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Certified Grief and Bereavement Care Counselor, I weave Jewish mysticism and nature-based practices into grief tending, creating online and in-person spaces where loss, love, and renewal are held. My work draws on both ancestral and emergent wisdom to reimagine how grief, land-based ritual, and nature’s cycles can chart the way toward solace, and restore balance. Through 1:1s, and collective healing rituals, I bring a deep curiosity for what becomes possible. Having worked on the frontlines in a war zone for 15 years and experiencing deep grief, I’m trained at tending people through rupture & traumatic loss. Drawing from evidence-based research, I find that immersive healing & sensory-based practices are supportive after any loss, as they don’t require words to speak the unspeakable, or comprehend the incomprehensible. I design and produce collective healing events and rituals (Skirball Cultural Center in 2025, with 1200 people) as well as online Grief Garden gatherings that meet twice weekly. For the past 25 years, I listen closely for ways to tend. Prior to forming FromSoil2Soul, I served as the founding Executive Director of two mission-driven environmental nonprofits: BUSTAN, and Netiya for a combined 18 years. A bridge-builder with systems-impacted and underinvested communities (indigenous, houseless, and formerly incarcerated people), I bring an undeniable passion for growing community stakeholder engagement through relationship-building, deep listening, and land stewardship. I have two Masters degrees in Conflict Resolution and Development Studies, and have trained extensively on facilitation of non-hierarchical frameworks for culture change that center equity, belonging, and empowerment. Deeply committed to counter-oppressive organizing, I have trained with Maia Feldman (Resetting the Table, Project Manager of UCLA’s Initiative to Study Hate). I have spent 15 years with Indigenous Bedouin; I’ve engaged in study of Council practice; Authentic Relating; as well as Non-Violent Communication (NVC); I have served as a coordinator for the Compassionate Listening Project in Israel/Palestine; and I have a Mindfulness Teacher Training certificate. …I see grief in people and in landscapes as a dynamic and emergent force. Bearing Witness to Grief through Listening to People and Place supports transcendence. I call this work Soul Remediation — it serves as the bedrock of regenerative healing, FromSoil2Soul. My professional affiliations and certifications are with: the MISS Foundation, the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Trust, the Center for Loss and Trauma, the Selah Carefarm, the Grief Support Center, Connect & Thrive, and I serve the Altadena Healing Village, Worthy of Love, and Seva Seeds Collective monthly. Book a 1:1. Follow @dev.brous, and check out FromSoil2Soul offerings, my Substack Soul Remediation, or my former column, A Jewitch Herbal. Read Full Bio here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1757097860187-JFAH3123JJ6TQ2GVVNKQ/unsplash-image-pXUW_bRB82c.jpg About - What is Soul Remediation? From my experience as a Grief Guide, the state of the human psyche following a traumatic rupture is like "biologically barren" soil, devoid of the foundational elements—safety, trust, and resilience—needed for healthy emotional functioning. Much the same, a post-fire landscape is "biologically barren," when the soil's intricate microbial communities are devastated. Scorched earth acts as a profound catalyst for renewal. FromSoil2Soul is about supporting YOU in the sacred art of listening to the land, the water, and your seasons of grief. It’s about cleansing and replenishing you - like feeding the soil with carbon and oxygen so life force can cycle nutrients once again. When we work together, we sit with anguish to witness what is — without judgment. We tend to the mystical emergence of new life from within. My job is to support you as you root down to rise. YOU are a Phoenix. Book a 1:1. Follow @dev.brous, and check out FromSoil2Soul offerings: or my former column, A Jewitch Herbal. 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I am an Herbalist, and a Ritualist. I am the Bowl Keeper in our community. I tend plants, people, and place. Click to read more here. I would be honored to tend to YOU in this time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1771609120343-72EFEV6UXFJDDWKR18OB/unsplash-image-6uNtYSOKWBQ.jpg Rituals - Transition | Life Cycles It is happening. Or, it has happened. YOU (or someone you love) are going through a big change in life. You seek to mark time and space intentionally for all that has changed. To be held in a safe container. Or, to pause and reflect as you celebrate a milestone, mourn, or reflect on a miracle. When we craft a beautiful and transformative ritual to clarify and solidify your wellspring of intention. Delve into a curated experience with tangible practices of solace, celebration, and an accountable path forward. Be witnessed as you go through your metamorphosis. Emerge a FromSoil2Soul ritual nourished, recharged, and replenished. It’s time. Your FromSoil2Soul Ritual includes four parts: *An online meditative exploration as we customize your journey. *Creative practices to focus, attune, deepen, and expand your way through transition. Receive a living document I customize and write for your Ritual. *Bespoke Ritual. You choose from a menu of homegrown and handmade ingredients. *An online session for post-ritual reflection and integration. Available in-person or online. Once we speak, let’s plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1771599530421-2Z5VRXO3XOHCK0BKNA8B/unsplash-image-f8Xv_KfROpo.jpg Rituals - End of Life Rituals I am so sorry for your loss. May the memories be blessings. FromSoil2Soul bespoke rituals are designed to honor your beloved through ancient text, poetry, and music. All rituals, funerals, memorial ceremonies, and unveilings have inclusive liturgy, as well as traditional, and/or spiritual elements that frame the experience. FromSoil2Soul ritual is customizable for sacred scatterings by soil, water, fire, and air. I work with individuals from all faith backgrounds, as well as multi-faith, interfaith, and agnostic communities to craft beautiful, intentional earth-based end-of-life rituals. I work closely with Hillside Memorial, Mt. Sinai Memorial, and Life Source Natural Burial. Your investment includes a pre-ritual orientation session + Funeral Ritual + an online follow-up grief tending session. Follow-Up Grief Tending Support is available for families or individuals (online or in-person). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1615988289009-CYO939B82G5X8ZUHUHXL/unsplash-image-m-gqDRzbJLQ.jpg Rituals - Herbal Tea Blending Ritual FromSoil2Soul Tea Ritual + Weekly Rooftop Meditation Each week, I make six gallons of tea for our community. YOU are welcome to join us to sip tea, and meditate, 9am-9:30am Saturdays (Shalhevet). I begin crafting a blend on Friday - reflecting on the week and asking what blend can nourish our family and our community. Then, I harvest our homestead herbs and craft with a three-part structure — a steady base; supportive herbs; and an accent to carry the herbal healing forward. The process itself is the ritual: harvesting, watching water rise to a boil, inhaling the first lift of herbal steam, observing the colors deepen as the plants infuse, and allowing the plants to simmer as the brew deepens and preserves the plant’s volatile oils. Join our weekly rooftop meditation (9am, Shabbats at Shalhevet) and sip my herbal tea throughout the morning Shabbat service at Ikar. Source 1/2 lb bags of my artisanal tea blends through my online FromSoil2Soul shop. You are welcome to make this part of your Shabbat morning ritual, cup in hand, as we sit, and let the plants teach us their Torah. 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Here, we grow small-scale, bio-intensive perennial crops on a parcel of less than 1/5 acre. We partner with our neighbors to compost their food scraps and feed the land to grow living soil in reciprocal relationship with nature - minimizing water-use, and rebuilding soil organic matter to increase biodiversity and soil fertility. By actively farming soil microbes, we feed the Soil Food Web; use less water; cool the grounds; and avoid chemical inputs and synthetic fertilizers! By optimizing the photosynthetic drawdown of atmospheric CO2 to feed and regenerate living soil, this form of agriculture grows an abundance of nutrient-dense crops in harmony with nature to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change. 