Ecofluency: Rhythms of Remembrance

Join Dr. Saskia von Diest and Ruby Singh for an immersive retreat that invites participants into a reweaving of rhythms between inner and outer landscapes, through the elemental wisdom of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether.

This workshop-style retreat integrates intuitive Nature communication, poetic expression, sound, movement, and contemplative practice to support participants in attuning the body as a listening instrument for conversation with the more-than-human world.

Through experiential methods of creative inquiry, participants will compost outdated mental models rooted in colonization and the illusion of disconnection, and remember what it feels like to belong to this planet that nurtures and supports every aspect of our lives, Earth. We will incorporate daily practices that sustain embodied dialogue with self, community, and land in practical, efficient and energetically safe ways.

The aim is that participants return home with skills to engage Nature as a conscious collaborator in co-creating their futures in closer alignment with all of life on Earth.

Aligned with Hollyhock’s vision of personal and collective transformation, this offering is both a restoration and a remembrance – an invitation back into the living conversation between people and place.

What You’ll Gain

• Awaken pathways of imagination and attune the body as a receptive instrument for Nature’s communication and communion through sound, poetry, and somatic movement
• Experience silence and stillness through contemplative practices, to feel deeper peace, connection and healing with inner and outer landscapes
• Learn how to apply the 9-step Ecofluency guidelines for everyday communication with any aspect of Nature in a practical, efficient and energetically safe way
• Integrate skills learned in the retreat to breathe more inspiration and enchantment into personal and work life, and co-create your future in closer alignment with all of life on Earth
• Share with others to build a community of practice

Who This Program is For

• Anyone and everyone who is a human over the age of 18. BYOB – bring your own beliefs!
• Beginners, intermediates and professionals in the field of Nature connection and communication, such as eco-therapists, diving instructors, animal communicators, pet psychics
• People who are curious about how voice, soundscapes in ecosystems, music, rhythm, movement and dance can be forms of expressive communication with the rest of Nature
• Ecosystem custodians, such as farmers, gardeners, landscapers, foresters, and urban re-greening facilitators

What You’ll Experience

• Attune ourselves to the natural world through awakening our senses
• Listen deeply through silent walks, field recording and bio-sonification
• Express ourselves through movement and voice to connect with the vibrant worlds around us
• Practice two-way communication with various aspects of Nature
• Make notes and journaling, both in circle and in private
• Develop new ways to journey into our inner realms
• Create and participate in a ritual and ceremony with and for the elements of Nature
• Practice silence and contemplation, both in stillness and in slow movement
• Nourish body, mind and soul: eat, rest, digest and assimilate

Testimonials

The Ecofluency Weekend Retreat was completely life-changing. I went into it with a mixture of openness and skepticism that I could actually communicate with trees. I was absolutely blown away by the magical experience of nature communication. Saskia created an enchanting and caring atmosphere that brought out the best in all of us.  —Keridwen, writer and editor, Germany

After thoroughly researching Saskia’s work, I felt confident enough to try her online course on nature communication. It changed my life … I learned to communicate with nature in a balanced, grounded, practical, and fun way … Thank you, Saskia, for your amazing work. For those who feel called to deeply transform their relationship with themselves and others, Ecofluency’s nature communication course might be exactly what you need. —Cassie, leadership coach, Canada

“Ruby Singh is a visionary artist … blending the technological world with art, social and environmental causes … Singh’s work reveals a new, malleable reality that is long overdue.” — CBC

Daily Schedule

A detailed schedule will be emailed to you about 30 days prior to your program. Click here to view a sample program schedule.