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Wild Nature Heart October Update

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Ryan Van Lenning

Dear Wild Nature Hearts, A few days ago, I woke up feeling overwhelmed. I sensed my imagination waning. Perhaps you can relate to that sensation of constriction that can arise when you’ve been digesting too much about climate catastrophes, shameless capitalist exploitation and commodification,… Continue Reading “Wild Nature Heart October Update”

Category: Newsletter, poetry, UncategorizedTags: autumn, co-liberation, ecotherapy, Imagination, liberation, mycelium, nature, Slow, slug, the great turning

DON’T FORGET THE SMALLS

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Ryan Van Lenning

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Don’t forget the Smalls in your basket of Whos Don’t forget the smells when you’re looking for clues Don’t forget your nose when you’re searching for hints Don’t forget the sense of all of the scents Don’t forget your ear, to put to the… Continue Reading “DON’T FORGET THE SMALLS”

Category: Ecotherapy, poetry, UncategorizedTags: nature, scent, slow down, small, snail

NEW FALL COURSES: DEEP BELONGING 3.0 AND A HOOF IN EACH DIRECTION

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Ryan Van Lenning

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Excited to announce two courses this fall: Deep Belonging in the Great Turning and a new course: A Hoof in Each Direction: Cultivating Earth-Rooted Wholeness. See below for brief descriptions. Follow the links to full course information or drop me a line at ryan@wildnatureheart.com.… Continue Reading “NEW FALL COURSES: DEEP BELONGING 3.0 AND A HOOF IN EACH DIRECTION”

Category: Class, poetry, UncategorizedTags: belonging, earth, ecosensuality, ecotherapy, nature, nature connection, rewild, the great turning, wholeness, wilderness

AT THE TRAILHEAD

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Ryan Van Lenning

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The trailhead is such a magnificent moment, carrying its own species of energy. It is a threshold of sorts—the threshold into the unknown. A crossing from one world to another. An excitement and curiosity runs the blood hot regardless of the weather. What beauties… Continue Reading “AT THE TRAILHEAD”

Category: UncategorizedTags: ecotherapy, journey, nature, path, rewild, threshold, trail, wilderness

WHAT WILD NATURE IS

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Ryan Van Lenning

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WILD NATURE HEART is: A Geo-Mystical CrackingA Hoof in Each DirectionA Bright Green TrustA Spiraling UpwardHeartbroken and WholeVulnerable and RobustA Tender and Savage PulseA Yes in the DarknessA Threshold of Unrelenting MysteryBright and Slow CaressA Strange Curiosities Tent at the Festival of Slow SurrenderingA… Continue Reading “WHAT WILD NATURE IS”

Category: UncategorizedTags: belonging, collective initiation, deep time, earth, ecopsychology, ecotherapy, heart, nature, nature connection, purpose, the great turning, wilderness