In the 1960s, Ezekiel Sanchez, a Native American immigrant from Mexico who was one of sixteen children in his family, received a scholarship to attend college - the first person in his family to do so. Not surprisingly, he struggled. Then outdoor survival expert Larry Olsen, a professor at the college, involved Sanchez in a project he was conducting, and Sanchez learned how testing himself in nature calmed him, centered him, and increased his self-confidence.

Together, Sanchez and Olsen began designing wilderness experiences for young people, and in 1988 they formed ANASAZI, a wilderness-based program emphasizing the acquisition of deep wisdom through encounters with the natural world.

ANASAZI's programs for young people, parents, leaders, and couples have directly touched many thousands of lives, and the model that Sanchez and Olsen created has affected more than 500,000 people. It is based on principles of harmony, responsibility, caring, and honoring the potential for greatness in oneself and others.

Sanchez says, "The heart is where the change has to begin for a true walking in harmony. Walking in harmony is being at peace with all that is around you with your heart and mind in balance." In this session he will share what he has learned from his eventful life about those subjects and others.

From this session you will learn, among other things:

• How choosing whether to "walk forward" or "walk backward" determines the quality of a life



• The sources of lasting trust, cooperation, loyalty, and commitment



• How a fault-finding cycle undermines identity and self-worth



• Why all change must begin with a Change of Heart



• How to live in harmony with "the one that stands within"



• How to build authentic relationships and repair damaged ones

Before he was a teenager, Ezekiel Sanchez learned to forage in the desert wilderness to supplement the food supply of his 18-person family. He began high school at 19 and graduated when he was 22. After graduating from Brigham Young University, he taught wilderness-based programs in a remote area of a Navajo reservation. In 1988, he and Larry Olsen founded the ANASAZI Foundation, which is located in Arizona.

He and his wife Pauline have been named "Parents of the Year" and have been awarded the "Excellence in Parenting National Award." They have seven children.

What Others Have Said

"ANASAZI uses the principles I believe in. With caring and personal sacrifice, the staff and the realities of the wilderness soften hearts and build confidence of the right kind." - Stephen Covey

"All of you who are associated with ANASAZI...are truly lighting the way for people lost in the dark."- Barbara Bush

"Right now, my daughter is happy and playful and fun to be around. We talk all the time. She does her chores and always keeps her curfew. She is beginning to have a good life again. She is alive, and for this I am truly grateful. I will forever be grateful for ANASAZI, for the Trail Walkers, for Ezekiel, for all the staff at ANASAZI, for the anonymous and not-so-anonymous ones that donated time and money so that I could send my beautiful daughter to just the right place for our whole family to heal."- Mother of a Young Walker

"ANASAZI is where I learned the meaning of feeling good and wanting to stay that way. It's where things were hard, but things were good. I learned that everyone has something special inside of them and that gave me the assurance that maybe I did too."- A Young Walker

Some of His Thoughts

"The ANASAZI Way is not to change the behavior of the Young Walker or the Parents, but to provide opportunities for the heart to be touched, so the change can come willingly from the 'one who stands within.' Then the Change of Heart, like clear water, will flow without compulsion."

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