Most people love the summer. Camping, hiking, swimming, all kinds of sports, vacations… so much fun activity! That is the heart of summer, and yet understanding summer’s role in context with the rest of the year allows us to really drop in deeply and appreciate what we have now even more fully.

Endless summer!  Endless daylight!  Endless play!  In summer we get to go out, expand, explore, experience being alive in a body to our fullest!  And yet there is more when we allow ourselves to slow down and deepen into the full nature connected experience of summer.

The basic format for each session is a council process and teaching about the cycles of the year in the morning with an emphasis on the current season. Participants will share a little of why they are there, so there is instruction on specific exercises each person can use for deeper nature connection, learning, collaboration with nature for your intention. Then in the afternoon there is 2-3 hours of solo off trail wandering practice to implement the exercises and self generated ritual returning again to the group for sharing your story and lessons. The stories are mirrored to amplify the lessons to enhance the learning for all involved.

Your Guide: Chuck Hancock. M.Ed., LPC is a licensed counselor guiding people in all stages of  life. Through discomfort, pain, and stuckness he helps people reconnect to nature – individual human nature and the community of the natural world. Using the wisdom of natural processes, people move forward with more life than ever before.  In addition to his training as a therapist, Chuck has trained with School of Lost Borders to lead Rites of Passage and nature based ritual, is a certified Wilderness First Responder (WFR), has over 10 years experience apprenticing with indigenous ceremony leaders for vision quest and sweat lodge and other ceremonies, and has extensive training and experience  guiding people in mindfulness, depth work, and non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Financial Investment: $40 non-refundable registration deposit holds your spot in the circle. Total suggested investment is $150. $50 discount available for those registering and paying for more than one program. Registration fees cover a day of retreat, programming, facilitation, coaching, teachings, first aid supplies and support, organization, planning, land stewardship, and other energy invested in creating and holding space for you.  Scholarships available with appropriate need. Nobody will be turned away for financial reasons when the desire and need is there. Let’s discuss if you have questions or needs around money. I’m happy to share about the costs involved in creating the program and have direct conversations about money. I believe in conscious commerce.

To send your deposit or pay for the full program, you can mail a check or send via PayPal here: https://paypal.me/ReconnectingToOurNat

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