IEATA's 14th Annual International Conference

Explore the concept of your Ecological Self, through an integrated expressive arts process. What is your relationship to the natural world? How has your ecological awareness been shaped and developed over time? Through this gentle and powerful process, listen deeply for any messages that are emerging. By developing an awareness of our ecological self, we begin to heal the split and live the connection with increased consciousness and intention.Adapted from Kathleen Horne's Art as a Healing Practice body of work.This session will include: An introduction to the theme, a nature-based practice, a guided meditation, art-making, movement, writing, small group sharing.You will be encouraged to distill your experience into a "nugget of wisdom" to take, as a practice, and a commitment, into your life. Through this simple yet profound process, you will deeply experience the essential reciprocal relationship between yourself and the natural world. You will remember yourself as part of the more-than-human world, and experience the truth of these words -" I am within all of life and all of life is within me."