Free environmental workshop with eco-psychologist, Shayna Tovah, in Sedona on May 17

Sedona, AZ - May 6, 2008 - Let's take a moment in our current place in time/evolution to stop, think and explore how those before us, the ancients, accomplished the things they did. In these times of ecological and personal imbalance, everyone and everything is crying out for peace, justice and balance. All of life is inconvenienced by modern humanity's disconnection from our environment.

Noted scholar Richard Louv writes about the phenomenon sweeping the Western world - he calls it "Nature Deficit Disorder." The first nations who lived in the surrounding areas of Sedona understood at a visceral level what nature had to offer humans and gleaned how to live by observing and experiencing the natural wonders of this area.

In this workshop you will learn to think like nature and feel the connectedness of all of life. The workshop will help you gain insight into how you can be part of the solution in keeping Sedona beautiful for future generations as well as help you recognize your ability to radiate that beauty to all the other places you go. We will learn a new set of tools, a way of looking at nature, to use when we need them to help solve issues facing us in Sedona and the Verde Valley. We have always had those who looked to nature for answers, and when we don't, we get into trouble.

The workshop will consist of a presentation at Keep Sedona Beautiful headquarters at 360 Brewer Rd in Sedona, and outdoor activities, including a simple hike, to inspire and enliven your body, mind and soul. We will not only explore nature using our 5 well known senses, we will get in touch with the other 48 senses that will enable us to know the culture of nature better. We will experience these senses through a series of simple "get acquainted" activities with nature.

About Shayna Tovah DeArmon

Workshop leader, Shayna Tovah DeArmon, M.A. Ecopsychologist, specializes in Ecopsychological Sustainability Education. Her experience spans three decades as an educator, trainer, and facilitator for individual youth and adults as well as for business, behavioral health, and traditional and non-traditional educational venues. Her life’s passion includes programs that cross cultural boundaries and aim to unite and balance the human and non-human worlds. Shayna Tovah is the founder of Ecopsychology Leadership Foundation and is an Advisory Board member of Institute of Cultural Awareness, 501C3 non-profit organization. She is presently employed as Adjunct faculty at Yavapai College and Prescott College as well as a Child and Family Case Manager at Verde Valley Guidance Center. According to Tovah, “When a learner is in full cooperation with the culture of nature and realizes that nature is its own culture that has a symbiotic relationship with the culture of humanity, a natural cycle of sustainability will occur for animate and inanimate life.”

Reservations are required for this workshop -- please call Jan at Keep Sedona Beautiful, 2-5PM Mon-Fri, 282-4938.
 

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