About this Event
Come spend an autumn evening experiencing the woods at a pace that calms your spirit.
Ernie Miller Park offers a landscape where forest, stream, meadow, and prairie meet within a relatively small natural area. During this two-hour session of The Rooted Path, we will slow ourselves down considerably and give our attention room to settle into the intriguing places around us.
What to expect
Your guide will offer activity options to invoke your senses to notice what around you is notable to you. The Rooted Path is Clement Waters’ guided Nature Immersion Therapy experience.
The guide's voice tells you options for activity, but two powerhouse presences give you everything you need for this experience: the natural place itself, and your own experience and background. Bring who you are, and share only what you're compelled to share.
Over the course of two hours, we will progress together through the arrival stage, an opportunity for sensory exploration, and quiet personal encounters with the place, with optional sharing and a closing gathering near the end of our time together.
Here's what you won't experience: We're not doing a fitness hike, learning about nature facts, or doing mindfulness exercises outdoors. That said, there is no wrong way to do nature therapy. You literally can't mess it up. Nature will be your teacher and your therapist, with the guide ensuring safety nearby.
This experience is an intentional meander. We will travel only a modest distance while spending substantial periods quietly exploring the parts of the landscape that call to you within meandering distance, close enough to be called back by the guide's calling song.
Please wear clothing appropriate for late-October weather and shoes suitable for natural surfaces. Bring water. If sitting on the ground is uncomfortable, you are welcome to bring a lightweight portable seat to tote down the trail.
The Rooted Path is a choice-led wellness experience facilitated by Clement Waters Retreat.
Bring on Nature’s peace.
Event venue & nearby stays
Ernie Miller Park & Nature Center, Kansas 7, Olathe, United States
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