Posts Tagged ‘nature’
Spoken Words
February 3rd, 2012 Posted in Healing Techniques, Meditation | Tags: bloom, flowers, love, lover, nature, seeds, written word
Fire Workshop with Chris
November 1st, 2011 Posted in Featured, Nature Tracking | Tags: bow drill, Caloosahatchee Regional Park, camp fire, camping, Children of the Earth Foundation, fire, fire making, fire wood, hand drill, nature, tracker school
Hi All,
Here is a brief description of the weekend Fire Workshop and Children of the Earth Foundation fundraiser scheduled for December 2, 3, & 4. If you know anyone who may be interested, please feel free to forward it to them. We currently have 3 people signed up. I need a minimum of 4 people to do the class, with a maximum of 12. Hope to see you all there!
“Dancing with Fire”, a Weekend Workshop
Anyone who has spent time in the wilderness will tell you that Fire is an indispensable companion. Practically speaking, Fire will warm you, cook your food, make your tools, and provide light for working skills. On a deeper level, it gathers the tribe and provides the focus for friends and family to come together and share stories of their day. Perhaps most importantly, Fire is an Elder who will teach, advise, and comfort if one knows how to listen.
This weekend workshop is called “Dancing with Fire” because in order to dance with someone, there must be a connection between the two partners — a two-way communication whose give and take, ebb and flow create the rhythm of the dance. Anyone who has made a fire with a bow drill knows that it won’t work if you try to “bully” it and simply impose your will. To be successful one must be aware of what the Fire needs, paying attention to the fine details, and listening to understand how it is feeling — in short, one must dance with it. The class will include plenty of hands-on workshop time and coaching for both hand drill and bow drill, but we will also explore the Philosophy of Fire through a series of exercises and experiences designed to help you build a relationship with Fire that will lead to a deeper awareness of it’s Nature and an enhanced ability to create and use it under a variety of adverse conditions.
A portion of the proceeds from the workshop will be given to the Children of the Earth Foundation in order to support their mission of helping kids and young adults have experiences that help them form a deeper relationship with Nature and the Earth.
Dates:
Start: Friday, December 2 @4 PM (arrive by 3 pm to set up camp)
End: Sunday, December 4 @2 PM
Location:
Caloosahatchee Regional Park 19130 River Rd, Alva, FL 3920 (just north of Ft. Myers)
Cost
$200 (Includes meals, camping fees, materials for the class, and a donation to COTEF)
We will be sleeping in tents, but there are flush toilets and showers available!
To register, please email Chris Oelschlaeger at: wanderer777.co@gmail.com
Herbal Infusions
May 21st, 2011 Posted in Healing Techniques | Tags: healing herbs, health care, herbal infusions, herbs, nature, nutrition, Susun Weed, tea, weeds
This week on The Saturday Healing Show.
Susun Weed, master herbalist, is taking health care to the people with this simple and nutritious approach to wellness. I made some myself and report to you what I have found from taking and making these tasty herbal infusions.
Here is the recipe:
1 ounce of herb
1 quart of water
Pour herb into a quart glass jar. I use a mason jar.
Bring water to a boil. I use a kettle.
Pour water into the jar with the herb.
Let it sit for 4 to 6 hours or overnight.
Strain out herb. I use cheese cloth and a colander.
Then drink the liquid. I keep mine in the refrigerator in the summer. It makes a great ice tea.
Herbs I use for infusions:
Oakstraw
Comfry Leaf
Stinging Nettle
Red Cover Flowers
Tracking in Florida with Bill Marple
February 10th, 2011 Posted in Nature Tracking | Tags: animal tracking, Bill Marple, Herbs, Food, The Plant People, hiking, nature, sign tracking, tracker school
Bill is teaching in Florida! Come learn this ancient skill
and grow closer to mother earth.
Hi Magda,
Hope you’re doing well and making
it through the winter wherever you’re
at! I’ve just finished up the winter class
for both the Vermont and Washington
Tracking for the Survivalist classes.
For me, that means winter is officially
heading on its way towards spring.
