Wild Mind
Summer Program for Youth
(ages 15-18)
June 26-28, 2024
DISCOVER YOUR UNIQUE GIFTS AND TALENTS
Join a community of people who care about the Planet
Deepen your RELATIONSHIP WITH the natural world
LEARN TO LIVE IN CREATIVE AND POSITIVE WAYS
Introduction to Wild Mind supports and empowers young people (ages 15-18) in discovering their unique talents and how to live in creative and positive ways. It gives young people time to explore their place in a rapidly changing world and to focus on their strengths and talents.
Our approach is grounded in The Wild Mind Map of the Psyche created by psychologist and founder of the Animas Valley Institute, Bill Plotkin. This is a field guide to connecting our inner and outer natures with the wider, living world. It is a helpful guide to moving into adulthood and becoming aware of how we belong within the more-than-human world.
Participants will enjoy a community of people who care about the future of the planet while gaining new skills, deepening their relationship with the natural world, and exploring their gifts and talents.
We will gather on the following days: June 26, 10am to June 28, 12pm. The program takes place at Fernow Cabin, an historic Coconino County Forest Service cabin on the Mogollon Rim, approximately 22 miles south of Flagstaff, AZ on Forest Road 231 (https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234459?tab=info ).
This program is a partnership between Flagstaff College and Animas Valley Institute. To register, click on this link to go to the Animas Valley Institute website. Please register by June 10th.
Program Cost is $150 (requested contribution). If the program cost is beyond your means, your presence is still most welcome. For additional scholarship funds please contact us at info@flagstaffcollege.edu.
About Our “Wild Mind” Guides
John Lynch is a university professor, where he weaves eco-centric experiences and perspectives into his offerings. He has degrees in outdoor education & leadership, sustainable communities, and ecopsychology & environmental humanities. In addition to his work at Animas Valley Institute, he has training and certifications in gestalt practices and dialogical processing. John is an avid adventurer of wild places, professional outdoor educator, musician, wilderness guide and local initiator of soulful practices in his northern Arizona community. Above all else, however, John strives to be a loving father and partner.
Jacqueline Thompson graduated from Northern Arizona University with degrees in Environmental Studies and Outdoor Leadership & Education. She is a nature reconnection guide, certified yoga teacher, ritual facilitator, and educator whose vocation is helping people come into resonance with nature and creativity. Drawing from her professional history as a wilderness guide and her practice of Soulcraft through the Animas Valley Institute, she weaves creative expression into her work as founder and director of the Wild Wayfarer project.