Living sustainably is perhaps one of the most compelling spiritual challenges of our times.  More than a passing socio-economic trend, sustainable living is a spiritual issue because it requires us to face our societal addiction to the unhealthy and unreliable energy sources required by our current life support systems.

Learning how to live sustainably will be the basis for our explorative time together.  This is a profound energy addiction recovery program (rehab for your natural soul!) and like any true addiction recovery, it will include looking deeply at ourselves and our lives, considering some of the spiritual impacts on our journey toward sustainability.

What are the spiritual issues that underlie the challenges facing our addictive lifestyles?

What can we do to prepare ourselves spiritually for the vast changes before us?



Co-Creative Gardening                                          
Instructor: Scott McGuire : August  17, 18 and 19
Cost $75.00 (US)

Spirituality and Sustainable Living           
Instructors: Joanna Gabriel and Scott McGuire

Part 1 – Sustainable Neighbor : September 14, 15 and 16 and October 19, 20, and 21
Cost $75.00 (US)
  
Part 2 – Sustainable Leader  : September 21, 22 and 23 and October 26, 27 and 28
Cost $75.00 (US)

(*schedule note: the October classes may be combined into one 5-day workshop. 
Stay tuned!)

Power Places of the State of Jefferson (S. Oregon and N. California)
Spirit Guide: Scott McGuire
(Dates, Pricing and Registration are not yet available for this workshop)



 


Co-Creative Gardening                                          
Instructor: Scott McGuire
August  17, 18 and 19


This course is all about deepening our relationship with the plant kingdom – one of the essential keys to living a sustainable life.  And it’s about moving through the gateway of the plant kingdom to develop a deeper relationship with all of nature.

This is not a typical gardening class full of tips and techniques.  Our goal is to develop skills that will serve us in working in partnership with nature, moving away from manipulation into more conscious inter-action. 

We will learn how to enter into a partnership with nature, specifically, in our gardens.  We approach this with the understanding that plants are intelligent beings with an innate understanding of their needs.  Our job as co-creative gardeners is to find out what they are, and learn how we can best meet them.

Join us as we tap into the tradition of Findhorn, Perelandra, Anastasia and others, and develop the skills and wisdom for recreating paradise on earth.



Spirituality and Sustainable Living           
Instructors: Joanna Gabriel and Scott McGuire

Part 1 – Sustainable Neighbor
September 14, 15 and 16 and October 19, 20, and 21

Part one of this workshop, Sustainable Neighbor, is for people who are becoming aware of climate change, Peak Oil and global corruptions, but are not yet clear about what we can do about them. 

We all know what isn’t working.  How do we adapt?  How do we increase true functionality?  How can we co-create a sustainable world?

What are the most workable spiritual responses, attitudes and actions around effective sustainable living?  This course includes a rigorous self-assessment of options, including community support potential, local resources, and personal skills and abilities. 

Learn how to put Being the Source into serious practice.  Come to this workshop and find out what you need to know, and by the close of our time together, you’ll be well on your way to knowing it. 

Yet if you want life to continue in its present form, if you want life to go on as it has been on the Earth, you are going to have to create the adaptation that life now needs to make, rather than simply stand by and watch it occur.
-from The New Revelations


Part 2 – Sustainable Leader                 
September 21, 22 and 23
October 26, 27 and 28

Part two, Sustainable Leader is not a class for students of sustainability.  This is for the teachers of the emergent sustainability movement, the ones who will guide our communities into a very different tomorrow than any of us can imagine. 

Our job is to imagine, to picture everything that might be needed for a sustainable life, and then acquire the skills, tools, and abilities necessary to achieve it.  And then prepare ourselves to teach these things in the pre-serve-ation of our homes. 

It all depends on how committed you are to experiencing your earth as the paradise, and your life as the virtually unlimited opportunity, that they can be.
-from Tomorrow’s God


Power Places of the State of Jefferson (S. Oregon and N. California)
Spirit Guide: Scott McGuire
Dates, Pricing and registration are not yet available for this event.

This journey will be a multi-layered and multi-dimensional experience.  Not only will we spend a full day in each of five awesome power places, we’ll also be developing our innate abilities to attune to the “gifts of place”. 

These five days present a wonderful opportunity to create a personal pilgrimage, exploring your life’s path in the reflective engagement offered at each location.

We’ll begin at Mount Shasta, one of the most spiritually powerful mountains in the world.  After drinking the pure waters of the Big Springs (headwaters of the Sacramento River) we’ll spend the day on the mountain at a place called Panther Meadows, considered a holy place by local tribes for centuries.

Next will be Mount Mazama, a massive ancient volcano that blew it’s top, then collected rain and snowmelt to form what we now call Crater Lake.  We’ll spend the day hiking, lunching and reflecting in the powerful presence of this natural wonder, a jewel of the National Park system.

Then we’ll take a jaunt to the Redwood Forest, with some of the largest trees in the world.  We’ll commune and communicate with them along the pristine Smith River, and bask in their mighty presence.

The next day will be a highlight of the tour, a journey to a sacred natural hot springs.  Seven pools of graduated temperatures from hot to cool cascade down a wooded slope with the North Umpquah River rushing below.  A short hike through ancient forest will bring us to this remote location where purifying and cleansing of body, mind and soul await.

We’ll conclude our time together by exploring the magical landscape of a human-created power place; Ashland’s own Lithia Park.  Surrounding Ashland Creek, this jewel was designed by John McLaren, who also designed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.  A special place all it’s own, Lithia Park will offer a sweet haven to integrate the whole week, slow down a bit and integrate the gifts of all our exploring.