Upcoming Groups
Herbs For Mental Health
This virtual 6 week series runs from November 5th to December 10th and will be part workshop and part support space. Every week we will sit with a new medicinal plant and learn about the ways in which the plant of the week can aid us in supporting our mental health. Herbs are not one size fits all, and we will learn some introductory herbalism to understand how to work with medicinal plants. In addition, each week there will be a discussion that focuses on an area of mental health related to the herb of the week, and group support space.
For example, one week we will work with an anxiolytic nervine, which has the ability to decrease anxiety and calm the central and autonomic nervous systems. We will discuss indications, and how to know when to reach for these specific plant allies. The support space that week will center experiences of and ways of working with anxiety. Before this group starts, each participant will be mailed an herbal care package, that contains a different herb for each of the six weeks we meet, with the hopes of using each herb of the week daily and tracking their effects and influence. We will take herbs as an infusion (tea) and there will not be any alcohol extractions to accommodate people who do not ingest alcohol.
This group will take place virtually on Wednesday evenings from 5-7pm EST. This space is welcome to queer and trans folks, and is explicitly anti-racist, anti-carceral, and anti-zionist. This group is open to folks who live anywhere, though I cannot guarantee delivery of herbal care kits outside the continental so called "US". I will do my best to get packages to everyone in other countries, but if it is cost prohibitive, I will provide you with a list of the herbs and supplies included in the kit for you to acquire elsewhere. Registration closes Sunday October 26th at 11:59pm, to leave time to mail care packages to participants.
Cost:
Sliding scale, free-$100 per week. *as of 10/18 the free spots have been claimed, but spots are available at $25 and up
The at cost fee for this workshop series is $100 per session. The sliding scale is $45-$100 per session, with reduced fee spots below $45 and one Free spot. The reduced fee and free spots will prioritize QTBIPOC, asylum seekers, refugees, people who are undocumented, people displaced by genocide and war, and disabled/chronically ill people, who would otherwise not be able to attend . Please note that once you commit to attending, you commit to also pay for the full series. If you cannot pay all at once, please contact me to work out a payment plan for weekly payments.
This group has limited spots available so we can create intimacy and hold a strong container.
Please look at the Economic Justice section of my website to help you decide what rate is right for you.
$25x6=$150 total
$35x6=$210 total
$45x6=$270 total
$60x6=$360 total
$75x6=$450 total
$85x6=$510 total
$100x6=$600 total
Herbs will likely include:
Avena sativa (milky oats/oatstraw)
Althaea officinalis (marshmallow)
Scutellaria lateriflora (skullcap)
Melissa officinalis (lemon balm)
Urtica dioico (nettles)
Tilia spp (linden)
What you will need:
A pen and journal to track your daily experience with the herb of the week
A mug to drink from
A way to heat water
A private space to be in for group
A place you can receive a package
Internet connection
For example, one week we will work with an anxiolytic nervine, which has the ability to decrease anxiety and calm the central and autonomic nervous systems. We will discuss indications, and how to know when to reach for these specific plant allies. The support space that week will center experiences of and ways of working with anxiety. Before this group starts, each participant will be mailed an herbal care package, that contains a different herb for each of the six weeks we meet, with the hopes of using each herb of the week daily and tracking their effects and influence. We will take herbs as an infusion (tea) and there will not be any alcohol extractions to accommodate people who do not ingest alcohol.
This group will take place virtually on Wednesday evenings from 5-7pm EST. This space is welcome to queer and trans folks, and is explicitly anti-racist, anti-carceral, and anti-zionist. This group is open to folks who live anywhere, though I cannot guarantee delivery of herbal care kits outside the continental so called "US". I will do my best to get packages to everyone in other countries, but if it is cost prohibitive, I will provide you with a list of the herbs and supplies included in the kit for you to acquire elsewhere. Registration closes Sunday October 26th at 11:59pm, to leave time to mail care packages to participants.
Cost:
Sliding scale, free-$100 per week. *as of 10/18 the free spots have been claimed, but spots are available at $25 and up
The at cost fee for this workshop series is $100 per session. The sliding scale is $45-$100 per session, with reduced fee spots below $45 and one Free spot. The reduced fee and free spots will prioritize QTBIPOC, asylum seekers, refugees, people who are undocumented, people displaced by genocide and war, and disabled/chronically ill people, who would otherwise not be able to attend . Please note that once you commit to attending, you commit to also pay for the full series. If you cannot pay all at once, please contact me to work out a payment plan for weekly payments.
This group has limited spots available so we can create intimacy and hold a strong container.
Please look at the Economic Justice section of my website to help you decide what rate is right for you.
