Offerings & Events
Communion, ceremony, and enlightenment are integral to the healing path.
We believe that being with and having others be with us is profoundly powerful.
In community, we are lean into and transform in ways that we cannot — or don’t want to — do alone.
In collaboration with our community of healers, practitioners, and guides Shelterwood Collective offers:
Gatherings & Experiences to cultivate connection, creativity, and vitality
Process & Therapy Groups to foster brave, support spaces for communal grow
Workshops & Trainings to raise awareness and deepen learning
Rituals & Retreats to protect sacred space to integrate mind, body, and spirit
We invite you to gather, commune, and grow with us.
Grief Support Group for Women | Weekly on Wednesdays
Virtual
Online grief support group for women who have experienced the death of a loved one. Share your experience and be supported by other women in a compassionate environment.
Medical Trauma & Advocacy: Process & Skillshare Group
Virtual
A bi-weekly space facilitated by psychotherapist and activist Carissa Singh to process pains and grow toward self-advocacy.
Tending the Heart Garden: A meditation and group processing circle
In Person
Weekly Neighborhood Meditation Circle
Begin your day with calm, intention, and community.
You are welcome to join us in carving out space each week for a grounding meditation circle facilitated by therapist and meditation instructor, Austin Winchester.
Navigating Closeness: An Experiential Workshop for Healing Professionals
Getting Closer to Clients, Getting Clients Closer to Themselves: Navigating Interpersonal Proximity & Intrapersonal Depth & in Session
In this workshop, facilitated by Shelley Green and Corrina Skildum, will explore not only the interventions for flexible movement, but also use experiential methods to notice our own internal experience. What comes up for us as we move towards the client, or the client moves towards themselves? In what ways might we “surface” the client, or bring them into the “there and then” to alleviate our own discomfort?
The Clinic: Nervous System Repair with Smruti Desai
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With Smruti Desai we will delve into the complexities of the nervous system and its role in regulation, trauma recovery, and burn out. This clinic will explore advanced techniques for working with the nervous system, helping you to better support your clients in achieving awareness of their somatic processes and increasing their resilience.
Good Grief
Beginning date subject to change depending on enrollment! The group will begin when the group is full.
This group is a six-week healing space to share and process your grief. All types of loss are welcome. Drawing from the creative arts, drama therapy, ritual, and somatic practices, this group offers a unique alternative to healing that privileges authentic expression.
Improv for All Seasons | Tuesdays in February
In person
This event is for anyone looking to build more confidence, form new connections, and cultivate collaboration in the context of playful, spontaneous interactions. It’s great for practicing flexibility and sitting with ambiguity in a safe setting.
Gain more confidence to create and present on the spot in a low-stakes, supportive group setting. Tell stories with creativity. Build on other group members’ ideas and offer your own ideas to the group, as well – and come up with scenes, songs, or jokes together. Take these skills back to your home or work by engaging in family discussions, friendships, and work relationships with more spontaneous strategies, or simply share a few moments with others around you via a giggle or two… or twenty!
Embodied Feminine Retreat
In person
Embodied Feminine Retreat started as an idea for women-identifying people to get together in Seattle, built on the intention to create multiple spaces where real empowerment and connection could thrive. The core of this work is about letting go of the heavy layers of patriarchal and colonial influence, rethinking how we relate to our bodies, and shifting how power shows up in our relationships. Through group processing and embodiment workshops, Embodied Feminine encourages all of us to step into the fullness of our humanity—embracing the joy, play, and aliveness that life has to offer.
Full Moon Circle ~ Following our Curiosities
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection - to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Please bring a journal and pen, and find a comfortable place to relax for this virtual session. You do not need any past experience working with the lunar cycles or tarot for this event.
Crafting Circle
Our Crafting Circle offers a warm and welcoming space for creatives of all kinds to gather and work on their projects. Whether you’re into fiber arts, painting, sculpting, sketching, or another portable craft, this group is for anyone looking to expand their creative process in the company of others.