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Originally, the San Fernando Valley hills and valleys were lush with oaks and walnut trees, and were later planted with diverse citrus groves and many invasive species. In 1769, Spanish conquistador Gaspar de Portolà and explorers arrived. We purchased land and transformed a conventional home (sun-bleached, compacted slab of dirt) built in the 1950s into a vibrant food forest. This is also known as a BUSTAN (Hebrew/Arabic) a polyculture orchard reminiscent of the traditional Iranian polyculture of the Middle East. Today we tend 27 fruit trees, a water-wise greywater food/herb garden, an aquaponic farming system, two 9x50 vegetable gardens, free-range chickens, five composting sites with tens of thousands of Red Wiggler worms and food we grow for our chickens. By growing perennials and dry lands vegetable and fruit varieties, our homestead is entirely pesticide-free and uses no synthetic fertilizers. On our good days, we aspire to be mostly zero-waste and even get off-screen a bit. Along with my husband and our two children, this thriving urban homestead is home to a heap of happy hens and a school of hardworking fish that power an aquaponic medicinal herb garden. We compost for 18 of our neighbors through our FromSoil2Soul Super Soil Site. Click here to drop off your scraps: MakeSoil.org, or find us on ShareWaste. 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And YOU want new tools. Instead of investing in a hollow, expedient rush to get you through this life-altering terrain, join in the radical act of slowing down to nourish and ground; to pause and reflect; to embody. In this 1:1 immersive package of holistic grief support, we honor the complexities of your loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1750461263478-TRH4IPUR2HEBZ5JCCB4N/unsplash-image-kcvRHtAyuig.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - When grief uproots you, healing begins beneath the surface. Designed for those navigating loss — the loss of a loved one, identity, relationship, health, or direction — who long to heal in rhythm with the earth. Are you: Experiencing overwhelm, and not sure where to turn next Navigating loss(es) and seeking a sacred, grounded support system Longing for structure that honors body, land, and spirit Craving guidance that is both practical and mystical Ready to meet your grief as alive A Giver, generously attuned to other people’s needs often before your own (by necessity or by orientation) Drawing from my FromSoil2Soul regenerative model: four “micro-seasons” guide you through the ecology of grief — Fallow, Sow, Tend, and Harvest. Over 7-months, you may become more skilled at staying in your heart; in your body; and knowing what your grief is communicating. You may learn to shore up your boundaries. You may learn to eat more nourishing foods and make your own herbal remedies to nourish your gut. You may find the solace you’ve been seeking in a safe, sacred community forum. Regenerate from loss guided by nature’s intelligence. This immersive journey aligns with the cycles of nature, and the ancient Sabbatical that occurs every 7th year. Together we weave herbal ritual, embodied practices to restore your nervous system, and cultivate grounded renewal. Metabolize grief, and nourish your soul in alignment with regenerative currents, rhythms, and cycles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1736866685073-AJ0JTFZ4Y5BQ6JSZDQSX/unsplash-image-ILLMkM0Dnzk.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - Soul Sabbatical 1:1 Grief Tending Curriculum with my Original Frameworks Regenerative Herbal Rituals 4x/wk Community & Connection Home Practice & Integration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1626801794466-0X5OOZF86IFV3H9MFZ2B/unsplash-image-p1yTPLjC8ys.jpg Soul-Sabbatical “Like a root bound houseplant that has outgrown its pot, we replant so you can regrow, and stretch beyond your confines to get unstuck. 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Grief awakens us as compost nourishes new life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1762359413337-HZBRTRLF0SW5H9EJJEYP/unsplash-image-oMpAz-DN-9I.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - Ultimate : $250/wk You’ll also receive the following Bonuses: + • Four 1/2 Day Healing Retreats in LA (herbal balancing, foot massage, herbal salt s, reiki, sound healing , a healthy homegrown lunch, and artisanal herbal tea ceremony) • Personalized guidance for your Anchor Project • Gift Basket with FromSoil2Soul homegrown artisanal tea blends, handmade herbal salts, balms, tincture, body butter • 7-wk Omer Cleanse + Cleanse Guide + all herbs • The FromSoil2Soul 7-Minerals Blueprint & Diagnostic for Grief Relief • Ongoing text / email support • Custom herbal protocol Click here to reserve your spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1762359200417-TOL4PYYV8TWL525WPHE7/unsplash-image-fPyE0Xl-C2g.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - Essential : $180/wk Click here to pay and reserve your spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1626823275181-6RDAG1UQUZAC3CU89K4K/unsplash-image-lTE8p6u0b1Y.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - $250 per week Pay in full Reserve Your Spot Pay Weekly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1626793264750-9B1HMCSE10C1RSY39CDG/unsplash-image-f7Go0sHjOgY.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - $180 per week Pay in full Reserve Your Spot Pay Weekly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1736717431745-I6BJYA7HQHI6EC93J6DH/unsplash-image-JIoHXOD7_uc.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - Close your eyes. It’s one year after your Soul Sabbatical You know just how to replenish your soul -- before you become depleted. You are resourced and ready for what comes your way. You now have ancient and emergent practices to reset your nervous system and replenish your soul. Through silence and sound, poetry and prayer, stillness and movement, you know how to source grief relief. As you grieve and heal, stretch and grow, you will be held in a habit-building framework. You remember the principles of rest, and all that you unearthed during your mindful pilgrimage into the nature of belonging. You have redefined soul-care. Your Soul Sabbatical remains a refusal to abandon your soul through times of depletion. Because, a Soul Sabbatical is not a luxury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1626887418310-8U44AUVOI6SN4M07QD2U/unsplash-image-U-skZKYfXj0.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - You’ll remember how to pause and reflect, and how to breathe and unearth grief’s life lessons. Maybe you’ll find a silver lining or redefine your purpose. Because endings are beginnings. Book Soul Sabbatical Today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1626885605422-130V7DDA9B9ZKPCXPFE5/unsplash-image-kLluCDjgoPI.jpg Soul-Sabbatical - Too busy to grieve? In the spirit of the ancient Sabbatical, take time to smell the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1610182641010-9ZHBGV37CM1Y8DS6BRS4/FromSoil2Soul_Circle_Graphic_+v45.png Soul-Sabbatical https://fromsoil2soul.com/garden-and-compost-consulting daily 0.75 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1618508493196-55CSG2TFX0LD8R4G795R/unsplash-image-6bykmLxy-3Y.jpg Garden Install & Seasonal Refresh - Kitchen Garden INSTALL Step 1: Consult + Planning + Design Process - $1200 It all begins with a seed! Schedule a Consult today. During this initial consult, we’ll explore your space, unearth your dream garden, and define your goals, timeline, and budget. Wild and productive, or a fecund yet serene garden? My specialty is helping clients create a climate-wise garden full of food and medicine with a focus on permaculture techniques to save water, restore the soil food web, and create beautiful, healthy habitat in the process. This may include fruit trees and perennial fruiting vines, with a flourishing, colorful pallet of edibles and herbs. It’s your open canvas. Together, we’ll seed your idea. Discover: Do you want our fromsoil2soul custom-designed enclosed wooden raised beds of any size, or do you prefer an in-ground permaculture garden? How much food do you want to grow? We’ll find the right location, and choose the right method for your patterns and the quantity of food, yard waste, and paper/cardboard you want to decompose. Do you want a compost set you up or would you rather upgrade your existing system to regularly decompose home/yard waste without a hassle? I craft a pre-design for approval with landscape and plant preferences. Then, I’ll map the project flow, and define a fee schedule to install, build and plant a kitchen garden that will continually REGENERATE both your soil and your soul! The boutique suite of fromsoil2soul install services starts at a 4-figure investment. Install fees are based on project scope. Let’s get you growing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1618508179528-VFFTK027JXQ69WUHYPRC/unsplash-image-Pv_Mut-lvWg.jpg Garden Install & Seasonal Refresh - REFRESH: Seasonal Garden Regeneration YOU have an amazing garden. You are a DIYer. So, Grow-it-Yourself (GIY)! YOU want to be more self-reliant - yet would love a hand, not just another online video tutorial. YOU want to learn all about the process with site-specific guidance! In this package, we set YOU up for success, so you can grow more fresh food! REFRESH includes four 2-hour *Plant/Learn session if you are within a 20-mile distance of Sherman Oaks) for personalized 1:1 garden cheerleading! Grow! Grow! https://fromsoil2soul.com/mussar daily 0.75 2022-12-30 https://fromsoil2soul.com/zenopause daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/e76982d0-52aa-4cf5-a72c-ad0f1b6cffc4/ToL3.jpg https://fromsoil2soul.com/anti-racism daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1610338638017-6O76QNM1FZ7IHWRU7K37/image-asset.jpeg Grief Garden - Grief Tending I am SO sorry for your loss - and I’m grateful that you have reached out to connect memories with blessings. Here, we’ll do some grief tending. A Grief Garden is a twice-weekly online trauma-informed support group that I facilitate. I am a certified and trauma-informed compassionate bereavement care grief counselor. We have closed, time-bound groups (see below) and we have a continuous ongoing group. Drop-ins are always welcome. To keep our community safe, click here to join a Grief Garden WhatsApp for links and reminders and supportive community. We gather twice weekly: *every “Monday Mourning” (8:30am pst) *every Wednesday evening (7-8:30pm pst) Sliding-Scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1610338691614-W4VCF0OOZJ97T19BWZU4/image-asset.jpeg Grief Garden - What’s special in a Grief Garden? Our circles are intentionally mixed. Grief does not segregate in absolutes, and neither does healing. Loss may include mourning death by suicide, terminal illness, divorce, caregiving burnout, estrangement, transition, and any other complicated grief. Support is embodied, pragmatic, creative, and rooted in ritual. Through FromSoil2Soul Grief Garden support groups, a “continuum of Jewish grief care” is extended and accessible long after the Shiva and Shloshim (first 30 days), throughout the Unveiling and Celebration of Life, and even beyond — so you don’t have to grieve alone. This way, people are held within the inclusive embrace of ancient practices, rather than stumbling to outsource support, elsewhere. The Grief Garden provides a conscious, safe haven that is confidential and non-judgmental. Participants explore nourishing soul-care practices — and mindful coping skills while gaining supportive community. Because grieving relies on social support, and shared vulnerability reduces isolation. Want to try it out? Fill out this Grief Garden Interest Form to see if we are a good fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1771507425297-5F72BGJLIAPRUHNAIVLM/unsplash-image-B645igbiKCw.jpg Grief Garden - 4-wk Jewish Grief Garden This Grief Garden Online Group is a 4-week guided circle for anyone navigating loss — recent or long past, acute or quietly enduring. Meeting in a structured, facilitated and closed cohort, we move through grief with steadiness and intention: sharing stories, and leaning into our mourning rather than away from it as we practice embodied regulation. We tend your grief through Jewish text, the Hebrew calendar, our holiday cycle, and Jewish ritual. This is not therapy, yet it is deeply healing, where sorrow is tended the way a garden is: with rhythm, patience, skill, and care. Participants meet online for three 60-minute sessions, and an optional in-person session for the fourth. This small, confidential cohort builds grief literacy, nervous system resilience, and meaningful connection with the living world that transforms death into renewal. Meet online, Fridays, 10-11am PST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1610338513515-CHGVJV0GAY5J0XBV2MQO/image-asset.jpeg Grief Garden - For Womxn in Grief Mixed Loss | 18 sessions, 90 Minutes | Small Cohort This Grief Garden is for high-functioning women who are the steady ones — the earners, the caretakers, the philanthropists, the ones everyone else leans on - even as you grieve. You manage institutions, families, aging parents, children, and impossible calendars. You show up. You deliver. You keep going. And yet — grief lives in you, often privately, often without language, often without permission. This group offers contained, culturally resonant grief tending for womxn. Here, you have permission to be supported before collapse. Permission to grieve without losing your competence. Support is structured and substantive — grounded in trauma-informed practice, nervous system regulation and herbal wellness, Through ritual, text, and embodied skill-building, you metabolize grief rather than compartmentalize it. By doing do, you nourish your relationships with self, and the realm Beyond touch. Times/Dates TBD with the Group https://fromsoil2soul.com/bio daily 0.75 2025-10-09 https://fromsoil2soul.com/my-shop daily 0.75 2026-01-09 https://fromsoil2soul.com/events daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1735856050790-2PFO67TBWADPH1FN3W8B/unsplash-image-RdzyHqnT9PM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Annual Cleanses 49-Day Tree of Life - Omer Cleanse (Spring 2026) REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Elemental Cleanse (Fall 2026) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1774376379749-AW0BGRFOAWZZOLV21BVT/unsplash-image-zMwxD1cp-Gk.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - LA Climate Week: FromSoil2Soul Grief Ritual + Day Long Event for Mental Wellbeing 4.12.26 - Griffith Park Alive Together: Mind, Body, & Wellbeing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1735856050790-2PFO67TBWADPH1FN3W8B/unsplash-image-RdzyHqnT9PM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - A Grief Garden Every Monday, 8:30am-9am Every Wednesday, 7pm-8:30pm PST Join us to hold grief together. Each Wednesday session is 1.5 hrs of deeply personalized online group facilitation in a Safe, Supportive Container. As a certified trauma-informed Grief Counselor (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation and Dr. Joanne Cacciatore at the Selah Care Farm), I personally facilitate this group. In these holistic circles, you’ll receive grief witness, and tender support as we attune to what is present and resource your innate ability to integrate grief. Bring your rage, fear, and anguish. I’ll meet you in this place with patience and non judgmental compassion - because the grief you carry matters. Our weekly groups are run by sliding-scale contributions for the energy exchange ($36-$72 per wk). Fill out this Grief Garden Interest Form to see if we’re a fit. Nobody is EVER turned away for lack of funds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1760736208351-LZACXPO6VVDQ56D6ZO17/unsplash-image-zdSoe8za6Hs.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FULLmoon Circle 4.5.26, 3:33 pm FULLmoon (Monthly) FromSoil2Soul teams up with Correlate FULLmoon ritual wildcrafting food preservation and land stewardship. Sustainably Harvesting together! Click below to pay, and here to join. Cost = $36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1735856050790-2PFO67TBWADPH1FN3W8B/unsplash-image-RdzyHqnT9PM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Weekly Rooftop Meditations 9am-9:30am, Ikar Shabbat Services Saturdays (weekly) Grab a mug of FromSoil2Soul Herbal Tea, and ascend to the rooftop for quietude in community. Guided mindful meditations every Saturday morning. FREE @ Ikar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1712260638937-7HIQYPG4CO5R84M2WB6E/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - newMOON Herbal SaltBowl Ritual 6:30-9pm , Sat or Sun closest to the newMOON: (monthly) Gather to welcome the newMOON (for womxn and non-binary people). Join us for an Herbal SaltBowl ritual, learning, and nourishing potluck. Our monthly circle lineage traces back 22 years and YOU are invited. Click here to sign up for newMOON monthly reminders and join the FromSoil2Soul community. Ritual is $36 - click below: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1765911644877-Z6TUYBBR1K2EQWYH5V9C/unsplash-image-es-1YL2PhUA.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Soul Remediation: At Wildfire, Floods & Resilience Convening Santa Cruz, November 15-16th, 2025 Convening on Applied Mycology 2-part “Soul Remediation” Workshop & Silent Meditation to Witness Burn Scar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1765912097653-Q3J0GPXBW3H4EJBANENM/unsplash-image-UdDjFekHQuk.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Grief Garden @ USC Nov. 19th, 2025, 6-9pm Trauma-informed grief tending ritual + vegan dinner. Join Students, Faculty, Staff to this beautiful collaboration with USC Department of Religion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/07fd1148-a50b-44a8-a0ee-d02c9f18bbe9/Altadena.JPG Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Healing SoCal: BioRemediation Science Matters. Before We Rebuild, We MUST Remediate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/77a9b5df-9ef4-4304-8351-b4acb201c0c3/PHOTO-2025-07-07-21-53-00.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FULLmoon Soundbath while Floating in Water Thursday, August 9th: (monthly) 6-9pm FULLmoon Soundbath ~ Please join us this Thursday at our FromSoil2Soul urban homestead to soak in sound and healing waters. Click here to sign up for monthly reminders and join the FromSoil2Soul What’sApp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1746840429294-D80S460PTYB2HJTNUFO7/unsplash-image-icrhAD-qidc.