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The Immersion: Learn through 3 seasons with... The Wilderness Leadership Immersion Program An incredible 9-month, 3 season journey |
How do you learn a language? Through immersion!
What would it be like to fully immerse yourself in a long-term program
where you'll be guided by mentors?
Imagine spending 9-months learning the language of nature
through wilderness survival skills, naturalist studies, leadership, mentoring, applications of permaculture, overnight camping experiences, and hands-on projects.
What would it be like to fully immerse yourself in a long-term program
where you'll be guided by mentors?
Imagine spending 9-months learning the language of nature
through wilderness survival skills, naturalist studies, leadership, mentoring, applications of permaculture, overnight camping experiences, and hands-on projects.
Spend one weekend per month for 9-months immersed in this exciting course. As a participant you will get lots of hands-on experience in wilderness survival skills, nature-connection, animal tracking, the art of community, and naturalist studies. The field-experience aspects of the course will be enriched with profound tools of connecting deeply to nature, building community relationships, peacemaking, and how to facilitate healthy regenerative culture.
We will first explore wilderness survival skills, nature-connection, teamwork, community relations, and the eye of the naturalist. For those interested in design you will have a greater holistic approach to reading a landscape and understanding the resources available. This extended 9-month format of this course will allow us to take advantage of the opportunities in each season.
This is a great hands-on, field course opportunity for anyone in the Midwest region; Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, or Illinois.
We will first explore wilderness survival skills, nature-connection, teamwork, community relations, and the eye of the naturalist. For those interested in design you will have a greater holistic approach to reading a landscape and understanding the resources available. This extended 9-month format of this course will allow us to take advantage of the opportunities in each season.
This is a great hands-on, field course opportunity for anyone in the Midwest region; Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, or Illinois.
Curriculum:
Our Curriculum is based on the "8 Shields Model" developed by Jon Young and members of the greater nature-connection movement.
Our Curriculum is based on the "8 Shields Model" developed by Jon Young and members of the greater nature-connection movement.
As a participant you will develop many key life-skills including:
- Teamwork
- Leadership: through vision, strategy, stories, mental state/attitude, and networking
- Mentoring: one-on-one strategies for cultivating growth, learning, and personal gifts in another
- Communication: giving and receiving feedback, finding the need behind the communication
- Inner-Tracking: going into the shadow to discover the hidden light
- Playfulness: nurturing the child within and a fun, playful attitude
Would you like to...
- have the ability to envision, design, and implement regenerative landscapes that repair not only the earth but the human relationship with it
- understanding nature on a personal and deep level
- know how to inspire others (students, kids, friends, etc.),
- develop skills of observing patterns, developing the senses, and awareness of your surroundings
- have sufficiency in natural fire building, shelters, finding water and food, and other survival skills
- be knowledgeable of plants (in the wild and in the garden) including identification, uses, medicines, and propagation
- learn hands-on homesteading skills including beekeeping and beehive making, salves and tinctures, and more
- gain a better understanding of your own personal strengths and gifts and how to use them
- have a working sense of the cycles and opportunities of the seasons
- develop your ability to observe group dynamics and facilitate intentional experiences
- cultivate a vision for healthy culture and communities that are in balance with people, nature, and self expression
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For us, the best part about this course is that it is not just a download of information to fill your notebook. Instead, we value experiential learning so that you leave with working knowledge to go out into the world and make a difference. |
9-Month Program Curriculum:
*based on the "8-Shields Model" created by Jon Young and members of the greater nature-connection movement.
*based on the "8-Shields Model" created by Jon Young and members of the greater nature-connection movement.
- Core Routines of Nature-Connection
- Bird Language and Alarm Behavior
- Inner-Tracking: inner work and navigating the inner landscapes so you can cultivate personal strength, passion, and vision
- Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants: making tinctures, salves, and teas from wild plants
- Leadership Training: confidence, heart, listening, organizing, and seeing the gifts in others
- Stewardship of Wild Places
- Wilderness Survival Skills: natural shelters, fire-by-friction, pure water, finding food
- The 8 Shields of Nature-based Culture and Deep Nature-Connection
- Principles of Peace: understanding and applying the principles of peace as we've learned from our Mohawk elders
- The Art of Mentoring: bringing people together and how to inspire others and share the incredible things you are learning!
- The Art of Community: Equipping the Villagers and Creating a Healthy Sense of Community in our Lives
Leadership
Our goal is to not only give you a whole host of incredible skills but also to empower you as a leader in your community.
1. A leader knows when to lead and when to step back and let others shine.
2. A leader has the ability to work as a team and to see the value, abilities, and contributions of each individual on their team.
3. A leader has passion, vision, and flexibility.
Our goal is to not only give you a whole host of incredible skills but also to empower you as a leader in your community.
1. A leader knows when to lead and when to step back and let others shine.
2. A leader has the ability to work as a team and to see the value, abilities, and contributions of each individual on their team.
