UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:


INTRO to NATURAL BUILDING

  OCTOBER 11th in OJAI, CA

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5 Day IMMERSION

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5-DAY IMMERSION:

NATURAL BUILDING & BEING

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Together, we will practice the art of natural building and being. How does it feel for us to be natural together?


This time, will build an earthen sauna together, from the ground up! I have a general idea in mind for the design but as always, my process is centered around finding a collective flow state and letting the space design itself through us.

You will learn practical skills and techniques, but this is not a conventional “how to build a house” workshop. Instead, technical skill-building is woven into a broader inquiry grounded in presence, spontaneous play, wild creativity, and authentic relationship.


Our learning environment is held by ancient boulders, under the canopy of wise old olive trees, with a swimming pond and wood-fire hot tub. Beyond building, our time together will include 3 incredible local organic meals each day, meditation, council circles around the fire, collective visioning and organizing toward new futures, massages, silliness, dancing, songs and storytelling, as well as improvisational games.


This will be a small, intimate cohort - limited to 10 participants - allowing for focused attention on individual questions, specific building techniques, and really getting to know each other. As a friend at the last workshop put it, "I felt truly loved here. And I think thats all I'm ever really looking for."

WHAT IS A WORKSHOP?


when i facilitate a workshop, i am offering insight into my relationship with natural building as a medium of artistic expression and self-reflection.


my work is deeply  therapeutic for me. natural building is a physically grounding process which helps me to

regulate my nervous system,

self-reflect,

and connect

with my creative agency.


i want to share my practical  knowledge and my approach to natural building as self-therapy.


a
   workshop is a wonderful opportunity to...


come together as humans and connect within the context of curiosity and creativity...


learn practical skills to build a structure with natural and reclaimed materials...


learn to work with cob (clay, sand, and natural fiber), tree trunks and branches, stone, and found materials from the surrounding community...


empower yourself to create ecologically-integrated and functional art that defies conventions and inspires others to do the same...


discuss theory and design, address specific questions, and engage in real-time building processes! 



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