Nature Heals the Healer 2024

Below

• All beings on this planet live on the Earth – the soil beneath our feet. The soil and the ground are our groundedness, stability, and nourishment. Rooting down and connecting with the Earth is essential to restoring ourselves as therapists and human beings.  
• As we consciously walk, sit, and lie down on the Earth, we can connect intimately with the natural world and come into the Present. We’ll explore these ways of feeling connected with the planet and each other through the ground beneath us and what treasures and new awareness await us through looking down (or feeling downward), below us in a creek or on the forest floor. 

Above

• Just above our heads, high in the canopy of the trees, or in the expanse of the sky, there is much activity in nature. We’ll use our senses – as always – to connect us to the Above, and to ponder the vastness of the universe. Through this we expand our sense of space, making more room for healthy Self in our lives.
• We’ll also learn how to stay connected to the ground and our footsteps while expanding awareness above and beyond our periphery, and how to know what is above us by looking below us. The Divine interconnects everything, both below and above.

Within

• Inside us is where we feel connection, compassion, resonance, Oneness. We’ll pay attention to our inner responses to the natural world around us, and also to our connection or resonance with others. 
• How are we like the tree, the bird, the creek, the banana slug, and how can we learn from them? What facilitates connection with all beings and the Divine? Find your inner Natural Self that is already part of the forest, the planet, and all of creation, that experiences connection in the community and a grounded sense of self and spirit within.

We’ll journey through the end of summer into the fall, cultivating our relationship with the land and its Beings, and deepening our sense of belonging here on the Earth. It results in a feeling of belonging in community and deep connection to all life. This deep connection – to ourselves, each other, the Earth, and Spirit – are the pillars of the healing journey.

Each session will have:

• group processes and/or small group/dyad explorations
• deep nature connection practices
• body movement or sensory awareness
• quiet, solo time with the land

Open to all genders in the healing professions: psychotherapists, counselors, and health care practitioners (doctors, acupuncturists, etc.). In person, on the San Francisco Bay Peninsula in Woodside, CA.

Cost

Nature Heals the Healer is intended to be available to anyone called to be part of this community of healers, nurturing ourselves. Here is how I can make it as affordable as possible.

Pay what you can. Choose from these two options:

Foundational rate –  Pay this if you are able to afford it, and give foundational support to your fellow healers.

• $85/session, $255 total for the 3 sessions

Equity rate – For anyone who feels this is more appropriate for their income; especially for trainees, associates, and also historically marginalized communities.

• $55/session, $165 total for the 3 sessions

Both options include a 15 minute initial phone consultation and park admission in the fee ($6.00).

You are welcome in this space just for us healers – it’s time to attend to your needs, and cultivate the deep connection to this planet and one another that renews and feeds your soul. Join us to experience how Nature Heals the Healer.

Your Facilitator – Rev. Connie L. Habash, LMFT, Ecotherapist)