Are you ready to explore the Fungal realm more deeply?
Fungi are everywhere, inherent to the human condition, acting as agents of multi-dimensional transformation. In this daylong experience, we’ll build symbiotic relationships with Fungi in ways that unlock the potential for larger scale multi-dimensional transformation on somatic, social, cultural, psychological and ecological levels. In building our connection with Fungi and learning how to work with them, we can also support processes of cultivating inner wholeness, rewilding, and finding our place in our human and ecological communities. Together we’ll practice building “mycelial connections” on a somatic level and explore how the ecological roles of Fungi can align with the roles we play in our lives. We’ll collaborate with Fungi to practice decomposing trauma with a hands-on mycoremediation project to decompose toxins from a home that burned in a wildfire. And we’ll eat a delicious, nutritious lunch with local mushrooms.
Fungi are everywhere, inherent to the human condition, acting as agents of multi-dimensional transformation. In this daylong experience, we’ll build symbiotic relationships with Fungi in ways that unlock the potential for larger scale multi-dimensional transformation on somatic, social, cultural, psychological and ecological levels. In building our connection with Fungi and learning how to work with them, we can also support processes of cultivating inner wholeness, rewilding, and finding our place in our human and ecological communities. Together we’ll practice building “mycelial connections” on a somatic level and explore how the ecological roles of Fungi can align with the roles we play in our lives. We’ll collaborate with Fungi to practice decomposing trauma with a hands-on mycoremediation project to decompose toxins from a home that burned in a wildfire. And we’ll eat a delicious, nutritious lunch with local mushrooms.
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EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
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Cost:
$120 per participant *A limited number of low-income discounts are available, Email us to find out more. Please note: Parking on-site is limited, carpooling encouraged |
about the facilitator
Maya Elson (she/they) is a teacher, naturalist, mycologist, organizer and lover of the wild. Maya was the Executive Director of CoRenewal from 2016-2021, where she works to enact effective and just solutions to environmental and social crises by working in collaboration with fungi. She is the co-founder and Program Coordinator of the Post Fire Biofiltration Initiative, an effort and experiment using fungi to prevent toxins from burned homes from entering waterways. Maya is one of the founding members of the Radical Mycology network, and has started Applied Mycology groups in Olympia, WA and the San Francisco Bay area. She’s worked as a campaign organizer with a number of climate justice and wilderness defense struggles over many years. Since 2006, Maya has been spent supporting youth in finding their place in their ecological and human communities by working with Wild Child Santa Cruz, Gaia Passages, and other programs. She has been regularly leading mushroom foraging trips for adults for over 4 years. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Ecopsychology, and weaves together human and ecological remediation through her work teaching Mycopermaculture, Fungal Biology, Mycorenewal and Mushroom Identification.