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Greetings, Dear Jennifer!
February is here, and with it come some familiar as well as some new offerings at TEALarbor stories.
I'm excited to announce that in March two event series begin:
*** A Writing Through the Seasons offering will be held on the gorgeous grounds of Bloedel Reserve. This program is designed for writers and nonwriters to experience how landscapes inspire and inform writing throughout the progression of nature’s seasons. There will be five sessions over two months (click here for details). This event continues each season for a year; sign up for one or more seasons.
*** The WE (Whole Earth) Cohorts journey via Zoom is especially for people who want to deepen and enhance their positive impact on the world; we apply our unique gifts through inner work as well as in community, for community. We will explore together how to apply ecological ideas to the matters that concern us in a fragmented, hurting, and fluctuating climate-changed world. The values of Spiritual Ecology and wisdom from Nature are the foundation for our work as a cohort. We will have six sessions over two and a half months. This event repeats in the summer and the autumn. Join one cohort or continue for all three. Dates and details available here.
Please join us TODAY, THIS WEEK, and THIS MONTH for:
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Feb. 3rd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central This event repeats each month, so mark your calendars now for Mar. 3rd.
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Feb. 4th – 6th (Tues. – Thurs.) Love, Serve, Abide: Spiritual Ecology as Lifestyle for World Interfaith Harmony Week via Zoom Free – A United Nations Official Observance (register to get access) 8:00 – 9:00 AM Pacific each day
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Feb. 21st (Fri.) Web of Life at Grace Episcopal, Bainbridge Island Free 6:30 - 8:30 PM Pacific Hosted by Climate Circle/BINK Interfaith Council
Scroll down for details about these and other upcoming events.
May your good-heartedness warm the lives of all you meet.
Blessings,
Jennifer Wilhoit
Founder, TEALarbor stories
Important Dates
Learn more about all of these here.
Registration for most paid events closes one week prior to start date.
TEALarbor stories' new Spiritual Ecology Training is available with rolling admissions and one-on-one mentorship. Join us now!
Feb. 3rd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access) 7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central Hosted by Jennifer Wilhoit (TEALarbor stories Spiritual Ecology Training Founder/Mentor) and Brooke Gilley (Naturalist, Spiritual Ecology Training Graduate, Forest Bathing Guide)
Come gather with us for ninety nourishing minutes every first Monday of the month for an exploration of Compassionate Spiritual Ecology. Together we will engage the many ways of embodying Spiritual Ecology values, practices, and rituals to enhance our everyday connections with the sacred in the Earthy wild within and outside of us. Please bring a journal, pens, and a sacred-to-you item to each gathering.
Feb. 4th – 6th (Tues. – Thurs.) Love, Serve, Abide: Spiritual Ecology as Lifestyle for World Interfaith Harmony Week via Zoom Free – A United Nations Official Observance (register to get access) 8:00 – 9:00 AM
This experiential online event will offer participants simple ways to incorporate nature-based and creative aspects into their daily life. It is designed to guide participants through the various activities with opportunities for question/answer, sharing, and discussion. Each day we will focus on a specific way to assist our world including: spiritual ecology as love for the more-than-human and human world, spiritual ecology as service to the world, and spiritual ecology as a way of abiding in the world. This is not a sectarian offering; it is intended to support people of all faiths (or none) in finding and deepening their relationships with others through peaceable, interdisciplinary practices that they create consistent with their specific beliefs. Participants may join once, twice or all three days that this event occurs. We will gather each day - Feb 4th, Feb 5th, Feb 6th on Zoom from 8:00 – 9:00 AM Pacific Time/United States. Participants are requested to bring: paper, colored writing pens, photos of nature, objects from nature (leaves, cones, flowers, shells, rocks, soil, water, etc.). Everyone is welcome. Limited to 100 participants. Register in advance for this meeting.
Mar. 3rd (Mon.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology: A Virtual Gathering via Zoom Free (register to get access)
7:00 – 8:30 AM Pacific / 9:00 - 10:30 AM Central Hosted by Jennifer Wilhoit (TEALarbor stories Spiritual Ecology Training Founder/Mentor) and Brooke Gilley (Naturalist, Spiritual Ecology Training Graduate, Forest Bathing Guide)
Come gather with us for ninety nourishing minutes every first Monday of the month for an exploration of Compassionate Spiritual Ecology. Together we will engage the many ways of embodying Spiritual Ecology values, practices, and rituals to enhance our everyday connections with the sacred in the Earthy wild within and outside of us. Please bring a journal, pens, and a sacred-to-you item to each gathering.
