upcoming wild events
The Art of Nature Poetry Facilitation: A five week mentoring course
If you are an eco-coach, forest bathing guide, or work in the frontlines of climate action, this course will enable you to experience the many ways poetry facilitation can enhance your nature-connection practices for yourself and when working with others.
Rewilding Language: An Eco-Writing Workshop
One of the vital realizations by linguist Edward Sapir is that of linguistic determination—one’s perception is largely determined by the language that one speaks.
In other words, we see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.
It follows, then, that language uprooted from the context of lands, flora, fauna, the flesh and blood of embodied life, leads to greater abstractions and separation from the Earth.
How do we reclaim language that revives our kinship with the greater Earth community?
The Archetype of Water: Unleashing Creative Flow
Across cultures, water is seen as a driving element in creativity, desire, and renewal. The archetype of water explored metaphorically helps us see the areas in which we have dam/ned our flow or become stagnant. In this workshop, participants will experience the vitality and aliveness of oceans, rivers, lakes and waterfalls through image, poetry, and expressive writing. As we awaken to the powerful element of water, our authentic creativity naturally springs forth.
A Wild Soul Woman Book Talk
You are warmly invited to a book talk for “The Way of the Wild Soul Woman,” at Hawkwood College in Stroud, UK. Mary will have books for sale and this will be a fun, interactive event with a cash bar and time for networking and community building. Men are welcome too!
A Wild Soul Woman: Journey Through 5 Earth Archetypes to Unleash Your Full Feminine Power
Over thousands of years a patriarchal society has perfected the art of holding WOMAN back. But that system has run its course.
Now we root ourselves in a far more ancient way of being—the natural wisdom that arises from the Earth herself, and that lives and breathes within each of us, waiting to be awakened.
Online Book Launch: The Way of the Wild Soul Woman
This will be an interactive and community-building event with guest speakers, writing prompts, and opportunities to ask questions. This event is offered via the gift economy which means there are no ticket prices, but rather, you pay as you feel/can. All proceeds from this virtual launch go to support the work at the Tariki Trust: a Buddhist charity that focuses on eco-therapy.
Book Launch of "Sanctuary"
Come and celebrate the launch of this wonderful anthology on the inner life of home. I am delighted to be included in it.
The Speaking Trees: Poetic Dialogues with Nature
What do forests mean to us, not just ecologically but imaginatively and spiritually? How can we learn from trees? Speak to them? Explore our relationship with them, creatively and courageously?
The Forest Woman Archetype
Join me at the beautiful Kripalu Retreat Center for The Forest Woman Archetype workshop. Forest Woman represents an awakening to one’s own unique path. She is wise to the ways of the wild feminine, drawing you deeper into the mysteries of life. The initiated Forest Woman is one who is able to engage with the powers of darkness and deep imagination.
Book Talk at Readers’ Books, Sonoma
I do hope my Sonoma friends will join me for what will be my West Coast launch of “The Way of the Wild Soul Woman.”
Book Talk at the Boulder Bookstore
Please join me for a lively evening of “The Way of the Wild Soul Woman.” Lots of fun, an activity, and a way to support one of our great independent bookstores.
The Mountain Woman Archetype: Unleash Your Creative Power
The Mountain Woman Archetype summons you to rise tall under pressure and take your place in the world as a wholly creative and visible presence. She shows us how every action we
take, enlarges the story of Self and World.
The Conference of World Affairs
The Conference of World Affairs is a conference like no other. It draws speakers from all over the world, from different disciplines, and brings them together on panels that cover the gamut from politics to global affairs and poetry. The conference is free to all attendees.
Writing from Earth's Landscapes: A Mythic Journey
Take a creative journey through five archetypal landscapes that reveal your soul’s patterns and potential through nature’s images and metaphors.
Writing Our Way to Winter Solstice
As we approach the Winter Solstice, this three-part writing workshop explores the meaning and power of darkness in our lives. Through inquiry and imagination, poetry and prose, we will celebrate the long hours of darkness as essential to regeneration, renewal ,and self-reflection.
Sacred Landscapes: Sunrise Summit Online
I will be the keynote for the Saturday online event with my talk: Rewilding the Psyche: The Transformative Power of Earth’s Landscapes.