Wolf Return
A Learning Journey in Earth-Based Education & Self-Empowerment for Inspired & Aspiring Adult Leaders
“What is my gift to this world?”
“How do I shape my voice?”
“What is the nature of the fire that burns inside of me?”
“This gift, this voice, this fire that I carry; How may I share this ‘all of me’ with the world so that the world sees me and returns my gifts anew?”
These questions are the bright stones we carry. They speak to us in a language warm and persistent. We hold and turn them, feeling their weight, and we ponder their promise of a life well lived. These questions are the guiding lights of our awakening spirit.
We invite you to journey with us through the year as we explore these teachings through a deeper connection with the land, the elements, and in a circle of community. Wild Earth is offering a monthly 24 hour immersion experience for a core group of dedicated wilderness instructors: young adults whose gifts we recognize and whose voice we support. This gathering is designed to activate our survival strategies, our sensory awareness and our knowledge of place, and to strengthen our connection to Self while exploring the raw stuff for the creation of culture anew. It is an adventure by design that will empathically deepen our abilities as mentors and broaden the mentoring strategies available to us in our work with youth. Included will be specific skill development opportunities with local specialists, explorations of life-stage journeys (medicine wheel), creative design of ceremony, sacred fire practices, talking circles and much more.
We offer this in service to the vision of a powerfully creative and connected community of young adults willing to risk being fully engaged in the art of giving and receiving Life. We hope you will join us.
Program Information
Age: 18 years old +
Experience: Instructing (or assisting) in a Wild Earth, Track & Sign or equivalent nature based learning program.
Dates: 11/7, 12/12, 1/2, 2/20, 3/20, 4/24 & 5/15
Time: 10am – 12 noon the following day.
Location: New Paltz / High Falls, NY area. Exact location to be announced
Cost: $175 for the year-long journey. You will also be asked to bring food to share for the overnight experience.