Botanical Ally Initiations
ReAwaken your true interconnected nature—one plant at a time
Connect with the Archetypal and living wisdom
of Cascadia Bioregion Plants through the In-depth Practice of Botanical Ally Initiations
Spring, Summer, and FAll 2025
Guided by Scott Kloos in Corbett, OR
Limited to 8 participants per session
In the forest, the great repository of intact living wisdom, we remember how to harmoniously live with each other, the planet, and ourselves. Offering ourselves to the Forest and her plant emissaries energetically alters us and allows us to receive the guiding wisdom that is our birthright as children of Earth.
Paying homage to the Dieta tradition of the Amazon jungle but informed by decades of dedicated plant communion here in the forests of Cascadia, these weekend Botanical Ally Initiations offer opportunities to forge and strengthen bonds with our deep plant teacher guides and allies.
We gather for three days in the forest eating simply, singing, making offerings, praying, and listening in silence. Together we surrender ourselves with the utmost respect and humility, remembering who we are, finding our place here in the matrix of life, and developing and deepening our relationships with the most venerable botanical allies of the Cascadia Bioregion.
Whether you’re just beginning or wanting to
deepen your appreciation of plants,
these Botanical Ally Initiations provide inspiration and guidance for you
on your journey through life
a Forgotten richness REady to awaken
When I explore my ancestral heritage, I find a forgotten richness ready to awaken within my body. Plants play important roles in many of the epic tales, poems, and romantic literature of the West, and even today plants like the Oak and Rose reside in the imaginations of many.
What words come to mind when you contemplate Oak or Rose? How does your body feel when you become present with the archetypal energies associated with these words?
Can you imagine a world in which all plants can teach us in this way? It is this that we call forth in each of these extended Botanical Ally Initiations.
During these weekend immersions, we work with plants that have presented themselves to our community as the teachers we need, for our specific place and time, to become better humans in relationship with ourselves, with Earth, and with all the beings with whom we share this life.
Learn from the plants within a community of like-hearted seekers
Ashsusha (aka Devil’s Club) Oplopanax horridus
Throughout the year, we immerse ourselves in deep study with seasonally relevant Botanical Allies. Within each 3-day immersion, we call upon one our most venerable plant teachers to share their gifts of wisdom, healing and renewal.
Gathering together and cultivating a space of mutual learning. with a shared intention amplifies our experience of the plants and allows a diversity of wisdom to flow from the plants to the group via the unique channel of each participant, something that only happens within the context of community.
Guided by Scott Kloos, each weekend includes:
an opening ceremony which includes the aligning of our intentions with the wisdom of Wild Nature’s force of initiation and an experiential introduction to the featured botanical ally
the harvesting of plants together (when appropriate) for our collective and personal learning
spaciousness and quietude to commune with forest and plant
daily witnessing/sharing and song circles and experiential plant meditations to help us embody their archetypal teachings
two simple meals per day
camping on site in forest
silent, meditative walks in forest
additional teachings of the plant shared by Scott
We encourage participants to continue engaging with the plant after each weekend and will provide prompts to inspire your inquiry.
Upcoming Immersions
how can these plants support and guide us?
When we ingest a plant with intention, allow their energetic presence to move through our physical and energetic bodies, and develop a relationship that honors the plant as a spiritual and energetic teacher, something special happens. The plant reveals habitual patterns that lead to our unnecessary suffering, evidence of which include:
difficulties in establishing and maintaining healthy relationships with others
anxiety that ungrounds us and depression that brings us down
dissatisfaction with our life circumstance or attachment to past wounds that prevent us from experiencing contentment
apathy, procrastination, and fear that prevent us from fulfilling our life’s promise
When communing with the plant consistently, their teachings imprint themselves upon our beings. As our awareness and energetic capacities broaden. the plant reveals new pathways of expression and:
our resilience strengthens and our ability to respond appropriately to challenging situation increases
our understanding of Self firms along with a deeper sense of trust and self-worth
we feel more confident and able to consummate our life’s mission
Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa
“The healing benefit of each plant runs along a continuum. On one side we see the imbalanced or unhealthy aspects of ourselves. We are conditioned to stop the process when the discomfort or unease ceases, but if we follow the trajectory of the plant’s medicine, previously hidden, life-affirming aspects of our beings emerge and become normal and integral parts of who we are.”