Deepening with Nature Workbook

Deepening with Nature Workbook is a guided course of study intended to help participants connect with Nature in ways that allow barriers between humans and the natural world to be diminished and channels of communication opened and strengthened.

The cycles are set up for independent study but it can enhance the experience to form a group that meets weekly or monthly to share experiences. A group of like-minded and supportive friends participating in the work can create a powerful foundation for positive change that radiates out into the world. The Exercises and Meditations/Journeys should be done solo; however, the group can support the overall expansion of growth and perhaps come together to drum and share.

For each cycle, an animal guides participants deeper into communion with themselves and nature. There is a Notes section at the beginning of each cycle that outlines any special needs for the work that includes candles, crystals, sage, and other small items.

A notebook to record thoughts and experiences is recommended as this work is sacred work of the heart. As the work progresses, the journal becomes a soul map created by each participant for her or his life.

Each cycle also has an Introduction, a personal story about each animal guide, a Teaching, Exercises and Meditations/Journeys sections. The course has 13 cycles, designed for daily progression of one cycle per moon cycle taking participants through an entire year. It is recommended that the work begin either at the new moon or the full moon, but it is not necessary.

The value of the course is totally dependent on how participants invest in time and effort. There is no set time for the exercises or meditations, but participants get out of this what they invest in it. In general, allow 10 minutes for the Exercises and for the Meditations/Journeys allow 20 minutes to half an hour. A suggestion is to do the daily Exercise in the morning and the Meditation/Journey later in the day or before bedtime. With any practice, a set time every day creates a much stronger experience. It is like making an appointment with your soul and Nature for daily work.