Category: Ecopsychology

• Vernal Equinox

  

  Today marks the vernal equinox. Vernal is a lovely word, meaning pertaining to spring. Spring derives from the Old Norse and means to jump or rise. It seems appropriate that we spring forward into the season, a time in which new life appears to literally spring into being. Among my favorite places to visit as…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 20, 2016

  Ecopsychology, Nature, Shamanism

  equinox, Native American, seasons, Shamanism

• At the Bird Feeder

  

   This post was published earlier this month in Into the Bardo, an online magazine. I hope you will take at look at the zine, and maybe say “hi” to the wonderful people who work so hard to being it to us! Earlier today I went out back to refill the bird feeder. I walked through…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 8, 2016

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, native american, Shamanism, Social issues

  animals, climate change, colonialism, healing, Shamanism, stories

• Traces

  We went downtown last night to walk and enjoy the lights. As we drove home the snow began. This morning, for the first time this season, there are a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It appears to be snowing still in the mountains where snow fell most of yesterday. Christmas Eve the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 20, 2015

  Climate Change, Ecopsychology, Healing, native american, Stories

  Aldo Leopold, healing, Lauret Savoy, Native American, racism

• Among the Rock People

  This morning the sea is flat and  calm, its vibrant blue reflecting the clear, sun filled sky above. A small seal, who has visited daily, plays a short distance offshore. Yesterday we visited Schoodic, one of our favorite parts of Acadia National Park. The peninsula is a ways north of Mt. Desert Island, a considerable…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 10, 2015

  Ecopsychology, Shamanism

  Ecopsychology, Rocck People, Shamanism