This daylong exploration in Nature is for therapists, social workers, psychologists, life coaches, body workers, psychiatrists and other healing arts professionals. Ecopsychologists have recognized that much of the distress and disease we experience in western cultures stems from our fundamental separation from Nature.

Somatic practitioners know that the body holds great wisdom and power in the processes of healing and growth.  Somatic Ecotherapy is an innovative healing form that understands that our bodies, along with our emotions and imagination, are a part of wild Nature unfolding within us.  To reconnect with Nature we must reconnect with the Body, and to reconnect with the Body, we must reconnect with Nature.

Come Join Us to:

• Experience your self and body more deeply as a part of Nature
• Learn how this elemental connection has everything to do with your healing/clinical work
• Learn tools for helping clients use Nature and the Body as resources in healing, growth and recovery

This experiential workshop will help you move from conceptual understanding into an embodied, felt experience of the unity of Mind, Body, and Nature.  We will be drawing upon the Hakomi Method of Body-Oriented Psychotherapy and several other practices in a unique integration of somatic and ecotherapeutic practice.  We will study how we can help others heal the split between Self and Nature.  We seek this integration at crucial moment in the human journey.

THE DETAILS: 

When: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (see Calendar for specific dates)

Where: West Marin county (directions to be sent)

PLEASE NOTE: You need to be able to walk for about 30 minutes, including up and down hills, to participate in this class.

What to Bring: (we'll send you a list after you enroll)

Fee: $150. (Some payment plans & financial aid available. Contact Us for more information.)

John Muir Committed Quester Series: Enroll for any 3 DayQuests in 2011 and receive a $50 discount. Series price: $400 for 3 DayQuests.

To Register by Mail: Send a check and completed Registration Form to Wilderness Reflections, P.O. Box 311, Fairfax, CA 94978. Upon receiving this, we’ll send you a preparation guide and directions to our meeting site.

CEUs available for MFTs/LCSWs (CE Provider# 3930)

Facilitators:

Shai Lavie, MFT works with adults, adolescents, and families in private practice in San Rafael.  He is certified in the Hakomi Method of body-oriented psychotherapy, and is a Certified Hakomi Teacher (see www.hakomicalifornia.com).  He is also certified in the Somatic Experiencing method of working with trauma, developed by Peter Levine.  He leads transformational groups with adults and teens integrating Hakomi, Somatic Experiencing, group process, ritual, and Jungian dream work. He has led over a dozen wilderness Rites of Passage programs for youth through Wilderness Reflections (see www.wildernessreflections.com), Stepping Stones Project, and The Marin School.  He is certified as a Wilderness First Responder.

Amy Biesenmeyer MFT is a gifted and dynamic quest guide, weaving together her passions for nature, ritual, singing/chanting and personal transformation. As a wilderness guide since 1995, she has learned to gently and skillfully help others navigate the territory between comfort and challenge. Drawing upon mind-body practices, she enriches her work with meditation, expressive arts and movement. She has been trained by the School of Lost Borders, in the therapeutic use of the wilderness. She is also a student of the Diamond Heart Approach, a graduate of CIIS and a Wilderness First Responder. Nature is her teacher and sanctuary, and she is honored to guide others in the magical unfolding of their inner nature.