Join International Outdoor Life Coaching trainer Kimberly Knight in the Sunshine State the day after Christmas to unwrap the gifts of Outdoor Life Coaching.

During this 1-day training course you will learn the basics you need to partner with nature in your coaching practice. We will explore together the powerful benefits of coaching and therapeutic encounters outdoors which you can use to integrate in your profession immediately.

During the training we’ll withdraw from daily life to reflect on the purpose and meaning of your life while you learn powerful outdoor coaching techniques and methods.

The training courses are useful for professionals such as (life)coaches, pastors, counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, career coaches, trainers etc.

We will explore the gifts of outdoor life coaching in the beautiful Stump Pass State Park on the remote end of Manasota Key in Englewood, Florida. At Stump Pass State Park, surrounded by inviting waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Lemon Bay, you may see a variety of wildlife such as ospreys, Southern bald eagles, fiddler crabs and wading birds, plus plants such as prickly pear cactus, indigo berry, red mangroves, black mangroves and buttonwood.

Topics

• Introduction
• Silent walk
• Practical topics
• How to prepare your client
• The basic questions of outdoor life coaching
• Opening your intuition
• Recognizing and utilizing metaphors and symbols in the environment
• Dealing with various weather conditions
• Dealing with obstacles, splits and junctions
• Different types of walks
• Using the symbolism of trees

About your guide:

I am am an international trainer authorized to give trainings in the United States by the International Institute for Outdoor Life Coaching, situated in the Netherlands. I have been leading therapeutic nature encounters in the old forests of Europe for the past five years and was trained in the extraordinary art of Outdoor Life Coaching.

I earned my M.Div. from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology where my studies focused on progressive and liberation theologies. While at Candler I engaged deep study of pastoral counseling, contemplative practices, constructivist pedagogy and a myriad of soulful shenanigans.

I am also:

a Veriditas trained labyrinth guide;
an ANFT nature therapy guide student
and deeply engaged in Active Hope learning experiences.

The golden thread running through my life’s journey is a persistent calling to find, as Frederick Buechner describes, the place where my deep gladness meets the world’s deep hunger.

Payment for this course

Participation costs €249 (just under $290) including reader and participation in 2 monthly online Q&A sessions thereafter.

If you do not want to pay yet because the training will not take place in the short term, please send us an email to reserve your spot. We will then send you an invoice two weeks prior to the training so you are assured of a spot in the training without being tied to the payment.

If you do pay already and we unexpectedly have to cancel the training, you will of course also get your money back.

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December 26
10 am – 5 pm
Stump Pass State Park (Florida)
Starting point: Park entrance
Minimum of 8 participants

The registration link below will connect you to the website and payment gateway of the International Institute for Outdoor Life Coaching.

Overnight accommodations are not included and are the responsibility of participants.
The Wanna B Inn is the closest hotel. It is very cute and definitely old Florida.

Wanna B Inn
985 Gulf Blvd.
Englewood, FL 34223

941-474-3431