Nature Classes

May

Plant Class: Western Red Cedar

The Great Mother

Sunday 5/18 1-4pm

Centennial Park, Bothell

Western Red Cedar is a sacred tree in Salish culture and is known as the Tree of Life and the Grandmother Tree. She embodies maternal nurturing. She protects and sustains life. Her leaves are medicinal - antiviral, antifungal, cleansing, and calming.

This is an experiential, interactive, somatic, spiritual class to build relationship with and deepen your connection with nature for healing and growth. You will learn:

• the physical, emotional and spiritual healing properties of Cedar

• plant communication, heart perception, somatic techniques to connect with nature

• ethical and spiritual foraging practices

• wildcrafting techniques

• witchy tips for spiritual practice

• how to decolonize self and land

• make anointing oil and a burn bundle to take home, all materials included

$150pp or $120 for members of a BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ community

Tickets here

Indigenous folks attend for free, please email pnwecotherapy@gmail.com to register

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June

Plant Class: St. John’s Wort

The Sun to Move through Darkness

Sunday 6/15 1-4pm

Centennial Park, Bothell

St. John's Wort lifts you out of depression and into action. He gives you energy to move through darkness towards light. He is associated with the solar plexus, the summer solstice and the sun. He is a popular herb for depression, but be aware St. John's Wort should not be used internally with many medications.

This is an experiential, interactive, somatic, spiritual class to build relationship with and deepen your connection with nature for healing and growth. You will learn:

• the physical, emotional and spiritual healing properties of St. John’s Wort

• plant communication, heart perception, somatic techniques to connect with nature

• ethical and spiritual foraging practices

• wildcrafting techniques

• witchy tips for spiritual practice

• how to decolonize self and land

• make a tincture and oil to take home, all materials provided

$150pp or $120 for members of a BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ community

Tickets here

Indigenous folks attend for free, please email pnwecotherapy@gmail.com to register

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Women’s Nature Circle

Five weeks of connection with nature, self and others!

In this nature-based, somatic group for women, immerse yourself in nature for healing and growth in community with others. Meet weekly in a park for five weeks under the Cedar trees, with Hawthorn, surrounded by St. John’s Wort and more.

You will learn about plant and tree allies for your spiritual journey. Each week we will connect with one tree or plant of focus which corresponds to one element, one chakra and one area of the body. With gentle movement we will identify and release emotional blocks in the body, supported by plant and tree allies.

We will explore topics such as ecospirituality (sacred connection to nature) and ecopsychology (the natural world mirroring the inner psychological world), self-love, grief, feminine energy, climate justice, and how to decolonize self and land to heal self and land.

Activities include heart perception, foraging, poetry, journaling, meditation, teaching, tarot, tea ceremonies, and holding space for each other. Connect with fellow nature lovers and yourself. Feel greater flow of life force energy, comfort, support and joy outdoors.

5 Tuesdays 6/14 to 7/15 6:30-8:30pm

Centennial Park in Bothell

$60 per group or $50 for members of a BIPOC/LBGTQIA+ community

commitment to all five groups required

Email Kaela Koepke pnwecotherapy@gmail.com if interested

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