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2008, Living Mandala
creative services by: 360 Degrees

Backyard Bird Language

ON-LINE COURSE

With John Young

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Instructors & Hosts

Jon Young

Nicole Young

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Description

You see birds in your yard everyday, but did you know they have a lot to say about YOU?  Learn about the art of understanding Bird Language in these fun free videos with Jon Young, author of What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World.


What if You Could...

  1. •Easily find relief from daily stress in a way that was engaging and really FUN?

  2. •Shift your awareness and connect with the wild in your own neighborhood?

  3. •Birds are the sentries—and our key to understanding the world beyond our front door. Unwitting humans create a zone of disturbance that scatters the wildlife. Respectful humans who heed the birds acquire an awareness that radically changes the dynamic.


How would you like to unlock this mystery to understand the language of the world around you?


This groundbreaking information unites indigenous knowledge, the latest research, and the Jon’s own experience of four decades in the field to lead us toward a deeper connection to the animals and, in the end, a deeper connection to ourselves.


  1. *Tune your intuition and senses through Bird Language.




What Do the Birds Say About You?

You can't fool a bird. They'll let you know if you are disturbing them. Birds respond to the way you carry yourself in the world; their lives depend on it. Learn from the birds in your backyard how to find peace and presence - they'll let you know if you are on the right track.


What if you could go on a walk in your backyard with an expert who understands the language of the birds? What if that expert could help you understand what the birds are saying about you and your backyard?


Join bird language expert, Jon Young, author of What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World, on a backyard bird language adventure.


In these free videos, Jon visits with a neighbor and shares some hard-won secrets of understanding bird language.




 



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About the Book - What the Robin Knows

Birds are the sentries – and our key – to understanding the world beyond our front door. Unwitting humans create a zone of disturbance that scatters the wildlife. Respectful humans who heed the birds acquire an awareness that radically changes the dynamic.


We are welcome in their habitat. The birds don’t fly away. The larger animals don’t race off.


A lifelong birder, tracker, and naturalist, Jon Young is guided in his work and teaching by three basic premises:


  1. •The robin, junco, and other songbirds know everything important about their environment, be it backyard or forest.

  2. •By tuning in to their vocalizations and behavior, we can acquire much of this wisdom for our own pleasure and benefit.

  3. •The birds’ companion calls and warning alarms are just as important as their songs.


No longer hapless intruders, we now find, see, and engage the deer, the fox, the red-shouldered hawk—even the elusive, whispering wren.


“Deep bird language is an ancient discipline, perfected by Native peoples the world over. Finally, science is catching up.”

 

Instructor


Jon Young

Jon Young grew up in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and was mentored from from the age of 10 as a naturalist, tracker, survivalist, and mentor in a Native American tradition by the tracker and author Tom Brown, Jr. He received his BS in Environmental Science in 1983 from Cook College, Rutgers University, with particular emphasis on natural history and anthropology and a focus on how native cultures helped their children understand and connect with the natural world. From 1984 to 1994, Jon was mentored as naturalist, tracker, cultural specialist and mentor by the African Akamba elder Ingwe. Inspired by his mentoring with Tom Brown, Jr., fueled by his studies in natural history and anthropology, and guided by the elder Ingwe, Jon has pioneered blending Native mentoring and cultural techniques from around the world with a broad array of tools for connecting with nature, and developing refined and holistic tracking skills.


Jon co-founded the Wilderness Awareness School with the support of the honored elder Ingwe in 1983, and has created several popular training tape series, including being the principal author of both the Kamana Naturalist Training Program and The North American Master Shikari Sequence for CyberTracker. Out of the Wilderness Awareness School, Jon developed a system that is now called “8 Shields Cultural Mentoring”. This system tracks processes and mentoring techniques that are built into the design of one-on-one mentoring programs, family mentoring practices, community-based mentoring, and more traditional modes of education. The 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring model has now influenced well over 100 nature and eco-community programs in the United States, Canada and Europe, and is also used in his consulting for organizations, government agencies and communities worldwide. Jon has utilized the 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring model to develop and enhance community development for communities interested in working with peace-making as it relates to nature connection. This has evolved into a world-wide network of practicing communities.


Jon has given over 1000 public presentations and has helped many PhD and Masters students as well as undergraduates with the completion of their degrees on topics ranging from native education to wildlife tracking. Jon is married and has six children, and truly wants his children and future grandchildren to experience the joy and benefits of living in a whole and healthy world and as part of a remarkable community of mentors! For more information on Jon Young visit www.jonyoung.org















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