The Bone Woman Studio
Ancestral Provisions
for Uncertain Times
This is an invitation for facilitators and guides. The Bone Woman Studio is the way we intend to continue our commitment to deep adaptation on the mountain through the cold winter months. For those unfamiliar, deep adaptation is a framework for preparing for and responding to the societal impacts of climate change and planetary boundary violations, emphasizing the personal and collective changes that reduce suffering and foster resilience in the face of crises.
T R A D I T I O N A L S K I L L S · U N S H A K E A B L E E M P O W E R M E N T
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E X T E R N A L
R E S I L I E N C Y
· Hand spinning & weaving
· Basketry & coiling
· Cordage & knotting
· Natural dyes & pigments
· Leaf & bark printing
· Fermentation
· Seed saving
· Herbal medicine
· Relating with plant kin
· Water treatment
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I N T E R N A L
R E S I L I E N C Y
· Somatic capacity building
· Embodied emotional alchemy
· Navigating rupture & repair
· Crisis response
· Psychological first aid
· Expressive arts for soul work
· Grief tending & seasonal rit
· Community building & kins
· Contemplative practice
· Storytelling & oral tradition
What is Bone Woman Studio?
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THE SHAPE OF IT
Most gatherings run 60 to 90 minutes, with time to arrive and time to close. We have reserved Sunday and Monday evenings through the fall and winter.
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WHO GATHERS
8 to 16 people — adults, families, and anyone in Idyllwild.
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WHAT WE TEND
The space, the chairs, the tea. We hold scheduling, announce your gathering to our community, and set the room before you arrive.
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DONATION BASIS · OFFERED ON TRUST
These gatherings are offered on a donation basis, so no one is turned away for cost; where a session needs materials, we name that supply cost plainly up front. Donations go to you, the facilitator. We ask that you choose an amount to contribute to A Human Sanctuary that feels accurate to you, to support our being able to continue this community learning sanctuary.
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B R I N G W H A T Y O U C A R R Y
Send your name, what you would like to share, and the dates you are free.
julieanne@ahumansanctuary.com
W H E R E W E G A T H E R
54585 North Circle Dr.
Idyllwild, CA 9254
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Traditional Skills as Unshakeable Empowerment in Times of Uncertainty,
All While Nourishing Community and Connection to One Another
FOOD & NOURISHMENT
Wild plant identification
The edible and medicinal language of your local landscape
CRAFT & FIBER
Hand spinning & weaving
Warmth made by your own hands — fiber as story, as patience, as presence
ECO ART
Eco-art creations
Selecting, drying, and stewarding seeds across seasons
WILDCRAFTING
Cordage & knotting
Twisting plant fiber into rope — one of the oldest human technologies,
FOOD & NOURISHMENT
Seed saving
Selecting, drying, and stewarding seeds across seasons
HEALING
Herbal medicine basics
Tinctures, teas, and poultices — the pharmacy of the hedgerow
ECO ART
Natural pigments
Grinding ochre, charcoal, and clay into color.
WILDCRAFTING
Basketry & coiling
Willow, rush, pine needle — weaving containers from the materials at hand
FOOD & NOURISHMENT
Fermentation
Preserving the harvest — bread, kraut, kefir, vinegar
TRACKING & AWARENESS
Animal tracking
Reading the stories written in mud and snow
ECO ART
Leaf & bark printing
Pressing the texture of the living world onto paper, cloth, and skin
CREATIVE MAKING
Storytelling & oral tradition
Making story from nothing — learning to hold a listener, to shape time with words
SHELTER & CRAFT
Natural building
Cob, cordwood, and wattle — sheltering with materials of the place itself
COMMUNITY
Communal food growing
Tending land together — the oldest form of shared resilience
WILDCRAFTING
Natural dyeing
Walnut husks, goldenrod, weld, and madder
FOOD & NOURISHMENT
Seed saving
Selecting, drying, and stewarding seeds across seasons
THE LIVING CIRCLE
Wisdom flows in every direction
Five roles. One living circle. Children explore and discover. Youth step into mentorship. Elders share practical wisdom. Every generation gives and receives something they couldn't find alone.
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A Human Sanctuary gathers on the unceded ancestral homelands of the Qawishpa Cahuillangnah — the Cahuilla Band of Indians
— and we acknowledge all nine sovereign Cahuilla Bands, past, present and emerging.