✨🌲 Nature as Kin (part of Spotfin Art and Nature Gathering)
This Nature as Kin experience is part of Spotfin art and nature gathering.
✨🌲 Blue Ridge Mountains Retreat
This retreat is intentionally intimate, giving every guest the opportunity to feel welcomed, slow down, and connect.
✨🌲 Forest Bathing Walk on the Jackson County Greenway
Join Madison Traviss, an author, guide and facilitator, for an afternoon of "Bathing in the Forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku.
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
✨🌲 Hobbit Walk
Hobbit Walk // November 15th // 2 - 5 PM
📍 3 Barn Farm
Embrace the spirit, attire, and appetite of the hobbit!
It’s your chance to venture out to the Shire (Iotla Valley) for a comfy cozy afternoon of creativity, curiosity, and connection. We will be guided by our senses and plump turkeys to fully experience the rolling acreage and operational 3 Barn Farm. We will conclude our slow Sunday gathering with some Shire Soup and Lembas Bread.
Join us on September 19th at Novel Escape’s Hobbit Day for a Forest Bathing seminar and password for reduced walk rate.
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
📝🕸️ Winter Solstice Story Weaving
Join us as we welcome the seasonal threshold with an evening of community, woven words, and connectivity.
📝🕸️ Goldenrod and Aster: Retreat into Equinox
A collaboration between Inner Woven (Ashlyn Miller) and House of Fig (Madison Traviss) to deepen in relationship with ourselves, our rhythmic nature, each other, earth, and something bigger.
This 4-hour evening retreat is a beautiful opportunity to tune in and connect with the Autumn Equinox, yourself, and community through gentle movement and meditation, seasonally thematic writing + storytelling, time in nature (weather permitting), and a savory, locally prepared dinner (chickpea curry).
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
✨🌲 Pasture, Pine, and Presence at Franklin Farm Hub
Join us at Franklin Farm Hub for a sensory saunter with your seedling inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, an experience guided by sensory exploration.
✨🌲 Tahoe Rim Trail Expedition (Madison out of service)
I am overjoyed to share that I will be joining for Leg 1 of 5 Gyres first land based expedition this summer. This Tahoe Rim Trail Association guided backpacking experience will include daily TrashBlitz litter surveys and microplastic sampling of the air and soil that will help establish a comprehensive baseline of plastic pollution in the Tahoe Basin, contribute to a peer-reviewed scientific paper, and will inform stronger policies and innovative solutions aimed at protecting human health and the environment from microplastic pollution.
✨🌲 Sunset Forest Bathing at Peregrine Preserve
Join Madison Traviss, an author, guide and facilitator, for an afternoon of "Bathing in the Forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku.
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
🫖🌳 Tea with a Tree
Join us 1 - 4pm // free and open to everyone looking to strengthen their sit spot practice in a supportive community.
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
✨🌲 New Moon Forest Bathing Walk on the Jackson County Greenway
Join Madison Traviss, an author, guide and facilitator, for an afternoon of "Bathing in the Forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku.
✨🌲 Forest Bathing at Dixon Woods Park with Highlands Cashiers Land Trust
Join Highlands‑Cashiers Land Trust and certified ANFT guide Madison Traviss for an afternoon Forest Bathing, inspired by the Japanese of Shinrin-Yoku. This gentle, slow-paced walk at Dixon Woods invites you to unplug and immerse yourself in your senses. This gathering is a great opportunity to connect to self, community, and our natural world but has also been shown to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, boost your immune functions, and enhance mood and focus.
Registration is required due to limited spots. Free & Open to all.
📝🕸️ Summer Solstice Story Weaving
Join us as we welcome the seasonal threshold with an evening of community, woven words, and connectivity.
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
✨🌲 Sensory Saunter for Seedlings at Franklin Farm Hub
Join us at Franklin Farm Hub for a sensory saunter with your seedling inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, an experience guided by sensory exploration.
🫖🌳 Tea with a Tree
Join us 1 - 4pm // free and open to everyone looking to strengthen their sit spot practice in a supportive community.
✨🌲 Mosey with Madison: Forest Bathing at Black Rock Lake
Settle into the state park with Madison Traviss of House of Fig for a morning "bathing in the forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, therapeutic relaxation guided by sensory invitations. Together, we will experience a mix of leisurely strolling, intentional observation, and intermittent reflection. Walk away with the ability to take this practice of presence into your daily life.
Consider bringing: weather appropriate clothes and shoes, water, snacks, something to sit on such as a yoga mat or blanket, and anything else to make our time outside more comfortable. Expressive elements of choice like journals or sketchbooks are also encouraged. Optional BYO picnic lunch to follow.
🎨🐝 Wasp Work
Are you a creative, small business owner, or simply someone who wants a break from solitary work weeks?
Join us 10am - 3pm // Third Wednesday of every month // free and open to everyone.
Drop in for specific times or stay the whole day, it’s up to you!
✨🌲 Forest Bathing on Cowee Trail
Join us at Cowee Trail (behind Cowee School) for an afternoon "bathing in the forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, therapeutic relaxation guided by sensory invitations. During this 2-hour experience, there will be a mix of leisurely strolling, observation, and reflection both as a group and individually. Be ready to experience the restorative benefits of our natural world and integrate these tools to practice presence into your daily life.
Consider bringing: weather appropriate clothes and shoes, water, snacks, something to sit on such as a yoga mat or blanket, and anything else to make our time outside more comfortable. Expressive elements of choice like journals or sketchbooks are also encouraged. Optional BYO picnic lunch to follow.
$40/person // any tip at checkout will be donated to the Cowee Contemplative Trail Project.
✨🌲 Start Your Earth Day on the (Jackson County) Greenway
Join Madison Traviss, an author, guide and facilitator, for an afternoon of "Bathing in the Forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku.
📝🕸️ Virtual Story Weaving Community
Join us 9 - 10:30am EST on the third Sunday of each month to share in woven words and connectivity.
✨🌲 Walking with the Full Moon
Join us at the Macon County Library for a sensory evening moonrise.
🪑🌱 Virtual Sit Spot Community
Join us 8 - 8:30am EST on the first Wednesday of each month for a FREE sit spot community call.
✨🌲 Forest Bathing with Mainspring Conservation Trust
Join us at Welch Farm Preserve for an afternoon "bathing in the forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, therapeutic relaxation guided by sensory invitations.
📝🕸️ Spring Equinox Story Weaving
Join us as we welcome the seasonal threshold with an evening of community, woven words, and connectivity.
🪑🌱 Virtual Sit Spot Community
Join us 8 - 8:30am EST on the first Wednesday of each month for a FREE sit spot community call.
✨🌲 Jackson County Greenway Forest Bathing
Join Madison Traviss, an author, guide and facilitator, for an afternoon of "Bathing in the Forest" inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku.
📝🕸️ Virtual Story Weaving Community
Join us 9 - 10:30am EST on the third Sunday of each month to share in woven words and connectivity.
🪑🌱 Virtual Sit Spot Community
Join us 8 - 8:30am EST on the first Wednesday of each month for a FREE sit spot community call.
📝🕸️ Virtual Story Weaving Community
Join us 9 - 10:30am EST on the third Sunday of each month to share in woven words and connectivity.
📝🕸️ Virtual Story Weaving Community
Join us 9 - 10:30am EST on the third Sunday of each month to share in woven words and connectivity.
📝🕸️ Winter Solstice Story Weaving
Join us at Cowee School on December 17th 6 - 8pm EST to orient to share in a community of woven words and connectivity.