Among the Trees

October 17-18th, 2026

11:30 – 7pm

The forests of Eberswalde & a private residence

Join me for a whole weekend devoted to trees.

We’ll spend two long days in the forests around Eberswalde, getting to know some of the trees of this land through many different doorways: identification and ecology, medicine, story and folklore, song, touch, trance, sensory practice and direct communion.

At the heart of the weekend is the practice of communion: learning ways of entering into relationship with trees beyond simply knowing about them.

Trees ask for a different kind of attention. They live on timescales very different from our own, holding their places through season after season, creating habitat, medicine, food, shelter and whole living worlds around and within themselves.

And they have accompanied humans for an extraordinarily long time: materially, medicinally, imaginatively and spiritually.

What we’ll explore

Over the weekend we’ll work with a small number of trees through many different forms of attention and practice.

This may include:

– Practices for opening and refining subtle and energetic perception, developing intuition and discernment in relationship with trees
– Tree folklore, myth, story and song
– Tree identification and ecology, medicinal and practical uses
– Sensory, embodied and touch-based perception
– Making tree medicines where appropriate and sustainable
– Solo & group time in the forest

Communion

By communion, I mean practices for entering into direct relationship with trees through the senses, the body, attention, stillness, touch, imagination, energetic perception and the subtler forms of knowing that become available when listen deeply.

These are practices that I will teach and that we will develop together over the weekend, so that you leave with ways of approaching trees that you can continue to explore and deepen on your own.

We’ll work with opening perception, noticing how different trees affect our bodies and senses, working with intuition, and developing greater discernment around what we are actually experiencing. The intention is not to force meaning or extract messages, but to become more available to encounter and more skilful at listening.

The practical learning belongs alongside this: identification, ecology, medicine, folklore and story give us other ways of knowing a tree, and the more we understand how a tree lives, what it offers, what it depends on and how humans have related to it over time, the more textured our relationship can become.

So we’ll move continually between matter, body and subtle perception: between identifying a tree and sensing into its presence, between learning its ecology and working with embodied perception, between sharing old stories and entering trance to meet the tree network more deeply.

This course is very special, it feels like a secret treasure. It’s rare to find anything like it. There is so much heart and magic in Marysia’s spaces – it’s truly a privilege to participate. Other worlds opened up when we worked with her self-brewed plant elixirs and I was able to form very deep and meaningful connections to certain plants and trees. Marysia has a rare ability to attune and sense subtle energies. She creates a very safe and deeply held space, infused with a lot of depth and also she’s very funny. 😉 I’m a big fan and very grateful – highly recommended!

Marysia is a natural storyteller, weaving a beautiful tapestry of practical knowledge, myth, and above all relationality with our more than human kin. Her ability to hold a group with both fierceness and tenderness created space for me to feel deeply held in the practice. Holy Botanica changed my life, reconnecting me with Earth and others, and through that, myself. This course continues far past its stated end date and roots deeply into my everyday life and heart.

Marysia creates a space for a relationship with the natural world and with the plants that is based on deep respect, love, and reciprocity. Her knowledge and wisdom seem infinite, and I learned so much about the plants we worked with. I feel more connected to the forest around me as different plants become friends and allies. It's deepened a sense of grounded spirituality I have been developing after realizing it's not necessary to travel far for spiritual growth; rather, it's all right here under our feet and around us. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking for a deep embodied connection to the world around us.

I’ve been on the path of consciousness, embodiment, and communion with the Earth for some years now, so I wasn’t a complete newbie. But something in Holy Botanica brought me into a whole new depth of awareness. My relationship with plants has shifted profoundly: it feels more intuitive, more attuned, and just right. Each gathering felt so precious, from the excursions into the beauuutiful forest of Eberswalde, where we communed with the plants through sensory, spiritual, and ancestral pathways, to the deeply nourishing body-based practices that followed. You hold space in a way that is both spiritual and down to earth, rooted in folk wisdom and tradition, while also informed by science. Your sensitivity, the spaciousness you allowed, and the richness of what you shared (botanical preparations, songs, articles, stories, recordings and resources) made every session feel abundant and complete. I hope to step into your spaces again in the future. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for everything you’ve offered so far.

"I am impressed how the work with the plants has influenced my everyday life. I didn't expect that. I didn't expect it to become so tangible. I feel like it really kicked off some change for me. Something that wanted to change since some time and I hadn't been listening. One thing that I really, really loved about Holy Botanica, that a quality of magic was always kind of weaving in. What I mean by magic is synchronicity, creating space for things to happen that your mind couldn't even picture, opening to more than I see and touch, opening up to the intangible aspects of life and experiencing how things are deeply connected. "

"The whole thing really felt like a journey of discovery. There were many surprising things that happened during that time and within the sessions. It was so beautifully interwoven with so many rich and diverse elements, I really appreciate and celebrate you for your space holding. I really felt like you were such a wonderful travel guide. It felt like a gift and blessing to be in this space. I felt so, so well taken care of and I just loved, honestly, every bit of it. I loved the touch, I love that we worked with the cells and with giving each other that space. And the partner exercises, like the one we did with Elderberry, that one felt very powerful also. I was very surprised, actually, what came up within that exercise. I would love to do more of that. Just so rich, every session in and of itself."

