We are all aware that humanity is facing significant crises—from destruction of the planet and her life forms to social injustices to the spread of authoritarianism. How will these changes transform our lives? What kind of world will our lives support? What supports a more regenerative or uplifting future?
Join a group that will gather once a week over seven weeks as we explore these questions and the book, Choosing Earth. Through weekly reading assignments, inquiry questions (in dyads and large group), experiential work, and simple yet powerful homework activity, we will expand our understanding and felt-sense of this critical time on Earth.
Each session consciously builds a sense of community to support sharing, reflecting, and digesting this visionary and, at times, challenging material. The aim of this course is to expand our capacity to take-in the profound collective challenges humanity faces, to grow resilience, build community, and inspire conscious actions.
Sessions are facilitated by Choosing Earth Co-director, Coleen LeDrew Elgin, and Choosing Earth facilitators, Marianne Rowe and Carol Normandi. The author, Duane Elgin, will be a guest teacher for portions of most meetings.
A free pdf of the book is available on the Choosing Earth website.
Fridays, Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, & 24
9 - 10:45 am Pacific
with Marianne Rowe
Cost:
Sliding scale $75 - $250 (plus handling fees)
Marianne Rowe, MS, is a Founding Teacher of Monterey Bay Meditation Studio and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She is certified as a Nature & Forest Therapy Guide, Eco-therapist, California Naturalist, and Authentic Relating Facilitator. Marianne also holds certifications in Eco-psychology, Climate Stewardship, and Climate Psychology. In her professional roles as a psychotherapist and meditation teacher, as well as in her personal life, Marianne focuses on healing and transformation through awareness and connection. She is dedicated to catalyzing and cultivating ecosystemic consciousness and relationality in service of respecting Life in all forms. Read more.
This course is part of the Outdoors and Evolution of Consciousness Pathways.