
Offerings & Events
Communion, ceremony, and enlightenment are integral to the healing path.
We believe that being with and having others be with us is profoundly powerful.
In community, we are lean into and transform in ways that we cannot — or don’t want to — do alone.
In collaboration with our community of healers, practitioners, and guides Shelterwood Collective offers:
Gatherings & Experiences to cultivate connection, creativity, and vitality
Process & Therapy Groups to foster brave, support spaces for communal grow
Workshops & Trainings to raise awareness and deepen learning
Rituals & Retreats to protect sacred space to integrate mind, body, and spirit
We invite you to gather, commune, and grow with us.

Rooted Reflections Tarot
A monthly tarot offering with intuitive guide Nicole Busacca. These one-on-one sessions are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and connect with your inner knowing through the supportive lens of the tarot.

Collective Crafting
Please Join us in the Apothecary for a weekend of creation in tandem with the Seattle Art Fair. This is a drop in event 11-5, July 17-19. All are welcome.

Healing Through Movement: Body Re-Pair | A Somatic Stress Relief Workshop
Body Re-Pair is a trauma-informed somatic movement class for nervous system healing and stress relief. Led by Sofiya Ko, it includes breathwork, gentle movement, and journaling—no experience needed. Reconnect with your body, build resilience, and restore calm in a supportive space.

Leaving home to come home: Immigration and Mental Health
Join Gitika "Dr G" Talwar PhD in an online course on immigration and mental health, providing insight and tools for cultural awareness.

Transformative Breathwork and Mental Wellness Retreat | Empower, Release and Connect
Join us for a Transformative Breathwork & Mental Wellness Retreat focused on healing, connection, and empowerment. Through breathwork, somatic practices, and community sharing, you will experience powerful emotional release and stress management strategies that you can take home and incorporate into your life.

Leanna Bre | So People-y
Please join us Thursday, August 7 from 5-8p in The Apothecary for So People-y, a photography exhibition by Leanna Bre.

Cultural Awareness | Practicing therapy with Cultural Humility
Join us for an enriching and thought-provoking session on Practicing Therapy with Cultural Humility, led by Gitika Talwar, PhD—a Licensed Clinical-Community Psychologist in Washington State. With deep personal and professional experience working with international students, immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented individuals, Dr. Talwar brings both compassion and expertise to this timely conversation.

Death Cafe
Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.

Improv for All Seasons
In person
This event is for anyone looking to build more confidence, form new connections, and cultivate collaboration in the context of playful, spontaneous interactions. It’s great for practicing flexibility and sitting with ambiguity in a safe setting.

Autumn Re-wilding Retreat
Embark on a journey back to your primal self amidst the untouched beauty of nature. This retreat comes after the Fall Equinox and the cyclical change in season is an invitation to let go of what is no longer serving us. We will look toward the natural world to reconnect with our own spirits through sound baths, forest meditations, cacao ceremonies, holistic healing through saunas, breath work, yoga, and more.

Full Moon Circle ~ The Full Moon in Capricorn
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection – to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Alexa will guide us into the energy of July’s Full Moon in Capricorn and it’s corresponding tarot card, The Devil.

First Thursday Art Walk | Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition
Please join us for the artist reception of Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition. We’re honored to feature works from Johanna Christianson, Kat Larson, Kelly Elizabeth Tivnan, Tim Cross, and Ursula Rose.

The Sacred Slut Circle: Awaken Your Inner Sacred Slut
A monthly gathering for women and feminine beings designed to help you reconnect with your sensuality, embrace pleasure and feel deeply rooted in your sexuality. Each month, rituals focus on a different theme of erotic embodiment, facilitated by Olaiya Land and other sex witches, mischief makers and pleasure priestesses.

Grief Support Group for Women | Weekly on Wednesdays
Virtual
A weekly, drop-in grief support group for women who have experienced the death of a loved one. Share your experience and be supported by other women in a compassionate environment.

Speed Dating with Flowers: A Flower Essence Pop-Up
Join flower essence practitioner and herbalist Phelicia Magnusson of Queen & Crow Healing Arts for a playful and powerful afternoon of speed dating with flowers.
In celebration of the Summer Solstice—when the sun is at its peak and the days stretch long—we invite you to slow down, soften, and meet the flowers who want to hold you.

Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated!
Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated! has been running since Fall 2022 on a monthly basis on Fridays. Sandra Killebrew and Chessie Snider alternate hosting the event. We'll meet at Victrola on 15th from 8am-10am. Please say hi and introduce yourself!

Pleasure Cafe
An evening of connection, exploration and honest conversation with Pleasure and Sexual Empowerment Coach Olaiya Land.

Full Moon Circle ~ The Full Moon in Sagittarius
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection – to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Alexa will guide us into the energy of June’s Full Moon in Sagittarius and it’s corresponding tarot card, Temperance.

The Clinic: Limbic Resonance with Abby Wong-Heffter, LMHC
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With Abby Wong-Heffter we will explore the profound impact of limbic resonance on therapeutic relationships and outcomes. This clinic will focus on the nuances of emotional attunement, attachment, and trauma. We will also explore how learning narrative and relational patterns can aid in movement and transformation.

Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition
Please join us for the opening reception of Verve: A Summer Solstice Group Exhibition. We’re honored to feature works from Johanna Christianson, Kat Larson, Kelly Elizabeth Tivnan, Tim Cross, and Ursula Rose.

Rebalance
REBALANCE is your guide to better sleep, improved periods, better stress handling, and steady energy all day long. This online course and process group helps you build sustainable habits that support adrenal health, which regulates sleep, sex hormones, energy, and stress response.

Improv Demo Night
Improv Demo Night welcomes Adults (18+) who have a professional or personal curiosity about our four-week improv series. Come experience the fun before you decide if you’d like to join the full series (or refer folks our way)!

Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated!
Seattle Therapists Get Caffeinated! has been running since Fall 2022 on a monthly basis on Fridays. Sandra Killebrew and Chessie Snider alternate hosting the event. We'll meet at Victrola on 15th from 8am-10am. Please say hi and introduce yourself!

The Sacred Slut Circle: Awaken Your Inner Sacred Slut
In Person
This monthly gathering for women and feminine beings is designed to help you reconnect with your sensuality, embrace pleasure and feel deeply rooted in your sexuality.
Each month, rituals focus on a different theme of erotic embodiment, facilitated by myself and other sex witches, mischief makers and pleasure priestesses.

Supporting Immigrant Mental Health | Gitika Talwar
This workshop focuses on the impact of immigration on the mental health of immigrants. It presents an opportunity for licensed therapists to learn about trauma-informed, culturally-attuned therapeutic care to immigrant clients from all over the world.

Death Cafe
Death is something we all share, yet we rarely get the chance to talk about it openly. The Seattle Death Cafe is a cozy, welcoming space where we gather, with tea and treats, to speak freely about death, dying, and what it means to be human.
There’s no agenda or intention to lead participants to any conclusion, just an open-hearted conversation with strangers-turned-companions. Whether you’re curious, grieving, afraid, or simply want to reflect on life’s impermanence, you’re welcome here.

Full Moon Circle ~ The Full Moon in Scorpio
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection – to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Alexa will guide us into the energy of May’s Full Moon in Scorpio and it’s corresponding tarot card, Death.

Therapists Rock Climbing Gathering
Calling all therapist climbers (or aspiring ones)! Join us for a relaxed rock climbing gathering to connect, network, and support each other—on the wall and in the work. Whether you're looking for new belay partners or just curious, come build community with fellow therapists.

Crafting Circle
Our Crafting Circle offers a warm and welcoming space for creatives of all kinds to gather and work on their projects. Whether you’re into fiber arts, painting, sculpting, sketching, or another portable craft, this group is for anyone looking to expand their creative process in the company of others.

The Clinic: Psychoanalytic Pragmatism with D. Michael Louderback, LMHC
HYBRID | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With D. Michael Louderback we will delve into a psychoanalytic way of working with the complexity of the human experience. This clinic will guide you through the psychoanalytic process, from understanding unconscious patterns to facilitating deeper insights and curiosity in your clients and yourself in the process.

Tending the Heart Garden: A meditation and group processing circle
In Person
Weekly Neighborhood Meditation Circle
Begin your day with calm, intention, and community.
You are welcome to join us in carving out space each week for a grounding meditation circle facilitated by therapist and meditation instructor, Austin Winchester.

From Me, To You
Please Join us in The Apothecary to celebrate National Letter Writing Month! This is a drop in friendly event, all are welcome and invited to participate. Stamps, paper, and envelopes will be provided, with cards available for purchase.

Writing While Tender | A Drop-In Virtual Writing Class
A drop-in virtual writing class facilitated by Sofiya Ko, licensed counselor and expressive arts therapist, Writing While Tender is a trauma-aware container where personal experience will be gently guided into expressive writing.

Yoga with Mason — Illuminate the Big Dark
In Person
Join local yoga instructor Mason Smith as he brings his grounding and supportive yoga practice to Shelterwood practitioners.
These 60-minute vinyasa-inspired slow-flow classes will invite you to explore the balance between effort and ease, resilience and acceptance. Through a ritualistic return to the breath, Mason offers space for deep release and a quieting of the mind.

Embodied Wisdom | Building the Capacity for Difference: The Journey from Constriction to Individuation
HYBRID
Embodied Wisdom is our seasonal rhythm of communal, holistic learning. The belief that our need for human connection is enduring shapes these gatherings. Our intent is to create intention space for inspiration, connection, deepening, and activation in service of collective healing.
Our spring gathering, facilitated by Audrey Jensen, will focus on Building the Capacity for Difference: The Journey from Constriction to Individuation.
We are living in an Age of Dissonance. How do we work with this? And is there an opportunity for an Age of Individuation where we confront and engage difference — not just as a thought experiment, but in our families, communities, and therapy/healing spaces.

Crafting Circle
Our Crafting Circle offers a warm and welcoming space for creatives of all kinds to gather and work on their projects. Whether you’re into fiber arts, painting, sculpting, sketching, or another portable craft, this group is for anyone looking to expand their creative process in the company of others.

Full Moon Circle ~ The Full Moon in Libra
Virtual
This gathering offers us time for sacred pause and connection – to the cycles of the moon, the rhythms of the earth, to our ancestors, community and soul/self. Alexa will guide us into the energy of April’s Full Moon in Libra.

Thresholds: Become an Approved Supervisor Training
HYBRID | 15 CEUs
Join seasoned clinicians, supervisors, and educators Abby Wong-Heffter and Nicole Greenwald for a two-day, immerse experience that centers an embodied, communal approach to becoming a Washington approved supervisor. Our training goes beyond the legal and practical components to provide a development framework and embodied practice of supervision, consultation, and mentorship.

Good Grief
6-week virtual group container beginning April 8 through May 13
Healing space to share and process your grief. All types of loss are welcome. Drawing from the creative arts, drama therapy, ritual, and somatic practices, this group offers a unique alternative to healing that privileges authentic expression.

The Clinic: Nervous System Repair with Smruti Desai, LMHC
VIRTUAL | FOR PRACTITIONERS
With Smruti Desai we will delve into the complexities of the nervous system and its role in regulation, trauma recovery, and burn out. This clinic will explore advanced techniques for working with the nervous system, helping you to better support your clients in achieving awareness of their somatic processes and increasing their resilience.