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Witness: Act — Altadena Fire Survivors 12:30pm, Altadena, Meet Landowners from “The Area of Concern” FromSoil2Soul gathers people to join a Listening Circle in the wake of the catastrophic Eaton fires. We will bring plants to help decontaminate the soils and support the start of remediation work on site. Bring a mask. 2pm, Meet Soil Scientist Lynn Fang from SoilWise - and learn safe steps for collecting soil samples and remediating your land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1735856050790-2PFO67TBWADPH1FN3W8B/unsplash-image-RdzyHqnT9PM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Offerings @ Ikar Shabbaton April 25th-27th, Ojai *Dinner & Dialogue, Conversations on Israel/Palestine (Friday dinner) *SaltBowl Ritual for womxn & non-binary people (Saturday afternoon) *A Grief Garden (Saturday afternoon) *Silent Walk/Hike Meditation (Sunday morning) Ikar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/2b717178-8559-4dc9-846b-f9798ff655b2/IMG_4713.PNG Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Healing: FIRE 7pm-8:30pm, May 15th Join us for a curated ritual journey in Mid-City, Los Angeles to learn about FIRE, the Four Elements and Jewish mystical approaches to soul healing, this sacred month of Iyar, after the devastation of the fires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1732716606321-RV3GLEGZTIQ706BAD4GG/unsplash-image-0fvGZHMyUcE.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Roots & Renewal @Skirball February 2th, 11-4pm Collective Healing Ritual — Four Room Multi-Media Food Art Installations. An experience unlike any you have ever experienced before! Enjoy the unbelievable bounty of locally-sourced and sustainably-harvested fruit, nuts, seeds, herbs, wines, juices as we explore the ancient mystical Jewish wisdom of the Four Worlds in a beautiful family-friendly journey that involves observing and engaging our senses. Come celebrate stewardship and move through the impact of the wildfires on LA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1735855680444-5CRJH1E30GR3PMDXJJ03/unsplash-image-cAtzHUz7Z8g.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FREE Women & Nonbinary Wellness Day Sunday, February 9th, 9:30am Join us to launch an epic wellness day with a one-hour meditation and listening circle for soul-attunement in the new year. Guided by herbal ritualist Dev Brous | FromSoil2Soul. Join us to start this calendar year with the clarity and courage needed to move toward goals in the context of sanctuary and collective liberation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1732727856750-92IAZK6Y8UYJPKF9CPHH/unsplash-image-ILLMkM0Dnzk.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Havdalah & Herbs at the Herb Farm December 7th, 4-6:30pm Join Dev | FromSoil2Soul at the Shalom Institute for a community gathering that will begin with a Havdalah ("Separation") ritual, where we end Shabbat (the Jewish sabbath) together and return to the "everyday world" together. While this is a Jewish custom, every BODY is invited to partake in this beautiful ritual where we expand our senses and our connectedness. We will enjoy lite-bites, and then continue to bring the extraordinary into the ordinary as we each make our own bouquet of fresh herbs to bring home with us at the end of our time together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1737053548404-FJ7WMJPV57RD67XGG9RW/unsplash-image-HVP_T178iAc.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Make Healing Herbal Oils to Giveaway for Smoke Relief Join us for a heartfelt afternoon of connection with earth and each other, as we gather to create 150+ healing infused herbal oils for those affected by the recent fires in Los Angeles. We will work with herbs harvested from Little City Farm and the FromSoil2Soul urban homestead to make herbal oils that soothe and support lung health. Devorah Brous, FromSoil2Soul, and Jenny Silbert, Little City Farm, team up to guide us through the process, as we learn about the healing plants and make our blend: Cuban Oregano, Cumquat, Oregano, Lavender, Holy Basil, and Rosemary. Help us to bring this magic to life! If you can't make it this time and want to be on our list for future events, click to be notified of our upcoming opportunities. EVENT IS FULL. STAY TUNED FOR NEXT ONE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1732716922297-3KA8U0GCTWLJQDSE15HG/unsplash-image-PN095vswAPg.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - All-Night Winter Solstice SoundBath with Special Guests: Yaelle Shaphir & Michael Enderle December 21st, 7pm Emotional healing, stress relief, deep relaxation, improved focus. Join us for an unforgettable experience of mindfulness with sacred silence and sound in community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1731360255970-IUW4FONRNX19WI6J126F/unsplash-image-fvl4b1gjpbk.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Black | Jewish Alliance Grief Garden Ritual @ Skirball November 17th, 5-8pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1731360537450-7JU4K0EAMQS933UZAK58/unsplash-image-TZw891-oMio.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Altar Build: Finding Common Ground: A Thanksgiving Harvest Celebrating Indigenous Resilience and Food Traditions | Skirball Cultural Center 11.17 - 3pm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1728011899768-3K7W4FN3HF9Z1VDPDZGR/unsplash-image-Ha1v-xnlY78.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Yom Kippur SoundBath @Ikar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1724352546862-068CKFR3NGZ51UT4ASJY/unsplash-image-MnKWt1W1GDg.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Got Climate Grief? Compost Ritual + Soundbath Tuesday, 9.10.24 @ 7-9pm Bring your anguish. Bring your brokenness. Bring your soul’s truth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/482b59db-3109-4242-b748-0621a7562388/gong.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - All-Night Soundbath for Collective Liberation 9.21, 8pm - 8am Join us for this EPIC and unforgettable Autumnal Equinox Soundbath for deep meditation, grounding and spiritual expansion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1723444539523-3L4FB0JR6WKENSAMVQ5U/unsplash-image-uaHShoIDGeo.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Get Out the Vote: Antelope Valley Herbal Medicine Making Saturday, Aug. 10th, 2024, 2-4pm FromSoil2Soul partners with Wow Flower Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1723444756883-V1R9K9AXXSL58IPS4RR5/unsplash-image-8E7MveGIxRE.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FULLmoon Soundbath Compost Ritual + Mikveh Sunday 8.18.24, 7-9:30pm, FromSoil2Soul Urban Homestead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1713809387627-RU3VYQLGAO3WIIE7MZTB/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - 49-Day Regenerative Spring Cleanse Food.Is.Medicine. Join us for a 49-day embodied practice of cleansing and clearing, as we count the Omer and move from constriction to Liberation...and then...Revelation. Restore your gut-brain connection. Eat nutrient-dense, healthy, locally-sourced super foods, raw and cooked, and drink delicious herbal infusions, homemade broths. Make bath salts and detox in herbal salts. Embark upon a time of inner-tending as part of your quest toward liberation. Cleansing is an historical tool to engage with and respond to treacherous times. This 49-Day Regenerative Spring Cleanse is NOT a restrictive diet. You'll receive meal plans that are nutritious and simple to prepare, you'll also receive recipes and herbal remedies, a shopping list, and group support. You'll dive deep into herbal energetics with exercises to guide reflection and integration. Kickoff is this Wednesday online, 12-1pm PST. Ping me for more details. Sliding scale options - and two partial scholarships available! Click the image to register. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1717697683063-T55VKR94GHANIR5S0ILD/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Mikveh + Workshop 7:30-10:30pm PST - June 12th, 2024 FromSoil2Soul Urban Homestead Post-Shavuot Integration of 49-Day Regenerative Cleanse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1717194868534-AL3Y2HJ9XT563P7CLFSG/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Online Grief Ritual Mastery Circle 7am-9am, June 4th, 2024 Join us for an online grief ritual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1717194418646-CWWACNRMKKT94DN16L7O/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Public Ritual: A Grief Garden Little City Farm - Gathering Hosted by ROI - Schusterman June 6th, Mid-City Los Angeles, 7-10pm Join Dev, FromSoil2Soul, for a Grief Ritual. Bring your anguish. Bring your brokenness. Bring your soul’s truth. We will harvest herbs and make an botanical oil for you to take home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1726675631774-ODC8ZNIN2KNGLXZWYP3Q/unsplash-image-obMdrL5pFWI.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Plant Medicine fromsoil2soul: Hope Gardens with Worthy of Love Friday, May 10th, Hope Gardens, Sylmar Join Worthy of Love and FromSoil2Soul to share the herbal apothecary and awaken the senses to deep healing. Gather with unhoused families to share plants and make herbal sachets for a restorative, peaceful sleep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1684697234423-DB21X8OF2TAJFUO9TKRH/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Circle@ 3 free offerings: Silent Nature Hike FromSoil2Soul ~ May 18th, 2023 @ 7:30am in Ojai with #Ikar Join us for a silent, contemplative hike to awaken the senses; learn from birdsong & plants; and inspire land stewardship. Herbal SaltBowl Ritual ~ May 18th, 2023 @ 1:30pm in Ojai with #Ikar People who identify as nonbinary or womxn need a safe place to gather and learn ancient and emergent wisdom from each other. A Grief Garden ~ May 18th, 2023 @ 4pm in Ojai with #Ikar Join us to hold and be held. Bring acute personal grief, and bring your collective grief. Together we will make a healing herbal oil for you to take home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1712860628386-NZ2B8X5FE4H5IWMZ544B/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - A B’EarthDay Party @ “Worthy of Love” April 25th, 5:30-8pm PST, Westwood, LA Celebrate unhoused kids and their families for an Earth Day party! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1704313137403-N578YDH4A0AR94BVOA9C/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Earth Day @ Motion Picture & Television Fund *March 13th, 10am 1) Elder Gardening @ Motion Picture & Television Fund *April 18th, 2pm 2) Elder Gardening @ Motion Picture & Television Fund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1712362577827-SU2HIOTDINQ647OMIB0O/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Earth Day @ LACC with Shero’s Rise *Sunday, April 21st, 11am - 1pm Come and Touch Earth. Connecting Girl Power from Shero’s Rise with the LACC Community Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1704313137403-N578YDH4A0AR94BVOA9C/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - January Events with Dev *January 10th, 2024, 2pm-3:20pm Dev teaches on Collective Grief at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism *January 21st, 11-1pm Work with nature to feel, and to heal your grief. The plants teach us how. Dev guides a Grief Garden Ritual for spiritual leaders from across the country. Join us for a mindful meditation in the garden. Make an herbal healing oil to take home. @ Kol Tefila Conference at Temple Beth Am *January 24th, 7pm-8:30pm Dev co-teaches on the sacred mystical holiday of Tu B’Shevat for Ikar House Party in the garden at the Urban Homestead *January 28th, 10am-1pm Dev co-leads a Tu B’Shevat at Burbank Temple Emanu El Every Thursday night: A Grief Garden Every newMOON - Community ritual Every FULLmoon - Community Ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1712260549625-UMYQ5U2JUMF294U4F90M/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - RETREAT: Solar Eclipse & Lunar Rituals + Soundbath @ Dockweiler Beach, Monday April 8th, 11am-7pm PST Exploring ancient texts, moon wisdom, WATER, AIR, FIRE, and EARTH rituals for a day-long retreat FromSoil2Soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1709942446695-70WN179DWJVKMSEYCR7I/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Regeneration @ Shero’s Rise March 16th, 9am - 1:30pm Dev facilitates earth connection, earth listening, and the pillar of TRUST at LA City College’s community garden. Together we harvest food and explore deepening our connection with the land by tuning into our senses in the landscape. Shero’s Rise empowers girls in underserved, systems-impacted communities through educational programming and meaningful mentorship to activate their inner strengths and guide their journey of internal discovery.. Go Girl Power! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1634687653971-RPRISJKIAJBXTCPZ3WGB/unsplash-image-9kbsq91NFwg.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Herbs for Grief December 11th, 3:30-5pm pst Join Dev Brous to explore herbal remedies for collective care with the Jewish Herbalists in the Jewish Farm School network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1687830658118-WMYTW19J1CLR01YOJO36/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Sacred Plant Walk & Herbal Mustard Making Sept. 12th, 7:30am Wildwood Canyon, Verdugo Mtns Join us for a silent walk to learn from the land, and walk with the land. Together we will make offerings, harvest some wild mustard seed to make herbal mustard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1695557657168-EZNZYJ2MFXUFXGXKT7G5/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Seedling Sprout! Mama & Me Gardening @FromSoil2Soul Urban Homestead October 1st & October 18th in Encino $40 per session, discount for siblings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/055c8ca7-ee08-447c-a1b0-9a0cf7a91e32/image000000.PNG Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Collective Grief Ritual: Tisha b’Av with Nefesh & Burbank Temple Emanu El Wednesday night, 7pm PST, BTEE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1695556661897-OLEJCRIT4913TAKQO8L6/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Soundbath & Meditation on Yom Kippur Monday, 9.25, @Ikar, 3:15-4:15pm in Shalhevet Basement Dev Brous & Yaelle Shaphir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1684697367080-0P6EFT7WHYIHQ2SF6XCJ/unsplash-image-b08FP4cLpFw.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Revelation SoundBath & Meditation on Shavuot May 25th - 10pm PST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1684697234423-DB21X8OF2TAJFUO9TKRH/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Circle@ Ikar Shabbaton May 6th, 2023 @ 2:30pm in Ojai People who identify as womxn need a safe place to gather, and learn from each other. Come join! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1684697055151-WN8UH464B0270EVFTJKY/unsplash-image-zXVk8mNl9M0.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul @ Ikar Shabbaton: Mystical Hike May 6th, 2023 - 7:30am PST Exploring silence, rewilding through the medicine of the trees, vines, grasses, and wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/66b82f6f-8565-4018-9e2a-03f0d9e6f491/spark.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - SPARK! Community April 1st, 2023 @ 7pm As the new Executive Director of Burbank Temple Emanu El, we’ve organized a wine and cheese to gather and celebrate! Join us for a design charrette so we can apply eco-design principles to catalyze collaboration around difference facets of the community. Come join! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/7951cb55-7d6e-4a81-bd9f-003bf7d05f07/FS2SRLD+Program+Flyer+Updated.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Season Tending 3.23.23 — Thursdays 10am -11:30am PST Tend The Seasons - Take one or all four modules in this epic year-long program exploring regenerative practices for the inner landscape based on ecological design principles. Soul-care, earth-care, community-care for educators, activists, creatives, philanthropists, and counselors. Scholarships available for QTBIPoC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/b30a164b-f83e-4400-aba8-5615c6fbb53d/unsplash-image-Rz8S_P7POfM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Tu B’Shevat Seder and Soundbath Ritual Saturday, 1.28.23, 7-10pm PST Join us to mark sacred time with a SoundBath + Mystical Seder ritual, learning, and nourishing potluck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1675125814125-3ONBKIHYDXTY1DI4UDE7/unsplash-image-5sh4fYV191s.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Tu B’Shevat Seder @ Ikar January 28, 2023 - 10:30am PST Exploring ancient ritual of Seder to celebrate the rise of sap in the trees, and the start of the new year of the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1669154816832-CBL0DMLAFHEE5UKUOS7H/unsplash-image-mwHQICmDc10.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Drawing Near: FromSoil2Soul Spiritual Ecology with Rabbinical Students February 6th, 2023 @ 10am February 6th, 2023 is the sacred Jewish holiday for the trees, Tu B’Shevat. At 11am, Rabbinical students from AJR will explore the ideals of the holiday and delve into how the tradition invites us to draw near through stepping into stewardship and addressing the climate imperative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1668108050151-4K6A05IRYFQA9LIL2IPJ/unsplash-image-FoG7PKNYjpM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Dev.Brous Teaches 6-part Institutional Compost Service Learning Project Fall Tuesdays @Ikar 4pm-6pm PST Our tradition teaches, we don’t waste anything larger than a seed of mustard. How? Join us to scale a kid-led institutional compost program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/d7619ba5-6aa4-4ac0-8b16-8a894be81b42/newMOON+silent+disco.png Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Silent Disco DJ Bee (me) and AtotheG (Alexandra G.) invite you to a sacred journey of the darkness and light! Hanukkah newMOON WINTER solstice silent disco at the Santa Monica beach Suggested Donation is $18-25 Bring friends and family! Please spread the word...Must RSVP. This is Saturday night, just before Chanukah starts! Click here to register. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1646000105395-S7ZCXOYDP47FIEGJB6JI/unsplash-image-mmCcVZjmPZw.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Herbal Medicine Making for Community Sovereignty at Dignity & Power Now! Friday, November 4th, 2022 11am-1pm CommUNITY leader and Abolitionist invites Dev Brous to make medicine with UEPI students at the community hub. 2 hrs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1660626568225-GN1O1LB67K3JW64PMF2Z/unsplash-image-EVgsAbL51Rk.