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THE PROCESS:
In backyards or backcountry
savor the fun adventures of a lifetime. They begin in a natural
area where we learn to follow 53 sensory callings from natural
attractions. Safely, these attractions break through limiting
walls of our thinking and bring us to hidden attractive valleys
in our mind. Here we discover an imprisoned essence of life inside
ourselves and help it reconnect it to its ancient home and origins
in nature. This nurturing reconnection enchants and energizes
nature's vibrant, fulfilling spirit into our consciousness and
thinking.
Discover
how to further enjoy your connections to nature's dancing energies, balance
and beauty. Learn what even Harvard University won't teach you,
how to let life help you feel stronger about life and make things
naturally go better
Learn how
to promote self-improvement. Our excessive separation from nature creates
an inner void that produces our insatiable wants. Our unfulfilled
wants stress us. They fuel our greed and our stress related personal,
social and environmental disorders. We feel we never have enough.
From your home, gain the expertise to let genuine connections
with nature reverse this destructive process in yourself and
others.
For fun,
growth and profit, master thoughtful sensory activities that demonstrably center and renew us,
that dissolve stress by lastingly satisfying our deepest natural
loves, wants and spirit. Empower yourself to let the attractive
wonders of nature pull you out of the shadows of disorders and
discontent.
Explore
new, nature-connected, interpersonal skills, thinking, and techniques. Use them to help
yourself and others tap the "higher power" wisdom of
nature anywhere.
Heighten
your inherent sensory awareness:
Let nature help your spirit soar.
Recapture nature's balance, peace and beauty.
Restore
vibrant connections with the Earth.
Discover the supportive energies in nature's wonders.
Strengthen and increase the resilience of your natural self,
your inner child.
Learn a
nature centered hobby or livelihood:
Applied Ecopsychology increases wellness and creativity. You
may learn and teach this accredited healing process for an enjoyable
and profitable livelihood. Let contact with nature help you build rewarding,
sustainable relationships for yourself and others
This program
is designed for:
--teachers, students and parents,
--counselors, outdoor and recovery
leaders,
--nature enthusiasts, social
and mental health workers,
--persons involved in self-improvement,
hospice and stress management.
Optional academic or professional
credit is available
through home study. Distance learning degree programs are available.
"This
fascinating literary work recycles your thinking. Cohen goes
beyond simply exploring a relationship between psychology and
ecology. He lets the natural world give us new ways to reason
and consciously participate in our relationship with nature within
and around us. His activity options provide discovery, education
and emotional support as you do them. Even youngsters learn,enjoy
and teach reconnecting with nature through the internet."
Chuck Lynd, Education Forum Administrator
on the CompuServe Network
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From Psychology Today
April, 1994
"Michael J. Cohen, Ed.D. pioneers a synthesis of ecology
and psychology he calls Applied Ecopsychology or Integrated Ecology.
Cohen demonstrates that both the destruction of the Earth's environment
and people's isolation, stress and dysfunction stem from a fundamental
denial of our connection to nature. And by reconnecting with
nature, in backyards or back country, we reverse our disorders.
Cohen and his project are not lone hunters of the bond between
man and nature. According to Pulitzer-Prize winning sociobiologist
Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D., of Harvard, people have an inherent
biological need to be in contact with the out-of-doors. He and
many other experts find that nature holds the key to our aesthetic,
intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction."
"Reconnecting
With Nature enables us to support and apply our good judgement,
innate knowledge and visions for a better tomorrow. Here is an
environmental educator who teams up with Earth to create a vehicle
of hope."
Dr. Charles
Yaple,
Director, Coalition for Education in the Outdoors
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From Prevention Magazine
March, 1997
"Walks
have taken on a whole new dimension...thanks to some activities
I learned from Michael J. Cohen, Ed.D. when he recently met with
several Prevention staff
members. Dr. Cohen practices and teaches applied ecopsychology,
a new area of psychology that views people as profoundly affected
by the natural world. He taught us some activities that felt
so relaxing and inspiring that we asked him to help us design
some for you...They are like one-a-day nature vitamins. They
help you recognize more strongly, through direct experience,
you're a part of nature, not apart from it...They help people
make a profound connection between their psychological health,
their sense of well being and the health of the environment around
them by becoming aware of all the sensory experiences nature
offers."
"This
book gently blends wholeness and critical thinking. It offers
the powerful dimensions of intuition and sense of place to those
who want to support responsible action toward the natural world.
The multisensory chapters are plain fun, involving for both adults
and children - skillfully connecting our minds with our experiences,
and opening our awareness to the lessons of nature."
Shann Weston Project Wild coordenator, Oregon
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FromThe Electronic Green
Journal February, 1997
"Can
one simply revert back to nature sentiently and be healed? Cohen
has managed to craft an essay that does a good job of explaining
why we must all bring our 53 subdued natural senses back into
consciousness. His optimism and fervent belief in this message
permeates every paragraph."
"This
timely sound theory and well grounded experience demands its
use by enlightened people. I find its personalized sensory-focused
activities gently, safely lead adults and children back outdoors.
It should quickly become mainstream in any society struggling
to find connectedness and meaning in life for it allows the natural
world to nurture a responsible growing edge of culture."
Bill Hammond, Director of Education, Lee County,
Forida
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