The Clinic: Limbic Resonance with Abby Wong-Heffter
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With Abby Wong-Heffter we will explore the profound impact of limbic resonance on therapeutic relationships and outcomes. This clinic will focus on the nuances of emotional attunement, attachment, and trauma. We will also explore how learning narrative and relational patterns can aid in movement and transformation.
Sacred Passage: A Call to the Mothers
Virtual
We are called to hold space for our world and future generations, carrying the simultaneous weight of grief and potency of possibility in harmonious balance.
Join us for a gathering of those who mother as we step into the mystery portal- a realm of both emptiness and boundless potential. This is a time for open hearts, shared wisdom, and a compassionate embrace of all we feel and hope for.
Sunday Reset
Virtual
Sometimes taking a moment to pause, reset, and receive nourishment is just what we need when we’re feeling overwhelmed, confused, or a little off. Join Harumi LaDuke for a deep exhale and somatic practices to soften and reset your nervous system in community with others.
BJ Magic
VIRTUAL
Join Olaiya, a certified pleasure and empowerment coach, for a virtual workshop where you’ll learn you how to become a BJ royal and give your partners new levels of full-body pleasure and spine-tingling bliss. You’ll learn to how to tap into your own turn-on, so you enjoy BJs just as much as your partner—and feel safe, joyful and empowered while giving them!
Mycelial Networking
HYBRID
Inspired by mycelium — the network of mushrooms that sustain, nourish, and protect entire ecosystems — these seasonal gathering are spaces for practitioners to connect, collaborate, and grow within and beyond our collective.
November's Mycelial Networking event is focused on BODY and we will have the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with Sonja Sivesind (acupuncturist), Dr. Susannah Bergin (somatic chiropractor), and and Jacqueline Blackmore (massage therapist).
Good Grief
Beginning date subject to change depending on enrollment! The group will begin when the group is full.
This group is a six-week healing space to share and process your grief. All types of loss are welcome. Drawing from the creative arts, drama therapy, ritual, and somatic practices, this group offers a unique alternative to healing that privileges authentic expression.
Crafting Circle
Our Crafting Circle offers a warm and welcoming space for creatives of all kinds to gather and work on their projects. Whether you’re into fiber arts, painting, sculpting, sketching, or another portable craft, this group is for anyone looking to expand their creative process in the company of others.
Improv for Therapists
In person
This event is for therapists looking to build more confidence, friendships amongst colleagues, and fun in their delightfully drizzling autumn. Gain more confidence to create and perform on the spot in a group setting without any preparation. Tell stories with creativity. Build on group members ideas and come up with scenes, music, or jokes as a group. Take these skills back to your home or work by engaging in family discussions, friendships, and work relationships with more spontaneous strategies, or come share a few moments with fellow healers in a giggle or two or 20!
Sunday Reset
Virtual
Sometimes taking a moment to pause, reset, and receive nourishment is just what we need when we’re feeling overwhelmed, confused, or a little off. Join us for a deep exhale and somatic practices to soften and reset your nervous system.
Human Design Series, Part III: Boundaries
This is an interactive, transformative workshop where you'll learn how to harness your unique Human Design chart to cultivate healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Discover how to set energetic boundaries that protect your well-being and reset your relationships with others–clients, loved ones, colleagues, or more.
The Clinic: Psychoanalytic Pragmatism with D. Michael Louderback
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With D. Michael Louderback we will delve into a psychoanalytic way of working with the complexity of the human experience. This clinic will guide you through the psychoanalytic process, from understanding unconscious patterns to facilitating deeper insights and curiosity in your clients and yourself in the process.
Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
HYBRID | 16 CEUs
Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immerse experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.
Safety, Dignity, and Belonging for Black, Brown, Indigenous and Other POC
Virtual
This is a highly experiential virtual institute that will consist of process groups facilitated by a seasoned BBIPOC practitioner to explore safety, dignity, and belonging.
Don’t Get Me Started
In person | Open to all ages
Come join a bunch of ADHD and Autistic folks for an exciting evening of mutual info dumping. This in-person event is a fun opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals who want to make friends around their special interests and current hyperfixations.
