July 20 Farm Day Retreat: In Bloom

FARM TOUR w/Michele: We’ll start the day with introductions and a walk around the farm guided by Michele, taking you through the garden and introducing you to the resident animals. Scope out your favorite spot on this tour and enjoy some quiet time later in the day to journal or just be. 

YOGA w/Melissa Anne: Melissa Anne will guide us in gentle, purposeful yoga movements and balance poses symbolizing the abundance this time of year brings. This yoga practice is suitable for all levels, with modifications provided for beginners and variations for experienced practitioners

LUNCH: Please bring your own bagged lunch to enjoy.

FRESH FLOWER BOUQUET ACTIVITY w/Alicia: Alicia will lead us in creating our very own fresh flower bouquets with flowers grown from her very own farm, The Healer’s Harvest! This bouquet will be a colorful and fragrant reminder of your time spent on the farm in community. All materials are provided.

Melissa Anne spent over 15 years working in Crisis and Disaster Management with a focus on post-trauma response following mass casualty disasters. She stepped away from her career in 2015 after severe burnout and a healing journey led her to explore Mindfulness Meditation, Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) and creative arts. In 2018 just after moving to Bainbridge Island she suffered a traumatic brain injury and found herself on a yoga mat at Dayaalu Center after months of physical and cognitive rehab.

Melissa Anne is now a certified teacher in Hatha Yoga, Neuroscience and Yoga, Raga Yoga and Yoga Nidra. She continues to take classes and teaches Hatha Yoga and Yoga Nidra and Pranayama classes at Dayaalu Center and online.

Melissa Anne is also a Fine Art Photographer with a unique style and loves to spend time tending the land, cultivating and harvesting crops and communing with animals, birds and plants. Her ideal day begins with her camera and a sunrise beach, mantra and hatha, opportunities to place seeds or plants in the earth, spending time with friends in community and conversation and ending the day with the sweet peace of a Yoga Nidra.

www.melissaannecolors.com

Hello, my name is Alicia (She/Her). I've been gardening for three years and providing flowers for my community and farmers markets for two years. My journey to farming started when I moved up here from San Diego to take care of my grandpa. He used to grow and sell eggs, fruits, veggies, and jams at the Bainbridge Farmers Market—actually one of the first people to get it started. I had the idea of doing something together to get him back at markets. I’ve always had a love for medicinal plants and spent time at my friend’s floral shop in San Diego. After watching a documentary on a flower farmer in Skagit Valley, I quickly signed up for her course and learned how to start flower farming. Since then, I've traveled to a sustainable floristry and farming conference, taken multiple floristry workshops, and learned from my community of farmers. I now share that knowledge with my community through workshops and farmers markets, and I offer floristry services for weddings, events, styled shoots, pop ups, and more.

thehealersharvest.com

Michele Muffoletto is the owner of The Wanderers' Nest Therapeutic Farm. In addition to Farm Day Retreats and Workshops, Michele also facilitates Individual Therapeutic Sessions with clients of all ages and backgrounds. As an educator and certified facilitator in animal-assisted interventions, Michele brings a unique approach to client sessions.

People reach out to Michele for a variety of reasons and support:

• understanding their anxiety & management

• boundary setting

• improving communication

• building confidence

• connecting with the self and others

• grief and loss

• establishing a gratitude and/or mindfulness practice

• a moment of self-care

With Michele, you’ll take a few sessions to explore together... maybe pet some goats, hug a dog, plant tomatoes, or just sit by the pond, soak up the sun, and talk. The goal is to support each client individually, which means no two sessions are ever the same. It’s whatever your heart needs that day.

We do not offer refunds, however, you are welcome to gift your event ticket to a friend or family member.

Please email Michele at michele@twnfarm.com if you decide to transfer your ticket so we can have an accurate headcount and open space to those on the wait list.