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SHARING NATURE

Training and Retreat
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Led by Joseph Cornell

Join
Nature enthusiasts from around the world

Learn
Techniques for personal and professional inspiration
The science and art of Flow Learning
Absorbing nature meditations
How to be an inspiring teacher

Celebrate
Sharing Nature’s 30th Anniversary

Sharing Nature Training and Retreat led by Joseph Cornell



“This Training was so powerful because it prepares you for both the inspirational and practical side of nature activities. I feel I have touched nature with my heart, and I have the techniques to share it with others.” —Dani Doueiri, Lebanon

What You Will Gain from the
Sharing Nature Training and Retreat

You’ll experience the Sharing Nature Flow Learning process, and discover how to use it to make your own programs more dynamic and life changing
You’ll gain specific activities and tools to enhance your teaching
You’ll get to know like-minded nature educators from around the world
You’ll be deeply recharged and inspired by focused time in a beautiful, natural setting

About Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell has trained thousands of teachers, parents, and nature educators around the world for the last 30 years. His Sharing Nature Books have been translated into twenty languages. Mr. Cornell is the founder of Sharing Nature Worldwide, with thousands of trainers in Japan, Brazil, Taiwan, Korea, and around the U.S. Backpacker Magazine has called him “one of the most highly regarded nature educators in the world today.” He has lived for over thirty years in the Ananda community (the workshop site). To find out more about Joseph Cornell’s nature and meditation activities, go to www.sharingnature.com.

An Experience of Flow Learning

Joseph will lead you through his Flow Learning™ system—a powerful tool to guide people from their present level of awareness into closer contact with nature’s healing presence.
Flow Learning provides a framework to enhance all nature programs, since it is based on universal principles of how people learn.

Joy in Nature Activities

You will experience nature awareness methods to quiet the mind and open the heart to a deeper experience of nature.

Other highlights include:

How to Be an Inspiring Teacher: You’ll discover new ways for bringing out the best in others
Sharing Nature activities for children and adults
A John Muir living history program performed by Joseph Cornell
Meeting Sharing Nature Country Coordinators from around the world and learning about their work
Optional practice of yoga postures and meditation
Delicious vegetarian meals

New! Booklet Honoring 30 Years of Sharing Nature

2009 Sharing Nature Worldwide Booklet
Celebrating 30 years of Sharing Nature with the world! Read the inspiring story of sharing nature in many countries and cultures.

Free PDF download
web version | print version

Great accommodations and prices

Ananda Village, Joseph’s home, is one of the world’s most successful intentional communities. The Expanding Light, Ananda’s guest facility, will host our program. The quietness and beauty of the forest environment make Ananda an ideal setting for the Sharing Nature Training.

Register now: 2 easy steps

Prices in the table below are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials as appropriate.

Sharing Nature Training and Retreat led by Joseph Cornell starts the afternoon of the first date listed and ends with lunch on the last date listed. See Transportation and Directions for maps and directions whether you are coming by plane, car, bus or train.

NOTE: We are offering a free shuttle from the Sacramento airport to The Expanding Light workshop site. The shuttle will leave the airport at 3:30 pm on Sunday, May 3. Please arrange your flight so that you have plenty of time to collect luggage and meet the shuttle. Please let the Reservations desk know of your desire to meet the shuttle when you make your reservation, so that we can get information from you on your flight times, share the meeting place, etc.
You are welcome to come to The Expanding Light a day or two early or stay on to enjoy this beautiful retreat center (at our regular Personal Retreat fees). Please let us know if you are interested in a shuttle for an early arrival. If we have enough people arriving early, we may be able to accommodate you.
The program will end with lunch on Friday, May 8. To take the free shuttle back to the Sacramento airport, please schedule your flight after 5 pm, since we will arrive at the airport about 3:30 pm.

To Register:

1. Choose your accommodation type. Click here to view options.

2. Click on Book Now below or call 1-800-346-5350
If you can’t find what you want online, please phone us at 1-800-346-5350. Only a small percentage of our rooms are available online.
You cannot reserve online 2 days or less before your arrival date or if you want a single shared room.

5 days
Tent / RV	Standard Shared	Standard Private	Deluxe Shared	Deluxe Private
$550	$700	$1,000	$875	$1,250