The
following workshops utilize multiple senses and
intelligences to foster greater compassion and
awareness for the interconnected web of existence
of which we are a part. To locate the time and place
of these workshops,
click here:
The Peace Flag Project: Sending Positive Wishes Out
to the World
Jane Maquire and Ginny Fox
Exploration of the Peace
Flag Project as a pro-peace organization interested
in defining and describing what a peaceful world would
be like. Description of our inspiration from Tibetan
Prayer Flags. Meditation to connect to wishes for oneself,
family, community, country, planet or universe. Participants
may also wish to focus on gratitude – things they are
grateful for. Creation of a set of flags (5 pieces
of fabric) with paints, markers, collage.
Jane Maguire is a psychotherapist,
artist and yoga teacher. As a Quaker, she has been
a peace activist for her adult life.
Ginny Fox is a writer
and editor. She has also run craft shows, written newsletters,
run after school programs, organized school events,
and taught Sunday school. She is also a peace activist.
The Soulful Landscape
Erica Wheeler
This workshop is designed to foster the emotional connection between people and
place, awakening the sense of engagement needed to
participate in land stewardship today. Inspired by
song, story, and visual art, participants are empowered
to find their own creative voice through a series of
writing exercises followed by group sharing and discussion.
Everyone will leave with a deeper self-connection and
a method of writing for further exploration. All levels
of writing and experience welcome!
Erica Wheeler is a workshop
facilitator and award-winning songwriter featured on
NPR’s “All Things Considered”. She synthesizes her
background in the performing and creative arts with
her lifelong passion for environmental studies, cultural
history, and earth based spirituality to provide a
unique, compelling, transformative workshop experience.
Tracking
Series:
New England Trackers is dedicated to sharing wilderness and survival-related
knowledge, and organizing gathering places and "dirt
time" sessions for those in the New England area.
Fire
by Friction
Tom Turk and Tim Grantham
Learn
the basics of traditional fire making and see
what rubbing two sticks together can teach
you about survival in the wilderness and civilization.
We will gather materials from the landscape,
build a low-smoke fire structure, and generate
hot coals with a bow drill. Come join us and
give your hands a go at "busting out a coal".
Tom
has been a primitive firebug since 1978 after
discovering Larry Dean Olsen's "Outdoor Survival Skills." He is an AMC 4000 Footer and a member of New England Trackers.
Tim
Grantham has had a lifelong love affair with
old skills and ways of living. He has studied
primitive skills with the Tracker School and
has been trained in the Vision Quest experience
with Earth-Heart. Tim has taught survival skills
and ceremony at the Apeiron Institute for Environmental
Living and works with schools and local Boy
Scouts. He is a member of New England Trackers.
Foxwalking,
Owl Eyes and Concentric Rings: Traditional
Awareness Skills for Wilderness and Society
Tim Kowalik and Cynthia Kazmirsky
Isn't
it amazing how peaceful a walk in the woods
can be? That quiet world with just a few birds
chirping here and there? Well, that false sense
of nature is the result of your approach having
sent the wildlife big and small scurrying for
cover a good 10 minutes before you arrived!
And those chirping birds—they are broadcasting
your location and direction to all of creation.
In this workshop, learn and practice techniques
that reduce your presence in any environment
while increasing your awareness of “all that
is.”
Tim
Kowalik has been studying primitive skills
and awareness in the aboriginal traditions
taught by Tom Brown, Jr. and the Earth-Heart
Institute. He has taught awareness and basic
survival skills at the Apeiron Institute for
Environmental Living, the Bioneers by the Bay
Conference, and to schools and scout troops.
Tim is a founding member of New England Trackers.
Cynthia
Kazmirsky, from childhood has played in the
woods and swamps, and honored the plants and
nature. A child of Slovak Farmers she became
aware of the healing spirit of plants and herbal
medicine. Her love for nature led her to search
out a like minded community, which she found
through Tom Brown Jr. and The Tracker School.
She now lives in the woods of south central
Connecticut and caretakes the land that owns
her.
Gratitude
Ceremony
Tim Grantham and Tim Kowalik
People
who live close to nature are constantly grateful
for all that the Earth provides. This state
of thankfulness is something we often lack
in modern society. Let us come together today
with like-minded people in a Ceremony of Gratitude
for the land which supports us. The Ceremony
will include a fire, drumming, smudging, and
an opportunity to share your gratitude.
Tim
Grantham has had a lifelong love affair with
old skills and ways of living. He has studied
primitive skills with the Tracker School and
has been trained in the Vision Quest experience
with Earth-Heart. Tim has taught survival skills
and ceremony at the Apeiron Institute for Environmental
Living and works with schools and local Boy
Scouts. He is a member of New England Trackers.
Tim
Kowalik has been studying primitive skills
and awareness in the aboriginal traditions
taught by Tom Brown, Jr. and the Earth-Heart
Institute. He has taught awareness and basic
survival skills at the Apeiron Institute for
Environmental Living, the Bioneers by the Bay
Conference, and to schools and scout troops.
Tim is a founding member of New England Trackers.
Survival
Shelter
Tim Kowalik and Paulinka de Rochemont
Would
you know how to survive a cold and rainy night
when lost in the woods? Come take a lesson
from the squirrels and learn to make a simple
shelter with natural materials and no tools
that will keep you alive and dry even in cold
and wet weather.
Tim
Kowalik has been studying primitive skills
and awareness in the aboriginal traditions
taught by Tom Brown, Jr. and the Earth-Heart
Institute. He has taught awareness and basic
survival skills at the Apeiron Institute for
Environmental Living, the Bioneers by the Bay
Conference, and to schools and scout troops.
Tim is a founding member of New England Trackers.
Paulinka
de Rochemont, born and raised a city girl,
has had a longing for wild places and nature
as long as she can remember. Now a student
of Tom Brown Jr., a member of the New England
Trackers and living in the woods of West Greenwich,
RI, she finally found a way to make the world
a better place by caretaking.
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Walk In the Woods
Marc Tremblay, CF
Walk through Apeiron’s
woodlands. Identify local trees & shrubs. Discuss forest and wildlife management, forest health and stewardship.
Review proposed thinning of white pine for sustainable
harvest of natural building sources.
Marc Tremblay is a Certified
Forester with 25 years of experience working with private
forest land owners.
Yoga as Touching the Earth
Karina Lutz
A moderate yoga practice to start the day with emphasis on opening the root chakra,
feeling the earth’s presence, and opening to our communion
with it.
Karina is a poet, activist,
freelance writer, and yoga teacher. She has worked
in energy and the environment since 1988, currently
in development and advocacy for People’s Power & Light, a local nonprofit dedicated to affordable and sustainable energy.
Yoga for Wellness
Karen Lee
Do you find your self getting overwhelmed by life—by the responsibilities of
job, family, community, and trying to do the right
thing for the planet? Yoga tradition teaches that yoga
practice can provide support to those of us trying
to fulfill our dharma or duties.
Come learn how to become calm, whole and centered in
the whirlwind of life, with practices you can take
with you and use whenever you need them.
Karen Lee, Director of
Breathing Time Yoga is a Registered Yoga Therapist
who teaches yoga in the traditional way: one to one,
with practices that meet the specific needs of each
student. Breathing Time Yoga is a community oasis,
offering classes, workshops, private yoga therapy,
community events and open practice time.
