HARVEST: A Communal Celebration of Body and Land

We are passionate about sharing our love for movement and plant medicine to all those resonant and interested. If a different pricing structure, sliding scale, or payment plan would allow you to attend, email us to start a conversation about what might work for all of us.

We have a fun and meaningful day designed for you to honor the capacity and magic of your body, and how you are integrally intertwined with the land, the plants, and your own human community.

This day honors the experience of being in a body, and how we use our bodies to connect with the living world around us, through the senses, breath, movement, and living prayer. Our movement journey will encompass a full body somatic warm up, improvisation exporations with the plants and land, and an expansive, healing dance party.

During this ceremonial, day-long immersion you will weave through connective time with not only your body, but the plants, the land, and community as well. You will be introduced to the concept of plant spirit medicine, as well as meet and work with goldenrod, a plant medicine that’s bursting with wisdom for this time of year.

We will harvest goldenrod, make a communal plant medicine, share a feast, and celebrate all that’s passed, and all that will be, with dance and movement. We will have ample time to connect with one another and develop connections and build community.

We are holding this ceremonial day on Lughnasadh (Loo-na-sa), the Celtic seasonal celebration marking the half-way point of the summer, falling directly between the Summer Solstice and the Fall Equinox.

This time traditionally denoted the beginning of fall and honored the first harvest of the summer's labor and growing season. It honors the abundance of all the land has provided, and invites pause to celebrate and honor all we've let ripen for us over the past year.

It is a season full of abundance, gratitude, communion, indulgence, and generosity.

In the wingspan of Lughnasadh, as we harvest the fruits of our year’s intentions and dedicated work, we luxuriate together, with the Earth, in gratitude for all that’s unfolded. We soak up the sun and bask in the gifts of our bodies and the land. And we dance and move our prayers for collective healing, renewal, and blessing for the year to come.

This day honors abundance, the unique expression of our body, our ability to commune with the spiritual forces of the plants, and truly celebrates our place together, in community with our fellow humans and the ecosystem of the land itself.

You'll leave with a portion of a communally made herbal medicine from freshly harvested goldenrod, and a feeling of utter nourishment from being in the wild meadows alongside community for the day.

• Be nourished by in-person community
• Learn about and align with the energies of Lughnasadh
• Experience an increase in connection with, and gratitude for, your body
• Bask in the powerful mountain meadows of Mt. Hood
• Learn about plant spirit medicine
• Meet the Goldenrod spirit and learn from their wisdom
• Harvest Goldenrod for your medicinal needs
• Learn how to make an herbal oxymel (vinegar and honey)
• Dance and move your prayers and gratitude for the Earth, your body, and your life

LOGISTICS & BONUSES:

*Location: The east side of Mt. Hood ~1.5 hrs away from Portland (exact location given when you register)

*Energy Exchange: $250

We are passionate about sharing our love for movement and plant medicine to all those resonant and interested. If a different pricing structure, sliding scale, or payment plan would allow you to attend, email us to start a conversation about what might work for all of us.

This is for you if:

• You love ceremony, ritual, and weaving of energy in intentional ways
• You appreciate movement and dance, and want to explore your body’s wisdom through this form
• You crave community and want to celebrate the Summer’s gifts with others
• You are curious about or want to deepen your experience with plant medicines, medicine making, and plant spirit herbalism
• You are comfortable with beliefs centering the Celtic, Pagan, and Animistic perspectives

We welcome movement experience of all levels

We welcome plant knowledge and experience of all levels

About the Facilitators:

Jessica Valentín serves as a guide to those seeking a deeper connection to themselves and the natural world around them through holistic movement and wellness practices. From an early age, she has been curious and invested in exploring the connection between her mind, body, and spirit through the medium of dance. Jessica spends her time and energy weaving an interconnected web of wellness, honoring the wisdom of the natural world and the cycles we find within it as guidance for how she structures her own life, and facilitates her offerings to others. Learn more about Jessica and her body of work at www.luminousarchitecture.com

Amy Terepka is a teacher, writer, healer and guide whose work focuses on helping folks reconnect with their bodies and the Earth through plant spirit herbalism, earth medicine, and bodywork/energywork. She guides folks to remember their innate connection with the natural world and rediscover a true sense of belonging in their somatic experience. She also loves helping sensitive and empathic folks reclaim and hone their energy bodies. Learn more about Amy and her work at www.groundwaterhealing.com

Testimonials:

“Amy’s facilitation makes for an intimate space between people really fast, and truly does help people reconnect with themselves, each other and the earth.”

- Amanda Y.

"There aren't enough good words to describe Jessica and her knowledge, commitment, effectiveness and angelic demeanor. Jessica has been invaluable in my journey towards feeling better and growing stronger. Jessica truly understands the human body and its needs in different situations. Jessica is a wealth of information and has shown creative customization in each session by integrating yoga, stretching, strength training, dance, self massage, aromatherapy, meditation, nutrition advice, healthy lifestyle advice, etc. Jessica has consistently exuded positive vibes, kindness, patience, intelligence and creativity. I am grateful to have her in my life."

- Dayan Ingui, NYC

"Amy is an energetic midwife. I'm so grateful for the space she holds that encourages me to expand into my own powerful energy that wants to be freed."

- A.H.

"Jessica facilitates a warm and beautiful space for women to come together to share openly, to be with one another, and to explore how they can more deeply show care to themselves.”

- Angela Mulligan, Consultant + Coach at Angela Mulligan Coaching, NYC

“Amy’s class helped me wake up to the power of every plant. I always thought the powerful plants were the psychedelics, but I now know better now. There are so many medicine plants that are opening to us in the plant realm, and it's now up to me to be open to listening.”

- Dee G.