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Hello Lisa, Michael is teaching us to access all of our nature superpowers through EBI…lol I am working on some courses for my business, perhaps Accessing Your Super Powers will be on the menu. I want to attend EBI’s Nature-Connected Coaching certification program in Boulder. That would be a milestone to celebrate.

Gerald

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Movement and triggers improved my focus tremendously. Being intentional about awareness and connectedness required all of the steps in the Getting Started With Nature Connection course. I am grateful for it.

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My time spent with the Contact Experience technique was truly extraordinary. I felt an appreciation for nature that I had never felt before. I’m so grateful that I signed up for the Getting Started with Nature Connection course.

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Full Sensory Awareness sessions reveal that we are truly connected to the elements in the universe. Every sight, sound, smell, taste and feeling comes alive. During my session, I felt a poetic rhythm between the living earth and my whole body and mind. My heartbeat aligned with the distant sounds of birds. Each warm breath joined with the crisp cool breeze in an entrancing dance across my cheeks and even the blood circulating through my veins played a part in this symphony of nature. For a moment, I imaged what all of these elements and feelings would taste like once mixed into a recipe to nurture my mind. It may taste like a blend of earthy leaves saturated with the sweetness of summer berries that are golden brown like pancakes or maybe a refreshing peppermint flavored cake with robust dark chocolate chips slowly melting on top. Perhaps it’s both or neither. I have never considered nature to be a musical buffet of harmonious deliciousness, but I do now and I can’t wait to share this experience with my clients.

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The Open Vision Technique is challenging, however, I can see the benefits and will include it in my wilderness therapy toolbox. During the instruction video, I realized we have been trained by societal influences to be hyper focused on one thing directly in front of us and then another and yet another. This must be exhausting to our minds to continue this behavior all day and could be a direct result of our stress, anxiety and maybe even paranoia. Open Vision seems to be the basic foundation of our human survival mechanism and is a more natural way to see our surroundings. This one technique will significantly increase a connection to nature as well as our everyday environment relieving everyday stress, creating a relaxed mind and promoting awareness. The Open Vision Technique should be included in a “How to Access Your Super Powers” course…just saying.

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Hello EBI, my experience with a Surround Sound Session was extraordinary. Before I left the comfort-zone of my home, I set precise intentions for what it was that I wanted to experience, what challenge I wanted solved once an awakening state of mind was reached and a few things I wanted to acknowledge that I am grateful for.

I walked across an uncut hayfield on my way to a sanctuary in the woods, paying close attention to the sounds of the golden colored stems as they brushed against my pants. With arms outstretched, I turned my palms down to feel the tall grasses and lifted my head skyward showing my appreciation to the warm sun that pushed down against the chill of this December day. I thought to myself,” this is a perfect start to something incredible.”

I made my way out of the field and onto a meandering path that pulled me deep into nature and there, just in the distance, I could see a perfect thinking spot, a place that gets all the attention from the universe and none from man. I approached it with respect, as if it were an ancient glen of wisdom…and it was to me. I softly sat in the presence of wise old trees and rocks and dirt that knew the Earth long before humans.

I began the Surround Sound Session just as I had been taught by EBI. With my eyes closed, I breathed in slowly while directing my attention outward to the left until my attention was grabbed by the sound of dry leaves being blown about by the wind. I thought about how those leaves had completed the cycle of the changing seasons. The trees had grown them in the spring for nourishment and comfort and now they served a new purpose on the ground. The trees don’t worry or stress that they are gone because they trust that they will grow more in the spring. That’s just the nature of nature. With another deep breath, my mind’s eye pushed further out and even further with an exhale until I could no longer bring the sounds into focus.

I followed the steps of the session. With slow intentional breaths in and controlled breaths out, I concentrated behind me and then to the left and finally to the front. I completed the cycle with listening above and below me. Each change of direction brought new insights to what I was experiencing. My Surround Sound Session taught me that nature is predictably unpredictable and that’s ok. That is the intentional design of it. That is what makes it so brilliant and spontaneous and it never wants to be anything other than that.

I realized that I’m human and humans have challenges, much like the trees in winter. With patience and awareness, spring will arrive with a new batch of “leaf opportunities” and they will grow into a summer of possibilities. After serving their purpose, those possibilities will fade into the autumn of our lives and go on to serve another purpose somewhere else. For us, this cycle of changing seasons can happen every day of our lives. That’s just the nature of nature that I am connected to.

I finished my Surround Sound Session with whispers of all the things that I am grateful for. There is a whisper about Earth Based Institute echoing through a wooded glen of wisdom even as I type these words. Thank You Michael Jospé, I am grateful for you.