Arts-Based Eco-Therapy Training - Fall 2021-22

In the 1990’s, I began offering nature-based expressive arts workshops and training in such environments as the woodlands of upstate New York, Montana’s Glacier Mountains, Anna Maria Island and at the ocean on Cape Cod. I was combining my love of being in nature with the enjoyment that comes from being in the studio. The synergy of these complimentary arenas for healing has continued to grow in me, so beginning in October 2021, my plan is to offer a new online course. It will be a certificate program in eco-therapy for those who are new to my work, as well as for those who have already studied with me in another frame.

This arts-based approach to eco-therapy will have a rhythm. We will meet five hours a day, for three days, once a month for five months. Between monthly intensives, participants will have ‘assignments’ in learning several ways to take a client or community through an experience of exploration, discovery and reconfiguration. Using low skill/high sensitivity methods, participants will employ photography, writing, painting and other modalities, interfacing with their own ways of exploring nature in the woods, the mountains, at the ocean, or wherever they know a peaceful heart.

Inspired by your inquisitive researcher’s mind, I invite you to join me in this time of imagination and focus as we explore how to take others through experiences of arts-based eco-therapy. In this way, we can deepen and enrich whatever work each of us is doing, while we deepen our connection to each other and to this magical planet.

“the ripple”

Please visit the EXA Training Page for all of the information and details about the workshops and how to register.

Warmly,

Markus