Land Trauma Offerings
Image of bark on a cottonwood tree
What is Land Trauma
“What is Land Trauma” offers the messages I received through readings, teachers, mentors, and the earth about the separation between humans and the earth. Through readings and physical practices, you’ll get a sample of the longer, more in-depth Intro to Land Trauma course. This offering is specifically designed for people who have limited time, who are juggling multiple commitments, and who are seeking to deepen their relationship with the earth in the margins of their life. This course offers gentle opportunities to feel and heal the wounds we each carry around our relationship with the land.
I’m currently defining land trauma as: a severed connection from the land that nurtured a person and/or their ancestors; the lost messages and ways of living communicated by the earth to indigenous peoples, especially due to histories of, and current, systemic oppression; and the physical trauma inflicted by humans onto the land.
As I’ll be unable to offer Intro to Land Trauma in 2022, this offering will give gentle, self-paced guidance. I’m situating this offering in time: while I’ve lightly adjusted and edited some of this work since it was first created, most of it comes directly from the Intro to Land Trauma course. It’s important to keep the heart of this as true to the original messages I received. I’ve grown and changed since then, both as a writer and healer, and know that this imperfect offering is vital to our collective growth.
This offering is for you if:
*You are not indigenous to the land you currently live on
*You or your ancestors have migrated, either voluntarily or due to force
*You feel disconnected from the place you live
*You’ve moved throughout your life, either by choice or circumstances out of your control
*You’ve never felt grounded
*You long for home
*You want the kind of connection with the land that your ancestors have had
*You work, are in school, or generally have limited capacity
*You want self-paced, gentle guidance without prescriptive structures
*You feel the earth wanting to speak to, and through, you
*You connect with the earth through outdoors activities but aren’t sure how to slow down
*You’re seeing the collective harm humans have done to the earth and are overwhelmed when you consider how to heal the earth
This offering is a small primer in a larger process and is meant to be relatively affordable and available for your healing. The cost of the course is $30, however, if that price is not available to you, you can also use the discount code (HEALTHEEARTH2022) at checkout.
Accessibility Notes: All content embedded in visuals are also available in text format. All practices that involve physical movement are accompanied by notes offering alternatives, or different ways of moving through them to align with your body.
Intro to Land Trauma
Intro to Land Trauma is a three-month self-guided course and will offer perspectives from myself and others around the separation of humans from earth. Through essays, readings, physical practices, and writing prompts, you will uncover the land trauma within yourself and your lineage. Without feeling the wound, we cannot heal it. This course offers a chance to feel and step into the wound.
I’m currently defining Land Trauma as: a severed connection from the land that nurtured a person and/or their ancestors; the lost messages and ways of living communicated by the earth to indigenous peoples, especially due to histories of, and current, systemic oppression; and the physical trauma inflicted by humans onto the land.
This is not a crash course. This is an introduction to the wounds so many of us hold around land. This is one step of a journey to healing our relationship to land, to knowing abundant unconditional love from the earth, and to reciprocating the love we receive.
If you are not indigenous to the land you currently live on – if you or your ancestors have migrated, either voluntarily or due to force – if you’ve traveled as a means of escape and found dissatisfaction in rootlessness – if you’ve never felt grounded – if you’ve longed for home – if your wounds have led you towards addiction or dissociation – if you believe in restoring indigenous relations to land – this course is for you.
By signing up for the three month course, you’ll receive:
*Biweekly email folders with some combination of healing practices, readings, interviews, and creative portals
*Entrance into a participant-guided healing pod, with other people in the course with whom you can share, heal, and create
*Three months of one-on-one email support with MAT, which varies depending on you, but might include: tarot draws, podcast recommendations, affirmations, feedback on portals, and/or check-ins.
Registration is $200-$400 - please choose the appropriate price when you check out via the shop. If you'd like to pay a price that isn't listed here, need a scholarship, or want to pay in increments on a payment plan, please email me at maryatho@gmail.com with "Intro to Land Trauma" in the subject line".
Accessibility: all audio of the course will be also offered in written form. Most of the practices encourage an outdoor space, although indoor options will be given.