About This Event
We live in inherently dysregulating times. Genocides, global warming and the quickening of late stage capitalism deeply impact our spirits and nervous systems, individually and collectively. This class offers a space to tap into one our oldest and deepest relationships. Our plant kin offer a space of remembrance, support and friendship. They also connect with our bodies medicinally, offering calm and comfort in moments of distress. This class will explore how remembering our interconnection to all beings allows us to access our grief and also offers the medicine to keep going. We will look at trauma through a non-pathologized, politicized lens, and explore what it means to be in reciprocal relationship with our plant kin. We will tell stories, hold space, and engage in embodied practice.
This event will take place outdoors at Anam Cara in south Minneapolis. We will have access to an indoor space in the event of rain.
Accessibility: This event will be held on even and sloped ground with short grass, potentially also sidewalk. We will mostly be sitting; total distance traveled will be less than half a mile.
Sliding scale $50 - $70. No one turned away for lack of funds. For details or questions, please email Owen at ohmarciano@gmail.com.
About the Facilitators
Maria Wessserle
is a forager and certified wildlife tracker. Her business, Four Season Foraging, is devoted to creating a space where people can learn to interact with urban and rural wild places in meaningful and sustainable ways.
Owen Marciano
of Nonna Terra is a queer & trans artist and Tarot reader of Sicilian descent/dissent, working to reclaim his relationship to land and to his ancestry through traditional crafts like embroidery and sculpture. He has made a lifelong commitment to work toward the end of oppression and violence, and is perpetually curious about the impact of colonization on our bodies and our planet.
Reishi
is an herbalist, therapist and activist. She is passionate about plants, anticolonial/anticapitalist struggle, and nurturing resilient communities. She works from the framework that individual healing and social/environmental struggle are inseparable. She believes that remembering and acting from the reality of our interconnection to land, plants, and animals is deep medicine for the violence and oppression rampant in the world. Read more about Reishi.
Registration
Space is limited to better encourage participatory learning. Please register before Friday, June 14th, 2pm.
Three price levels are listed for participants: Sustainer at $70, Intermediate at $60, and Budget at $50. Payment is self-selected. The sliding scale model is meant to increase access for lower income folks. If you can afford to pay the high end, please do so.
Suggested age 16 and up. You must be 18 to register. People age 17 and under are welcome as long as they are accompanied by an adult; that adult should register on their behalf.
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