Ecocentric Institute
Ecocentric Institute is a nature based institute which provides  education, training and guidance for individuals and groups.  We utilize experiential frameworks which infuse nature, the arts and spirituality to educate, train and guide those who seek our services.  These frameworks support individuals, teams and communities in developing maturity beyond traditional ego-oriented practices.  This maturity leads to discoverys such as: our  life's purpose, unique gifts we have to offer and living more balanced and sustainable existances in tune with the natural world. 
An Ecocentric focus differs from  our traditional egocentric focus;  in that it honors the inherent value of all beings, human and those who live as other than human "beings" in nature.  This organic approach to growth and development offers what indigenous cultures understand as nature's intelligence.  An opportunity  arises to begin a journey of self discovery which can result in living a more authentic, balanced life with purpose beyond ego driven actions. For those who are called to embark on this journey; life becomes an intriguing mystery, lived with integrity, and a newly awakened consciousness for our responsibilities as integral members in the web of life. 

"Until mankind can extend the circle of his compassion to include all living things, he will never, himself, know peace".

                                  Albert  Schweitzer

Talk About Walking

Where am I going?  I'm going out, for a walk. 

 I don't know where except outside.

Outside argument, out beyond

wall papered walls, outside wherever it is

where nobody ever imagines. 

 Beyond where computers circumvent emotion,

where somebody shorted specs for rivets

for airframes on today's flights. 

 I'm taking off on my own two feet,

 I'm going to clear my head, to watch

mares'-tails instead of TV, to listen to trees

and silence, to see if I can still breathe.

I'm going to be alone with myself, to feel

how it feels to embrace what my feet

tell my head, what wind says in my good ear. 

 I mean to let myself be embraced, to let go

feeling so centripetally old. Do I know where I'm going?

I don't.  How long or far I have no idea.  No map.

 I said I was going to take a walk. 

 When I'll be back I'm not going to say.

 

Philip Booth

"Wherever you may go, the least plant may bring you clear rememberance of the Creator."

 

                             Plutarch (75 A.D.)