Yellow Bear Journeys

Soul Refreshing EcoJourneys

     Restoring your hope, strength, and joy
     Bringing clarity to your next step in life

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Your Soul Refreshing EcoJourneys

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     Yellow Bear Journeys designs, plans, and guides EcoTours primarily in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii with a unique focus: Restoring the hope, strength, and joy of the participants, and bringing clarity to their next step in life.
     Our Journeys are designed to reconnect everyday people with nature in gentle ways that allow enjoyment without overwhelming the participants. The rich, life-giving ecosystems of ocean beaches and rainforests are ideal environments to refresh those beleaguered by a modern lifestyle disconnected from nature, and those who have a nagging suspicion they’ve lost touch with their truest self and purpose.
     Most of our Journeys include more than a taste of local flavor. For instance, we offer a tour on Whidbey Island, WA. At the start of the tour you are offered Whidbey Island Ice Cream - straight from Whidbey Island, made with ingredients locally grown on Whidbey Island. As the tour continues, we help you see what makes that place so special. In most cases it’s they way in which people interact with the environment to make a place more special than when they arrived. It is our intent to follow suit and do likewise.
We offer Soul Refreshing Ecotours and Consulting
       Centering on Wholeness
       Following the Wind
       Reveling in the Moment!

We Offer These Types of EcoTours:

   •  EcoTours. An EcoTour is a Tour of nature, a chance to get to know nature better, perhaps on a first name basis. EcoTours are also referred to as Nature Tours, Environmental Tours, Ecological Tours, Nature Walks, Beach Walks, Rainforest Walks, and Outdoor Adventures. Some of our EcoTours explore other aspects of the environment – these include Green Cars, EcoEating, and EcoShopping. Ecotours typically take between 1/2 hr and two days. Ecotours typically require a minimum of 4 people and typically have a maximum limit of 20. Our tours involve bus rides, walking, and boat rides. Occasionally we take kayak trips. Other types of activities, such as rafting and ziplines are also available, but not included in most tours unless requested.
   •  EcoJourneys. EcoJourneys are for those who are ready to take their next step in life. On these Journeys, we help you connect with nature on a deep level. This will help you connect with others and with yourself on a deeper level. Deepening those connections helps you take your next step in life. If you feel your life is in a trance, these EcoJourneys are for you. We’ll help you get out of the trance. EcoJourneys include some low-key Life Voyage Consulting, time for self reflection, a celebration, and a time to share our awakenings. EcoJourneys typically take 5 days. EcoJourneys typically require a minimum of 4 people and typically have a maximum limit of 20.
   •  EcoVoyages. EcoVoyages are for those who know their life is about to make, or is in the midst of making, a significant transition. You’re about to discover who you really are; perhaps you already know on some level. EcoVoyages are for deep revelations, deep understandings, and mountain top living. On an EcoVoyage, we immerse ourselves with you in nature and in your transition. We invite you to step into your heart and live there. When you do so, you may experience what it’s like to walk on water. Your life will never be the same! EcoVoyages are EcoJourneys with additional non-low-key Life Voyage Consulting. EcoVoyages typically take as long as they need to take. They usually last somewhere between 5 days and one month. EcoVoyages are typically for 1 to 4 people, but can be arranged for larger groups (up to 20).
     EcoVolunTours. EcoVolunTours are Volunteer Tours or Voluntours focused on saving the environment. These are sometimes called Tours for EcoVolunteers.

   Collectively we could refer to our EcoTours, EcoJourneys, and EcoVoyages as EcoExplorations. Instead, we refer to them as EcoTours and EcoJourneys interchangeably. EcoJourneys can be taken as EcoTours or EcoVoyages. EcoTours can be taken as EcoJourneys or EcoVoyages. The difference is the amount of Life Voyage Consulting you will experience, if any. If you have any questions about this, please ask.

We Offer the Following:

   •  Scheduled EcoTours – Sign up to join others on these.
   •  Flex-Scheduled EcoTours – Sign up to take one of these. Unless otherwise stated, Flex-Scheduled EcoTours and EcoJourneys require a minimum of 4 people. If you don’t have four people, sign up anyway. When three others have signed up, we can decide on a schedule that works well for all. Flex-Scheduled EcoTours require advanced notice, in order to schedule them. If lodging is required, they often require more lead time.
   •  Customized EcoTours – You want to go on an EcoTour, but you want something different from what we offer. We have connections around the world who will help us provide you with a customized EcoTour.
   •  Resources for your EcoTours – Travel Gear, Clothes, Beach/Nature, Personal Care, Celebration, Awakening, Energy, Bears, Links, Books, and Language Helps.
   •  Speaking Engagements
   •  Consulting and Research in the following areas: Travel, Life, Career, Computer (including Information), Green Car, Non-Toxic Living, Celebration, Awakening, and Writing.

Each of Our EcoTours Include:

   •  Fun, Relaxation, Exploration, Discovery
   •  A Chance to Share the Experience with Others

Each of Our Longer EcoJourneys Include:

   •  Time to Refresh your Soul, Connect with Nature and with Others, and Find your Next Step in Life
   •  A Tour, A Celebration, and An Awakening – Visit Nature in Her Own Backyard, Rejoice in the Hope that You Find, Come Alive to the Possibilities

Our EcoTours Focus on, but are not Limited to:

   •  Beaches
   •  Rainforests
   •  The Pacific NW (Washington, Oregon, British Columbia)
   •  Hawaii

We also cover a variety of other subjects:

   •  Green Cars
   •  Peace is Eco
   •  Organic Wine
   •  Natural Plant Nurseries
   •  EcoEating
   •  EcoShopping
   •  Etc.

Who Can Participate:

     Our EcoTours are designed to be enjoyed by people of all ages, in most levels of physical fitness, unless designated otherwise. If you have special physical needs, please contact us to see if we can arrange alternative transportation and lodging to meet those needs.

Our Commitment to the Environment:

     On each EcoTour we strive to balance the needs of the environment, the needs of the people (including comfort), and financial reality. We will always seek the most environmentally friendly lodging, food, and transportation choices within a reasonable travel budget.
     We try and make our EcoTours as non-toxic as possible. We look for lodging choices which use no pesticides or other toxic chemicals. We discourage the use of toxic insect repellants.
     At Yellow Bear Journeys, we are committed to making our EcoTours as fragrance-free as possible. We believe this is best for the health of all participants. We travel at close quarters and showing consideration for the air we share helps avoid dangerous asthmatic, allergic, and migraine triggers. See our Fragrance-Free Policy for more information.
     We will help you purchase carbon offsets to make your trip carbon neutral.
     We ask you to pack out what you pack in and to recycle when possible.

We Also Offer EcoTours from Other Companies:

     From time to time we find a great EcoTour that we think you would be interested in. When that happens we add them to our offerings, but let you know up front that it is offered through a third party. EcoTours offered by third parties may have different policies with regard to the environment than we do. They also do not usually include any Life Voyage Consulting.