A creative, land based approach
Intentionally bring your creative, earthy self into the workplace, to become more effective, more efficient, and much more resilient to burnout.
Our approach is grounded on a simple vision:
When we connect with nature and embrace creativity, we make better decisions, deepen relationships, and experience radical regeneration from the inside, out.
When we intentionally bring our creative, nature-inspired selves into the workplace, we’re empowered to be:
More effective. More efficient. More resilient.
So why does this approach work?
The approach used by Earthen Vision is based on the Triple Spiral Framework © designed and piloted by Sarah West in 2019, which orients individuals around asking, listening, and reciprocating with the natural world while working with creative practices. Grounded in eco psychology theory, honed with years of client work, rooted in earth-based ancestral teachings from Europe and North America, and paired with decades of experiencing the embodied impacts of engaging the eco arts, the Triple Spiral Framework © has consistently shown to empower.
Identifying and articulating a key question, and intentionally pairing it with creative, land-based activities, dramatically decreases the time needed to explore an issue, making us more efficient. This is because a creative, land-based process quickly allows us to tap into what answers may be waiting in our subconscious, as well as other intelligences found in the natural world that can reveal to us what we may need to know. When we try to exclusively think and talk our way around an issue, solutions can be stifled as our minds only know what they already know. Movement also plays a key role, as this can support us coming into a flow state, where our minds and bodies find that balance between relaxation and awareness, clearing the space for innovative ideas to land. The answers that tend to arrive through such a process can be powerful and astute, meaning we can more effectively weave our work into the world. Being outdoors and working creatively also allows us to become more resilient, as these are key supports for a healthy and balanced nervous system.
This innovative and experiential approach has successfully supported clients in Indigenous communities, business sector executives, municipal governments, and governmental agencies. It’s also been presented at numerous national and international conferences.
Sarah actively teaches the Triple Spiral Framework, and the approach is detailed at length in her forthcoming book With Intention, With the Land.
So what does this look like?
CASE STUDIES
A week-long retreat for Executives in the business sector to: hone in on take-home resiliency practices; decision making on specific work-place issues; summarizing & integrating core personal & professional objectives.
A 3-part strategic planning session for an Indigenous organization, to map out current organizational priorities, relational dynamics and project initiatives; paired with an exploration of possible courses of action.
Over the course of several months, supporting a municipal government and key project coordinators take a unique approach to expert stakeholder consultation and engagement to develop a climate action plan.
During individual coaching sessions, supporting the mental health and well-being of individual professionals working on complex, controversial issues; identifying individualized skills and supports to bring into the workplace.
Professional development staff day for a governmental organization to look at practical ways to strengthen personal resiliency in the workplace; explore collective organizational questions & relational dynamics with clients; boost team cohesion with group experientials.
What can you expect?
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
TEAM GENERATED REFELCTIONS
CLEAR TAKE-AWAYS
OUTDOORS, INDOORS & ONLINE
Weave your work into the world (quite literally).
Walk with workplace challenges, circling around issues with varying perspectives.
Let working with the land focus and centre your decision making.
Draft business plans with a regulated nervous system (yes, they really can look like this).
Professional development and team building experientials in locations that inspire.
Identify personal resources in the workplace by creatively tuning in.
Holistically explore possibilities (even under florescent lights).
Feel the impact on your mind and body when working with natural materials indoors, outdoors and online.