists with the modern practices of forest therapy. Be prepared to be surprised at the many parallels and at how the forest itself becomes a potent alchemical reactor when combined with the focused intentions and a few specific forest therapy practices.
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Way of the Guide | Way of the Guided
May 15th-20th, 2020, Hollyhock Retreat Center, Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada
We will explore the work of guiding from the perspectives of Guide as an archetype that is particularly relevant for these times, Guide as a Way of mastery of Self, and Guide as a cultural healer. This will include advanced explorations of the framework of the liminal journey that opens the doors of the creative imagination and self-development, and the skills that guides use as they support each step of those on the journey.
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Special Event: Urban Forest Therapy in Chicago
June 4th-7th, 2020, Forest Preserves of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA
This event is focused is exclusively focused on the needs of the Chicago-land area. In partnership with the Forest Preserves of Cook County, we will be exploring Forest Therapy with our own guides and guests of the Forest Preserves. This event is open to invited guests of Cook County Forest Preserves and to Chicago area Forest Therapy Guides, who will meet additional participants registered through Cook County Parks. A great opportunity for partnership building.
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