Free Live Online Gathering 

with Jon Young & Sarah Fontaine

Saturday October 4th, 2025

11:00am to 1:00pm Pacific Time

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The world is suffering from a crisis of socially normalized disconnection.

From large scale to small, thousands of moments of disconnection can lead to isolation, depression, and overall dis-harmony.


With intention, awareness, and simple tools, we can create the space for deepening connection in all of our relationships. 

We can move ourselves and other people to relating from the heart, in the present moment, with authenticity. And, we can open the conversation with the other-than-human world — all of the natural world with which we are interwoven.

  • Connection Principles

    Learn principles of connection that are simple, powerful, and easeful as they reflect our natural way of being.

  • Practice with Nature

    Get direct experience applying these principles to your relationships in Nature, practicing together in the group field.

  • Join in Community

    Receive an invitation to join us in the Living Connection 1st Online Village, a place to connect with people who connect with Nature.

Living Connection 1st Village will open for enrollment on October 4th for a short time.

The Cornerstones of Connection gathering is open to all who are interested in deepening connection, and serves as an introduction to the culture we practice and are committed to in the Living Connection 1st Online Village.

If you are interested in joining we strongly encourage you to partake in this conversation (live or by watching the recording)!

Click here to learn more about Living Connection 1st Village.

Let's prepare the hearth together...

All who register will get access to the recording:

About the Facilitators

Jon Young

Jon Young is a deep nature-people-self connection researcher, mentor, naturalist, wildlife tracker, author, workshop leader, consultant and storyteller. Jon has been mentored in deep nature connection by his own grandmothers, Tom Brown, Jr. and a host of elders and experts. As a leader in the field of nature-based community building over 40 years, Jon’s research into the impact and significance of nature on mentoring, human intelligence, spirituality, well-being and development has influenced tens of thousands of people worldwide. Jon has authored and co-authored several seminal works on nature connection and connection mentoring, including What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World (2013), and Coyote's Guide to Connecting to Nature (2007). Jon has appeared in numerous documentaries including The Animal Communicator (2012). In 2016, he received the Champion of Environmental Education Award for his innovative work, which has inspired positive developments in the field, and fostered the growth of the nature connection movement on a global level.

Sarah Fontaine

Sarah is a Wildlife Tracker, Interspecies Communicator, and Nature Connection Facilitator. For over 25 years, Sarah has been practicing ways of deepening connection with self and nature through psychoeducation, neuroscience, somatics and energy awareness. Greatly informed by over 20 years as a professional Massage Therapist and Bodyworker, her studies and practice include Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Trauma Integration, Emotional Clearing, Craniosacral Therapy, Chakra-work, Traditional Chinese Medicine Meridians and Five Elements theory. She has studied wildlife tracking through Shikari Tracker Mentoring with Jon Young and Josh Lane, Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School, and Cybertracker Conservation. She is a graduate of the Kamana Naturalist Training Program, and studied Interspecies Communication with Anna Breytenbach and Wynter Worsthorne. She currently offers Wildlife Tracking courses, pathways for applying neuroscience and energy awareness to nature connection practices, and co-facilitates online programs for deep nature connection at Living Connection 1st.