// passing presence with the wild ones //
restorative, contemplative, connective time with a moment in place
a saturday morning retreat in Candler, North Carolina
April 13, 2024 10:00am-12:30pm (moved from original date in March due to weather)
Gather for a morning of presence, poetry, and practice with plants. It’ll be time to keep an eye out for the likes of bloodroot and trout lily, dwarf wild iris, trillium, foamflower, and the others that show their color this time of year. There’ll be time to wander on your own and be present with the ground beneath you and the plants around you, make a flower essence if you like (how to do so included), sip on a spring tea, and be with the medicine together.
Registration required. Please reach out to me at graham@rootdeepliving.com with any questions you have before registering.
Here’s what you can expect:
We’ll have a pot of herbal tea on the camp stove when you arrive, with time to gather and land and talk about what brings you to the woods this day. We’ll welcome some poetic guidance into our midst. We’ll talk briefly about some of the plants who are really out and about at the moment. (The numbers will likely still be few, but I know we’ll have plenty to meet anyway.) I’ll offer a brief introduction to making flower essences for those who are interested and provide supplies to you in case you’d like to take a vessel with you to make your own. Then you’ll have a good chunk of time to yourself, to wander or find a spot and rest or stick to the circle and talk about these things together. Finally, we’ll gather again, chat a bit about the connections we’ve made in the world, and harness a bit more of that poetic medicine before we go on our ways.
Please email me at graham@rootdeepliving.com for more details.