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Growing Awareness of Nature
On-line, On-demand
Go at your own pace
This course highlights the profound influence that nature has on human life and offers guidance on how to deepen our relationship with it. It introduces Plant Spirit Medicine and the ability of plants to heal and nurture us at the spirit level. Students will learn from the practical teachings and spiritual guidance of Eliot Cowan, and the wisdom of indigenous elders and community leaders from various parts of the world
The world is made up of interconnectedness that binds us to nature. Our well-being depends on discovering with reverence, the vastness and depth of our spiritual connection to all forms of life: plants, animals, trees, rocks, dirt, fungi, mountains, streams, clouds, sky, wind, rain, insects, and birds. This is an experience ingrained in who we are but over time we have forgotten the value of this relationship.
The combined medicine of a sacred place in nature and wisdom traditions is a potent antidote to the alienation that the fast-paced world has taken on our quality of life.
Blue Deer Center is an extraordinary place that takes us back to our intuitive relationship with nature. The center is a sacred place nestled in the Catskill Mountains of New York on ninety-three acres, with the River of Peace (Saskawhihiwine) running through it. This place has been known for millennia to offer unique medicine where conflict is resolved. Blessed things happen here that cannot happen even a short distance away.
Here, people come from all over the world to immerse in Blue Deer’s programs—a place to take a pause from the struggle of everyday life to restore, connect with our spirits, and ultimately find balance in our lives by reawakening our deepest knowing of nature.
Embrace the Knowing of Nature
A Sacred Place
The world is made up of interconnectedness that binds us to nature. Our well-being depends on discovering with reverence, the vastness and depth of our spiritual connection to all forms of life: plants, animals, trees, rocks, dirt, fungi, mountains, streams, clouds, sky, wind, rain, insects, and birds. This is an experience ingrained in who we are but over time we have forgotten the value of this relationship.
The combined medicine of a sacred place in nature and wisdom traditions is a potent antidote to the alienation that the fast-paced world has taken on our quality of life.
Blue Deer Center is an extraordinary place that takes us back to our intuitive relationship with nature. The center is a sacred place nestled in the Catskill Mountains of New York on ninety-three acres, with the River of Peace (Saskawhihiwine) running through it. This place has been known for millennia to offer unique medicine where conflict is resolved. Blessed things happen here that cannot happen even a short distance away.
Here, people come from all over the world to immerse in Blue Deer’s programs – a place to take a pause from the struggle of everyday life to restore, connect with our spirits, and ultimately find balance in our lives by reawakening our deepest knowing of nature.
Harvest Festival
On-line, On-demand, Go at your own pace
This course highlights the profound influence that nature has on human life and offers guidance on how to deepen our relationship with it. It introduces Plant Spirit Medicine and the ability of plants to heal and nurture us at the spirit level. Students will learn from the practical teachings and spiritual guidance of Eliot Cowan, and the wisdom of indigenous elders and community leaders from various parts of the world.
The Knowing of Nature
A Sacred Place
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