Art Of Mentoring - Weekend Educators' Retreat

The Art Of Mentoring – Educators Retreat (Star River, Nelson, B.C)


Welcome to the “Art Of Mentoring” educators retreat, for the first time ever hosted in Canada at beautiful Star River Sanctuary! This retreat is a rare opportunity to dive-deep into mentorship culture, connect/network with other educators, schools and organizations, and learn directly from Twin Eagles Wilderness School’s co-founder Jeannine Tidwell. Designed for school teachers, outdoor educators, nature enthusiasts, and anyone passionate about becoming a better teacher, guide and mentor to those they work with.

Retreat Description
Ideas and concepts of good mentoring are crucial as we rediscover effective, natural ways of helping people develop deep connections to nature and their communities. Equally as important for people who may not have grown up surrounded by a natural mentoring culture, is the opportunity to experience it firsthand, to develop a “felt sense” of how it works. The Art of Mentoring is an immersion into this culture of awareness.

Participants come together for an immersion into storytelling, ceremonies, celebrations, singing, group activities, adventures, time to wander alone and reflect within the beautiful landscape of Star River Sanctuary. Integral to this experience is a gathering of like-minded spirits, passionately exploring the skills of living intimately with the earth, and discovering more about themselves in the process. This retreat will alter your view of today’s youth and create a possibility for the future like you may not have experienced before.

Included in this retreat are:
🌿 3 organic and delicious meals (2 lunches, 1 dinner) provided by on-site retreat chef
🌿 Over 15 hours of instruction delivered by Jeannine and her assistant
🌿 Fun and engaging group activities
🌿 Peer mentoring sessions
🌿 Group circles and discussions
🌿 Optional overnight stay in one of Star Rivers’ accommodation options

Over the course of this training, facilitators and mentors will create a living cultural basket to surround your experience. Together we discover what it means (and how it feels) to play a part in re-establishing a healthy, vibrant culture of awareness. This experience is essential for anyone interested in bringing mentoring to his or her own community. Many people come together to explore their connection to others who share the same vision, restore their hope and swap stories of lessons learned.

Through a combination of lecture, storytelling, discussions, group activities, nature connection, and peer mentoring sessions, participants will learn the importance of heightened awareness in students, and how it relates to critical thinking and problem solving. We will discover how to use symbol and metaphor to create a powerful educational environment, the role of brain patterning, and the natural flow of the human learning process. We will dive into how stories, song and other artistic expressions open a doorway to authentic student growth while exploring essential routines found throughout the world that ground students in their senses and expand awareness.

About Facilitator: Jeannine Tidwell is Co-Founder and Co-Director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School. She has been of service in the work of earth-based living skills and mentoring for over 25 years and has been mentoring people of all ages for over two decades. She offers coaching in leadership and personal growth and development and as well as programs for girls and women in Rites of Passage.

As a result of taking this course, participants will:

• Have an opportunity to meet and network with other educators, mentors and guides in the area
• Experience first-hand what it feels like to be masterfully held within a culture of deep nature connection and mentorship
• Experience for themselves how powerful the “cultural context” is in education
• Take home powerful images, metaphors, and tools to cultivate a supportive learning environment in their classrooms and respective learning environments
• Acquire concepts to facilitate the development of their student’s full potential
• Learn how to use stories and storytelling as a powerful educational tool
• Discover and practice time-honored mentoring tools
• Deepen their bond with self, community, and the natural world

Venue: Star River Sanctuary

Star River Sanctuary sits amidst 17 plus acres of pristine forest and gardens in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, near Nelson, BC. One of the highest properties in all Nelson, the views and beauty are unmatched in the area – truly a magical place to gather, learn, deepen, and remember together!

Unique Features of Star River Sanctuary:

• 36ft Star Temple Structure Dome ideal for larger gatherings

• 26ft Heart Dome for shared meals, relaxing, and laid back connection.

• Earth Temple is a 9 sided mini temple for small groups gatherings or can be set up for participants to receive body work treatments from our staff of amazing practitioners

• Eco-conscious living with composting toilets and hot showers

• Fully set up cabin and glamping lodging options (plus additional camping options) set in pristine wilderness

• Indoor and outdoor dining areas that blend rustic charm with the bounty of our gardens

• Our amazing Star River Catering, fully organic and catered to your unique dietary needs

• Experience our “7 Generation Garden Project” which includes epic veggie gardens, orchards, operational greenhouses, and so many flowering plants ensuring all meals created by our team are highlighted by garden-grown produce

• Enjoy the thousands of flowers in bloom here as a haven for pollinators, contributing to the vital web of life

• Be on the edge of hundreds of kilometres of protected forest withcountless glorious hiking and biking trails.

  

 We look forward to having you in the circle with us for this incredible deep-dive into the Art of Mentoring.