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experiences & events

experience our transformative workshops

dynamic. experiential. genocide-informed.

ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ maskihkiy wellness offers workshops that engage participants in learning the application of land-based tools for wellness that may be applied in multiple contexts, from in the home to community to the workplace. we offer workshops that are both open to public registration, as well as privately booked tailored workshops to fit the needs of your community or organization.

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schedule

explore our upcoming experiences and events designed to support individual and collective wellness.

sept
27
2026
cultural supports

death café

online
join Cathy for an open-to-all circle of conversations about grief, loss and death. this space is provided by Cathy for free as a community offering. each death café is an open conversation based on the group.
oct
09
2026
learning lodge

returning to our medicines: decolonizing & Indigenizing mental health

online
join us for our free, virtual opening gathering and experience a taste of what the learning lodge has to offer—teachings, conversations, and practical approaches you can carry into your life, community, and helping work. receive your first maskihkiy (medicine) · certificate of completion for attending the first 2 hours of the webinar.
oct
19-21
2026
learning lodge

Indigenous Tools for Living

Calgary
this experiential program offers a genocide-informed, decolonizing, land‑based approach to understanding and working alongside complex and intergenerational trauma. grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems, participants learn to create protected spaces for difficult stories, to remain centered in the presence of pain, and to draw on the land, animals, and ancestral wisdom as active helpers in clinical and community work, as well as in their own wellness.
oct
3
2026
learning lodge

mîcisowin maskihkiy: food is medicine experience

in person, rocky mountain house
learn how to prepare body and spirit for foraging, respectfully gather and work with the plants the land offers, and explore the uses of medicines such as usnea, pine sap, Labrador tea, and plantain. together, we will participate in open-fire cooking and share a feast featuring bison and wild plants. prepare, dry, and store gathered plants; make a plantain medicine to take home; and receive a learning booklet to continue building relationships with the plants and land.
nov
01
2026
learning lodge

takwâkin fall · returning to our medicines

online
locating· gathering· tending· releasing· preparing through 7 medicines once a week for 7 weeks, we locate ourselves in relation, gather iyiniwak approaches to wellness, deepen connections with land & spirit, release what no longer serves, and prepare what we take forward.
jan
31
2027
learning lodge

pipon winter · tending spirit, grief & the unseen

online
stillness· grief· listening· spirit· continuity. through 7 medicines once a week for 7 weeks, we tend grief + loss, listen to dreams + spirit, honour continuing relationships, and explore the continuity + transformation that emerge through darkness + rest.
learning lodge

kahkiyaw ~ 4 season in the learning lodge

access the full year ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ maskihkiy learning lodge bundle, consisting of all 4 seasons. includes 84 hours of live instruction + 28 weeks of teachings, readings, reflections, and experiential practices at a reduced rate. includes a 5th certificate.
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"I enjoyed a different way of thinking about 'mental illness' and assessment. I loved connecting to the land. I feel that I went through healing and transformation, while reconnecting with my spirit. "

participant in a 3 day land-based tools for wellness workshop
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interested in training in Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy or Indigenous Tools for living ?

Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy (IFOT) is a fully articulated Indigenous psychotherapeutic approach that offers a decolonizing, genocide-informed, land-based, and body-centered framework for addressing complex, intergenerational and colonial trauma. recognizing the need for more accessible IFOT training, ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ maskihkiy wellness has taken up hosting ongoing hybrid (virtual & in-person) cohorts in Alberta. IFOT consists of seven 3-day modules over the course of a year.

ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ maskihkiy wellness also hosts Indigenous Tools for Living (ITFL), a shorter 3-5 day training in frontline tools for trauma and genocide. sign up for the waitlist, or request a private booking for your community, organization or group today!

want a custom workshop?

at ᒪᐢᑭᐦᑭᕀ maskihkiy wellness, we offer a range of workshops and professional development opportunities tailored specifically to the needs and requests of your community, organization, or group. we offer land-based and genocide-informed strategies that can be applied in multiple contexts.

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