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Dev.Brous is featured at the Collective Impact Speaker Series Tuesday, September 13, 2022 from 5pm – 7pm Convening government staff, non-profits, developers and designers to present their visions for sustainability in LA. passions around sustainability, equity, economy, environment, resilience, carbon, circularity, the unhoused and much more. Lauren Faber O’Connor, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles, will be our discussant representing local policy makers. Partners on this speaker series are: Skanska, Buro Happold, USGBC-LA, LARC, ULI-LA, AIA|LA, Ari Simon Coaching and Convening, Los Angeles Eco-Village, NOMA, AWA+D, City of Santa Monica, and LATTC Architecture, After, speakers will dialogue with Lauren Faber O’Connor, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Los Angeles. Skanska: 633 W 5th St. LA, CA 90071 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1664547765034-CAYEQ6UO8L7EQROG9RD6/unsplash-image-3Kv48NS4WUU.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Annual International Multi-Faith Green Sabbath Gathering: Sabbatical Ritual To lift up efforts to practice a Green Sabbath and incorporate renewal into our frenetic lives, in this 30-min. experiential session, Dev.Brous will guide us to glean an embodied practice rooted in ancient Sabbatical earth-based wisdom. This mini-Sabbatical journey is designed to nourish and support YOU in a reflection of the past, present, and future. With stillness and movement, silence and sound, root down, in order to rise up. October 20 through 23 to celebrate our first international Green Sabbath Weekend, a weekend celebrating the ritual power of rest. Join us tomorrow for a FREE celebration - an international multi-faith Green Sabbath event marking the end of the ancient Sabbatical year. #greensabbath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/46d5f7cc-7ce6-4fda-9927-a722e81cbf40/Healing+Retreat.png Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - ReWILD FULLmoon SOUL-o Healing Retreat Friday August 12th, 4pm - Sunday 14th, 11am Picture a mystical forest sanctuary. Time alone. Time together. Sleep outside in tents, explore the magic of community, connect with each other and nature. Together, share time in silence and sound, stillness and movement as we connect the dots between soil and soul. The weekend will be a time to heal and resource. A time to rewild and regenerate! Join us to make herbal medicine, and have mini workshops on belly-beading, challah-kneading, and tree craft with the forest as our guide. Listening circle, yoga, reiki, hiking, and a barefoot dance party in the woods. Cook together and share plant-based food throughout the weekend! A feast and celebration of both solitude, and community designed for YOU to Regenerate! For healers. For YOU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1664773396584-2GR2CVJD67R0CYTGOC6D/unsplash-image-518NPr28fuU.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - SoundBath & Silent Meditation @ Ikar Tuesday, Yom Kippur, Oct. 4th, 2022, 3pm @ Ikar Join us in-person or online for a regenerative practice to nourish the soul during the Sacred Fast. FREE 1.5 hr group ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/3bdde8aa-8c00-44a8-b194-b256043e76cc/49-Day+Regenerative+Spring+Cleanse.png Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - 49-Day Regenerative Cleanse Fridays, 11:30am online for 8 wks. 4.22-6.3 It’s Spring! Let’s gather online, in our kitchens and chop/cook/and set intentions together. This is the time for more perennial greens and bitter herbs to feed your gut biome and support your liver after winter’s slumber. Cleanse is offered during a sacred, liminal time in between two harvest festivals when we count the Omer and study the Tree of Life. Come together in a supportive community to revitalize your Gut-Brain connection through a nourishing cleanse. This is a transformative 49-days of releasing patterns that cause inflammation and inhibit the immune system, while restoring practices that feed vitality. Learn to make your own Herbal Bitters. Partial Scholarships for QTBIPoC. Deferred payment plan available. 1.5 hr weekly group session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/99715e45-09a7-4344-8da4-4cc21d60a15e/IMG_3625.JPG Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Torah of the Gut & Digestion: Herbal Bitters June 4th, 11pm PST @ IKAR on Shavuot It’s time to reset the Gut-Brain Axis. From the desert to the mountains and every single crevice fromsoil2soul in between, there are sacred plants that we can connect with…Bloated? Gassy? Battling heartburn after yet another meal? Come journey from enslavement to unhealthy patterns, through the liberating journey of the 49-day Omer, and onward to the Great Revelation that digestion matters. Learn to ethically harvest bitter herbs and make your own medicine. Herbal Bitters are the new Chicken Soup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1646000105395-S7ZCXOYDP47FIEGJB6JI/unsplash-image-mmCcVZjmPZw.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - WoW Flower Project: Herbal Medicine Making for Community Sovereignty April 2nd, 2022 9am-10am Waunette Cullors, Farmer, CommUNITY leader and Abolitionist invites Dev Brous to make medicine in the Antelope Valley community. 1 hr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1647378161792-ARO4ZWU4DSQF34YABX28/unsplash-image-WshjU5cSNU8.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Promised Land: Compost! with NuRoots April 3rd, 10am - 12pm PST Spring Cleaning! Passover is around the corner. Visit our urban homestead and bring over all your food scraps and all your questions, I’m a Compost QUEEN! We’ll get you all set up with an engaging experiential workshop and touch soil this Sabbatical year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1627688645979-8OD96PK97XESYWXLTMV3/unsplash-image-nyFkK4NeaaM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Sabbatical: Medicine for our Times @ Ikar Part 1: February 6th, 2022 - 10am PST Part 2: March 20th, 2022 - 10am PST What can we learn from the ancient laws of the Sabbatical to regenerate both soil and soul? This fall, as hundreds of farmers revitalize a practice of fallowing soil to replenish microbiology in overworked and overtreated soil, and agitate for community food sovereignty, there are vast implications for systemic repair and climate transformation. The ancient wisdom of Sabbath is both constructive (economic redistribution, freeing the enslaved) and constrictive (ceasing work, land regeneration)—a dialect that is ultimately about setting limits on our human tendency to exploit with unfettered consumption, rather than tend the earth. This session will be dynamic and experiential as we probe the Sabbatical as a collective tool to restore our health and the health of the land, as well as economic balance and social equity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1645999303915-0DBUX9YMEDLOT3TE2X2Q/unsplash-image-vA1L1jRTM70.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Herbal Medicine Making March 17, 11am - 12pm PST With DPN! Abolitiionists and Crenshaw Dairy Mart at the Hilda Solis CareFirst Village Workshop, join Dev and DPN’s Building Resilience crew to make herbal medicine with and for formerly incarcerated, and unhoused people in community solidarity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1669155124747-UFMNC0PGDW30HSUB7S97/unsplash-image-T_8JvwUkbIM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Sabbatical: Medicine for our Times @ Ikar Part 2: March 20th, 2022 - 10am PST What can we learn from the ancient laws of the Sabbatical to regenerate both soil and soul? This fall, as hundreds of farmers revitalize a practice of fallowing soil to replenish microbiology in overworked and overtreated soil, and agitate for community food sovereignty, there are vast implications for systemic repair and climate transformation. The ancient wisdom of Sabbath is both constructive (economic redistribution, freeing the enslaved) and constrictive (ceasing work, land regeneration)—a dialect that is ultimately about setting limits on our human tendency to exploit with unfettered consumption, rather than tend the earth. This session will be dynamic and experiential as we probe the Sabbatical as a collective tool to restore our health and the health of the land, as well as economic balance and social equity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1647378503784-75519C19UB8KVG3NGANZ/unsplash-image-0aMMMUjiiEQ.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Earth-Based Judaism: Aleph Ordination Program March 15th, 5pm - 6:30pm PST Let’s dive deep into an experiential Sabbatical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1641517151403-YDKG8R0KIFROPNQ6OCQ2/unsplash-image-iNp_s5oLVFo.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Tu B’Shevat Ritual: Jewish Adult Winter Camp January 16th, 2022 1:15pm - 1:45pm PST Celebrate the trees, grasses, vines, and plants this sacred Sabbatical year for the land! Join us for a powerful, immersive yet virtual composting ritual fromsoil2soul! Feel free to bring your greens (wet materials) and browns (dry materials) to feed the land the feeds us. If composting is not your thing, this session is designed for you. 1/2 hr online group ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1640120662231-VNIF3V35LQZ9LXHJGWQP/unsplash-image-S_VbdMTsdiA.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Eden Village West Reunion @fromsoil2soul Urban Homestead 2.26: Music. Fire. S’mores. Havdallah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1632850182552-TMLAFA7WRJL2TN6GHNEH/unsplash-image-Eg96FyQVwY8.