Embodied Wisdom: Personhood
Embodied Wisdom is our seasonal rhythm of communal, holistic learning. Our October gathering will focus on Personhood —
How do we honor and tend to our own humanity in roles that are focused on the experiences of others?
What practices can we adopt to support our own humanity in the face of the demands and expectations that may weigh on us?
This gathering is for healers, practitioners, facilitators, educators, creatives, and community builders.
Crafting Circle
Our Crafting Circle offers a warm and welcoming space for creatives of all kinds to gather and work on their projects. Whether you’re into fiber arts, painting, sculpting, sketching, or another portable craft, this group is for anyone looking to expand their creative process in the company of others.
Momentum Café
Virtual
Imagine a space where you actually start working on that project you’ve been meaning to work on in the company of other whole-hearted business owners, creatives, and a mug of your favorite tea. It’s a soft space to gently release the resistance in the way and actually move forward on your project.
Sunday Reset
Virtual
Sometimes taking a moment to pause, reset, and receive nourishment is just what we need when we’re feeling overwhelmed, confused, or a little off. Join us for a deep exhale and somatic practices to soften and reset your nervous system.
The Clinic: Nervous System Repair with Smruti Desai
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With Smruti Desai we will delve into the complexities of the nervous system and its role in regulation, trauma recovery, and burn out. This clinic will explore advanced techniques for working with the nervous system, helping you to better support your clients in achieving awareness of their somatic processes and increasing their resilience.
Human Design Series, Part II: Balance
If you’ve felt overwhelmed, overworked, or stuck in the daily work grind, this workshop is for you. Intuitive guide and Human Design reader Harumi LaDuke will show you how to use your unique Human Design chart to transform the way you navigate your work life. Through interactive exercises and personalized insights, you'll learn to reduce overwhelm, maximize your energy, and create a work life that feels both fulfilling and sustainable.
Human Design Series, Part I: Intro to Human Design Masterclass
If you’ve ever wished you could have a user manual for your life to know whether you’re on the right path and troubleshoot challenges, this masterclass is for you. Human Design offers a roadmap for how you’re uniquely designed to make decisions, best use your energy, unlock your gifts, and improve your relationships and career.
Good Grief
Beginning date subject to change depending on enrollment! The group will begin when the group is full.
This group is a six-week healing space to share and process your grief. All types of loss are welcome. Drawing from the creative arts, drama therapy, ritual, and somatic practices, this group offers a unique alternative to healing that privileges authentic expression.
Rhythmós & MYST: Wellness Launch Party
Olivia Lehman and Coburn Childs invite you to the grand opening of their sister practices, Rhythmós and MYST. Experience a taste of their offerings through a short movement and reflection session. Afterward, savor delicious coffee and light bites as in their new space. The heart of this gathering is community building and collective thriving!
Mini Reset
VIRTUAL
Sometimes taking a moment to pause, reset, and receive nourishment is just what we need when we’re feeling overwhelmed, confused, or a little off. Join us for a deep exhale and somatic practices to soften and reset your nervous system.
Soulful Sound Session
Rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul in our Soulful Sound Session with sound and energy healer Elizabeth Schuurman of Earth & Echo. Let the soothing melodies of the crystal bowls wash over you, melting away layers of resistance, leaving you feeling refreshed and revitalized, and more deeply connected to your true essence.
Step By Step: Guided Ecotherapy Walking for Stress Relief
If you experience high stress and burnout, feel overwhelmed by the stacking responsibilities and demands of your career, and want to build community with others who are seeking respice in this fast-paced world, this four-week series group is for you!
Greenhouse Cohort: Propagate Your Practice
A Business Development Cohort: Grown Your Business from Seedling to Thriving Practice
Propagation begins with a seed of intention — your passion and calling. Through this workshop series, you will learn to cultivate this seed into a robust entrepreneurial identity, learn best practices to form your business, and gain practical skills to support your day-to-day operations and resilience.
Soulful Sunday Sound Session
Rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul in our Soulful Sunday Session with sound and energy healer Elizabeth Schuurman of Earth & Echo. Let the soothing melodies of the crystal bowls wash over you, melting away layers of resistance and leave you feeling refreshed, revitalized and connected to your true essence.