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Project
NatureConnect
Institute of
Global Education Health Psychology
Special NGO Consultant, United
Nations Economic and Social Council
Nature path distance learning programs, professions, careers and job
opportunities.
Help Wanted:
- A CAREER PATH
- JOB OPPORTUNITY PATHS
Educating,
Counseling and Healing With Nature
Follow the Path
to "Green" Degrees
and Distant
Learning
Work
Enjoy new professional paths
to natural, "eco"
degrees, therapy, green jobs, careers and accredited
environmental training
courses.
Here is a
change path opportunity. Enjoy a green path advantage in
your profession and
your personal life.
Help others discover the nature learning path to
livelihood benefits and
well-being.
.
Master
and teach the essential science and
psychology of Educating,
Counseling and
Healing with Nature.
Discover how a green path of life
is the true path to improve body, mind and spirit.
Our
holistic sensory education
path courses empower you to tap your critical thinking
into the grace, balance and self-correcting power
of natural systems
and their ways,
backyard or backcountry.
We invite you to use our
alternative
program to connect
with the
restorative and
purifying powers
of nature's set path and flow of spirit, in and around us.
Improve your
skill to
develop organic,
whole-life, learning, health and nature path wellness programs.
Take advantage of our current path to a green
education health psychology, degree and career
opportunities:
Obtain an Information
and Application Form
or visit our Homepage
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How Nature Works:
The
Natural Systems Thinking Process
NOTE:
The quoted information, below, contains parts of field study samples
from
anonymous participants in our sensory green nature-connection program.
Other examples and findings are available through links on
our survey
page.
"I mentioned that I would tell you about my 'just be' experience.
I
was at my feng shui training in Blaretown, amongst a group of women who
are healers and energy workers and at this point I knew nothing about
any of that. Anyway, this guest speaker came to talk to us about the
green path to communicating with nature spirits. I was like - wow -
that would be cool to be able to do. She went on and on about paths to
talking to the devas and the faeries of the natural world. And it all
seemed other-worldly to me. Then she gave us the task of going out and
trying to connect with something that was attractive to us. It is
important to note that she told us that if we saw someone in a certain
place that we were to avoid contact with them so that they might not be
interrupted from their experience. I had NO CLUE what she meant - or
how on earth to go about doing this. I was afraid to ask because
everyone else seemed to be eager to get started with these script path
opportunities and seemed to know how to go about doing this. Anyhow ...
So
I go out and head out on the nature path toward the pond where it
eventually leads to the woods. As I'm passing alongside the pond a bee
buzzes near my head. I ignore it and keep walking toward the woods. The
bee is persistent and keeps buzzing around my head. I get to the edge
of the woods and realize that the bee is still with me. It is next to
my right ear... so I think to myself - turn right. I begin to turn
right and the bee moves to my left ear. So I turn left. This happens
again - so I think to myself ... on this learning path, maybe I'm not
supposed to be in the woods. So, I left the woods back out toward the
pond - but this time I'm looking toward the wild growth on the other
side of the pathway...wondering what in the heck am I doing.. how will
I know when I am on the tru path of being attracted to something so I
can "speak" with it. I notice that the bee has left me alone. Just then
I see a Daisy - I LOVE daisies - so I ask to speak with the spirit of
the Daisy. Of course, I couldn't hear anything - I couldn't see
anything. All I could hear was the distant pounding of a woodpecker. My
ego, by this point was very deflated - I kept thinking to myself
'-you're out of your league - you don't know what you're doing - on
your current path you've got nothing and you've been out here for quite
some time and you haven't even begun yet. You've got to set a new path
for yourself.' Again, I notice the woodpecker and yet I try to
communicate with the daisy. Nothing. I'm feeling like such a loser.
Just then, one of the participants started walking toward me and at
first I kind of panicked. She's not supposed to be here - besides if
she asks me how things are going - I'll have to tell her that I haven't
got a CLUE!
And onward she came until she approached me - and
asked how things were going. Somewhat embarrassed - okay -very
embarrassed - I told her that I didn't have anything yet. That I was
trying to talk to the daisy and nothing seemed to be happening. I heard
the woodpecker AGAIN. She asked me if I had noticed the woodpecker. And
I said I had. She knocked on my head - shook her head and walked away.
Little did I know that in that moment SHE WAS MY ANGEL! My clear path
dawned on me, I was to be communicating with the woodpecker. Since I
couldn't see the woodpecker I closed my eyes - and asked woodpecker to
please tell me anything I was to know. So I listened ... and listened
... and listened for the woodpecker - nothing - silence. Then a tree
branch fell in the distance. I could hear branches breaking in the
woods and squirrels scampering. With each passing moment I could hear
more and more sounds - sounds most humans don't hear - and they came to
me, at first, one at a time. As though someone were orchestrating this
path of life for me - so that I could tune into each sound - one at a
time and notice and appreciate it. I could hear the bees buzzing. I
could hear the wind blowing through the trees and grasses. I could even
hear a leaf falling through the air. I could hear the bugs crawling up
the plants. I could hear the bugs munching on the leaves. Then, instead
of hearing just one thing at a time. It seemed like all of nature began
to sing to me - I could hear it all - like a huge symphony - it got so
loud - and finally the crescendo!!! And seemingly a moment of silence.
I opened my eyes which automatically affixed themselves to the daisy I
had been trying to communicate with. And there on the daisy was... drum
roll please ... the bee.
My message? What was my message? It was
all so clear to me now = my set path was to JUST BEE/Just be. In order
to experience nature and all of its beauty and splendor - in order to
communicate with her and to really see her (or in this case hear her)
all you need to do is JUST BE! Tears and tears and tears and more tears
rolled down my face - it was a life-changing experience for me - in SO
MANY WAYS! I allowed the tears to flow - and flow they did.
Finally, when they stopped I headed back to the lodge - everyone was
already back. Now, we were to go around and share our experiences.
Being there with those beautiful women and thinking about how I was
going to share my story - I started crying all over again - I still
don't know about anyone else's experience I was still so caught up in
the euphoria of the search path for myself. When it was my turn to
share - I simply couldn't speak - I said "pass". Later on that week, I
was able to share my life path story with them - the power and beauty
of it all - the simple, yet profound wisdom that exists and how all of
nature worked together to create that experience for me - all the way
to the human friend - who cracked my head open (figuratively of course
- by knocking on my forehead). I have never felt so very blessed. And,
this, my lovely Health Psychology group, was my first step in really
re-connecting myself with nature. Anyway ... that is my "Just Bee" Story. Thank you for allowing me to share this with you. I love you all!"
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