NATURE RECONNECT THERAPY

NATURE RECONNECT THERAPY


Guiding teens towards resourced and self‑sufficient confidence

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Date
Location​
Theme
Activity
Discussion
Day 1
​Monday
​5/2/22
Garland Park
Orienting​
  • Walking meditation 
  • Collective Poem: 'As we start out...'
  • A how-to for self-care check in & share
​​Buddy Q:"What makes you feel in/out of a group?"
  • Group agreements using Relational Therapy
  • Rites of Passage Overview​
Day 2
​Wednesday
​5/4/22
Asilomar Beach
Intention
  • Solo Question Walk on the beach
  • Build a fire together
  • State intention for Rites of Passage ceremony
  • Found object group mandala
Buddy Q:"What do I need to leave behind in order to step into the new?"
  • Rites of Passage stages: 
    • severance
    • threshold
    • incorporation
Workshop Day
​Saturday 5/7/22
​Khan Ranch Park
Curiosity & Creativity
  • Empathy & attention
  • Finding community
  • Kinship with nature
Emilie Lygren will be leading this workshop. Please see 'Us' page for bio.
Day 3
Monday
​5/9/22
Palo Corona Park
Curiosity & Trust
  • The Human Camera buddy exercise: snap-shot of visual, tactile, and olfactory
  • A-frame trust exercise
  • Wind in the Willows exercise
Buddy Q:"Important facts about me (attributes/ accomplishments)"
  • Curiosity, an ally
  • What experiences do you want to give yourself?
  • What makes a good friend?
  • Humanistic Therapy
Day 4
Wednesday
​5/11/22
River Beach
Self Trust
  • Yoga on the beach
  • Inner child walk
  • Holding Counsil with talking piece
Buddy Q:"What challenges/tasks do you have presently?"
  • Inner child discovery
  • Life purpose connection to child dreams
Day 5
Monday
​5/16/22
Jack's Peak  
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Insight
  • Hike to off-trail spot
  • Embodiment/ mirroring buddy exercise
  • Core Self circle step-in
Buddy Q:"Emerging self- future aspirations"
  • Internal Family Systems Therapy, parts work
  • What parts make up the whole
Day 6
Wednesday
5/18/22
Garland Park
Creativity & Ingenuity
  • Blind Contur Drawings
  • Forest wandering musings
  • 1 st Develop Relationship to Place
Buddy Q:"What are your frustrations currently?"
  • Ideas as honorable visitors
  • Share past ingenious ideas & track new ones
  • Relational and Wilderness Therapy
Day 7
Monday
​5/23/22
Marina Beach
Body Confidence
  • 1st Self-Expression Exposure Exercise
  • Practice non-aesthetic greetings & compliments
  • Share recorded ideas from last week through Art Therapy
Buddy Q:"What are your vital sources of energy/what you love?"
  • Cultural literacy discussion on aesthetics
  • Reclaiming Beauty writing prompt
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/Thought Work
Day 8
Wednesday
​5/25/22
Del Monte Forest
Body Confidence
  • VIA Values insight exercise
  • ​​Make 20 neutral statements about body to improve body image
Buddy Q:"How have you had inner resistance in the past?"
  • Explore messages have received about body's morality, capability, ect.
  • Worthiness prompts
Workshop Day
Saturday
​5/28/22
Santa Cruz
Body Confidence & Expression
  • Activating intuitive improvisational neural networks
  • Ecstatic dance form
Daniel Mollner will be leading this workshop. Please visit ​https://www.danielmollner.com/ for more details
Day 9
Monday
​5/30/22
Point Lobos
Mindfulness & Land Literacy
  • Mindfulness prompts hike
  • How to listen to the body without judgment
Buddy Q:"What new aspects of your Self have you noticed recently?"
  • Esselen youth leader guest 
  • ​Land literacy
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Day 10
Wednesday
​6/1/22
Monterey Beach
Identity
  • Zen activity "Who are you?"
  • Compliment battle
  • 2nd Self- Expression Exposure Exercise
Buddy Q:"What are your community's hopes for your future?"
  • Pitfalls of perfectionism
  • Thought work
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy 
Day 11
Monday
6/6/22
Asilomar Beach
Nourishment
  • Mindful eating beach picnic
  • 3rd Self-Expression Exposure Exercise
Buddy Q:"What are you doing as seen from above (in a helicopter)?"
  • Intuitive Eating concepts
  • Cravings insight & correlation to emotional hunger
Day 12
Wednesday
​6/8/22
Garland Park
Relationships & Boundaries
  • Perspective exercise
  • Personal bubble- physical boundary
  • Practice verbal boundaries
  • 2nd Develop Relationship to Place
Buddy Q:"Collective community helicopter: what would others say you are doing?"
  • Conflict resolution skills​
  • How to generate a state of gratitude & abundance mentality
Day 13
Monday
​6/13/22
Palo Corona Park
Emotional Regulation
  • Mindfulness scavenger hunt hike
  • Grounding exercises practice
  • Mindfulness training
Buddy Q:"Looking back on your whole life, what will be your footprint on the world?"
  • Emotions as sensations tutorial
  • ACT & DBT therapeutic psychoeducation on nervous system hyper/hypoarousal
Day 14
Wednesday
​6/15/22
Carmel Beach
Emotion Expression​
  • Anger Insight & Expressive Exercise
  • Releasing old beliefs about anger
Buddy Q:"What would your future self say to help you?"
  • Group discussion about relationship with anger
  • Underlying grief, shame, or fear
Workshop Day
Saturday
​6/18/22
 
