Join us for….
Gather & Ground
every SATURDAY
August & September
Gather & Ground is our weekly Saturday invitation to enjoy the farm in whatever way feels right to you.
Every Saturday (July–September), the farm is open from 7:30 AM–12:30 PM (note the earlier start!). You're welcome to arrive and leave at any time during those hours. There is no required schedule, and no "right way" to attend.
Come simply to spend time on the land, or choose to join one or more of our optional guided offerings throughout the morning.
You might:
Wander the gardens and meadow
Visit the sheep and ducks
Relax beneath the trees with a book or journal
Bring your children to enjoy the sandbox and swingset
Pack a picnic to enjoy on the farm
Participate in a guided meditation, movement, or community singing session
Stay for fifteen minutes or spend the whole morning
ADMISSION
(register in advance):
FREE for Regenerative Year Partners / Enthusiasts
OR
$25 per household per Saturday
Optional Guided Offerings for GATHER & GROUND Saturdays (you can also just wander the land during these times!):
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM: Meditation (Sept 12th = Meditation with Grace Fisher)
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM: Movement (Sept 12th = TaiChi with David Drimmel)
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Community Singing (Sept 12th = Singing with Kerry Francis)
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Bring-Your-Own Picnic!
Each week features different teachers and facilitators, offering fresh experiences within this simple structure.
Whether you're seeking peace, inspiration, connection, or just a beautiful place to spend a Saturday morning, you're welcome here.
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Sat, Sept 12th: Grace Fisher
Gather & Ground Offering: This morning meditation will center around cultivating our relationship to the land, working with the earth element. We'll have time in silent meditation and some gentle walking practices to help us feel more grounded and connected to each other and the land.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Grace Fisher is a psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with more than 25 years of meditation practice. Grace offers retreats at Drala Mountain Center and is part of the teaching team at the Insight Meditation Community of Colorado. She was the staff dharma teacher at Spirit Rock for many years. A former lawyer, who holds a Masters in Education from Stanford, she also has a clincial facilitators license for psychedelic assisted therapy in Colorado. She is committed to exploring how the dharma supports us navigating the gritty, the challenging and the beautiful. -
Sat, Sept 12th:
Movement Instructor is David Drimmel.
Gather & Ground Offering:
Join us for: beginning Yang Style Tàijíquán which introduces the foundational movements of the world’s most widely practiced tàijí tradition (Tai Chi). Through slow, flowing forms, students develop balance, relaxed strength, and a calm, focused mind. Each class builds gradually — posture, breath, and movement woven together at a pace welcoming to complete beginners. Rooted in an authentic lineage, this class offers a genuine entry point into an art whose depth unfolds over a lifetime of practice.
INSTRUCTOR BIO:
David Drimmel is the Founding Director of Origin Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and transmitting authentic traditional Chinese martial arts and internal cultivation practices. He studies under Head Master Roberto Baptista, whose lineage traces through Grand Master Chan Kwok Wai to the Central Guoshu Institute of Nanjing, established in 1928. David brings a background in functional health and years of dedicated qìgōng and tàijí practice to his teaching, guiding students to reclaim the vitality and stillness that already live within them. -
Sat, Sept 12th:
Singing Instructor is Kerry Francis.
Come enjoy some time singing in community. We will sing some seasonal songs with simple harmonies. No singing experience necessary. We sing for fun and joy!
Kerry is also the co-founder and Director of Education at Dharma’s Garden.
