the shrine keeper’s workshop
“There can be no sanctuaries unless we regain a deep sense of the sacred, no refuges unless we feel a reverence for the land, for soil and stone, water and air…” – Scott Russell Sanders
the shrine keeper’s workshop
This workshop is free or by donation in exchange for your participation.
When & Where:
November 7th, 2026
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
*All outdoor workshops will meet at the Weaver’s Hall Yurt before beginning their journeys into the land. The Weaver’s Hall Yurt is green with a white top and is easily seen from parking area. Please reach out to us directly with any questions.
What to Bring:
-A sack lunch
-Gloves and warm clothing
In This Workshop, You Will:
-Learn how to tend and maintain sacred shrines in the wild and at home
-Practice fire building and sacred fire tending
-Explore the wisdom of honoring trees and groves as living beings
-Participate in collaborative shrine and altar creation
-Experience guided connection with the Grove and its sacred sites
Learn more…
The Shrine Keeper’s Workshop is a seasonal offering, held twice a year in the sacred sanctuary of The Weaver Grove. Our first workshop falls on November 1st, when the veil between worlds is thinnest, and the land calls for remembrance, care, and in preparation for the long dark dreaming of winter.
This workshop is an invitation to step into a relationship with living sacred spaces. Together, we will learn how to tend shrines, build new ones, and maintain old ones; whether in the heart of the forest, on your own land, or in quiet corners of your daily life. We will honor the wisdom of sacred trees, work with fire in ceremony, and practice the ongoing care that keeps these sites alive.
The Weaver’s Grove itself will be our teacher. This ten-acre woodland, the last unlogged forest in the valley, holds alder, cedar, sitka, maple, and willow, each finding its place in a living tapestry stitched with creeks, mossy bridges, and winding paths. The Grove was named by the trees themselves, who revealed their nature as weavers; roots interlacing beneath the earth, alder reaching for cedar, species exchanging nourishment in a network of kinship. It is a place of collaboration, creativity, and communion.
Here you may wander the labyrinth of standing stones, leave prayers at the clootie tree, pause in the Gathering Place around the central fire, or step through the ancient Portal where ceremonies of life and death are kindled. Along the way, you may find land art woven from fallen branches, prayer ribbons tied with intention, and offerings of shells, cones, and leaves gifted back to the earth.