3. A leader has passion, vision, and flexibility.
Our Mentoring Team includes Kevin Glenn, Monique Philpot, and guest instructors
Kevin Glenn
Specialties: Nature-Connection, Survival Skills, Animal Tracking, Mentoring, and Cultural Facilitator
Having been an apprentice with Mark Morey of The Institute for Natural Learning since 2001, Kevin has lead wilderness programs for youth and adults both here in Indiana as well as in the Northeastern U.S. He loves sharing his passion for nature-connection, outdoor leadership, the art of tracking, survival skills, and building strong and positive relationships and a healthy sense of community. Kevin has attended 8 "Art of Mentoring" week-long workshops and has been a student and facilitator of the 8-Shields mentoring model for over 12 years. This has given him a deep understanding of relationships of people, nature, and the self.
In 2000 Kevin attended the Wilderness Awareness School's 9-month Anake Outdoor School and loved it so much that he vowed to run his own 9-month program some day. He has also been a student of Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School since 1999, and is a certified Life Coach and NLP Practitioner with a B.A. from Indiana University. He is here to facilitate an environment that brings out the best in each person and to make sure that we have lots of fun in the course.
In 2000 Kevin attended the Wilderness Awareness School's 9-month Anake Outdoor School and loved it so much that he vowed to run his own 9-month program some day. He has also been a student of Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School since 1999, and is a certified Life Coach and NLP Practitioner with a B.A. from Indiana University. He is here to facilitate an environment that brings out the best in each person and to make sure that we have lots of fun in the course.
Monique Philpot
Specialties: Nature-Connection, Wild Medicinal Plants, Permaculture, Mentoring, and Culture Repair
Monique brings a strong background in medicinal plant knowledge along with many years learning and teaching primitive survival skills and nature-connection. She spends most of her free time outdoors tending her garden and orchard and loves discovering new animals, plants, and wild edibles on her wanders. You can find her on Monday evenings teaching her popular "Medicinal Mondays" class. She has worked for years with children of all ages in wilderness programs, camps, rite-of-passage programs and more. As a student of Jon Young and the 8-Shields, Mark Morey, and Tom Brown Jr. she has a passion for creating healthy, nature-based community of which she is excited to share with this class.
Monique has been an instructor for youth and adult programs with The Wild Nature Project since 2008. She has her Permaculture Design certification and a B.A. from Indiana University.
Monique has been an instructor for youth and adult programs with The Wild Nature Project since 2008. She has her Permaculture Design certification and a B.A. from Indiana University.
3 Options to Experience the Wilderness Immersion Leadership Program
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Year 1 Program
The full 9 month experience Tuition: $1,800. Deposit of $500 is due to hold your spot with remaining balance due 2 weeks prior to the start of class. |
Year 2 Program
Your 2nd full year experience Tuition: $1,305. Deposit of $500 is due to hold your spot with remaining balance due 2 weeks prior to the start of class. |
3 Month Program
One season experience (Fall, Winter, or Spring) Tuition: $675, with deposit of $100 due to hold your spot and remaining due 2 weeks prior to the start of class. |
Payment arrangements can be made. Inquire at registration@wildnatureproject.com
If you have questions, contact: registration@wildnatureproject.com
Location: Bloomington, Indiana. The main location is on Bloomington's North-side, though we will also explore a variety of wilderness areas in our region.
Year long class meets one weekend per month for 9-months!
3 month options meets one weekend per month for 3 months, each season -Fall, Winter, Spring.
All classes meet 7pm Friday through 12pm Sunday
2018/19 dates 2019/2020
September 21-23 Dates coming soon!
October 19-21
November 16-18
December 14-16
January 18-20
February 15-17
Send us an email or call us up and let us know that you're interested in this program. We would love to hear from you!
If you have questions, contact: registration@wildnatureproject.com
Location: Bloomington, Indiana. The main location is on Bloomington's North-side, though we will also explore a variety of wilderness areas in our region.
Year long class meets one weekend per month for 9-months!
3 month options meets one weekend per month for 3 months, each season -Fall, Winter, Spring.
All classes meet 7pm Friday through 12pm Sunday
2018/19 dates 2019/2020
September 21-23 Dates coming soon!
October 19-21
November 16-18
December 14-16
January 18-20
February 15-17
Send us an email or call us up and let us know that you're interested in this program. We would love to hear from you!
"I just completed nine months of an amazing experience. For an entire weekend once a month over the last nine months. I spent all of my time in the wilderness learning about plant and tree identification, wild edibles and medicines, regenerative culture, primitive survival skills, and so much more. Completing this Wilderness Immersion Leadership Program with Wild Nature Project out of Bloomington has enriched my life in a way that I cannot explain. It was so very beautiful! The earth can teach us so much about ourselves about others, and about the interconnectedness of all things on earth. Go outside!"
-Brandi, 2017 graduate of this course
-Brandi, 2017 graduate of this course
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Register: Fill out the form below and pay the $500 deposit to hold your space in the course. Registration must be received at least 3 months in advance of the program start date. |
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