This first meeting for the Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Organization will present information on the work of this proposed non-profit and offer opportunities for potential board members and other interested parties to get involved! DATE: November 2, 2024 TIME: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. LOCATION: 3411 S 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98409 The Mindful Ecotherapy Center, LLC has been training therapists in […]
First Meeting: Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy Organization
Nature as Supernatural Aid
Last week we discussed Supernatural Aid. This week we’ll talk about Nature as Supernatural Aid. While there are many forms of Supernatural Aid an ecospiritual seeker could rely on, nature is one of the more convenient ones, since most of us have the opportunity to experience nature in some form. I grew up on a 400-acre farm in the 1960s […]
Ethics and Ecotherapy Webinar
This Ethics and Ecotherapy Webinar covers some of the common ethical challenges unique to the practice of ecotherapy. Ecotherapy usually includes doing therapy outdoors. Therapy in non-traditional settings presents unique ethical challenges. These ethical issues are not usually covered in therapy or counseling graduate school programs. In this course, we will discuss how to address some common ethical issues for […]
Supernatural Aid
Supernatural Aid is a necessity when answering the Call to Adventure. Let’s resume our story with Brother Coyote and his Call to Adventure… As he arrived at his den, Brother Coyote thought about what Brother Eagle and Sister Cougar had said. He thought about how it had been getting colder with each passing day. He remembered their words that the […]
Coming Soon: Sandtray Eco-Art Therapy
Sandtray Eco-Art Therapy is an innovative therapeutic approach that integrates the principles of ecotherapy with traditional sandtray therapy. Developed by Charlton Hall, PhD, this method utilizes natural elements in the sandtray, encouraging clients to engage with the environment in a creative and healing manner. In Sandtray Eco-Art Therapy, the client uses miniature objects, often made from natural materials, to create […]
Doing Mode to Being Mode
Moving from doing mode to being mode is how mindfulness helps you to deal with stress. When problems arise, they cause stress. When we experience stress the natural tendency is to try to do something about it. The problem with this is that if you could do something about the stress you would have already done so, and you would […]
Mindfulness and Ecospirituality
Mindfulness and ecospirituality go hand-in-hand. Ecospirituality is the “what” and mindfulness is the “how.” This quote from Black Elk explains one perspective on this relationship: “You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. The sky is round, […]
Answering the Call
Like Coyote in the story from last week, a person who refuses to answer the Call to Adventure has little or no confidence in themselves. When you have received the call, you stand at a crossroads. You have a choice. You are free to choose to continue to refuse the Call to Adventure. Such a refusal means staying in the […]
Refusal of the Call
The Refusal of the Call happens when the pain of changing is greater than the pain of staying the same. The People went in search of Coyote to ask him to go on a quest to find a new place for the People. Chief Buffalo sent Brother Eagle and Sister Cougar to find him. They came upon Coyote playing in […]
Characteristics of Shamanism
Shamanism is known throughout most indigenous cultures of the world. The word shaman itself comes from the Evenk language (Tungusic) of North Asia, and originally meant, “one who knows,” so a shaman is a wise person. The word itself is North Asian in origin, but most primal cultures had some sort of concept of the shaman, even though they might […]
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