Frequently asked questions

To tell you about how these workshops connect to wildlife advocacy I should tell you about where the workshops come from in the first place. 

Inviting Wildness stems from a question I asked while on a hike with my dog :“what if we lived life like a musical?” What if, when our emotions got strong enough, we broke into song and dance  -- melody, movement, rhythm, and dynamics that would express our sentiment more accurately than words ( or passive aggressive tactics) alone. Movement that would do away with the need for guessing games. What world would that be if we all knew we could use music in its first intention? To communicate and understand each other and ourselves?

As a performing musician and a teacher ( music being one of the subjects I teach), I have come across loads of people who have said “I’m not musical at all/ I can’t sing/ You don’t want to hear me sing!” 

But these are all societal stories that these people have adopted – disallowing themselves from experiencing the catharsis and community that comes with playing music. 

And when I say “playing music” I do mean “playing”. I don’t mean pursuing, perfecting, or practicing every day (though those practices can be quite nourishing!)– I mean playing – as we have for as long as we have been homosapiens, and quite likely, even before. 

Expressing through the arts is freeing , buoyant, uplifting, and natural to humans – across cultures, and across experience brackets. It is only our stories that hold us back from believing that we can and are allowed to sing, dance, and play music in private, or together. 

These workshops are meant to welcome or “invite” a sort of homecoming. Coming home, intuitively, to our natural expressions and creative tendencies. Those that have been forgotten, neglected, shut down – whether by direct influence of any industry or person, or pervasively and haphazardly by widespread societal narratives and practices.  

(I have a much more detailed blog post on this that I will post soon). 

When we support our wild, natural selves with intention, we are increasingly enabled to support our wild, natural kin -- dolphins, squirrels, foxes, fish, and on and on, near and far. All workshops and events emphasize our intraconnected wildness and freedom. 

Inviting Wildness' workshops and coaching are best described  as experiential and therapeutic education. It is an ecological, psychological education, empowering you to be aware of your full , vast self, your ecological relationships, and what messages your body tells you, as well as what stories are told to your body.  

As stated by a participant, the workshops give you tools with which to experience your environment differently.