The Nature Praxis: Ecotherapy for Self & Wellbeing
About this Course
The Nature Praxis is a guided 12-week journey for adults aged 18–36 who want to reduce stress, strengthen self-awareness and build a regular relationship with nature. Weekly outdoor practices combine shared experiences in Siem Reap, individual practice in a safe local outdoor space and online reflection. The journey offers a supportive, trauma-sensitive process with clear boundaries, practical methods and a personal plan for continuing nature practice. It is designed for personal wellbeing and development, not as professional ecotherapy training.
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Contents
Arrive & Notice
Begin by slowing down, orienting yourself and opening your senses. You set an intention and establish a personal Sitting Place. Practices include sensory walks, breathing and grounding, mindful movement, quiet observation and reflective journaling.
Relate & Understand
Explore body awareness, emotions, relationship with place and the Ecological Self. Drawing, journaling and landscape metaphors support reflection, while observing relationships in an ecosystem invites you to notice how living systems, weather, place and your own responses shape the experience.
Meet Edges & Adapt
Observe how you respond to uncertainty and manageable discomfort through the principle of Challenging by Choice. You are invited to work with your own limits, adapt your participation and develop practical ways of meeting changing conditions without pressure to perform.
Integrate & Continue
Recognise personal resources, belonging, gratitude and reciprocity. Simple actions of reciprocity connect reflection with everyday life and lead into a continuing nature-practice plan.
Weekly practice and shared reflection
Each week includes one structured outdoor practice of approximately 90–120 minutes. Four practices take place as shared experiences at a designated outdoor meeting point in Siem Reap, while eight are completed individually. An equivalent solo version is available for every shared practice. Four online Integration Circles create space to reflect after weeks 3, 6, 9 and 12, learn from one another and connect outdoor experiences with everyday life.
Learning themes
The journey brings together personal wellbeing and stress awareness, nature connection and the Ecological Self, mindfulness, experiential and reflective learning, resilience in uncertainty, connection with others and community, and sustainable personal habits. Nature is treated as an active partner rather than merely as scenery.
Structure
The program begins with a mandatory online onboarding covering the learning approach, personal boundaries, confidentiality and safe self-guided practice. The twelve-week journey then follows four phases: Arrive & Notice, Relate & Understand, Meet Edges & Adapt, and Integrate & Continue.
Participants complete one guided outdoor practice each week. Four practices are shared in Siem Reap and eight are completed individually, with a solo alternative available for each shared practice. Four online Integration Circles take place after weeks 3, 6, 9 and 12.
Prerequisites
The program is for adults aged 18–36. You may participate in shared activities in Siem Reap or complete the equivalent solo practices in a familiar, low-risk and accessible outdoor location.
Participation includes the mandatory online onboarding and a commitment to follow the safety guidance. Check weather and daylight, carry a phone for emergencies, inform someone when appropriate, and adapt or stop any practice whenever needed. The program may complement professional support, but it is not psychotherapy, medical treatment or crisis care.
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About the Organizer
YEP Academy
YEP is a catalyst to foster personal growth and sustainable living mindset.
We are here to increase your awareness of yourself, others, and nature.
We are using Nature as a Learning Field, referring to the concept of using the natural environment as a setting for education and learning.
YEP Academy is driven by a team of diverse individuals who have a passion for nature, outdoor activities, and empowerment.
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