The following text is an excerpt from a book, that is:

"To Bless the space between us"

by an Irish poet, philosopher, author and priest John O'Donohue.

I want to share with you his thoughts on what it means to finish something and start something else, trusting that every transition involves a new opportunity to create new ones. possibilities.

He reminds us that development has its own rhythm and takes place even when we don't see it. And a change can also be sudden and absolute.

(...) The beauty of nature has its own time, everything is prepared, nothing rushes. The rhythm of surfacing is like a slow beat that propels forward.

Because nothing happens abruptly, we often don't notice the beginning of spring. He's there before we see Him, and then we can't look anywhere without seeing Him.

To evolve is one of the great dreams of everyone, every heart, to change the boundaries, the same sequences, the banality of life, the pain.

And it seems it's not that simple. Often, we choose to stick to the old patterns rather than risk the risk of change. (...)

Beneath the surface of our lives, great changes are fermenting. You can always ask yourself:

where am I at this time of my life? What am I about to leave? Where am I about to enter? What's stopping me from crossing the next threshold? What gift would help me do it?

A threshold is not just a simple boundary, it is a boundary that separates two distinct spaces, rhythms and atmospheres.

translated from English, by Petra Kammerer

Nature-Assisted Therapy (Garden Therapy/Forest Therapy)
Applications for the training can already be submitted:
Please present a curriculum vitae, as well as other personal and professional references to nature-based methods.

FUNDING in 2025!
it is possible to request funding from IGT:BERLIN.

The application must be submitted informally together with the application to IGT:BERLIN.
There are two places for students with low incomes, and the course fee is reduced.

for further training --> here

TRAINING IS NOW AVAILABLE IN 2 SECTIONS:

The training can now also be attended in two sections, first the 5 self-awareness modules (nature-based methods) and then the qualification and consolidation phase (Nature-Assisted Therapy).

Dates:
Part 1 - The five self-awareness modules: Module L&B 4-6.4. / Module S 2-4.5. / Module W 6-8.6. / Module G 4-6.7. / Module K&K 1-3.8.
Part 2 - The Qualification & Specialization Modules: Module I&I 5-7.9. / Module P 3-5.10. / Module R&S 31.10-2.11.

the dates for the 2024 training: Nature-Assisted Therapy - (Garden Therapy/Forest Therapy) 

The 5 Self-Awareness Modules

5-7.4./3-5.5./31.5.-2.6./5-7.7./2-4.8.

 Qualification Modules & Examination Module

30.8.-1.9./4-6.10./1-3.11.2024

as well as 5x group supervision, dates will be announced at the beginning of the training, usually in the week after the respective module.

small group max. 8 people. Costs per module (3 days, Fri-Sun a 8h) 374€. further information and registration documents will be sent to you by email.

The first 5 modules of the training are self-exploration. Through the gardening and nature therapy exercises, we explore individual experience and personality structure. Reflection & sharing (sharing the content of experiences in the group) lead to a deeper understanding: This is who I am.

The training diagram shows the different approaches, sections and qualifications.

The advanced training in nature-assisted therapy refers to contents, methods and interventions in the following areas:

Biography work, art therapy, land art, gardening, psychotherapy, depth psychology, sensory training, forest therapy, metaphor work, sharing, mindfulness procedures, anamnesis. ... more

It is always about working with materials, places, objects or metaphors - with, and in nature.

Here are some notes on terms used in vocational education and training:

Education, vocational training, further education, further education, additional qualification here...

In landscape and climate therapy, the natural climatic environmental stimuli of particular areas are used in a natural way to accelerate healing. Particularly healing are stays at the seaside, in the middle and in the high mountains. The impression, one's own experience in the landscape, is also emotionally effective (geopsychic effect) Whether lush, barren, rugged or Depending on the geological shape / climatic zone, the peculiarities of flora and fauna, landscapes have a very different effect on the mental mood. Some examples of pictures (see above) from Research stays, in future offers it is planned to hold courses on site as well.

Bau und Pflege einer Wurmkiste

Das Medizinrad

Plants and Place - Biografiearbeit mit Familien

Klimafrühstück mit geretteten Lebensmitteln

Erforschen des Barfußpfad 

Kräuter erleben & Teeverkostung

Fermentierung & Verkostung (Kombucha/Kefir)

Tree Slices in the City – Research and Classification

Garden design of my allotment garden

City gardeners on a tree slice

Garden models with vegetables

Success gallery as a collage with natural materials

Nature Writing

"... The findings are useful to me privately in my garden as well as professionally as a pedagogical specialist in a daycare center. The IGT:BERLIN team gave me new perspectives, types of occupation and artistic explorations of nature in the forest and in the garden. The training is well thought out, practical and has been developed with a lot of commitment and empathy..."
(B.L., Oct 2020)

FORTBILDUNG 2025 ALS BILDUNGSZEIT

The five self-awareness modules will be offered as educational time for 2025, for which recognition is expected to be available in summer 24.

TRAINING TIME
: LEAVE OF UP TO 10 DAYS WITH FULL PAY!

Full-time employees in Berlin are entitled to 5 days of training time per year, for which they can be released from work. There is also the possibility to increase the educational period of the current year with that of the following year. Thus, up to 10 days can be taken in a year. The exemption for recognised training measures make it possible to participate during working hours. In the meantime, the salary will continue to be paid. The cost of the of the course are paid by the employees themselves. more information about the educational period:
https://www.berlin.de/sen/arbeit/weiterbildung/bildungszeit/

Nature-based interventions

Green therapies, nature-based activities, sustainable prevention.

With a foreword by Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Pierre Ibisch

16.5 × 24 cm | approx. 360 pages | bound

ca. 36,– € (DE) | ca. 32,90 € (AT)

ISBN 978-3-608-40179-0

Coming November 16, 2024

WGS 1534 (Psychology/Angewandte Psychologie)

A forum for graduates: As a staff, we stay in touch with each other about activities and professional matters. We always meet via Zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm. -->ALUMNI

The practice of the 5 elements can be practiced anywhere in nature and also as an "inner practice" at home.

The elemental practice includes body, breathing and imagination exercises. In practice, it is about remembering the basic qualities of the elements and a healing balance of the elemental energy. to be promoted.

Please register --> here, a zoom link will be sent (required: participation with camera).

The weekly online group starts on 25.1.2024

Contribution: 25.1.-28.3. 200€

the course ends on 28.3. after 10 dates.

more --> here

In conversation with Jordis Dony from the Benediktushof Holzkirchen: read the interview about forest bathing here -->

The doctrine of the elements is used in many traditions and healing methods, e.g. also in the Trad. Chin. Medicine, the 5 elements with corresponding phases of transformation. In Tibetan Practice The elements of earth, water, air, fire and space are also used for imagination exercises as meditation content in order to gain a deeper understanding of the connections in nature and nature. of being human.

Representational exercises, such as exploring different qualities of stagnant or flowing water (or other elements) are also practiced. Each element corresponds to a state of aggregation and also a sensory perception (earth --> feeling).

Through exercises in experiencing the elements, the sensory areas are addressed and material can be gained on the metaphor level in order to further research and exchange. Neuroscience confirms the effect of imagination exercises, which have been used for centuries in the Tibetan tradition, for example.

In this course, we will explore the qualities of the 5 elements in nature. Through the exercises, we come into contact with the element qualities within us as well. With the help of imagination exercises we research our "inner elements" on the levels of body, emotion and mind (cognition). We gain knowledge about our individual elemental aspects and practice exercises for Balancing the elements, this can also be very practical exercises with the elements. here -->