Thank you Lake Tahoe School and Incline Middle School for celebrating Earth day with an earth Walk!
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95 students from Lake Tahoe School and Incline Middle School came to experience the Earth Day opening of the Earth Walk Site. Guided walks followed by capturing insights in the Earth journal, pledging one thing they will do to help the Lake, learn about the 3rd Creek Lahontan reintroduction project, the legacy of Tahoe's original people and take a Habitat Shrine kit back to school to decorate.
Tahoe Watershed is Washoe Territory. The Washoe people are still here and have left little to no trace (after living here 10,000 years). Our message; Walk Softly, Respect Wildlife and Share Gratitude is to honor the Washo legacy of stewardship. We ask all those who traverse these lands to carry forward this legacy with ease, grace and joy.
The Incline Village Earth Walk site is now complete, at the Incline Village Visitor Center, on Hwy 28 in Incline Village. Just park or bus to the center, purchase the Earth Walk Guide booklet for $5 and head out on the sidewalk that borders the Frisbee Golf Course. At the bridge you will see the first navigational sign pointing you towards the creek. The guide has a map for this easy 1/2 mile immerse walk and the guidebook provides techniques for enriching your immersion and space for you to reflect.
Yes there are tennis courts, Frisbee, schools and other infrastructure within sight, so it makes it even more amazing to feel how powerful the earths calming and cleansing power is as you take each breath and step with meditative intent, despite any encounters - just feel the flow of the water, wind and land calling you deeper to yourself.
Ever immersed yourself in the magic of nature?
An Earth Walk is inspired by the 10,000 years of Tahoe's first people, who walked with the earth, vs. only on the earth. It shares the indigenous values of 'Nature Immersion' and 'Forest Bathing' also known as 'Shin Rin Yoku'. http://www.shinrin-yoku.org/shinrin-yoku.html.
Basically, its soaking in the nourishment of nature at a mindful, intentional pace. As you slow down to smell, feel, listen and notice the shapes of water, sounds have new meaning, wildlife begins to move (when you don’t) and colors convey their distinct harmonies.
Mindful Earth Walking has potent mental, physical and neurological benefits. There are even Guides certified to help foster your experience, like; Felix Brosch, ANFT Certified Nature Therapy Guide , Tahoe's Nature Therapy Guide: www.earthkraft.org.
Sustainable Tahoe is facilitating the emergence of ‘Earth Walks’ sites throughout the original Washoe Territory. Each site will showcase an indigenous Galis Dungal (Washoe traditional Shelter). Ben Rupert, the great grandson of Moses Rupert, the last Shaman of the Washo, and his son John constructed the Incline Village and Tahoe Vista Galis Dungal. (Paid for with a Nevada Commission on Tourism Grant we received).
Parking, bathrooms and visitor center, with docent on-site, will makes it easy to connect people to guided walks, native crafts, moccasin making, etc., (also coordinated with an online calendar). The Earth Walk Guide booklet utilizes some of the nature therapy techniques while providing a way to journal your experience. It is supplemental to a personal guide experience and if no guide is available, can support your exploration.
Tahoe cannot afford visitors who do not embrace stewardship at some level. Creating sustainable adventures that inspire visitors to adopt principles of stewardship will help preserve our precious water for all days now and when.
We have 3 sites in process: Incline Village Visitor Center, Tahoe Vistana Hotel, Tailor Creek
Potential sites: Galena Creek, OxBo Preserve, Truckee Meadows
How you can help:
Volunteer: contribute skills related to creating a site: scouting, construction, photography, editing, graphics, web support
Partner/Sponsor: Help fund and/or develop a site: costs for structure, signs, printing, online calendar
Participate: Take a mindful walk, lead by example and/or support this effort: Earth Walk Campaign
The Incline Village Earth Walk site is now complete, at the Incline Village Visitor Center, on Hwy 28 in Incline Village. Just park or bus to the center, purchase the Earth Walk Guide booklet for $5 and head out on the sidewalk that borders the Frisbee Golf Course. At the bridge you will see the first navigational sign pointing you towards the creek. The guide has a map for this easy 1/2 mile immerse walk and the guidebook provides techniques for enriching your immersion and space for you to reflect.
Yes there are tennis courts, Frisbee, schools and other infrastructure within sight, so it makes it even more amazing to feel how powerful the earths calming and cleansing power is as you take each breath and step with meditative intent, despite any encounters - just feel the flow of the water, wind and land calling you deeper to yourself.
Ever immersed yourself in the magic of nature?
An Earth Walk is inspired by the 10,000 years of Tahoe's first people, who walked with the earth, vs. only on the earth. It shares the indigenous values of 'Nature Immersion' and 'Forest Bathing' also known as 'Shin Rin Yoku'. http://www.shinrin-yoku.org/shinrin-yoku.html.
Basically, its soaking in the nourishment of nature at a mindful, intentional pace. As you slow down to smell, feel, listen and notice the shapes of water, sounds have new meaning, wildlife begins to move (when you don’t) and colors convey their distinct harmonies.
Mindful Earth Walking has potent mental, physical and neurological benefits. There are even Guides certified to help foster your experience, like; Felix Brosch, ANFT Certified Nature Therapy Guide , Tahoe's Nature Therapy Guide: www.earthkraft.org.
Sustainable Tahoe is facilitating the emergence of ‘Earth Walks’ sites throughout the original Washoe Territory. Each site will showcase an indigenous Galis Dungal (Washoe traditional Shelter). Ben Rupert, the great grandson of Moses Rupert, the last Shaman of the Washo, and his son John constructed the Incline Village and Tahoe Vista Galis Dungal. (Paid for with a Nevada Commission on Tourism Grant we received).
Parking, bathrooms and visitor center, with docent on-site, will makes it easy to connect people to guided walks, native crafts, moccasin making, etc., (also coordinated with an online calendar). The Earth Walk Guide booklet utilizes some of the nature therapy techniques while providing a way to journal your experience. It is supplemental to a personal guide experience and if no guide is available, can support your exploration.
Tahoe cannot afford visitors who do not embrace stewardship at some level. Creating sustainable adventures that inspire visitors to adopt principles of stewardship will help preserve our precious water for all days now and when.
We have 3 sites in process: Incline Village Visitor Center, Tahoe Vistana Hotel, Tailor Creek
Potential sites: Galena Creek, OxBo Preserve, Truckee Meadows
How you can help:
Volunteer: contribute skills related to creating a site: scouting, construction, photography, editing, graphics, web support
Partner/Sponsor: Help fund and/or develop a site: costs for structure, signs, printing, online calendar
Participate: Take a mindful walk, lead by example and/or support this effort: Earth Walk Campaign
