Group Events
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In Boulder, CO
INANNA'S DESCENT:
A Samhain Journey Through the Underworld
Date: Saturday, October 31st
Time: 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Cost: $77 Community Rate • $88 Sustaining Rate • $111 Abundance Rate
Location: The Starhouse, Boulder, CO
Descend with Inanna through the seven gates of the underworld. Release what is finished, meet the Dark Goddess, and be reborn. The Starhouse
INANNA’S DESCENT
A Samhain Journey Through the Underworld to Remember Who You Truly Are
What are you ready to lay down?
At Samhain, the veil thins—and the world reminds us that nothing is meant to be held forever.
Inanna’s Descent is an immersive journey into the Underworld, inspired by the ancient Sumerian story of Inanna and the mysteries of the Dark Goddess. Together, we’ll move through seven gates, each asking us to release something we once needed: an identity, expectation, relationship, defense, role, or version of ourselves that no longer fits.
Through ritual, storytelling, guided journey, reflection, and community witnessing, you’ll be invited to descend beneath the surface of your everyday life and meet what has been waiting in the dark.
You don’t have to fix it. You don’t have to understand it. You simply have to be willing to tell the truth.
Because what we are brave enough to release becomes fertile ground for what comes next.
Let what is finished become soil.
October 31 • 6:30–9:30 PM
The Starhouse • Boulder, Colorado
With Amanda Rose & Naomi Amaya Love
Date: Sunday, November 8th
Time: 2 - 5pm
Cost: Sliding Scale $50-$100
What can Valerian teach us about slowing down and dreaming?
After the first frost, Valerian shifts into its dormant state, concentrating its medicine, valerenic acid and GABA, to support deeper sleep and dreams. Valerian shows us how to embrace the process of wintering, orienting ourselves to a slower time characterized by visioning.
This isn't an herbalism workshop. This is a remembering of our deep, evolutionary relationships with plants, intended to help us connect with our own forms of seasonal dormancy. Put your hands in the dirt, get to know valerian, make some tinctures and tea to bring home with you.
We will gather on the New Moon at Earthstar Farms, located at the StarHouse, weather pending. We have a backup location in Boulder, CO.
Maximum 8 people.
An afternoon to
-Meet Valerian & connect with its medicine for sleep
-Make tincture & tea to bring with you into winter
-Explore longer nights, rest, & dreaming
-Welcome the seasonal darkness
Agenda:
-We will flow between group and individual connection, including a mindfulness "sit" with Valerian.
-Discussions on the life cycle and sleep-aid medicine of Valerian; reflections on how we, too, can turn inward toward winter.
-Harvesting Valerian root, preparing tea and tincture.
-Welcoming the darkness as the afternoon turns to sunset, on the new moon, in the final weeks before Winter Solstice.
*Bring a journal and pen to take notes and write insights.
I am partnering with Earthstar Farms for this event. In offering this 3-hour event, we ask for your contribution of $50 - $100. Pay what you can. Scholarships available, please reach out at kelsey@groundwatertherapy.com
About your facilitator:
Kelsey Loupy, PhD, LPCC
I am not an herbalist, I am a physiologist and therapist exploring the relationships between humans, plants, bodies, and the living world. I believe that when we slow down to the pace of nature and allow ourselves to be in touch with what is truly present, we can find greater awareness, clarity, and choice. My work is inspired by my research of the Earth-body-mind connection and training in somatic therapy.
This is the first of a series of workshops that I will be offering to remember our deeply embedded human-plant relationships.
Read more about my work at groundwatertherapy.com