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2010 Summer Classes Poets at Play Listen to nature and hear the wisdom of your inner voice Location: Jackson, WY (lodging available) Join Lyn Dalebout, biologist and poet, and Cathy Shill, biologist and nature guide for a creative exploration to listen to the many voices found in nature and the wisdom of your own unique voice. We will venture to various places and provide left and right brain exercises to link the power of place to the power of your imagination. Emphasis will be given to creative translation of personal insights and inspiration into journal form. Poets at Play Cathy and Lyn will be offering a weekend workshop at the Murie Center,
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Teaching
As a biologist, poet and educator, my approach to teaching is to combine science and art, right and left brain approaches to learning. It is more fun and effective this way.
Mentoring Education
I am available for co-creating classes and experiences that meet the needs of you and your group.
I have worked for many years within various educational contexts including the public schools K-12 and universities, and for organizations such as the Greater Yellowstone Coalition and the National Park Service. I've led dozens of workshops with teachers and graduate students from around the world. I have been fortunate to work with the Teton Science Schools, one of the first and best environmental education centers in the world, since I was an intern in 1976.
I have also studied disciplines such as Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Brain Gym, and I like to include these body-based tools as part of my teaching as I find they enhance learning.
Poet-at-Play Guiding Services
This is a way to experience nature in a more intimate way. I can be hired as a private guide or teacher for you, your group or organization. As both a biologist and poet, I enjoy helping to connect your inner creativity with the outer natural world through meditative and writing experiences. We all know, time in nature is renewing, restoring, rejuvenating. Allow me to join your adventure to make it a creative adventure by connecting to our inner nature at a deeper level as we move through the beauty of outer nature. Through walking, appreciating the beauty, and a series of exercises to quiet our busy minds, we will open and expand our six senses. Experience the emergence of your unique inner wisdom, gain insight, and discover answers to questions that naturally arise as you slow down, saunter, and still your mind.
Think of this as becoming more like the animals you love watching
by using more of your senses than you are used to. Think of this
as not just learning about nature (although we will have a chance
to learn more about plants, animals and the ecosystem) but directly
from nature. In the process, rediscover how the natural world and
all its intelligence soothes and calms, awakens and inspires, guides and
gifts us with answers to our questions.
Writing Coach Services
Through conversations and exercises, I can help you write that book or poem you’ve longed to write. I can also assist with the conceptual editing of your work in progress, helping you to uncover missing pieces or deeper links to your own creative muse.
