Nature Therapy Guide Hughes Kraft and Maine Master Naturalist Jack Flanagan are combining efforts to offer an opportunity to connect deeply with nature.

Their complementary practices of appreciating emotional and sensory experiences while moving mindfully outdoors makes for enriching connections. The craft of the Nature Therapy Guide is to facilitate reconnecting physically and emotionally with the natural healing capacities of the body. The naturalist’s call is to notice and describe the details of identity and interconnection in the physical world. Experiencing nature from the inside out and outside in teaches we are not separate from nature, but citizens of it. Discover connections that are there for you.

This 3-hour workshop will blend the approaches of a naturalist and techniques of a nature therapy guide to create an understanding of emotional and scientific relationships with “the living world.” Questions will arise while exploring and making observations. Walking at the pace of curiosity, we will answer the questions we can, use resources to find answers we don’t have, and maintain the humble practice of not-knowing.

Hughes Kraft is a Certified Nature Therapy Guide, writer and psychotherapist with a private practice in Portland, Maine. He enjoys sharing ways to build bridges between the human and more than human world. Hughes enjoys generous time in nature in all seasons whether biking, skiing, hiking or kayaking. He loves that his three grown kids love the outdoors as much as him.

Jack Flanagan is a psychotherapist in group practice with Wellspace Maine. He has an oddly varied career as an outdoor educator, guide, carpenter, corporate trainer and counselor. Somehow it all hangs together. People tell him that naturalists are deliberate. Mostly we’re just curious and anything we don’t recognize is a good reason to stop and flip through an identification guide.

2 DATES to choose from - SATURDAYS OCT 14 & DEC 9

10am-1pm $25.

Meet at the Androscoggin Riverlands State Park, Center Bridge Road, Turner

Nature Therapy Guide Hughes Kraft and Maine Master Naturalist Jack Flanagan are combining efforts to offer an opportunity to connect deeply with nature. Their complementary practices of appreciating emotional and sensory experiences while moving mindfully outdoors makes for enriching connections. The craft of the Nature Therapy Guide is to facilitate reconnecting physically and emotionally with the natural healing capacities of the body. The naturalist’s call is to notice and describe the details of identity and interconnection in the physical world. Experiencing nature from the inside out and outside in teaches we are not separate from nature, but citizens of it. Discover connections that are there for you. This 3-hour workshop will blend the approaches of a naturalist and techniques of a nature therapy guide to create an understanding of emotional and scientific relationships with “the living world.” Questions will arise while exploring and making observations. Walking at the pace of curiosity, we will answer the questions we can, use resources to find answers we don’t have, and maintain the humble practice of not-knowing. Hughes Kraft is a Certified Nature Therapy Guide, writer and psychotherapist with a private practice in Portland, Maine. He enjoys sharing ways to build bridges between the human and more than human world. Hughes enjoys generous time in nature in all seasons whether biking, skiing, hiking or kayaking. He loves that his three grown kids love the outdoors as much as him. Jack Flanagan is a psychotherapist in group practice with Wellspace Maine. He has an oddly varied career as an outdoor educator, guide, carpenter, corporate trainer and counselor. Somehow it all hangs together. People tell him that naturalists are deliberate. Mostly we’re just curious and anything we don’t recognize is a good reason to stop and flip through an identification guide.

Learn how to use essential oils and available items in your kitchen to create your own exfoliating scrub! With a mixture of clove, vanilla extract, sugar, and coconut oil, you will create a scrub that you can use on your hands or body.

Materials fee is $7, paid directly to the instructor.

Materials for class: Please bring a glass measuring cup (at least 2 cups) plus a spatula or spoon for stirring.

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Aromatherapy Care Package

(running for 6+ years)-This course is a low-impact, full-body workout to help tone muscles, increase range of motion, mobility and flexibility and help reduce stress.  You will move through a series of stretching and toning exercises that will elongate and strengthen muscles.  No experience is necessary.  Bring a mat for floorwork and light hand-held weights or 2 filled up water bottles to use during the toning section.  

You will learn how to make a selection of bath and beauty products perfect for the home spa experience. In the class, we will make all natural solid lotion bars, cleansing sugar scrub cubes and dry face masks. You will leave the class with 2 mini solid lotion bars, a jar of cleansing sugar scrub cubes and a dry face mask. You will also leave with the recipes used in the class.

Additional Material Fee: $20, paid to instructor at class by cash or check

You’ve stared up at the night sky, you’ve tracked the dance of planets through horoscopes and transit charts and perhaps now find yourself longing to have a deeper, more personal, more tangible relationship with these celestial beings. Did you know that, like us, plants have horoscopes? Shaped by the same energetic influences, they bear the imprint and energies of the Cosmos, growing in your front yard. We may never reach Mars, but we can experience its sharp heat through the nettle plant! This workshop explores the foundations of the Seven Planets and some Plant Folk who, in my experience and opinion, mirror their energy and being. Each planet and plant discussed will be accompanied by a recipe or activity to help us physically engage with both our celestial and terrestrial community. They include crafting a lunar massage oil over the course of the lunar cycle, blending Saturnian smoke medicine to use for ritual observance (or enjoy after a long day), and making a very special flower essence to honor boundaries - the “skin of all things.” Registrants will receive a recording of the workshop as well as a booklet with notes, instructions and recipes. Students must have an audio- and video-enabled laptop, desktop, or tablet with reliable internet to participate in class. We do not recommend using a smartphone. 

It takes EMS an average of 7 minutes to respond to an emergency. The general public are usually the first ones on scene and this class will teach you skills to help an injured person until first responders arrive. We will cover Hands-only CPR and AED, administering nalozone, using an EPI pen, bleeding control and moving patients. These skills will give you the knowledge and confidence to help someone in an emergency when you are the First on the Scene. This is a one night class.

FREE but pre-registration required

Healthy Shoulders - Hermon Covey Physical Therapy 

Matthew Soucy, OTR/L 

Shoulder pain and injury has a lot to do with muscle weakness and muscle imbalance.

Avoid pain and injury and come work on your upper body strength! Get those arms and upper back/core strong and flexible. All classes are taught by therapists and they can easily provide modifications if needed. Classes held at Hermon Covey Physical Therapy - 2263 RT. 2, Hermon, ME. Six classes per session.  Please indicate which session you would like to register for. To be considered registered, class fee must be paid in full.

Session 2: Mondays, 12/18/23 - 2/5/24                          5 - 5:45 pm

Please note the time of this class has been changed to 5:00 p.m. -5:45 p.m.

Shoulder pain and injury has a lot to do with muscle weakness and muscle imbalance. Avoid pain and injury and come work on your upper body strength! Get those arms and upper back/core strong and flexible. All classes are taught by therapists and they can easily provide modifications if needed. Classes held at Hermon Covey Physical Therapy - 2263 RT. 2, Hermon, ME