Wilderness Quest and Ecopsychology Apprenticeship Program
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Wilderness Quest and Ecopsychology Apprenticeship Program
March 15-16, April 4-13, and May 17-18, 2008
March 15-16, April 4-13, and May 17-18, 2008
• Are you enchanted by the beauty and power of nature to open, heal and inspire?
• Do you feel called to help others reconnect with their own wild aliveness?
• Or long to bring the magic of ceremony & wilderness into people's lives?
• Do you feel called to help others reconnect with their own wild aliveness?
• Or long to bring the magic of ceremony & wilderness into people's lives?
For thousands of years humans have been turning to nature to mark points of life transition and to seek healing, renewal and guidance. They have done this through a wide variety of sacred ceremonial practices. Some of these have endured through the generations and others have only more recently been resurrected or birthed anew. Now more than ever the imbalances between human society and Nature are creating tensions and opportunities that are spurring the emergence of new earth-based healing ways.
In this 3-month long program, participants will receive training in the life-altering practice of the wilderness quest. Additional training time will be spent on other eco-therapeutic approaches that are more easily applied in urban and other non-wilderness settings. For people who feel called to become quest guides or eco-therapists, the training is a rare opportunity to join like-minded peers for an intensive, body-oriented, experiential training in the beautiful practice of guiding others “out on the mountain”.
In this training we will spend two spring weekends exploring and developing many of these areas. In April we will make an intensive journey and wilderness quest to further the training. This trip is also a time for apprentices to quest and to mark their intention to work with others in an earth-based way. The training program is open to wilderness guides, therapists, healers, teachers and others called to serve their community and the earth.
CEU Hours Available for MFTs & LCSWs
Contact us for our “Apprenticeship Overview” and a more thorough description of the depth and breadth of a quest guide’s skill set.
Program Details
When: Weekends March 15-16 & May 17-18, 2008, 9 am-5 pm each day. Wilderness Quest trip- April 4-13, 2008.
Where: Spring weekends (March & May) will take place in western Marin County, CA. The location of the April quest trip will be determined in the spring according to recent weather patterns and the input of the group.
What you need to provide: Personal hiking and camping gear (list to be provided); share in carpooling costs/vehicles. Ability to carry a 30-40 lb. pack. No prior camping experience needed.
Fee: Guide Fee $1675, Camp Logistics Fee $75. (For those in need, some payment plans & financial aid are available on a first-come, first-served basis).
For more information or to register online, please visit www.WildernessReflections.com or call 415.488.1917.
To Register by mail: Send a $250 non-refundable deposit and a 1-page letter of intent stating why you wish to participate in the quest to Wilderness Reflections, P.O. Box 177, Woodacre, CA 94973. Deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable. Balance of fees is non-refundable and non-transferable within 5 weeks of the start of the program.
Guide for the Quest and Ecopsychology Apprenticeship Program
Dave Talamo, MFT is founder of Wilderness Reflections. He has over 25 years of experience guiding wilderness trips, works as a therapist with youth and adults, and is a certified Wilderness First Responder. He is committed to the expression of joy and authenticity through the body and to helping others experience their own embodied selves in an intimate, ecstatic relationship with Nature. Dave trained in wilderness quest guiding with Steven Foster and Meredith Little and has apprenticed himself to wild places throughout North America
