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2018 Calendar 

December 3, 2017: Underground Circle
January 28: Earthwalk
February 23-25: Tracking the Seed Retreat
March 25: Earthwalk
April 29: Underground Circle
May 20: Earthwalk
June 21-25: Wilderness Solo Retreat
July 22: Earthwalk
August 26: Underground Circle
September 30: Earthwalk
October 26-29: Into the Body Retreat
November 25: Earthwalk

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11/3/13: Fall Colors Medicine Walk

11/3/2013

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November 3, 2013
10:00am - 1:30pm
Brookside Nature Center

Gifted with white-tailed deer and generous children on this beautiful fall day.  These ladies truly went above and beyond in the creation of their threshold - it was practically a portal.  It seems we hit the leaves almost exactly at peak this season, too.  
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Sept 15 - Captured by Autumn: Ecopsychology and the Doldrums

8/23/2013

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An Intro Ecopsychology Workshop Designed for the Fall
September 15, 2013
Cabin John Regional Park
7400 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda, MD
1:00pm - 7:00pm

"People who aren't paying attention often get stuck in the doldrums." - The Phantom Tolbooth


Absolutely gorgeous day in Cabin John Regional Park.  I worked out some of the hitches in this workshop: next round will blend the experiential and didactic material.  It never ceases to amaze me how hungry people are for connection to the outdoors: every single participant described a rich dialogue with the landscape.  


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June 22 - Summer Solstice Medicine Walk

6/22/2013

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The weather was stunning.  Mid to high 70s and perfectly sunny.

Base camp was set up on the banks of Pine Lake, with the threshold made of a downed bough, some sticks and rocks, and some goosefeathers.  While the walkers were out, I found a baby raccoon, struggling through the underbrush, and I watched children catch minnows on the shores of the sparkling lake.  As they passed by, the children and the dogs jumped right over the threshold.  The adults, every one, walked around it.

Everyone returned with an amazing story.  From them, I learned not to hand anyone a burden in life, no matter how well-meaning.  I learned to look for the wild path, the one that ends up breaking rules.  And I learned the secrets of a huge, downed tree.   

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    Keely Owens

    Suburban Grotto is the project of Keely Owens, MA in Ecopsychology from Naropa University.  I pulled together my passion for nature, my education in ecology and psychology, and my home in the Washington, DC suburbs to create Suburban Grotto.

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