Registration is open for our 2026 Women Healing Women Healing Earth workshops! Read on for descriptions and how to choose one now!
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 or by donation!! to support full access for low-income women and those who would not often have an experience like this. 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. 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. We can only offer each person one in order to spread the joy as widely as possible. Read on for full descriptions, offered by amazing facilitators that bring creative skills and diverse in cultural backgrounds and life experience.
Spring Awakening, Sunday April 26th, 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!
Animal Tracking and Signs. Friday May 15th, 10am to 1PM. with Valerie Wisniewski.
Join naturalist Valerie Wisniewski on an adventure unravelling flora and fauna mysteries of the picturesque North Quabbin area. Through her experiential teaching style, Valerie will help you hone your observational skills to translate the details of the dramas unfolding in the forest. We will explore what nature presents us: flowering, spring ephemerals, animal tracks and sign, and interactions between animals and their environment. This workshop includes mostly flat walking at a beautiful Quabbin location ( details provided to registrants). Visit Walnut Hill Tracking to learn more about Valerie and the wonderful local programs they offer to connect us more deeply to the natural world.
Words in Color. Saturday June 13th 9am-12PM with Melizza Santram-Chernov.
Explore making art where words are the main element. In this workshop you’ll express ideas and emotions through words to create a final artwork. No experience is necessary and all materials are provided. You’ll enjoy a creative morning and supportive, relaxing outdoors setting and leave with a piece of your own to remind you of the day and “words in color” sentiments that inspire. Melizza Santram-Chernov is a BIPOC artist and illustrator whose warm, ethereal, and culturally diverse, work invites the viewer to engage with the magic in their families, homes, and within themselves.
Medicinal Mushroom Preparations. Wednesday July 1, 10am-1PM with Hannah Morano. Learn to ID and prepare medicinal mushrooms that are local to our northeast region. Hannah Morano, community herbalist and founder of Sweet Birch Herbals in Ashfield, MA will share various ways to safely and effectively process medicinal mushrooms for general wellness. She will cover five mushrooms, their uses, where to find them and how to prepare them. Recipes and handouts provided. Hannah Morano is a holistic health coach and community herbalist devoted to providing the region with high-quality plant-based medicines that are locally grown and sustainably wildcrafted to ensure abundance for future generations. Hannah approaches her work with compassion and an open heart as she serves a wide range of clients and customers. She grows over 50 herbs on her farm in Ashfield.
Fashion Passion: Enhance your Headwear. Saturday June 27th, 10am-1PM with Connie Ladycee Owens. Embellish your headwear or crown, as you are a queen! We will have your choice of a cap, sun-visors, or headband available for you to bling out in your own creative way. Or, bring a special one of your own to embellish! Connie is a co-founder of the Women Healing Women Healing Earth program and brings an atmosphere of joy, beauty, and creativity to this workshop! You can find her creations at Stage on Main in Orange, and the Petersham County Store too.
Cooking with Gratitude: Ancestral Preservation Sunday July 12th, 10am to 1PM. with Nalini Goordial. A day spent reconnecting with the simple traditions of food preservation, a practice shared by women across all cultures. We will move through four hands on station to craft an infused honey, herbal salt, chili oil and a quick pickle. We will end with a shared meal, a bowl of kimchi fried rice(using another fermentation item) to further demonstrate how ancestral methods can be used in modern life. You will take home 4 jars of finish products and ideas for incorporating into your routine.
Here is a great spice blending guide courtesy of Nalini!
Sofrito, So Good. Cocinemos! Thursday July 30th from 10am to 1PM with Jessica Vargas and Natasha Castillo-Vargas.
Do you know how to make sofrito, an aromatic cooking sauce used extensively in Latin American cuisine? This workshop will celebrate the wonders of sofrito, and together we’ll prepare and sample some dishes influenced by Colombian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican culinary traditions. The workshop will include a stroll through the Seeds of Solidarity gardens to gather herbs and veggies for the sofrito we will make too (and you’ll get to take home a jar!)
Blossom with Clay. Thursday August 27th, 2-5PM with Lydia Grey. Amid the sights and sounds of nature, and in good company, create a beautiful object. Shape a vase of clay using hand building techniques. Decorate it with images that blossom the spirit. The workshop will also include a sensory stroll through Seeds of Solidarity’s flower gardens. Following the workshop your vase creation will be kiln fired for you to later pick up, and fill with flowers to feed the soul for many years to come. No experience necessary, all materials provided.
Skill Up: Make a Winsert. Weds Sept 16th, 9am to 12PM with Janice Kurkoski. Stay ahead of the cold weather this winter by learning how to make “winserts”, clear insulated window panels that are installed on the interior and can cut heat loss through a typical window by up to 50%. They can be made using basic tools and skills: drill, screwdriver, hairdryer, scissors.
Participants will get hands-on practice making winserts for typical basement windows and leave with a winsert AND the skills needed to make more at home. Extra materials for personal projects will be available for purchase at minimal cost.
Celebration Installation
With Phyllis Labanowski
if you are interested in helping with the annual Seeds of Solidarity environmental/justice/peace celebration art installation for the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival contact solidarity@seedsofsolidarity.org. This will likely involve stringing flowers and other assistance in late September.
The 2026 Women Healing Women Healing Earth workshops are made possible through grants 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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