Join us for a boundless earth experience
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to connect with a powerful ancient force: Creosote.
You will align your being with the rhythms of the earth
and your own true essence
through connecting with the subtle plant energy of Creosote
and the wisdom of The Mojave.
About Creosote
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Creosote or Chaparral (Larrea tridentata) is considered by the indigenous Cahuilla, Serrano and Chemehuevi to be a panacea and master healer. Creosote is a powerful detoxifyer and can even absorb heavy metals from the soil and air.
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As an essence, they safely cleanse our energy body, mind and spirits, clearing negative emotions such as anxiety, panic and fear.
They help to ground us and create strong protective boundaries for inner spaciousness and transformation.
Through this incredible combination of modalities, you will move through spaces of release, communion and integration with your wild and natural creative force.
COST:
$88 (includes dinner!)
More About Our Concept and Collaboration
About the Practices
Hanna Somatic Movement
Ever feel a tight muscle in your neck and shoulder and wish you could "undo" the contraction and release the pain?
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This is exactly what you learn to do in Hanna Somatic Movement. This little known modality of movement and bodywork is incredibly effective at training your nervous system to release chronically contracted muscles.
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Every life experience comes with a muscular pattern: from daily stress, sitting at a desk to major traumas and car accidents. These tension patterns layer on our bodies and create immobility, pain and discomfort.
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Using this powerful, gentle, deeply sensuous movement technique, you will release and lengthen tight muscles back to a more natural length and feel a sense of peace, calm and freedom within your body, mind and spirit.
Creosote Essence and the Art of Energetic Earth
Alchemy with Saewon
Learn about the art and practice of essence making, a form of energetic earth medicine supportive for emotional and spiritual well being.
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Journey with a variety of desert flower essences, learn the step by step process of making essences yourself, and create your own personalized essence 'potion' to take home and support your integration process.
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Creating with Creosote
As my neighbor, friend, and guide, creosote has been accompanying me in my life and creative practices for the last 6 years.
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This workshop is an opportunity to intentionally deepen into relationship to this ancient ally through collaborative creation as this being has so brilliantly demonstrated.
This ancient plant has brought attention to interconnection, depth, clearing, and creating through the hands. I’ve crafted ink from this friend to further commune and allowing Creosote to be our guide into creative imaginal and symbolic realms.
COST:
$88 (includes dinner!)
About the Facilitators
Aimee Takaya
is a movement expert specializing in Hanna Somatic Education, Somatic Yoga, Prenatal and Restorative Techniques for returning your body to ease, balance and power.
During the first part of her movement career she taught a rather dogmatic and intense form of yoga that was her first medicine. Being a rather ambitous and passionate person, she ended up injuring herself with too much back-bending and ignoring her bodies signals.She discovered Hanna Somatics through her father and began to unwind her stress, trauma and injuries on a whole new level.
She is now certified as a Hanna Somatic Educator. She works internationally with Heart-led leaders to help them develop somatically to release tension and pain, perform at a higher level in all they do and enjoy their lives truly, madly and deeply.In addition, she is a self-taught whole food plant-based chef and a kitchen witch who loves to share nourishing and delectable food with her community.
Jai Knight
is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and ceremonialist whose work blends natural materials, spiritual practice, and environmental stewardship. Rooted in the principles of slowness and intuition, they create transformative experiences through art, land-based living, and community engagement. They are the author of House Oracle Bibliomancy (2023), a self-published work that explores the intersection of art, land, and the paranormal through the practice of bibliomancy.
Since 2015, Jai has been dedicated to teaching, sharing creative processes in schools and alternative spaces. Their teaching journey has been complemented by a commitment to mental health advocacy and environmental justice, weaving these themes into both their creative and pedagogical practices.They have participated in residencies in New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon and their work has been supported by organizations like Public Arts Advisory Council of California, Arcosanti, and Arts Connection CA.
Saewon Oh
is an artist, energy worker, flower essence maker, hypnotherapist and founder of Sun Song, an embodied research and ritual lab that explores the intersections of plant, human and planetary consciousness via vibrational essence therapy.
She has performed and facilitated workshops at institutions such as The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Hammer Museum, Oregon Contemporary Art Center, LA Phil Seoul Festival, Current: LA, ICA SF, and Golden Dome School.
About the Food
Delicious, Nourishing, Colorful Plant Foods have been a huge part of my personal healing journey.
I love to connect people through the enjoyment of food that fosters connection to the earth and delights your senses!
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I am a self-taught, experienced plant-based chef who can accommodate many different food allergies and challenges!
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Most of my food offerings are gluten free, simply because I'm so good at cooking without including it!
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If you have any food restrictions, be sure to let me know and I will easily create something you can enjoy without concern.
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Much Love,
Aimee Takaya
COST:
$88 (includes dinner!)
Let us hold you in harmony with the grace of wild nature,
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Aimee, Saewon & Jai