Course Code
INTROECO
Qualification
Certificate
Mode
Online only
Introduction to Holistic Ecotherapy
Course Coordinator: Geoff Berry
Find your place in nature - and feel empowered with connection
- Deepen your connection to nature
- Feel related to all your kin on earth (animal, plant and elemental)
- Expand your sense of self as an ecological citizen
- Explore real ways to integrate ecotherapy into your everyday life
- Practice deep listening - get to know the voice of nature, within & without
- Learn from animal and plant totems, guides and spirits
Free Introductory Talk (February 2023) - watch the recording here.
An introduction to Ecotherapy, was well as an experiential exercise.
Fees
$200 for three part seminar (current Metavision students, alumni and staff)
$250 for three part seminar (public)
Timetable
| Session | Date | Time (AEDT) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Introductory Talk | Tuesday 28th of February | 7.00 - 8.30pm | |
| 1 Belonging, mindfulness in nature, sensing yourself as an ecological citizen | Tuesday 14th of March | 7.00 - 8.30pm | |
| 2 Deep Listening, hearing the voice of nature, ego and spirit | Tuesday 21st of March | 7.00 - 8.30pm | |
| 3 Building relationships, learning from the other animals and plants, totems, guides and guardians | Tuesday 28th of March | 7.00 - 8.30pm |
Introductory Online Course
- Three sessions of 1.5 hours each on Tuesday evenings 7-8.30pm (AEDT)
- Dates: Tuesday 14/21/28 March
- Cost: Public $250; Currently enrolled and graduate students $200
- Open to the public; designed for anyone interested in creating or deepening their relationship with nature.
All Introduction to Holistic Ecotherapy Sessions include:
- Acknowledgement of Country
- Welcome to Self
- Co-creating a safe and sacred space for the work; vulnerability and confidence
- Stories of connection to and relationship with nature
- Guided meditations to enhance nature connection (new one each session)
- Practical exercises for you to take into nature or practice indoors
Session 1 Tuesday 14 March, 7.00 - 8.30pm (AEDT)
- Finding your place, a special spot to commune with nature daily, so that you can deepen your understanding of yourself as an ecological citizen
- Exploring an expanded sense of self in a real way that can be integrated into your everyday life
- Developing mindfulness in nature, learning how to bring a meditative quality to your life and ecotherapy practice
Session 2 Tuesday 21 March, 7.00 - 8.30pm (AEDT)
- Deep Listening – to nature and to each other, so that we get beyond the monkey mind, which chatters incessantly within
- Differentiating between ego and spirit, socialised self and the expanded eco-self
- Hearing the voice of nature, within and without, with clarity and confidence
Session 3 Tuesday 28 March, 7.00 - 8.30pm (AEDT)
- Learning from the animals and plants we share this planet with, so that you can recognise yourself in relation to your kin
- Exploring your totems, guides and spirits
- Developing and deepening your connections to nature on earth and beyond
Presenter
Dr Geoffrey Berry is the Australian Representative to the International Ecopsychology Society. He received his PhD (Monash University 2010) for a thesis that explored the human relationship with nature through exploration of light as a metaphor for consciousness. He also completed an MA (Deakin University 2005) on dreams and mythology.
Geoff is currently Academic Director for Metavision’s Postgraduate Diploma and Masters in Holistic Psychotherapy. Geoff is also editor of PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature and guest lectures in Ecopsychotherapy for the Ikon Institute. He served as Chairperson of the Melbourne Zen Group (2005-2008) and more recently as the inaugural CEO of the South Coast NSW Aboriginal Elders group (2019-2020). He regularly presents and publishes on ecotherapy, myth and symbol, and blogs at www.naturecalling.org