Date: Wednesdays, April 8, 15, 22, 29

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Taborspace
Tier A Pricing: $327
Tier B Pricing: $247
Tier C Pricing: $167
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Space limited to 20 students.

For most of human history, we lived within tightly knit natural ecosystems, sustained by the rhythms of nature. We were closely attuned to our environments—the air, water, land, plants, and animals—and we existed in reciprocity with the living world around us.

Today, most of us live largely disconnected from nature, and we feel it. On a psychological level (the focus of this course), this disconnection shows up as stress, anxiety, chronic overstimulation, and a diminished sense of identity and belonging. On a systemic level, it has contributed to the commodification of the natural world and the climate crisis we now face, something we'll acknowledge though it won't be our primary focus.

This course is an experiential journey into the relationship between the natural world and the human mind. Drawing on ecotherapy, environmental psychology, and Indigenous wisdom traditions that have long recognized the value of reciprocity with nature, we'll explore what it means to have a nature-based identity, and how reclaiming that identity can transform your well-being.

Through guided reflections and embodied practices, held both indoors and outdoors, you'll discover how time in nature supports resilience, reduces stress, and opens space for creative renewal. This course is ideal for anyone who loves spending time outdoors, is drawn to psychology and well-being, or is simply curious about how nature can support their mental and emotional health. Come open to sharing your thoughts and experiences and ready to step outside.

Aimee Frazier, MA, LPC, is a Portland-based mental health therapist specializing in hiking therapy and ecotherapy. She bridges traditional mental health treatment with the healing, evidence-based power of nature and has been featured in multiple news outlets, highlighting the benefits of outdoor-based mental health approaches.

Aimee is passionate about making ecopsychology accessible, embodied, and rooted in place. Her workshop invites participants to reconnect with themselves and the living world of nature through curiosity, awe, and embodied experiences.