How do we include the guiding presence and numinous voice of the Sacred Wild in our
accompanying practices? How do we facilitate space for the Holy to speak through the seasons, and more specifically, our bioregions? How do we meet the growing anxiety that is undeniably present with directees related to the ecocidal destruction of their homescapes and the Earth as a whole?

With the guiding framework of a sacred and animate earth, and that humanity is an integral part of nature, we will look to the ecological rewilding project for clues on how we will flourish spiritually when we heal through whole-ing, a practice of re-membering ourselves within the whole assembly of creation. When we sit with others in the context of a greater communion of subjects, we begin to engage the potential for reintegrating our soul life with the very soil of
our belonging!

This Institute offering will explore:

• The Myth of Separation and how this impacts how we connect with the Sacred
• Rewilding as Soul Practice—looking to the examples of the ecological rewilding project,
  connecting how our human psyche and world psyche (anima mundi) are related and interconnected. This opens up space to tap into eco-grief and eco-anxiety.
• Mapping as Mirroring: Topography Within and Throughout—we will begin to task the
  imagination with the work of seeing the external topography of the natural world in mirroring conversation with our soulscape, our inner world. This begins the work of recovering our interconnection to the natural world around us.
• Attuning to the More-Than-Human World through Sensory Blessing (outside)
• Nature as Sacred Mirror (outside)
• Triad Mirroring (outside)
• Listening in Place: Finding Resilient Hope through Land-based Ceremony (outside nature mandala work)

Materials Needed:

1. Candle/lighter
2. 3 11”x8” Photocopies of randomly selected texts
3. Sharpies
4. Print out of provided Body Map pdf (available in Whova)
   
5. Color pencils/crayons/paint
6. Outside access
7. Clippers/Basket/Scissors