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According to an old legend a Native American woman found a wolf pup while out collecting wood for her tribe. The animal was alone, starving and close to death. She carried the wolf cub back to her camp where she fed him and kept him warm in her tepee. He grew quickly and they became inseparable friends. One morning they went to the river to drink, and in the soft mud the woman saw their tracks from the previous evening – human and wolf footprints turning into two sets of wolf tracks. Confused by what she saw, the woman sought advice from the old chief who told her that as recompense for the tiny life she had saved, the wolf had given her the gift of existing in two forms: human and wolf. That evening she sat by the water with her wolf companion and looked at the reflection, and a female wolf looked back.
- Shawn Ellis, writing of Pawnee
and Lakota Lore in The Spirit of the Wolf
There was a time when human and wolf shared the earth in harmony. In many cultures, the deep bond between men and wolf is said to be forged in the stars; in Western astronomy, for example, Orion the Hunter and Canis Major (the Big Dog) walk close together in the sky. The wolf-human bond has been carried through tens of thousands of years on the earth through an association that ensured survival, growth and a prosperous co-evolution. However, at some point humans forgot their pristine origin and synergistic relationship with the wolf.
But the wolf never forgot and each night howls to the night sky beckoning the human to remember…
Reconnect and explore this ancient bond on Monday after the Cleargreen workshop in the wilds of a natural reserve!
In this Cleargreen-sponsored community class, participants will have the opportunity to interact with live wolves and wolfdogs, in a safe and supervised manner, in a natural sanctuary in the high desert North of Los Angeles, rekindling the bond and attributes that once made them inseparable.
Class is led by Teo Alfero, youth counselor, founder of non-profit wolf sanctuary Wolf Connection, and practitioner and associate instructor of Tensegrity |
Class starts at 4:30 pm-
Check in will start at 4.00 pm-
Contribution:
$50 per person payable only in advance. That includes a presentation, sunset hike in the mountains with the pack, dinner, play time with the animals, and who knows what else will happen …
Registration for this event will close Wednesday September 1st. NO registration at the door. Please register in advance by contacting us at: wolfconnectionteam@gmail.com
Once you register we will send you a link to online payment and directions to the Wolf Connection facility.
The facility is 60 minutes driving from Los Angeles. Please give yourself enough time to arrive 15 to 30 minutes early to complete your registration and get settled.
Transportation:
We recommend that you carpool. For those who don’t have a vehicle, vans will leave at 3pm sharp from the Cleargreen office in Culver City. If you wish to use this service please let us know when you register. This service has an extra cost of $25 per person.
Both the wolf and human packs at the Reserve are looking forward to seeing you there!
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