Event Calendar

Online Courses
The following courses are "on-demand" (register and take the class at your own pace).

Compassionate Spiritual Ecology $150. More info here.
This foundational course provides an overview of spiritual ecology, with practices for compassionate engagement with the more-than-human world. This course is also one of the prerequisites for Spiritual Ecology Training. 

Growing Words of Compassion: Nature and Writing Practices to Love By $65. More info here.
Deepen your innate capacity and expression of tender compassion. 

Writing on the Landscape: The Book Experienced $50. More info here. 
Let the author guide you through her book, Writing on the Landscape: Essays and Practices to Write, Roam, Renew. 

Instructors' Guide to Writing on the Landscape $25. More info here. 
This instructional aid is for professors/facilitators using Writing on the Landscape in their curriculum/group work.

2024 Calendar 

Register for events requiring payment: tealarborstories@gmail.com
Registration for most paid events closes one week prior to start date.
All times listed are in the Pacific Time Zone/United States.  

Apr. 27^th (Sat.) Care for Creation Retreat: Wellbeing for Ourselves and Earth  $20. Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, Bainbridge Island
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
This promises to be a nourishing day of nature-based, creative experiences that will offer retreatants respite from daily routines as well as time for guided deep reflection. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with self, others, and the Earth in new ways, as well as explore a renewed commitment to caring more compassionately for ourselves and the land that sustains us. We will enjoy a relaxed space and facilitated activities in which we can pursue the fullness of what is means to spiritually engage our place in the web of life, the gift of creation. Bring weather appropriate gear for the brief outdoor experiences that will be strewn throughout our time together. A vegetarian lunch, tea and coffee, snacks, and all materials are included. Contact Sharon Sheppard for registration info. Contact Jennifer Wilhoit with retreat questions.

Apr. 29^th (Mon.) - May 26^th (Sun.) Compassionate Spiritual Ecology Course Register here.
This four-week online course, developed and taught by Jennifer J. Wilhoit, Ph.D., is hosted by the Compassion Education Institute (of the Charter for Compassion). This course offers students an overview of the body of work comprising the discipline of spiritual ecology. At the core of spiritual ecology are values that point to compassion for others—in the nonhuman world as well as in human communities. Beyond an introduction to the basic tenets and values of spiritual ecology, this course will guide, support, and encourage students to explore some of the myriad practical applications of a compassionate spiritual ecology. Additional info here. 

May 11^th & 18^th (Sat.) Nature-Based Journaling for Wellbeing $109. via Zoom Register here.
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
This TEALarbor stories offering is in collaboration with and hosted by Village Books and Chuckanut Writers. In this two-part workshop, join us to learn what enhanced wellbeing means in the context of journaling. You'll incorporate nature's healing balm into your journaling practice via guided prompts, outdoor time, nature-based images/objects, and more. Be prepared with a distraction-free environment, access to the outdoor world outside your door, and a willingness to spend short, repeated amounts of time outside during the course of each session.

May 12^th (Sun.) Care for Creation Presentation Suquamish United Church of Christ
10:00 AM
As a member of the Bainbridge Island North Kitsap Interfaith Council's Climate Circle (and Climate Conversation group), I've been invited to offer an inspiring, guiding, and hopeful talk during the worship service. 

May 17^th (Fri.) Nature Journaling Workshop $80. via Zoom Register: tealarborstories@gmail.com
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Learn how to capture your nature experiences on the page via evocative images, words, creativity. This is especially for people who lack confidence in their artistic skills (though everyone is welcome). Leave with beautifully completed pages in your nature journal.

Jun. 11^th (Tues.) Second Tuesdays Conversations via Zoom Free (register to get access)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Join the conversation about such topics as spiritual ecology, creativity, beauty, gratitude, service, and kindness. Prompts, questions, and guided inquiries will follow a brief introduction to the month's topic. 

Jun. 15^th (Sat.) Phenology, Feelings, and Phases Workshop $75. via Zoom Register: tealarborstories@gmail.com
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Phenology is the study of the seasons and cycles of beings in the natural world. Learn simple techniques for capturing patterns of behavior, growth, migration, and more by focusing on those plants, birds, and animals around your home who are most important to you. Get started with your own phenology "journal" and learn how to creatively identify, record, and beautifully express these phenomena in this interactive workshop.

Jun. 22^nd (Sat.) Summer Solstice Half-Day Retreat $60. via Zoom Register: tealarborstories@gmail.com
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Join me to contemplate the season of summer through poetry, meditation, writing, and visual art. 

Aug. 5^th – 9^th (Mon. - Fri.) TEALarbor stories Annual Creative Retreat Bainbridge Island, WA

Aug. 13^th (Tues.) Second Tuesdays Conversations via Zoom Free (register to get access)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Join the conversation about such topics as spiritual ecology, creativity, beauty, gratitude, service, and kindness. Prompts, questions, and guided inquiries will follow a brief introduction to the month's topic. 

Sep. 28^th (Sat.) Fall Equinox Half-Day Retreat $60. via Zoom Register: tealarborstories@gmail.com
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Join me to contemplate the season of autumn through poetry, meditation, writing, and visual art. 

Oct. 8^th (Tues.) Second Tuesdays Conversations via Zoom Free (register to get access)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Join the conversation about such topics as spiritual ecology, creativity, beauty, gratitude, service, and kindness. Prompts, questions, and guided inquiries will follow a brief introduction to the month's topic. 

Nov. 13^th  (Wed.) Gratitude Workshop via Zoom $40.
9:00 – 11:00 AM
Learn, practice, and celebrate how gratefulness can become an extraordinary part of your everyday life. 

Dec. 10^th (Tues.) Second Tuesdays Conversations via Zoom Free (register to get access)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Join the conversation about such topics as spiritual ecology, creativity, beauty, gratitude, service, and kindness. Prompts, questions, and guided inquiries will follow a brief introduction to the month's topic.