It’s a welcome relief although I love
the wintertime and I’m happy to say
the classes continue to be awesome!
In this last session in WA, the students
ended class by carving primitive hunting
spears and tracking each other through
the forests of the Olympic Penninsula in
various wintertime hunting scenarios.
They did great and as usual learned a lot
in the process and had some serious fun!
As well, some of my own greatest learning
experiences in tracking come from observing
students who come to my classes. Thank
you all for a tremendous experience all
the way around!
So, I’m now in Santa Cruz halfway
through a Standard class(alway enjoyable!)
and had time to sit down briefly and write
you a quick message. I just wanted to let
you know we’re getting dangerously close
to the deadline to sign up for the tracking
workshops I have scheduled in Florida in
March. So far, response to the workshops
has been much lower than normal and we’re
in danger of canceling!!! Here are the dates
for the classes:
Opening the Eye of the Tracker
Caloosahatchee Regional Park
March 5-7
Dirt Time
Caloosahatchee Regional Park
March 12-14
Beyond the Lateral Ridge
Ocala National Park
March 18-20
Florida is absolutely one of my favorite
places to track! It provides a tropical tracking
environment which hosts a diverse and
exciting collection of animal and plant species.
Past Tracker School classes in Florida in the past
have always been a lot of fun and its one of my
favorite places to run a class. So, if you have
any interest in signing up for a class in Florida
for March, please do so soon so we don’t have
to take them off the schedule!
I’m always available for questions in the meantime
and I look forward to seeing you there!
Regards,
Bill
Tracking Classes in Florida
February 9th, 2011 Posted in Nature Tracking | Tags: animal tracking, Bill Marple, Herbs, Food, The Plant People, nature, tracker school
Learn the Ancient Art of
Tracking!
Three weekends of adventure in the world of
tracking with Bill Marple, Director of Tracking at
Tom Brown’s world-famous tracking,
awareness, and survival school
Learn to track on your own! Join
Bill and his friends for three
weekend tracking workshops at
Caloosahatchie Regional Park, in
Alva, Fla, and at the Ocala National
Forest in Altoona, Fla!
Learn to:
- Identify different species of animals in your
- area at a glance!
- Interpret illness, injury, and mood by
- measuring tracks!
- Unlock the secrets of Apache pressure
- releases in order to determine animal
- behaviors by studying their tracks!
Embark upon your Journey in
Tracking now by calling to reserve
a place at this unique learning
opportunity! Talk to our registrar at
609-242-0350
Dates
5-7 March, 2011 Beginnerʼs Class: Opening the
Eye of the Tracker
12-14 March, 2011 Intermediate Class: Dirt
Time
18-20 March, 2011 Advanced Class: Beyond
the Lateral Ridge
Place
Caloosahatchee Regional Park(Opening the
Eye of the Tracker and Dirt Time)
Ocala National Forest(Beyond the Lateral
Ridge)
Price
Opening the Eye of the Tracker-$250
Dirt Time-$400
Beyond the Lateral Ridge-$400
*Price includes class, camp rental, and food
for the weekend!
Our Occasional Newsletter
Children of the Earth
July 27th, 2010 Posted in For kids | Tags: children, energy, health, kids, nature, nature meditation, nature walk, woods
Experiencing a weekend program with the instructors from Children of the Earth (cotef) is relaxing and magical. The stage is the landscape and you are the actors. The instructors are highly trained and keep everything safe and fun. They travel to you or you can come to them.
I took my niece and sister on a weekend and I still call on the memories to motivate me. My youngest niece didn’t make the trip. She was too young so she’s waiting her turn.
I’d like to do it again so if you’re in Florida and interested in bringing the COTEF staff to our lovely state let me know and I will begin a list. If get to 20 I know we can get them to come.
Visit their website watch the video and read the stories.
Camping and Hiking in November
Finding a Place to Meditate in Nature
August 2nd, 2009 Posted in Meditation | Tags: Herbs, Food, The Plant People, meditation, nature, sit spot
Things to consider when looking for a place to meditate in nature. Part One.
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