Wild Communion Events and Immersions
Our vision of Wild Communion grew out of the forest therapy movement at the intriguing intersection where forest therapy meets spirituality. Wild Communion is our program of education for lay and church leaders who are called to nature-based practices such as forest therapy as pathways to support the spiritual growth of their participants, congregations and communities. These leaders understand how our encounters with creation can bring us to a different level of understanding of our lives, our place in the communities of all beings, and of self. We bring no dogma, prescribe no path, preach no religion. We simply invite others into the experience of how nature connection using the methods of forest therapy can feed our entire selves: body, mind, psyche, spirit. The Wild Communion program invites you to a series of immersions, with choice of several practicum pathways for those who wish to deepen their practice and pathway of service in bringing their work to their people.
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In 4 Mirrors to the Soul we explore the connected properties of power and beauty as they uniquely live within each of us. We will have daily forest therapy walks, focusing on the self, our families, communities and the natural world. We will sit in circle, witness each other's experiences, express ourselves in creating mandalas and poetry, and spend time in conversation with the natural world during journaling time. Opening ourselves to the emergence of the truest and most honest core will be an opportunity not to be missed.
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Sophia Speaks: Encountering the Wild DivineSophia Speaks: Encountering the Wild Divine is not simply a retreat, it is an online community. We will be offering monthly mentoring and group calls, an online forum for community communication, podcasts, interviews, weekly emails and more. We will be launching over the Thanksgiving holiday and hold our first retreat in Colorado at the Crestone Zen Retreat Center in the summer of 2021. Please to contact us for more information.
As the name suggests, we are excited to support our community's dive into the myth of Sophia, the premortal goddess, banished from the heavens. Her banishment evoked the creation of the Earth-her being as part of that very Earth. In every being, animate and inanimate, the Sophia lives. Her wisdom speaks to us if we but learn how to listen. This Encounter (as we call it) with the Sophia, is vital for the feminine to secure Her rightful place, as an integrated force in the world today, if we are ever to see the healing we most desperately need.
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Special Events
In addition to our scheduled immersions, we work with groups, businesses and organizations. We will work with you to create customized forest therapy immersion experiences tailored to your groups needs. We have had many fabulous experiences working in many countries, cultures and forests in many parts of the world. For more information contact christy@wildcommunion.org.
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This event is focused is exclusively focused on the needs of the Chicago-land area. In partnership with the Forest Preserves of Cook County, we will be exploring Forest Therapy with our own guides and guests of the Forest Preserves. This event is open to invited guests of Cook County Forest Preserves and to Chicago area Forest Therapy Guides, who will meet additional participants registered through Cook County Parks. A great opportunity for partnership building.
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All courses are facilitated by Christy Thomson, founder of Wild Communion with special guests who are experts in their fields. Registration, Tuition, Lodging and Food costs vary for each event. Please visit the "Learn More" links for specific information.