under the summer sun
workshops & summer series to anchor you
hello dear readers,
theres so much going on, so many things to do and tend and feel. so much to learn and reflect on and connect over. how are you staying rooted?
what plans are you putting in place to stay anchored in your values, your body and your lineages this summer?
now is the time to feel for what you might need, in order to continue to tend your communities and also not shirk away from the work being asked of us in this time.
we need each other. we need the land. especially in the summer frenzy - we cannot make it on our own.
to that end, i’m offering a few different spaces for community connection this summer, nourishing our bodies & spirits and anchoring in ancestral lineage. i know times are tough financially, (yikes!) so they are offered at a lower price point and with wide sliding scales.
two series - one on ancestral plants for community resilience under state violence, the other ritual somatics exploring how white supremacy lives in our bones through a creative ancestral framework.
& two workshops, one a community popup for tending our bodies in this time of increased tension, and one a fundraiser for Gaza on the liberatory wisdom of plants on interdependence and solidarity (yes, mutual aid is still so so essential as the extreme violence continues).
scroll down for all the details. sign up for one, sign up for all, or for none as it serves you.
i offer these in hopes that they may support our communities in tending our bodies & spirits, in reaching for our ancestral lineages, and in continuing to fight for justice under the summer sun.
the season ahead
Tension is holding me together: plant kin and simple practices for bodies of tension
I’m offering a popup session for tending our tension, touching on some plants and simple practices that support me. It is sliding scale, $10+, next week on Sunday June 7th via Zoom. In this recorded session, we will explore some ways to think about body tension with compassion & an open mind. We will feel for our own body’s holding, and the wisdom therein. We will talk about some plant kin & simple practices that offer support to the very powerful holding our bodies are doing.
wellspring: exploring the 3 cauldrons and embodied white supremacy
the basics: a 6-week online series exploring ancestral & antiracist embodiment; weekly facilitated live practice, personal reflection and community wisdom sharing; at home practice suggestions in between sessions. Thursdays at 2pm ET // 11am PT beginning July 2, 2026. $200. Group limited to ten participants.
note: wellspring is for folks who have previously taken Foundations, Attune or The Plants of our People programs (returning students & participants).
under siege and famine: ancestral plantlore & community resilience
the basics: Six weeks of meeting plant kin that supported our Celtic Isles lineages in surviving under state violence. Together we deepen in relationship with these kin and open to possibility - what might these plants have to offer us in this political moment of state violence? Online, recorded. Wednesdays, July 15 – August 19, 2026, 1pm ET // 10am PT. $200 early bird through June 5, then $300-600 sliding scale.
DEFYING SEPARATION: plant kin relations, international solidarity and liberatory interdependence
Fundraiser for Gaza!
join us for an online infoshare & exploration into plants who sing songs of interconnection and freedom. together we will explore the ways that plants defy borders, and the beauty of international solidarity with peoples fighting for self
determination, freedom from colonial violence, and resistance to empire. This session will be part infoshare, part community reflection & dialogue. July 19, 2026 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT. Online, recorded. Sliding scale. All proceeds go to Gaza mutual aid.
Rooting in Lineage Sessions
Get personalized support for wherever you are on your journey of ancestral reconnection and cultural recovery. Sign up for three or six session packages of 1:1 support. Spend a season - or the year - in deep intentional devotion to ancestral work, and see all the beautiful, transformative threads that unspool. Single one off sessions also available. Open to all of european settler ancestry.
PS - If cost is a barrier, these 1:1 sessions will go on sale summer solstice week! Stay tuned.
alright sweet community -
thats the summer schedule for now! would love to gather together with you under the hot summer sun and this season of increasing pressure.
hope to see you in community space soon.
with care,
rowan
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Hi, I’m rowan.
I’m a faciltator, herbalist, folklorist, writer, researcher and somatic bodyworker. I run two tiny businesses for queer healing, cultural reconnection & collective transformation.
of hawthorn and yew is the cauldron of my antiracist culture work. I facilitate offerings on politicized ancestral reconnection, Celtic Isles diasporic work, and reweaving anticolonial cultural herbalisms here on n america. together we connect to our european-descended ancestors, reweave culture lost from assimiliation into whiteness, and embody our values more deeply. I also offer 1:1 mentorship for folks ready to begin or deepen in ancestral reconnection work.
wild aliveness apothecary is the heart of my healing arts practice. seeking queercare? I see clients 1:1 as well as offer small group programs on herbalism, writing & somatics. gather in queer space, connect with plants, self, and community, and be held.
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