
True Stories: A Ritual For Telling & Listening | Second Sunday Mornings | FREE
A gentle, circle-style practice for telling personal stories with clarity and listening with acceptance and empathy. Builds practical communication skills for deeper self-understanding and more connected relationships in everyday life.
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A gentle, facilitated practice in concise personal storytelling and empathetic listening, building communication skills, self-understanding, and connection across differences through shared stories in a welcoming community setting.

A gentle, facilitated practice in concise personal storytelling and empathetic listening, building communication skills, self-understanding, and connection across differences through shared stories in a welcoming community setting.
A gentle, facilitated practice in concise personal storytelling and empathetic listening, building communication skills, self-understanding, and connection across differences through shared stories in a welcoming community setting.

Monthly narrative-arts salon tackling common creativity blocks through a focused workshop topic like “Feeding the Muse.” Bring a work in progress to share, get feedback, and connect with other local writers in an intimate parlor setting.

Monthly narrative-arts salon tackling common creativity blocks through a focused workshop topic like “Feeding the Muse.” Bring a work in progress to share, get feedback, and connect with other local writers in an intimate parlor setting.
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Explore symbols from your intuitive voice through a morning practice centered on The Muse Oracle Deck. This free gathering invites creative reflection and personal meaning-making through oracle imagery.

Explore symbols from your intuitive voice through a morning practice centered on The Muse Oracle Deck. This free gathering invites creative reflection and personal meaning-making through oracle imagery.
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Build creative confidence through a facilitated shared practice focused on creative courage and trusting your artistic abilities. A welcoming, reflective morning session invites participants to explore creativity together.

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A supportive, facilitator-led creative practice invites participants to experiment, build creative courage, and strengthen trust in their artistic abilities through shared exploration in a welcoming morning session.

A supportive, facilitator-led creative practice invites participants to experiment, build creative courage, and strengthen trust in their artistic abilities through shared exploration in a welcoming morning session.
A supportive, facilitator-led creative practice invites participants to experiment, build creative courage, and strengthen trust in their artistic abilities through shared exploration in a welcoming morning session.

Share or experience original five-minute pieces spanning storytelling, music, poetry, literature, comedy, and dance. A welcoming Sunday gathering brings local artists and supporters together for creative expression.

Share or experience original five-minute pieces spanning storytelling, music, poetry, literature, comedy, and dance. A welcoming Sunday gathering brings local artists and supporters together for creative expression.
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Play fast-paced improv games and build longform montages in a welcoming, collaborative jam. Improvisers of every experience level can participate, experiment, and connect through spontaneous comedy.

Play fast-paced improv games and build longform montages in a welcoming, collaborative jam. Improvisers of every experience level can participate, experiment, and connect through spontaneous comedy.
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A welcoming local showcase invites five-minute original acts in stand-up, spoken word, sketch, silly songs, magic, and other funny formats, with space for both performers and audience supporters.

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A guided self-inquiry circle uses The Work’s questions to examine stressful thoughts and uncover greater peace, compassion, and personal wisdom. The free monthly gathering welcomes reflective exploration in a supportive setting.

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Guided connection practice focused on being seen and heard through mindful presence and structured sharing. A community circle for relational healing, emotional attunement, and grounded communication at SeekHealing.

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Develop lyric and melody ideas in a nurturing, collaborative songwriting workshop designed for beginners and writers exploring a new creative medium. Practice starting songs, embracing beginner’s mind, and quieting the inner critic.

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Explore Celtic mythological archetypes and the movement of grief from rupture toward repair in a women’s circle rooted in oral storytelling, communal sorrow, and rites of passage.

Explore Celtic mythological archetypes and the movement of grief from rupture toward repair in a women’s circle rooted in oral storytelling, communal sorrow, and rites of passage.
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Hands-on poetry writing practice in a calm, intimate studio setting, mixing prompts, gentle critique, and craft discussion. A weekly creative circle geared toward building voice, revision skills, and supportive community.

Hands-on poetry writing practice in a calm, intimate studio setting, mixing prompts, gentle critique, and craft discussion. A weekly creative circle geared toward building voice, revision skills, and supportive community.
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A four-week guided creative practice series focused on staying grounded and humane amid modern stress. Expect reflective exercises and supportive group process in a calm studio environment centered on self awareness and resilience.

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A heart-opening raw cacao ritual centered on sweet remembrance, reflection, and honoring the untamable soul. Expect a grounding, introspective evening with guided intention-setting and community-held ceremonial space.

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An intimate late-night storytelling salon where local tellers share perspective-shifting personal journeys and lessons learned. Expect laughter and grief in equal measure, with true-to-life narratives centered on cultural awareness and shared humanity.
An intimate late-night storytelling salon where local tellers share perspective-shifting personal journeys and lessons learned. Expect laughter and grief in equal measure, with true-to-life narratives centered on cultural awareness and shared humanity.

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Weekly guided woodland walks focused on safe foraging and wildcrafting, from mushrooms and edible plants to medicinal herbs. Expect moss level close looking, forest critter curiosity, and seasonal tea making with practical take home skills.
Weekly guided woodland walks focused on safe foraging and wildcrafting, from mushrooms and edible plants to medicinal herbs. Expect moss level close looking, forest critter curiosity, and seasonal tea making with practical take home skills.

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A 30-minute guided meditation session eases into a relaxed community break, then transitions to reading and discussion of a Buddhist text. Beginner-friendly and free, with space for questions and shared reflection.
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Guided shamatha practice blends quiet seated meditation with slow walking meditation in a calm, supportive dharma space. Beginner friendly and free, with in person attendance only for all levels.
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