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Shmita Hives: FromSoil2Soul Urban Homestead Monday, January 17th, 2022, 7pm Seder + Compost Ritual. 3 hr session / ritual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1645042410764-MCL863MIEGIQXPWXALGP/unsplash-image-JtAfZxiwFmg.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Garden Program in south LA with Afterschool All-Stars Wednesday, February 16th, 2022, 2pm - 6pm PST Levi Brous-Light gathered 1200 books to donate to create a library in south LA, and the food-bearing and medicinal plants that are fromsoil2soul centerpieces we made for his Bar MItzvah - will be gifted and cared for by the Girl Scouts so there are more urban gardens in this food desert. Every one of the sixty kids in the program will receive a seed to plant in a compostable pot to bring home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1632850545535-4HA1IEFVJKUOJL5DXHKO/unsplash-image-hvSBya7hX2Q.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FromSoil2Soul Gardening Sacred Gardening @ Chai Village All you want to know about planting, feeding and harvesting in a Sabbatical year. Come with an open heart to connect with the regenerative cycles of nature. Dev Brous is an urban homesteader, environmental educator, and community organizer. She delivers her sessions with passion, spiritual insights and good fun. 12:00-1pm PST Last Friday of every Month Connect for the Zoom link! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1641598048353-B522YSSRHGVWFMA2AEJG/unsplash-image-fLNStYwV01Y.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Tu B’Shevat Seder on MLK Day in a Sabbatical Year Monday January 17th, 2022, 11am - 12:30pm PST Join us in a journey through worlds of imagination and activism, exploring the intersections between climate and racial justice, between Spirit and Action, between Love and Justice, between Tu Bishvat and MLK. Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org) and Dev.Brous (FromSoil2Soul.com) will lead reflections on the urgency of environmental justice, the earthiness of composting, and the whole-society solution of Shmita, the Sabbatical year. We'll touch on the Bedouin, the Amazon, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and more, and make space for whatever is going on in YOUR community. Bring the accoutrements of a simple seder - some fruits with a shell, with a pit, and with edible seeds, and two different colors of juice, and your hearts and minds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1641516874786-Z4QB74MFJPO525PO0Y1J/unsplash-image-4YApsoSaNKA.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Ohalah Rabbinic Conference: From Vision to Redemption Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 ~ 10:30am-12pm Earth-Based Climate Healing Shmita Text Study In a time of climate crisis, what can ancient wisdom offer us? Torah gave a mission to the Jewish people to create a world guided by Shmita-level respect for land, for the stranger, for humanity, and for all creatures. Ecological disasters that were historical/mythical memory for our ancestors foreshadowed the catastrophe of our civilization. Shmita was meant to divert the world from this catastrophe, teaching how social justice, justice for land in the global sense, and justice for the land of Israel/Palestine, are inseparable. We will explore this nexus through theology, theories of change, intersectionality, and other angles that illuminate how to integrate our work on justice, resilience, and sustainability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1638209666866-129VMRPBF2UHKGTET2TC/unsplash-image-jf-kMyCffZA.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - “Whose Life is it Anyway?” Summit December 2021 Looking for a reset in these tumultuous times? Join me and 20+ renowned speakers from England, Norway, Germany, Bali, South Africa, Canada, and Denmark to explore how to thrive and make our choices in harmony with the earth so we can show up and make choices in these times with full integrity. Katrine and Mjølner are hosting this series of potent conversations and each of us are speaking for FREE, and giving a FREE gift to attendees of the summit. In an age where summits and retreats are costly and cumbersome, this is disruptive! Join for December’s FREE summit, and receive a FREE gift from each of the speakers! Here’s my FREE offering. Please join @dev.brous for a compost ritual on the Winter Solstice, 9am PST. Come with your food scraps, ready to symbolically release and feed the earth to tap the pulse of regeneration. This opportunity is a gift for participants of the Whose Life is it Anyway Summit?(click here to check the time in your time zone). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/07bf497a-eac4-4d04-92a6-7a6c1de6e139/compost+ritual.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Compost Ritual: Winter Solstice Tuesday, December 21st, 2021, 9-10am PST Join me for a 1 hour Winter Solstice online/in-person composting ritual fromsoil2soul. Bring your greens (wet materials) and browns (dry materials) to feed the land the feeds us. We’ll share Compost Soup, fromsoil2soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/7508a790-9729-47fa-b0f0-ed07bb5de5bd/Screen+Shot+2021-12-07+at+12.38.18+PM.png Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Dignity & Power Now! + Cancel the Contract: Abolitionist Herbal Healers in Antelope Valley 12.11.21, 10am-3pm PST Stoked to join forces with DPN! Dev.Brous offers Herbal Medicine Making. Do you want to support this work? Donate to DPN! - a BIPoC-led nonprofit at the forefront of abolitionist organizing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/67468f3d-d344-426c-b4f4-ae3be03f4a9c/UTh.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Reparations. Release. Rematriation in a Sabbatical framework. Nov. 21st, Sunday, 2pm PST @Ikar / Shalhevet Join us to explore Indigenous Land Rights and Transformative Justice fromsoil2soul - with Tongva leaders and Jewish land rights organizers. Dev co-moderates a power-packed event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1610388016912-EVPZ3BLFBC11BT74X4QG/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Regeneration Change Cycle: Burnout to Renewal (London) @BeKindMovement UK & @Calmer November 29th, 2021 10-11am PST @thisiscalmer and @BeKindMovementUK Hosted by Founder of Calmer, Tania Diggory, this event will feature LA-based Consultant and Founder of FromSoil2Soul Devorah Brous, and Founder of Be Kind Movement Premila Puri. For many of us, as the evenings draw in and the weather turns, our wellbeing dips slightly as we adjust to the new winter season. At Calmer, we’re dedicated to encouraging good mental health and wellbeing practices, whatever time of year. However, we acknowledge that it can be particularly difficult to keep up the same routine during the winter months. With this in mind, join us for a special fundraising event on 29th November as we highlight the ways we can adapt our wellbeing practices during a time where we might be feeling a little less motivated. We're also running a special prize draw for individuals and businesses who donate to this event, full details below on the prizes! Through various exercises and discussions, we’ll be sharing evidence-based insights and strategies on self-kindness, Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence and self-care – all of which will provide you with a toolkit of practices to support and nurture your mental health this winter. 1.5 hr. community event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/f3f5f418-e90e-4c6f-99fe-448ba04291d6/Screen+Shot+2021-11-29+at+12.16.08+PM.png Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Permaculture Women’s Online Gathering 11.27 at 9am Join Dev for an exploration of Soil Fertility. Sign up to earn a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) with Permaculture Women! 2 hr. meet / greet faculty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1632849936315-QORCT43YTM213QYST1YU/unsplash-image-mS20cgMWaPw.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Masterclass: FALLOW and Listen to the Earth with Dev.Brous Thursday, October 21st, 2021, 10-12pm PST @The School for Sacred Storytelling for an intimate and interactive deep listening and conversation. This Master Class is part of the Sanctuary Guest Master Speaker Series. How and Why do we FALLOW the Soil and the Soul. What is the Story of the Land whispering through you? How can we honor the Original Stewards and support efforts to rematriate? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1627687468000-J5XVIG0LW0GEJMXWUCKQ/unsplash-image-smgTvepind4.