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Roots of Connection: D is for Delight + Despair

  • Oko Farms @ Brooklyn Roots Collective 100 Scott Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11237 United States (map)

In a world that pulls us toward disconnection, we’re practicing how to return—to ourselves, to each other, and to the earth.

Whether you're just beginning to explore plants, or you’ve long moved with their medicine...

Whether your body feels distant or deeply known
This space meets you right where you are.

D is for Delight + Despair

We hold delight and despair as two threads of being alive, woven closely together. In this session, we’ll notice how both live in the body, what they reveal about what we hold dear, and how they shape our lives. We’ll spend time with plant allies that steady and nourish us in the presence of each, move through somatic practices that help us honor their truth, and reflect on how community makes it possible to carry joy and sorrow side by side without forcing ourselves to choose one over the other.

Each month, we explore two plant friends,  one letter of the alphabet, one emotion, and one somatic practice to reconnect. From Acceptance to Zeal, we listen for the ways our bodies speak, and remember how plants have always connected us through feeling, healing, and change.

This isn’t about fixing or overcoming ourselves.
It’s about learning how to stay with what’s here, with a bit more curiosity and compassion.

Each gathering includes:
✨ one emotion as a guide
✨ plant allies to steady and nourish
✨ a somatic practice to rest, release, or reclaim
✨ a ritual or reflection to carry into your month

This space welcomes both new and experienced plant practitioners.
You don’t need to have it figured out.
Your body is welcome. Your questions are welcome.
Your healing—complex, layered, and real—is welcome.

We begin in August with the letter A for acceptance.

Together, we explore:
🌿 How does this emotion live in my body, and what might it be trying to teach me?

🌿 What plants have supported people through this feeling across time and place?

🌿 What can this plant teach me about being in right relationship—with myself, with others, and with the planet?

🌿 How can I respond with more connection, care, and choice?

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