Nature Solo

Objectives:

To develop the connection of participants with nature. To create the context for personal discovery, insights and revelations. To stimulate the autonomy of the participants and their responsibility for their own personal development.

Description:

When introducing Nature Solo make sure to give participants safety instructions including the duration the solo will take and invite to activities that they can do:

Staying in one spot for the whole time and receiving the medicine of nature.

Engaging in conversations with the natural world.

Thinking about an important question and looking for answers from nature. Writing a letter of the deepest longings, dreams, wishes and reading it to a natural being.

Make a little departure ceremony and e.g. read a poem, smudge participants with sage, pass a bowl with seeds as offering for nature. Then, each person crosses a threshold (it can be an imaginary one, a bend branch or a rope that you tight between two trees) and leave to their solo time, in the forest. When time is up give a clear loud sign that participants come back to the starting point. It is recommended that participants are fasting a few hours before the solo. When they return welcome them with a small ritualistic moment and give them free time to integrate before you meet in a Council for sharing.