Remembering how to grieve, held in
EARTH’S
EMBRACE
Eco-Somatic Container for Grief & Joy
The River of Grief - Learning to Trust the Flow
The warm sun on your face, a lightness to meet what’s heavy in the heart.
Fingers dipped in spring water flowing over mossy rocks, a wordless witness to the gut’s tensions.
Kind eyes and soft smiles, laughter and tears. Community holding it together, surrendering it together to earth’s embrace.
Earth’s Embrace is a returning to our truest medicines for grief: Community and Earth.
This immersive container helps you remember…
The innate power and wisdom of nature that LIVES IN YOU, and in each other,
The power for healing, transformation, death, and rebirth, available when we come home to our innate interconnection with all things,
The natural flow of life’s losses, breaking open our hearts into greater joy for life.
Earth’s Embrace
3-Month Eco-Somatic Container for Grief & Joy
What’s Included:
3 Half-Day Eco-Somatic Retreats for Grief & Joy:
A spacious, supportive offering of eco-somatic teachings and practices for tending grief and resourcing in joy such as: truth and nature mandalas, grief rituals, breathwork, movement, meditation, nature-inspired art, sensory walks, partner practices, and sharing circles.
Opening & closing circle
Quiet time to just be, reflect, journal
Light, healthy, and clean snacks
Support & Connection Between Retreat Days:
Guided audio practice and journaling/reflection prompts before and after retreat days to nurture, integrate, and deepen
Telegram group chat for staying connected through gentle check-ins and shares
Access to online Eco-Somatic Toolkit library of practices
Proposed Dates for Retreat Days:
Sunday, May 3; Sunday, June 7; Sunday, July 19 from 12:30 to 4:30pm
*If you are interested in joining this container but one of these dates doesn’t work for you, please apply and let me know. Since this is a small group, we may be able to shift a date to fit the needs of the group.
*In the case of rain, if needed we will find a new date that works for the highest number of people in the group.
Locations
Retreat days will be held in the Frederick, MD area, with specific locations for each date to be determined. Likely locations: Frederick Watershed, Morris Orchard Natural Burial Ground, Potomac River.
*Please note that these locations don’t have bathrooms. Relieving yourself in the privacy of nature will be welcome.
Applying
Because this is a smaller, more intimate group container, I’d prefer to connect first to make sure we’re a good fit if we don’t already know each other. For everyone interested: please complete the application below. I will follow up with you to confirm and propose a time to connect if we don’t already know each other.
Investment
Sliding scale $400-800. Pay any amount within that range, using this tiered system for guidance as needed. This work is how I make a living, so the income is needed and supportive. AND, I honor your needs and would love to have you.
*Payment Plans available*
Receiver ($400): if you need financial support
Sustainer ($600): this is the rate that supports me well for my time & expertise
Supporter ($800): this rate provides me extra support and creates more accessibility for those with less socioeconomic stability
An intimate circle of souls gifted a series of sacred windows to unplug from our screens and sink in together into the healing magic of nature.
In a small group of 4-6, we will sense into nourishment, support, grounding, release, receiving, and joy as we offer our trust together to the flow of the river of grief.
With intention and care over these 3 months, we will be transformed in our relationship with grief, with greater trust, appreciation, and ability to reach for and be held by Community and the Earth. Our grief will make us more alive.
This container is open to all genders and is an LGBTQIA+ affirming space.
Testimonials from Group Eco-Somatic Retreats
“From the moment I signed up, I was looking forward to the eco-somatic retreat. Spending a full day immersed in nature, in community, and in quiet connection with myself was deeply nourishing. The retreat was beautifully held and thoughtfully structured by Nicole, who created a safe, welcoming space for exploration, healing, and even play.
We moved at a really wonderful pace and flowed through the day. We walked the land, shared reflections, and engaged in practices that helped us reconnect with our bodies and the earth. Nicole provided everything we needed to feel supported, including a delicious lunch, nourishing snacks, and space for all of our feelings- big and small.
Over a week later, I’m still carrying a sense of wonder from the experience. The insights and shifts that came from simply slowing down and listening to nature, to my body, to others, and to the moment have stayed with me. I’m so grateful to Nicole and the group for such a transformative and heart-opening day.”
— Theresa R.
“Nicole’s Eco Retreat was an incredible experience that I cannot recommend enough. Held intimately in community and surrounded by nature’s gifts, Nicole led us on a day of remembering and reconnection. Through meditation, movement, song, altar making, creek playing, laughter and tears, we remembered. We remembered our sacred connection to each other and Mother Earth. As I sat in a circle of beautiful humans surrounded by Dawn Redwoods, I was reminded of my belonging and connection to all of the beautiful parts of myself that I often forget. This experience was a reminder that I all need to do is come home to nature and I will find myself. Thank you, Nicole for helping me remember. 💜”
— Amanda P.
“The Remember retreat is a portal into the present moment with Mother Earth. It’s an opportunity to deepen your connection with nature. To leave the musings of your busy mind at the door and step into the timelessness of the present moment. Connecting to our bodies through experiencing the bare earth under our feet is the medicine our lineages yearn for. Let yourself be transported into an afternoon of interconnectedness with the living ecosystems that remind us of our place within the web of life.”
— Dominique L.
I highly recommend this retreat for those who need to leave the electronics behind and immerse yourself in nature for a brief period of time. To remember that we are part of this earth and that resources for thriving are everywhere - so close to our hands. All we have to do is stop, reach out, and touch the trees.
— Sherry M.
How We Remember, How Eco-Somatics Works
Somatic Re-Connection
Our bodies and nervous systems breathe with the wisdom of nature’s ancient lineage. We use somatic practice to listen to our nervous system’s experience and let our bodies lead. We listen to the birds and feel the sun on our skin. Our nervous systems co-regulate with Mother Earth. We are remembering what our bodies already know.
We reach out to touch the textures of the land, engage our senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste. Alight the inner child with play and exploration. Reignite the wild within. Harvest the calm of a still and quiet pond.
Intention
From visioning practices, to Earth offerings, and opening and closing rituals, this experience will give you ways to practice the art of intention, creating presence around what you are cultivating and releasing, and staying open to possibility.
By slowing down and connecting, we can learn a paradigm of relating with Earth rooted in reciprocity, love, and interbeing, one that also supports us in accessing our own power, healing, and manifestation of our dreams.
Weaving
With Eco-Somatics, we are weaving our lives back home into nature. As you return to your daily life, your deeper connection to the nature within and around you weaves into your work, relationships, & community. You take in more of the vibrant, breathing world to which we belong.
This offering is designed both to be an in-the-moment gift of an experience. And, may it support you in growing closer to your true nature as you continue on your journey.
Interested in an Eco-Somatic Retreat, but looking for individualized one-on-one support? Check out my 1:1 Eco-Somatic Retreats.