Our 2025 workshop series is below! Here is a beautiful flyer for a peek at the full schedule. Read on for full descriptions, presenters, and how to register for one.
All workshops are held live and outdoors at Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center unless otherwise indicated. Space is limited and Pre-registration required.
Free!! to support full access for low-income women. Priority to women who live in the North Quabbin region. Women from nearby communities are encouraged to reach out and we will be happy to have you as space allows. We especially encourage women who might not have an opportunity like this, and/or would benefit from some restorative and creative time in a welcoming and healing setting. We strive to support and unite women diverse in culture, race, life experience, and gender identity. The workshops are offered singly, not as a series and we do our best to give all who inquire one workshop in order to offer an opportunity to as many women as possible. Read on for descriptions and registration info! We also hope you will check out and spread the word about our other Seeds of Solidarity workshops including our farming/garden and building immersions.
To REGISTER for one of the workshops below: email deb@seedsofsolidarity.org with your name, town of residence and first and second workshop choices from the list below, and we will reply promptly with the one we can offer you. Read on for full descriptions.
Women Healing Women Healing Earth is a program of Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, Our team includes an amazing group of facilitators that bring creative skills, and diverse cultural backgrounds and life experience.
Spring Awakening, Sunday April 27th, 9-11am
with Nalini Goordial, Connie LadyCee Owens, and Deb Habib.
A taste of reiki, yoga, singing bowls and meditative moments to soothe the soul, inspire self-care. Nalini, Connie, and Deb are among the founders of Women Healing Women Healing Earth, and joyfully collaborate to get the season off to a great start!
Visible Mending, Saturday May 10, 2-5PM with Kelly Surprenant
Learn how to repair holes, stains, and tears using sashiko- inspired surface embroidery! Practice a variety of stitches that will extend the life of your favorite garments with added embellishment. Bring a piece of clothing from your own closet to repair or create a patch using decorative stitching techniques. Materials and stitching templates provided. Give yourself the gift of this creative circle the day before Mother’s Day!
Meditative Painting in Nature with Melizza Santram-Chernov. Sunday June 8th, 10am to 3PM
Relax in nature while creating a simple drawing and watercolor painting inspired by your surroundings to make a piece of botanical art. No previous drawing or painting experience required— simply enjoy a day of wonder and creativity! Materials provided. We’ll offer some short meditations to center into the day, along with the gentle sketching and painting support. Please bring a bag lunch: we’ll provide farm-fresh salad to complement!
Dressing up Our Veggies: Homemade Salad Dressings and Dips. with Cristina Garcia. Weds June 25th, 10am-1pm
For this workshop you’ll team up with a young person (or two) in your life. We’ll slice, dice, whisk and emulsify our way into new ways to enjoy our favorite (or future favorite) vegetables. Take home recipes and jars of our creations. Bring a bagged lunch and we’ll add a salad to our picnic. Please be sure to let us know of any food allergies/dietary considerations when you register.
Great for ages: 6-12 attending with a mother, grandmother or other caregiver.
Dowsing: Seek and Celebrate Water. Friday June 27th, 3-6PM with Pamela Kimball. Experience the art and science behind this ancient practice, a form of divination to locate water as well as other elements. You’ll learn some techniques to connect to and celebrate the waters that sustain, as we walk the land and practice together. Seeds of Solidarity relies on a wonderful deep well initially located by a skilled dowser! Participants will receive dowsing L-Rods to use and take home to continue your dowsing explorations.
Chocolate with a View: Group Hike! Friday July 11th, 9am to 12PM with Paula Packard and Deb Habib
Whether you already enjoy exploring local natural beauty, or would like to do more with others for the comfort or camaraderie, join us! We’ll hike to Soapstone Hill (from the Women’s Federated Forest) and enjoy a stunning view of the Quabbin—with chocolate and other snacks provided. Along the way, biologist Paula Packard will offer insights about animals, aquatic life, and their habitats. Moderate hike with some uphill, about 1 hour of walking each way.
Cooking with Gratitude, Local to Global. With Nalini Goordial, Sunday July 27th, 10am to 1PM
Come, let’s cook and eat together. Let’s feed our bodies and nourish our souls. Let’s cultivate self-love and gratitude. The workshop concludes with participants sharing the meal we have created together!
Featured spices are part of Nalini’s Kitchen Wizardry collection where you can also find her great products and many recipes. And here is a great spice blending guide courtesy of Nalini!
Belly-licious! Friday Aug 15th, 2-5PM with Karen Traub and Deb Habib
Bring wellness and love to your beautiful belly, inside and out! Dancer and healing arts practitioner Karen Traub will guide us in joyful, playful bellydance-inspired movement for all abilities, plus share her knowledge of acupressure points that can aid and ease digestion. With Deb, enjoy sampling some delicious probiotic foods that help build a healthy belly/gut microbiome for physical and emotional wellness. We’ll also make an herbal belly balm for you to take home! No dance experience needed, bare bellies optional, all body types celebrated!
Fables for a New World
with Terry Jenoure. Saturday August 30th, 10am to 1PM
Fables teach about wisdom and folly. Through creative writing, we will build new fables that speak to issues of humanity and social change. This workshop encourages creativity through free writing. Enjoy an uplifting morning and inspired words in good company!
Shrines to the Natural World
With Phyllis Labanowski
Saturday September 13th, 1-5pm
An altar-making workshop for gardens + yards, fields + forests. Participants will build a small wooden structure to ‘house’ sacred objects placed inside. Before we head off into the farm + forest for some of those objects, we will share practices that communicate our respect for the natural world. Feel free to bring objects from home to add to your shrine, ones that can withstand New England weather.
As part of this journey, we invite you to install your shrine to the natural world at the 27th annual North Quabbin Garlic + Arts Festival on September 27 + 28. Phyllis Labanowski. At the end of the festival participants will be able to take their creations home.
In addition to these workshops, there will also be an end of season celebrate and sing on Oct 5 from 3-5PM with Connie LadyCee Owens, open to anyone who has participated in a workshop this season!
The 2025 Women Healing Women Healing Earth workshops are made possible through grants from The Green Leaf Foundation, Community Foundation of Western MA, and the generosity of individuals.
*Free of charge to support full access for low income women. Donations to Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, a non-profit organization, are always welcome and will enable us to continue to provide these and other programs.
These workshops are designed to be restorative spaces for women who would benefit from positive energy and a sense of community, to gather free of other life demands. If transportation or childcare is a challenge, please contact deb@seedsofsolidarity.org and we will do our best to support you.
Find more Seeds of Solidarity workshops and events here.
Enjoy a video featuring the Women Healing Women team, as well as these ideas for self/land/community care inspired by their stories.
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