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Green Sabbath with Dev.Brous & Ched Meyers Friday, August 27th: 9am PST, 12pm EST What can we learn from the ancient laws of the Sabbatical to regenerate both soil and soul? This fall, as hundreds of farmers revitalize a practice of fallowing soil to replenish microbiology in overworked/overtreated soil, and agitate for community food sovereignty, there are vast implications for systemic repair and climate transformation. The ancient wisdom of Sabbath is both constructive (economic redistribution, freeing the enslaved) and constrictive (ceasing work, land regeneration)—a dialect that is ultimately about setting limits on our human tendency to exploit with unfettered consumption, rather than tend the earth. Learn from an indigenous #landback activist, a Jewish urban homesteader, writer, & frontline community organizer, and a radical Christian theologian, activist, and writer about the vast implications of Sabbath spirituality, economics and politics. This session will be dynamic and experiential as we probe the Sabbatical as a collective tool to restore balance between acquisition and disposal; mourning and rejoicing; harvesting and fallowing with the earth’s cycles to advance indigenous land rights, ecological, and social justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1631905824051-LN0H8F4MHU96SCZYPJ5R/unsplash-image-aHSEDavjZFw.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - FALLOW to Regenerate the LAND October 25th, 2021, 11am PST @San Fernando Valley District Garden Club Join me for an interactive and dynamic exploration into How and Why we FALLOW the Soil and the Soul. In-Person - dM me @dev.brous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1630521993332-CW9YUPCLU3R9LQB8PQYJ/Tashlich.PNG Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Tashlich’Compost: Release Ritual for the Land TWO events: Sept 5th, 2021, 11am PST and Sept 12th, 2021, 6pm with Ikar (lifeguard station 26) @SparkleVerse online Burning Man Festival Cast away what doesn't serve. Touch Soil. Compost and let go before entering into 5782 and the ancient Sabbatical year. Join this collective ritual, and embody release. Kiss it goodbye and alchemize matter into life force. Seed the soil. Shift the climate. Transform waste into food for the soil and the soul. Bring your *food scraps and feed the land that feeds us as we enter a new year for the land, the animals, the minerals, the fungi, and the elements. In-Person - dM me @dev.brous for address and list of compostable items. Online: click here to register FREE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1622755714845-BQXC3EU07WV71OQE4I0P/unsplash-image-i0IvwAhhGZM.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Herbal Medicine Making FromSoil2Soul June 17th: 10:30-12:15pm PST July 6th: 10:30-11:30am PST Food Sovereignty, Food Equity, and Food Justice in your Community. What does the Jewish imperative ask of us? Our Sabbatical year begins on Rosh HaShanah 5782, this fall. What can we do to grow and foster systemic change in our food system while taking a year to fallow our fields and reflect on regeneration? Next, learn the empowering practice of harvesting herbs to make your own jar of herbal medicine. Two-Part Series: 1.5 hr. sessions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1627688239464-04Y2M3805TPIX8D80C6L/unsplash-image-nph59r9hkVg.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Teach-In: Restoring the ancient New Year for the Animals August 9th, 2021, 8am PST, 12pm EST Join Dev.Brous and a host of leading advocates for the rights of nature to explore the revitalization of a day designed expressly for animal rights advocacy and spiritual action in solidarity with the “more-than-human” realm. Claim your spot soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1616431810747-YWJIEYLMVJO2Z02GS6GI/IMG_6124.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Regenerate! An Antidote to Burnout May 18th, 2021 All Paths Divinity School, 4-5:45pm PST Learn about a Jewish approach to regeneration. We will explore mindfulness practices to help you to slow down and become present with yourself. In these unprecedented times - stillness and movement, silence and sound - can gently guide us back to a centered and grounded place. Power down, in order to regenerate. 1.5 hr. session - FREE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1616021200371-JCI9VK30GIG8O69CMJBO/unsplash-image-bmpMwZ_Rfxs.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Regenerative Gardening Sunday, June 6th, 10am-12pm with IKAR Sunday, June 13th 2021,10am-12pm PST with IKAR Learn to grow your food without any synthetic fertilizers or chemicals! Grow your own food-as-medicine! Learn to apply regenerative gardening practices to wherever you garden. Two 1.5 hr in-person sessions with Dev.Brous are dynamic and experiential, yet intimate enough to empower and guide you in planting and maintaining a regenerative and bountiful vegetable garden and a thriving compost system. Registration is required! There is limited capacity, so claim your spot soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1623280888813-GW0SIZ7AM6X5JHO42C77/unsplash-image-6wOeGqQ-5f4.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - July Herbal SunShine: Garden Party for the Unhoused Thursday, July 304th PST with Worthy of Love Join me for the 102nd B’earthday Party for the unhoused community with Worthy of Love on Skidrow! We’ll celebrate Constantine for maintaining a regenerative and bountiful vegetable Bialik garden we installed with Master Gardeners back in 2009! Registration is required! There is limited capacity, so claim your spot soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1623280888813-GW0SIZ7AM6X5JHO42C77/unsplash-image-6wOeGqQ-5f4.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - June Bloom: Garden Party for the Unhoused Thursday, June 4th PST with Worthy of Love Join me for a B’earthday Party for the unhoused community with Worthy of Love on Skidrow! We’ll celebrate Constantine for maintaining a regenerative and bountiful vegetable Bialik garden we installed with Master Gardeners back in 2009! Registration is required! There is limited capacity, so claim your spot soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1620908054020-APSYFV7DUDLTR8DN1ADC/Soil-Thyme+Poster2.png Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - soilTHYME with Dignty & Power Now! May 7th, May 14th, May 21st @ 9am PST Grow Self-Reliance, Food Sovereignty & Community Wellness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1616808792050-Z4V7W1OXUXVFFLNA4ZQ6/unsplash-image-LNDgBERq8Q0.jpg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - 49-day Nourishing Spring Cleanse Mondays 4-5:30pm PST through May 17th As we begin to return to the new world, prepare by rebuilding yourself and REGENERATING from within in a safe container for accountability. Join us to count the Omer as we are guided through an 8-wk regenerative spring cleanse with Dev Brous and certified acupuncturist, Yaelle Shaphir. This cleanse is long enough to create new patterns, and deep enough to fully refresh the life screen - for the long haul. Recover from adrenal burnout with Gentle Movement. Food-as-Medicine. Recipes for mindful eating. Herbal Remedies. Cooking Demos. Laughter Yoga for Digestion. Scholarships for BIPOC. This group is FULL. Contact me to join us this Fall for an ELUL cleanse. 1.5 hr session per week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1618447226110-SED9C67RKT7U7SPKFH5T/Screen+Shot+2021-03-31+at+4.02.48+PM.png Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Omer & Justice with Jewish Voice for Peace Havurah Network March 28th - May 15th, 5:30pm PST/ 8:30pm EST Dev.Brous leads seven sessions during Week 4: Netzach - “Endurance” & Victory - Steadfastness 4/18 - 4/24 nightly Register for all or any number of the nights here all community events - FREE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1610388016912-EVPZ3BLFBC11BT74X4QG/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Regenerative Change: Compost as Climate Action & Ritual in These Times April 25th, 2021 10-11am PST At the JCAN conference, get your hands off the keyboard and into the soil! Watch Dev Brous’ new TEDx talk on Regenerative Change. Then, buckle down and learn a foolproof method to compost! Sheltering-in-Place affords us a laboratory to up our commitment to the climate, reduce consumption patterns, and transform waste into food for the soil and the soul. Learn composting and deepen into a reciprocal relationship: feed the land that feeds us. Go on a scavenger hunt and a mystical lean-in experience exploring our spiritual connection to this planet and ways to transform waste into food for your plants and connect us to the Mother Earth. It’s an experiential workshop. Learn why and how to compost with your family so you can sequester carbon and transform waste into food for trees, gardens and houseplants. Supplies needed: *Three large bowls or buckets for a scavenger hunt for greens (nitrogen) and browns (carbon) *A bucket, compost tumbler, vermicompost bin, or any storage bin that you can drill a few holes into *Newspaper or cardboard 1hr. community event FREE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e616c5bcae11c07d92b8213/1610329633135-29XQRR85UDW5CUBXMVYV/image-asset.jpeg Events | Collective Journeys | Cleanses - Climate Action: Get Your Compost On! March 19th, 2021 10-11:30am PST The abolitionist nonprofit, Dignity & Power Now!, is offering a course for healers on the Building Resilience team to grow food and make medicine. Join Dev Brous to launch this course with a focus on SOIL. It’s an experiential workshop and learn why and how to compost with your family so you can sequester carbon and transform waste into food for trees, gardens and houseplants. 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