With the Land: remember, relationship, repair

The land where we rest, grieve, and celebrate is the only thing we have in common with those around us. Our bodies are created of and are part of the land. When we die, we fold back into the land’s cycle of life. Our breath, the sea water that is beneath our skin, and the minerals of our bones and eyelashes are all shared with the oak and marmot and seal. And for most of us living on Turtle Island, the land we are on is occupied. Most of us are living as uninvited guests, as settlers of people who are beholden to treaties, even as those treaties are continually broken.

During our time together, we will work with three different layers of relationship with land: the physical sensed truth of relationship, the memories of our people’s generational relationship to land, and the clarity of repair and accountability that seeks to change what is possible for all of our descendants. For those registering, you will receive a guide for prework about a month before we gather. Doing this prework will help deepen our very short time together. After all, moving at the speed of the land is not the same as moving at the speed of a workshop.