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WHAT WILD NATURE IS

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Ryan Van Lenning

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

10 spring Poppies for Approaching Ecotherapy

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Ryan Van Lenning

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When invited to teach an upcoming Ecotherapy course, I realized that something beyond more knowledge or even skills, as commonly understood, is required. Something in me balked at overly-academicizing it, and felt that all-too-familiar intellect taking over, alienating my body, heart, and soul. So these are some spring wild poppies and prickly cacti that emerged through the soil:

Category: Class, Ecotherapy, UncategorizedTags: co-liberation, deep belonging, ecospirituality, ecotherapy, natural cycles, presence, purpose, soul, soul work