"The Holy Botanica Series with Marysia filled a deep longing within me but only when I was part of it I could actually name and sense that longing! The longing to connect to our roots, ancestors, long forgotten stories and myths and the deep, deep wisdom that comes from being with the plant spirits. It felt like coming home and it was a very touching experience. Still now after the course I am cultivating a relationship to the plant remedies and leaning into their support. As I unexpectedly went through health struggles during the course I felt very seen and supported by Marysia which gave me the ability to trust the healing process of my body and that I can be in the space with what I was going through at that time. It was an intimate and beautifully curated space. I am grateful for the enrichment the plants and the people I met bring into my life."

Following what is there

I don’t want to prescribe the weekend too tightly in advance. We’ll be responsive to what is actually there in the woods for us to meet, to the movements and desires of the group, and to what the land draws us towards.

Every time I take a group into the woods, something happens that I couldn’t have planned for: a tree we weren’t expecting to work with draws us in, a story suddenly becomes relevant, the weather changes, or someone notices something the rest of us have walked past.

A huge part of the practice is learning to listen for what is actually there.

There will be structure, and plenty that I want to share with you, but there will also be space for the woods themselves to shape what happens, and time simply to be, slow down and listen.

Who this is for

You don’t need existing knowledge of botany, herbal medicine or spiritual plant work to come. You do need curiosity, a willingness to spend a significant amount of time outside, openness to learning and trying things, and an interest in meeting trees more deeply.

My hope is that you leave not simply knowing more about trees, but knowing a few trees differently: recognising them, knowing something of how they live, their medicine and their stories, and having spent enough time with them for relationship to begin taking shape.

You’ll also leave with a set of communion and perception practices that you can continue developing for yourself long after the weekend is over.

⧫ PRACTICAL INFO ⧫

⧫ Dates: Saturday & Sunday, October 17–18th, 2026
⧫ Times: 11:30am–7pm both days

⧫ To Register: Email Marysia at devotedtodirt@gmail.com – Your place is confirmed once payment has been received.

Price

Standard: €340
Early bird: €310 until September 29th

Payment can be made in instalments. If you really want to come but the cost is beyond what you can afford right now, please get in touch.

All materials used during the weekend are included. Please bring your own lunch both days. Tea and snacks are provided.

Information about what to bring will be sent before the weekend.

You will also receive 20% off remedies from my apothecary Body of Earth botanicals for the duration of the course.

⧫ Location ⧫

We will gather at a residence in Eberswalde, approximately 13 minutes’ walk from Eberswalde Hbf. The address will be given upon registration.

Please note that this is a home rather than a dedicated venue, so we may need to be a little flexible around space, equipment and facilities.

Please arrive on time for both sessions, as we will be walking into the woods and it may not be possible to coordinate finding us once we have left.

Accessibility: We will walk approximately 3–6 miles each day through the forest, including uneven terrain. Nothing particularly strenuous, but we will cover some ground. Parts of the weekend will take place outside, rain or shine.

Cancellation policy

Until October 2nd: 50% refund
From October 2nd onwards: no refunds

For questions, feel free to reach out to me at devotedtodirt@gmail.com

*Cover art by Hermann Heindrich – Old German Folktale, 1896

⧫ Why Local Plant Magic? ⧫

We live in a time when so much is accessible to us. There are many plants from far away lands that are well known for their consciousness shifting properties, and there can be a tendency to think that only these plants have deep magic, or only these plants can shift our consciousness in noticeable ways.

However… **Every plant is consciousness shifting** (or has the potential to be).

And the plants that grow in the same ground that we walk upon hold particular wisdom for us. Despite our ever more global perspective, we are creatures that are deeply tied to place, and wired for (and often we’re deeply yearning for) relationship, reciprocity and real connection with our environments and the natural intelligences within them.

⧫ About my approach — direct experience, cultivating intuition and discernment ⧫

A significant aspect of my approach to plant work is an emphasis on the importance of direct experiential work with plants and other natural intelligences.

This means cultivating states of stillness, simplicity and communion and learning to listen deeply through your own being, through your body and your energy system.

This is is a way of reclaiming your own channel in relationship to the spirits that surround us. It profoundly enhances your ability to work with them and receive their guidance. It also supports you to strengthen your intuitive and discernment capacities which are applicable in every part of life.

I balance this with deep curiosity about and acknowledgement of the importance of the story and song of the plant world as well as an understanding of its medicinal properties and actions. My invitation is to dive into working with plants holistically and in intimacy.