$25x6=$150 total
$35x6=$210 total
$45x6=$270 total
$60x6=$360 total
$75x6=$450 total
$85x6=$510 total
$100x6=$600 total
Herbs will likely include:
Avena sativa (milky oats/oatstraw)
Althaea officinalis (marshmallow)
Scutellaria lateriflora (skullcap)
Melissa officinalis (lemon balm)
Urtica dioico (nettles)
Tilia spp (linden)
What you will need:
A pen and journal to track your daily experience with the herb of the week
A mug to drink from
A way to heat water
A private space to be in for group
A place you can receive a package
Internet connection
Avena sativa
Anxiolytic, Trophorestorative, and Nervine:
Working with anxiety and calming the central nervous system
Althaea officinalis
Grounding & Stabilizing:
Working with derealization, depersonalization, dissociation, and feeling unmoored
Scutellaria lateriflora
Neurotrophorestorative, Nervine, Relaxant:
Working with neurodivergence, sensory processing disorder, ADHD, focus, and highly sensitive people
Melissa officinalis
Brightening, Uplifting, Mood Stabilizing, Anti-Depressant:
Working with sadness, depression, lethargy, stagnation
Anxiolytic, Trophorestorative, and Nervine:
Working with anxiety and calming the central nervous system
Althaea officinalis
Grounding & Stabilizing:
Working with derealization, depersonalization, dissociation, and feeling unmoored
Scutellaria lateriflora
Neurotrophorestorative, Nervine, Relaxant:
Working with neurodivergence, sensory processing disorder, ADHD, focus, and highly sensitive people
Melissa officinalis
Brightening, Uplifting, Mood Stabilizing, Anti-Depressant:
Working with sadness, depression, lethargy, stagnation
Neurospicey Queers:
A Virtual Support Group for ADHD, AuDHD, & Autistic Queer and Trans Folks
This virtual support group is for anyone who identifies as queer and neurodivergent. An official diagnosis is not required. Queerness and neurodivergence have a lot of overlap, and many of us who attend a support space geared towards only one of these identities end up feeling unseen or like we still do not belong.
Most of the commonly accepted knowledge on neurodivergence is built upon a stereotypical presentation of cis het white men, and fails to encompass our lived realities. Many of us have been excluded or bullied, have built up our masks so well that we have trouble knowing who we are, or are exhausted by performing.
Neurodiversity, like biodiversity, builds a stronger web of life and is essential for the health and survival of human beings. It can be challenging to be neurodivergent in a world that was built for neurotypical people, but that doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with us. Finding people like us, building community, affinity, and intimacy can be life-changing, affirming, and incredibly powerful.
Together, we will discuss things like sensory overwhelm, rejection sensitivity, demand avoidance, special interests, time-blindness, socializing and making friends, masking, burnout, coping skills and tips, body doubling, relationships, dating, sexuality, and any other topic the group wants to discuss.
This group will take place virtually ___________. Calls will take place over zoom, with captions, and will be conducted in English. Sessions are sliding scale, $35-$85 per week, with limited reduced fee spots available for folks who cannot attend otherwise, prioritizing QTBIPOC.
7-8:30 pm ET & Puerto Rico
6-7:30 pm CT
5-6:30 pm MT
4-5:30 pm PT
3-4:30 pm AK
1-2:30 pm HI
Most of the commonly accepted knowledge on neurodivergence is built upon a stereotypical presentation of cis het white men, and fails to encompass our lived realities. Many of us have been excluded or bullied, have built up our masks so well that we have trouble knowing who we are, or are exhausted by performing.
Neurodiversity, like biodiversity, builds a stronger web of life and is essential for the health and survival of human beings. It can be challenging to be neurodivergent in a world that was built for neurotypical people, but that doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with us. Finding people like us, building community, affinity, and intimacy can be life-changing, affirming, and incredibly powerful.
Together, we will discuss things like sensory overwhelm, rejection sensitivity, demand avoidance, special interests, time-blindness, socializing and making friends, masking, burnout, coping skills and tips, body doubling, relationships, dating, sexuality, and any other topic the group wants to discuss.
This group will take place virtually ___________. Calls will take place over zoom, with captions, and will be conducted in English. Sessions are sliding scale, $35-$85 per week, with limited reduced fee spots available for folks who cannot attend otherwise, prioritizing QTBIPOC.
7-8:30 pm ET & Puerto Rico
6-7:30 pm CT
5-6:30 pm MT
4-5:30 pm PT
3-4:30 pm AK
1-2:30 pm HI
COME TOGETHER
a long covid support group
join in queer long covid community for mutual support, skill & infosharing, and relationship weaving! Our second cohort will start early 2026!
we come together to share skills and information on navigating long covid. over the course of two months, we will gather to process our experiences, share what we have learned, try new things, and be together. we will talk herbs, food, emotional support practices, embodiment practices, creativity, grief & rage, structural shifts, lists and other logistical supports, surviving under capitalism and more.
come with your feelings and your bodies truth. come with your lived experience. come to hear the experiences of others. come to share what you know about your own wise body, and come ready to learn from the wisdom of others. come to find similarities and resonance, differences in individual experiences, and mutual respect throughout.
let this group be an anchor. let the group support you in these times of intense stress. let the knowing that you are not alone in this tend some of the rough edges. long covid is intense on its own; add in a govt supported culture of covid denial and it becomes even more fraught. we come together to remember that we don’t have to do it all alone; we support each other reciprocally when gathering around shared emotional experiences. let yourself be nourished as you also contribute to a wider web of community nourishment.
come as you are.
you are welcome here.
we are in this together.
we come together to share skills and information on navigating long covid. over the course of two months, we will gather to process our experiences, share what we have learned, try new things, and be together. we will talk herbs, food, emotional support practices, embodiment practices, creativity, grief & rage, structural shifts, lists and other logistical supports, surviving under capitalism and more.
come with your feelings and your bodies truth. come with your lived experience. come to hear the experiences of others. come to share what you know about your own wise body, and come ready to learn from the wisdom of others. come to find similarities and resonance, differences in individual experiences, and mutual respect throughout.
let this group be an anchor. let the group support you in these times of intense stress. let the knowing that you are not alone in this tend some of the rough edges. long covid is intense on its own; add in a govt supported culture of covid denial and it becomes even more fraught. we come together to remember that we don’t have to do it all alone; we support each other reciprocally when gathering around shared emotional experiences. let yourself be nourished as you also contribute to a wider web of community nourishment.
come as you are.
you are welcome here.
we are in this together.
Find out more on rowan's website, Wild Aliveness!