​Andrew Molera State Park
(subject to waves)
Confidence & Power
  • Building confidence through kinesthetic development and trust
Kelly Goldberg will be leading this workshop. Please see 'Us' page for bio. 
Day 15
Monday 
​6/20/22
River Beach/Robera
Universal Needs
  • Nature insight walk on reliance
  • Circle step-in to identify needs
  • 4th Self-Expression Exposure Exercise 
Buddy Q:"What is your intention for the next 3-5 years?"
  • Universal needs psychoeducation
  • How to identify and express needs
  • Making requests
  • Managing expectations with positive psychology
Day 16
Wednesday
​6/22/22
Carmel Meadows
Communication Skills
  • Family Constellation activity​
  • Practice accepting compliments through Human Connection 'Repeat' Meisner exercise
Buddy Q:"What do you need to shed to make your 3-5 year intention come true?"
  • Non-Violent Communication training​
  • Responsibility for emotions
  • Awareness of triggers to reaction
Day 17
Monday
6/27/22
Garland Park
Identity
  • Nature insight walk on death to life
  • Metta meditation practice
  • 3rd Develop Relationship to Place
Buddy Q:"What is to be celebrated?"
  • Existentialism  therapy
  • Upcoming ceremony discussion & preparation
Day 18
Wednesday
​6/29/22
Monastery Beach
How to Grieve
  • Solo communication with nature meditation
  • Collective grieving stick exercise
Buddy Q:"What needs to be fully grieved?"
  • How to make space for sadness
  • Stages of grief
  • Family/Cultural ties to grieving process
  • Self-care when feeling down
Workshop Day
Saturday
​7/2/22
Big Sur​
Resiliency & Self-Sufficiency
  • Primitive skills: foraging, cooking over fire, shelter building, water purification
Emily Hunt will be leading this workshop. Please see 'Us' page for bio.
Day 19
Monday
​7/4/22
Palo Corona Park
Spirituality Development
  • Hike to Inspiration Point
  • Share the technology of centering oneself
  • Introduce 'Earthing'
Buddy Q:"Who are your core helpers and partners for the future?"
  • Ecopsychology discourse
  • Spirituality: a belief system which supports you
Day 20
Wednesday
​7/6/22
Garland Park
Reflections
  • 4th Develop Relationship to Place
  • Counsil reflection circle
  • Guided visualization meditation
Buddy Q:"What are you ready for to come in?"
  • Goal setting: remaining in contact w/the journey
  • Honoring change in the seasons/phases
Rites of Passage
Saturday-Sunday
​7/9-7/10/22
TBD
Transition into Adulthood
  • Enacting personally relevant ceremony around intention
  • Solo camping night  (w/safety measures)
Monny de Groot and Amanda Cheyenne Weston will be leading this Rites of Passage. Please see 'Us' page for bio. 
Integration Day
Parents welcome!
Sunday
​7/17/22


River Beach
Bringing Gifts Back
  • Sharing gifts brought back from solo time on the land
  • Crossing Over into Adulthood ceremony w/parents
All staff will be welcome to attend to honor the culmination of growth experienced throughout the journey.
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