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Digital Art By Tamira Cousett

Nora Dennis and I are joining to offer a three-day retreat for femme-identified, BIPOC individuals seeking a new lens on healing. As humans we are each carrying an ancestral and ecological story that plays out in our day-to-day choices and actions. Without awareness of these stories, our actions and choices can repeat and ingrain maladaptive habits, rituals and behaviors. Together, we will shine light onto the history that each of us carries. Through movement, breathwork, creative expression and more classical didactics, Tamira and Nora will weave an immersive experience of grounded liberation for participants.

Activities will include:

• Daily movement practice

• Guided ancestral connection practices

• Ecological self-study

• Creative integration through visual arts

• Nutritious meals (daily lunch served)

• Hearty snacks and teas (daily)

• Deep rest

The Setting:

The workshop will take place at the beautiful Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain, an Earth Sanctuary and Learning Community dedicated to Healing the Human-Earth Relationship, founded in 2005. The non-profit educational farm and learning center reside on 28 acres in the Piedmont Valley of North Carolina, eight miles west of Chapel Hill, on what is—to the best of our knowledge—ancestral lands of the Occaneechi-Saponi, Eno, Tutelo, Tuscarora, Sissipihaw, Shakori, Saura, and Catawba.

Meet the Facilitators:

Nora Dennis MD

Nora is a physician double board-certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine. Her approach to mental health care integrates psychopharmacology, somatic interventions, psychotherapy, nutrition, and mindfulness. She is the founder of Jubilee Healing Farm, a permaculture practitioner, a yogini with many years of teaching experience and a lifelong seeker.

Tamira Cousett

Tamira is an ancestral medium and ritual facilitator specializing in supporting folks with remembering the authentic pathways of ancestral connections. Her practices are rooted in ecosystems of Love and Black liberation theologies and informed by her initiations into Afro-Brazilian earth-honoring traditions and West African Ifa Òrìṣà tradition. She enjoys co-weaving communal containers of curiosity, connection, homecoming, and life-affirming rituals with folks and their ancestral ecosystems of care.

Cost:

The pricing model is based on a sliding scale approach.

Actual cost - $300 - You have access to reliable income and/or own property/mortage and/or are in a personal home and/or have personal savings on investments. You are able ot pay for 'wants' and spend little time worried about securing necessities in your life such as food, housing and transportation.

Reduced cost - $225 - You have access to income that allows you to meet your basic needs. You may have som eexpendable income and may have access to resources from family or partners to request support from. You may need to budget or cut back in some areas to make this offering happen but it won't cause any long term harmful impact on your life.

Sponsored cost - $150 - Your access to resources and income is limited and meeting your basic needs is stressful and inconsistent. Paying at any of the higher tiers would have a harmful impact on you.

Cost does not cover transportation and additional meals. We do have a couple of onsite housing options available at no additional charge! Rooms are offered on a first come first serve basis. Once these rooms are filled, folks will need to cover their own lodging.

*Credit and thanks to Shauna Janz for the sliding scale model.

Learn more about sliding scales here