Deepening into Nature
fall 2024
with Ron Hays, Deb scrivens, & Mindy Springer
The Celebration of Abundance
Overview
october 16 - november 7
We show up and our participation generates a mutual conversation with the living world. A conversation that can unfold anywhere and at any time. Nature’s living web responds to the vibrations of our care and love. In our openness to the palette of color, texture, scale, movement, depth, and diversity of the natural world, we bring ourselves into a closer encounter with our Gaian source, and our light within.
Explore with us! Discover fascinating new wonders of the living world flying, flowing, and flourishing in the environment of gardens, parks, and wildlands near you.
Join Ron, Deb, and Mindy and bring your curiosity and delight to the vibrantly living world of Fall in nature.
Description
Fall is the time of harvesting nature’s summer vibrance in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer’s shades of green become autumn’s gold. High above, flocks of migrating birds wing their way to warmer grounds. Insects snuggle between the crevices in bark or burrow in the ground, lying dormant during the cold months. This is the season of gratitude for the harvest of life.
The Deepening Into Nature series of classes melds our enhanced outer senses with the inner awareness of our generative light. As humans incarnating upon Gaia, we have an innate connection to the natural world. This relationship with all of life calls us to recognize ourselves as a strand of the living web of life - a web of light woven into every being. With soft vision, we see the world with new eyes. With ears attuned to the softest vibration or the loudest noise, the chatter of life becomes a chorus of discovery. Nature reveals itself. We know ourselves not as composers or conductors but as members of a choir harmonizing with all voices around us.
Like our preceding classes, our Fall session will focus on developing our naturalist abilities as we play and explore terra, the living substance of the land - the physical earth, the unique character of the Hawaiian Islands, and the gratitude we can hold for the abundance of love and joy that flows from nature to the human community.
Class Format
During our three weeks, we will host three online gatherings to communicate and share our practices. During the weeks between the presentations, we will hold open ‘Chat Times’ to discuss our explorations of nature together. The Fall Session of Deepening Into Nature 2024 is the third of four Deepening classes, each one with a theme appropriate for the season. You may participate in a single class or the remaining classes - Fall, and Winter (held in 2025).
We invite you into our exploration together.
To learn more about the class format, schedule of presentations, class Library, and other information about the class, download the Fall Session Format.
“I find the class magical - the vibe, the mix of science, poetic vision, and spirituality.”
Lorian Covenant of Confidentiality
Please Note: Your registration in a Lorian class confirms your commitment to uphold Agreements of Confidentiality and mutual respect which govern the spirit, the intent, and the practice of our education experience together.
REGISTRATION $150
* Scholarships for the Fall Session are available. If you are interested, please contact Susan Sherman at susans@lorian.org
Class Facilitators
Ron Hays
Ron is an ordained Lorian priest with a lifelong interest in spiritual disciplines. Having spent years in a spiritual community founded by one of G.I. Gurdjieff’s students, he went on to learn shamanic practices with Michael Harner. He holds a degree in environmental science with a focus in riparian ecology. From early childhood his passion has been the outdoors – camping, hiking, and observing the world around him. He lives in Eagle Creek, Oregon sharing a beautiful land with his wife Christy.
Deb Scrivens
Deb worked professionally as a naturalist and environmental educator for 45 years and trained as a spiritual counselor and healer since 1997. A graduate of Huxley College of Environmental Studies, her teachers and mentors include Tom Brown Jr., Jon Young, Sandra and Michael Harner and Sandy Ingerman. An avid outdoorswoman, gardener, and world traveler, she lives in Oregon on the Sandy River with her husband. and two cats.
Mindy Springer
A practical adventurer, Mindy has followed her inclination toward beauty across the country and throughout her life. She resides in the home she and her husband built at the confluence of the Klickitat and Columbia Rivers with her two kids and two cats. A diverse career path has given her the opportunity to develop her skills as a facilitator, commune daily with nature and weave her spiritual practices throughout.
Visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for more information on our online classes, and our Policies page for information on late registration, refunds, and privacy.