Mar. 4th - May 6th (Tues.) Writing Through the Seasons: Spring Register through Bloedel Reserve. Pre-register by emailing Amy King: aking@bloedelreserve.org
Bloedel Member $275. (other pricing listed here)
Writing Through the Seasons is a new program designed for writers and nonwriters to experience how landscapes inspire and inform writing throughout the progression of nature’s seasons. It is for people of all genres or none, those comfortable with writing or not. There will be readings, gathering time, guided explorations on the land, writing and activity prompts, and opportunities to share writing. (Please note that sharing is optional and there will be no literary critique.) Participants will experience the nature/creativity connection; be guided through free writing and practice; learn ways to bring nature into their writing projects and creative processes; and receive feedback on how their projects can incorporate these practices. Spending guided time outside roaming or sitting will be a significant aspect of this offering. Participants should bring: a few pens, journal (preferably unlined), weather appropriate clothing and gear, and water bottle, as well as an open heart and mind. This five-session offering is co-sponsored by TEALarbor stories, Bloedel Reserve, and BARN. The program will take place on the exquisite grounds of Bloedel Reserve.
The five sessions for spring all begin at 12:30 PM. The first session will meet at the Japanese Guest House (JGH).
Mar. 4th (two-hour session) meet at the JGH
Mar. 18th (semi-guided one-hour session) meet outside the Bloedel Residence
Apr. 1st (ninety-minute session) meet at the JGH
Apr. 15th (semi-guided one-hour session) meet outside the Bloedel Residence
May 6th (ninety-minute session) meet at the JGH
Mar. 10th – May 28th WE (Whole Earth) Cohorts via Zoom $650./3 months
This offering is especially for people who want to deepen and enhance their positive impact on the world; we apply our unique gifts through inner work as well as in community, for community. We will explore together how to apply ecological ideas to the matters that concern us in a fragmented, hurting, and fluctuating climate-changed world. The values of Spiritual Ecology and wisdom from Nature are the foundation for our work as a cohort. We will approach our passions in a very practical way; each participant will have a special area of concern that they will focus on during the course of our time together. Drawing inspiration from readings, poetry, ritual, images, creativity, writing, outdoor time, and sound will be the grounding in our sessions. We will also have opportunities to sit in sacred circle to discern the next steps in our individual and collective work on behalf of the world. Radical compassion, gratitude, justice, hope, and love will underlie all that we do. Commit to a three-month cohort or to the entire nine-month series. Gatherings will be ninety minutes in length and occur twice monthly. Choose one of two learning cohort times: Mondays 7:00-8:30 AM Pacific or Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 PM Pacific*. For more info and to register, email Jennifer: tealarborstories@gmail.com
Spring: Mar. – May (6 meetings) $650.
[Mon: 3/10, 3/24, 4/14, 4/28, 5/12, 5/26] OR [Wed: 3/12, 3/26, 4/16, 4/30, 5/14, 5/28]
Click here to learn about subsequent cohorts, discount pricing, certificates, and more.
Mar. 16th (Sun.) Spiritual Life as an Ecotone Sermon at Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church, The Island School, Bainbridge Island 10:00 AM
News
Read more about all of these here (or click the teal fonts below).
We kicked off the new year with our Compassionate Spiritual Ecology gathering via Zoom. It was an even deeper engagement than before with folks convening from a few U.S. states and the Philippines. Read more.
The Spiritual Ecology Training has rolling admissions and one-on-one mentorship. You can join in anytime. There's no better time than a new year to get started.
We had our final Second Tuesdays Conversation on Dec. 10th. Read more.
I offered Grounding Ourselves in Nature - A Meditative Experience in partnership with the Charter for Compassion on Nov. 12th. This ninety-minute global gathering offered gentle, nature-inspired experiences to help us touch in with our innate capacity for compassion and gratitude, particularly in changeable and uncertain times. Read more.
On Nov. 4th we held our second Compassionate Spiritual Ecology virtual gathering and welcomed some new faces as well as returning ones. Read more.
I'm happy to share that my photo Autumn Blessings was published (Oct. 2024) on the EarthSky site.
On Oct. 13th I gave a pulpit talk, Stewardship of Creation: What Nature Teaches Us, during the morning worship service at Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church. Read more.
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