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
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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
​
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
​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
​
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

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

Jack's Peak  
​
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

Garland Park
Creativity & Ingenuity
  • Blind Conture 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

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

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

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
​
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 ​
Day 10
Wednesday

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


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

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

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

Carmel Beach
Emotion Expression​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
​
 
​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. Kelly Goldberg will be leading this workshop. Please see 'Us' page for bio. 
Day 15
Monday 

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

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 Communicatitraining
  • ​Responsibility for emotions
  • Awareness of triggers to reaction
Day 17
Monday

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

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

Big Sur​​
Resiliency & Self-Sufficiency
  • Primitive skills: foraging, cooking over fire, shelter building, water purification
Value
Day 19
Monday

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

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


​
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
​


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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