Tag: ecopsychology

Earth Intimacies: Apprenticing to Life

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Ryan Van Lenning

Often when we hear the word intimacy, we think romance. At the very least we think about humans. But what if intimacy with Earth was not only possible, but necessary for co-creating the world we want to inhabit and bequeath to future generations? For… Continue Reading “Earth Intimacies: Apprenticing to Life”

Category: Class, UncategorizedTags: animism, apprenticeship, belonging, deep listening, earth, ecopsychology, more-than-human, nature, nature connection, the great turning

Cultivating Deep Belonging, Creative Awesomeness, and Earth Intimacies

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Ryan Van Lenning

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I’m thrilled to be able to offer a basketful of 2026 programs starting in February. They all explore re-belonging ourselves in the animate web of life, practicing our creative awesomeness, cultivating all dimensions of our wholeness, and embodying our purpose. If being part of… Continue Reading “Cultivating Deep Belonging, Creative Awesomeness, and Earth Intimacies”

Category: UncategorizedTags: belonging, course, creativity, earth, ecopsychology, ecotherapy, nature, nature connection, play, poetry, rewild, the great turning, wilderness

For Those Who Listen to Earth

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Ryan Van Lenning

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Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d have 10 poetry books out there, flitting about in the bushes and soaring in winter skies. This time last year there were just the two originals, that grew from my time in the forest and… Continue Reading “For Those Who Listen to Earth”

Category: books, UncategorizedTags: animism, belonging, book, earth, ecopsychology, ecospirituality, living cycles, more-than-human, nature, poetry, rewild, the great turning, wilderness

Re-enchantment and Gratitude Day – Darkness

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Ryan Van Lenning

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I am writing this pre-dawn in the stretched pregnant hour before the dance of the day, while stars are still singing soliloquies in the belly of night. I’m drinking the landscape with a warm cup of earthy fir tip/lichen/turkey tail tea, and before I light… Continue Reading “Re-enchantment and Gratitude Day – Darkness”

Category: EcotherapyTags: darkness, december, ecopsychology, ecospirituality, ecotherapy, honor the season, honoring darkness, living cycles, nature, night, Slow, slow down

🌀Honoring Joanna Macy – Thank you

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Ryan Van Lenning

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earth elder Joanna Macy is in her final days. She is in hospice space surrounded by family and friends. You can find updates at CaringBridge, and leave a message.

I feel moved to honor her and name a few of the many things I have learned from Joanna and her body of work and play, from her teaching, courage, transparency, and passion.

Category: UncategorizedTags: belonging, earth, ecopsychology, ecotherapy, Elder, joanna macy, the great turning, the work that reconnects