The first harvest coincides with the halfway point between the Summer Solstice and Autumn Equinox and is an apt time to gather the fruits of our learning. To aid you in making medicine from the Summer of Support, we'll go through each of the four areas we've covered and work with them more deeply.
When we know how to give ourselves meaningful ritual, we’re able to notice the changes that happen naturally and we also have the agency by which to transform in the ways we need to.
Capitalist culture maligns, appropriates, and commodifies our gifts, but what if we re-created a society in which gifts were welcomed and nurtured, from birth to elderhood? In this late Spring class, we'll be envisioning other ways we could relate to ourselves and one another.
Your gifts are here for you to enjoy. They are your inner Nature, which means they are regenerative: they aren't things that should feel draining, toxic, or like a burden.
In a dominant culture with values that are antithetical to Life, we're not given guidance about what our gifts are or how to offer them to the village, so we have to look to the natural world as our guide instead.
With just a bit of guidance and reflection, you can attune to where you are in your own cycle of growth and take action from a place of integrity and permission rather than obligation or urgency.
As the lines between Winter and Spring blur, we’re wise to remember how to let these seeds grow naturally, on their own perfect timing, without overly attaching to what they will become or where they’ll lead.
In this seasonally-inspired workshop, we’ll make space to ask those questions and listen for an answer from the quiet depth of the Wintry land. I’ll share some ways that I stretch into new visions for myself at this time of year and how I’ve seen that lead to greater growth come Spring.
