The 6-Day Art of Mentoring

Creating a Living Culture of Awareness

Dates: Monday September 17, (Check-in 3p-5p, 5:30p Dinner)

to Saturday September 22, 2012 noon

Location: Indian Brook Camp at Farm & Wilderness near Plymouth, VT

Cost: $650 including meals and lodging.

All Art of Mentoring Programs Enrollment Form (Send as soon as possible).

Art of Mentoring for First Time Participants

This is a workshop for parents, mentors, grandparents, aunties, uncles, instructors, teachers, environmental educators, community organizers, permaculturists, and many more. This is really for anyone who wants to deepen your relationships with nature, family, friends and neighbors, and enrich your life.

Guided by a team of experienced facilitators from throughout the Northeast, Art of Mentoring participants come together to experience, learn from and co-create a joyful, engaged learning community. You will walk away with tools and embodied practices of regenerative community design, mentoring techniques, deep nature connection, and an amplified passion for learning. Our hope is to activate and inspire you to create healthy communities right in your own back yard!

The course is taught through group experiential activities, lectures, storytelling, and music. We will be both indoors and outside exploring in the field.

"I did not know what to expect, but I got way more than I bargained for. Art of Mentoring shifted my perception of life from that of a trek (that I sometimes feel too exhausted for) to one of an immersion-learning experience--- relating to nature as a responsive partner, rather than a place. Socially speaking, the training offers medicine for the effects of extreme individualism. It offers an experience of how one's role can take form in a truly human dimension . Whew! I'm so glad you are doing this in earnest- the program design is amazing. Thank you!" --2010 Participant

The skills and practices that you will experience and learn to apply at the Art of Mentoring have been incorporated in a variety of settings including public and private schools, universities, at-risk youth programs, businesses, mental health practices, legal and prison system as well as in families, neighborhoods, and the network of wilderness schools, nature centers and programs affiliated with the 8 Shields Network.

Lead Presenters & Facilitators for 2012 Currently Projected as:

Mark Morey (Institute for Natural Learning)
Dan Gardoqui (White Pine Programs)
Amy Hyatt (Vermont Wilderness School)
Saskia Vanderhoop (Sassafras Earth Education)
Evan McGown (Institute for Wild Intelligence)

Small Group Facilitators

To be announced.

Elders

To be announced.

Adult Nature Immersion Experience: For Returning Adult Participants

Going Deep with the Core Routines

Cost: $650 including meals and lodging.

Remember the stories from past 2nd time participants of seeing Coyote and tickling the brook trout? Now that you have been introduced to the Art of Mentoring and inspired by stories of Nature Connection and Core Routines, we invite you on a journey of going deeper in nature connection with a group of other adults. You will be guided and inspired by experienced staff from throughout the Northeast on your nature immersion journey throughout the week including sharing your experiences with first time participants and taking them on a journey into nature connection developing your experience in applying the Art of Mentoring.

Pre-requisite: Attendance as a first time participant at the Vermont Art of Mentoring or another affiliated Art of Mentoring Workshop (United Kingdom, Ontario, Wilderness Awareness School, California)

Lead Facilitator:

To be announced.

Assistants

To be Announced.

Towards Elderhood: For Older Adults Returning

Reclaiming the Elder Archetype in our Communities

Cost: Cost: $650 including meals and lodging.

Elders strongly rooted in nature connection, with an eye towards tending the Cosmos, and a commitment to the longevity of their communities (including passing down important oral history and practices) have long been important elements of a healthy, regenerative community. At the Art of Mentoring, we have been on the journey of reclaiming Elderhood in our communities. For adults 50 and older, you are invited to join this group choosing to become Elders rather than "Olders" in our communities today. We will be exploring our hopes and fears of what it means to be an elder/older as well as participating in the Art of Mentoring inter-generational "village" stepping into the Elder Archetype and practicing. During the week, participants will participate in community activities and a significant portion of the Art of Mentoring program (or Adult Nature Immersion program).

We highly recommend the Adult Nature Immersion program for the 50+ if you have not already had a similar experience. As a returning participant, feel free to choose your focus--please let us know on your registration form your intended focus.