Lapis Sky Plant Immersions are a multi-sensory deep dive into the world of one wild medicinal plant. Not just any plant. We focus on the plants growing here in the back yards and public lands of our home - the Inland Northwest.

For some, Plant Immersions are a first introduction to a plant. For others they might be a visit with an old relationship. For all, they are an opportunity to open into a refreshed sense of wonder and awe about an ally living in close proximity.

Before we ask, "What can we use this plant for?" we take in the greater essence of the plant and its role in our ecological home place. This involves its growing preferences, energetics, taste, smell, and structure - all of which make up the plant’s unique signature and overall character.

Through the mediums of story and sensory exploration, the subtle qualities and notes of the plant become illuminated. Experienced as a weaving of:

guided meditation and story

focused breath

tasting herbal infused tea and/or honey

breathing in aromatic notes of flowers, oils, and resins

examining with our eyes and hands the plant’s intricate design

After acquainting ourselves with the plant we then move our physical bodies through a series of guided movement patterns highlighting the unique medicinal actions of the plant for both land and body.

This somatic approach to learning plant medicine is especially helpful for kinesthetic learners; those who assimilate and retain information best when there is a meaningful story and physical movement involved in the learning.

View the upcoming Plant Immersion Willow Water!

While most of us do not consider ourselves “dancers”, it is undeniable that the ancient art of dance has played a significant role in shaping our species and culture on the planet. For thousands of years wisdom and knowledge have been passed from one generation to the next through rhythm, song, and dance.

We danced to celebrate.
We danced to grieve.
We danced to initiate.
We danced to learn.

WildCore movement has served as a powerful catalyst in my personal remembering of this ancient artform. It allowed me to take dance out of the singular category of elite performance and brought it back to the place enjoyed by our ancestors of connecting with the elements in our body.

For me dance is a personal and communal practice of letting go; letting go of perfection, letting go of rigidity, and letting go of my limiting mind to remember my whole body’s innate intuitive nature.

So what is WildCore exactly?
Is it a woo woo feminist bootcamp?
Is it a hippy dippy ecstatic seance?
Neither.

WildCore is a dance movement practice created by Brietta Leader of Sandpoint Idaho. During a WildCore offering participants can expect to experience a gentle weaving of simple choreography and free form conscious dance. There is a gradual increase in heart rate, hydration of the joints, and toning of the muscles; all of which bring forth a lasting feeling of fluidity and primal aliveness.

Through choreographed movement meditations, embodiment, and metaphor participants have an opportunity to bridge the physical and energetic body. The result: untamed self-discovery unique to each individual.

Words often fall short of the felt sense. I suggest trying it out rather than getting stuck in the boxes of language. My intention at every offering is to create a safe container of space, where we can let go of perfection and experience a true dance workout while also feeling free to relax into the movement our bodies need.

No dance background necessary.
Come as you are.

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Private 1:1 Sessions - Coming Soon!

Through Somatic Groundwork we attune to our nervous system and our fascial architecture utilizing simple unwinding movement patterns.

These guided movement patterns slow us down and invoke curiosity about how forces and sensations move thorough us.

Private offerings will include:

Clay based pigment and large paper for full body drawings.

Body contact with the ground for earth rich movements.

Somatic guiding of the forces of yield, push, reach, pull, expansion, contraction.

Deep listening and self-inquiry for refined sensory awareness.

Somatic Groundwork is yet another way to re-open channels between humans and the non-human beings we share this land with.