Mindful by Nature Workshop
This 2 day workshop invites participants to develop and explore a mindfulness practice based in nature. We will have daily yoga and meditation in the yurt followed by nature based mindfulness arts and hikes on local trails.
This workshop will aim to provide teachers with accessible arts based mindfulness techniques to bring into personal and professional life. As well as practicing there will be daily discussions about the importance of a personal exploration into mindfulness and the benefits for the classroom.
Other topics for discussion will be around personal energetics; how thoughts affect emotions and introduction to Sacred Geometry, how to see similarities between the natural world and ourselves.
Celebrate Earth Day with a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend! Bring your own yoga mat, journal and hiking shoes. Also any art supplies you would like!
Hummingbird Healing Arts Lodge, Missoula, MT
Earth Day Weekend, April 22-23, 2017
Registration fee: $119
Instructor: Kate Crouch
14 OPI renewal units available
20 Participant maximum
Itinerary
Saturday April 22
9:00-5:00
Personal Practices of Mindfulness and Nature Connection
9:00: Welcoming, Introductions and materials check
9:30: Core concepts of Mindfulness Arts and the importance of Nature connection
10:00: Yoga practice based on grounding
11:00: Guided Meditation practice
12:00: How to develop a personal mindfulness practice
12:30: LUNCH
1:00:: Patterns in Nature. Hike, journaling and observational drawing
3:30: Mindfulness Art activity
4:30: Closing circle
Sunday April 23
9:00-4:00
Bringing an authentic Connection to the classroom
9:00: Welcome and recap
9:30: Allowing the student space to discover
10:00: Elemental Yoga practices to take into the class”room”
11:00: Meditation for children, a little goes a long way
12:00: LUNCH
1:00: YOU are an Ecosystem! How to help kids see themselves as a part of nature-Hike, journaling and mindfulness art outside
3:30: Closing circle
Kate Crouch has a B.A in Integrative Studies from Warren Wilson College, is a certified Yoga instructor, RYT-200hr, and has completed the Forest for Every Classroom teaching program. She began practicing and studying yoga, in her home city of Philadelphia, in 2000. Since then she has explored many of the diverse yoga lineages. Kate has training in Kundalini yoga from 7 Centers Yoga Arts in Sedona, AZ and Hatha yoga from Anahata Power Yoga here in Missoula. She also teaches Mindfulness Arts and is pursuing her Master's degree in Art Integration at the U of M. Her passion for teaching is rooted in her belief that the practices of Mindfulness prepares one for the challenge of life. Her classes aim to be accessible, rejuvenating and full of joy.
This 2 day workshop invites participants to develop and explore a mindfulness practice based in nature. We will have daily yoga and meditation in the yurt followed by nature based mindfulness arts and hikes on local trails.
This workshop will aim to provide teachers with accessible arts based mindfulness techniques to bring into personal and professional life. As well as practicing there will be daily discussions about the importance of a personal exploration into mindfulness and the benefits for the classroom.
Other topics for discussion will be around personal energetics; how thoughts affect emotions and introduction to Sacred Geometry, how to see similarities between the natural world and ourselves.
Celebrate Earth Day with a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend! Bring your own yoga mat, journal and hiking shoes. Also any art supplies you would like!
Hummingbird Healing Arts Lodge, Missoula, MT
Earth Day Weekend, April 22-23, 2017
Registration fee: $119
Instructor: Kate Crouch
14 OPI renewal units available
20 Participant maximum
Itinerary
Saturday April 22
9:00-5:00
Personal Practices of Mindfulness and Nature Connection
9:00: Welcoming, Introductions and materials check
9:30: Core concepts of Mindfulness Arts and the importance of Nature connection
10:00: Yoga practice based on grounding
11:00: Guided Meditation practice
12:00: How to develop a personal mindfulness practice
12:30: LUNCH
1:00:: Patterns in Nature. Hike, journaling and observational drawing
3:30: Mindfulness Art activity
4:30: Closing circle
Sunday April 23
9:00-4:00
Bringing an authentic Connection to the classroom
9:00: Welcome and recap
9:30: Allowing the student space to discover
10:00: Elemental Yoga practices to take into the class”room”
11:00: Meditation for children, a little goes a long way
12:00: LUNCH
1:00: YOU are an Ecosystem! How to help kids see themselves as a part of nature-Hike, journaling and mindfulness art outside
3:30: Closing circle
Kate Crouch has a B.A in Integrative Studies from Warren Wilson College, is a certified Yoga instructor, RYT-200hr, and has completed the Forest for Every Classroom teaching program. She began practicing and studying yoga, in her home city of Philadelphia, in 2000. Since then she has explored many of the diverse yoga lineages. Kate has training in Kundalini yoga from 7 Centers Yoga Arts in Sedona, AZ and Hatha yoga from Anahata Power Yoga here in Missoula. She also teaches Mindfulness Arts and is pursuing her Master's degree in Art Integration at the U of M. Her passion for teaching is rooted in her belief that the practices of Mindfulness prepares one for the challenge of life. Her classes aim to be accessible, rejuvenating and full of joy.
