classes & gatherings
Early Bird Registration for COMPASS Is Open!
A new cohort for this elemental inquiry — blending the tangible and the intangible, the known and the unknown in our everyday — is opening now.
Compass
a Yearlong Inquiry with the Elemental Forces of Change
Join me and a close cohort of deeply-tending humans as we move through the seasons. The elements guide us through spring, summer, the long space between, autumn, and winter, as we navigate our own personal evolution over the course of this year.
This cohort is centered on building a clear and integrative practice for yourself. That practice may look like something you can touch. It may look like something that stirs your mind or your heart. It might look like building patterns and pathways in your spirit that know how to connect with the moment for this year and all the years to come.
Early bird registration is open now!
I’ve created three cohorts to feed my spirit and make this a real option for you!
Explore the TANGIBLE, COLLECTIVE, or ALCHEMICAL COMPASS Cohorts now.
more upcoming events
Watering / Seeds of Change
FREE Virtual Gathering Tuesday, March 11 12pm-1pm ET, 9am-10am PT
Spring stirs an integral desire for transformation, to see ourselves anew and bring forth newness too.
The element of water buoys us in this earnest search. How can we approach the novelty of spring with the immense power of water? How can we nourish the depths of our own waters — the marrow in our bones, the channels that carry currents from heart to mind and back again, the soft stillness that holds the edges of every single cell — as we ease from winter to spring?
Water your seeds. Join me for a free gathering, a practice in deep inquiry and presence to celebrate the gifts of winter as we ready ourselves for spring.
resources
Elements & Compass Conversations
Between Heaven & Earth by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold
Wind in the Blood: Mayan Healing and Chinese Medicine by Hernan Garcia, Gilberto Balam, and Antonio Sierra
Herbalism Books
The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies by Juliet Blankespoor
Updating this list a little at a time…
past events
spring ephemeral plant walk APRIL 14 1:00-3:00
[wandering with wild ones]
This little journey won’t take us too far from point a to point b, but along the way there are so many early spring blossoms and other sprouting plants to connect with.
Spring ephemerals hold a special place in the human heart, easing our burdens as we move from winter to spring and wake our own spirits to the life around us. The little yellow bellwort and bright trillium blooms, sweet wood anemone, brilliant geranium… opening us into the moment.
We’ll start with a little cup of herbal tea to sip while we talk about the ecology of this particular zone, how it helps to shape the Southern Appalachian ecosystems, and what kinds of plants you might find here. We’ll cover some very, very basic botany to attune our senses to the intricate beauty of these small and significant flowers and then go walking to look for the spring ephemerals and their neighbors. If you want to get close, you can peer through a loupe to see even more of what is happening in the flowers. And if you’re a tree person, you should know, we still have cherry blossoms and the dogwoods are just starting to bloom. It’s going to be a beautiful day.
If you have questions about the gathering, please reach out to me! graham@rootdeepliving.com. If you want to be there to celebrate this ephemeral moment, be sure to register.
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