An invitation to think with the whole body
Deep in winter, while the Inland Northwest landscape rests beneath the cold, there's much happening beyond what we can see. Water moves beneath the soil, roots remain alive and the quiet preparations for spring are underway.
On the Lunar New Year, we'll gather for an unusual encounter with a native medicinal plant whose ancestors have inhabited our region's forests for thousands of years, enduring immense changes in climate and landscape.
Come prepared to be adventurous in how you experience the living world, to follow your curiosity and notice things you might otherwise overlook.
We'll begin by tasting an infusion of the mystery plant without knowing its identity. Through guided movement patterns, music, visualization, and sacred story, we'll layer different sensory experiences, noticing what emerges before the plant is revealed.
By setting aside the plant's name and what we think we know, we give our senses room to notice things our expectations might otherwise obscure.
Afterward, we'll reveal the plant and explore its herbal uses and the many ways it lives in relationship with the land, water and other living beings of our region.
My hope is that this gathering sparks your curiosity to seek out the plant as the seasons unfold. Whether it's already familiar or entirely new to you, there's much to discover by visiting it in its natural habitat and observing the relationships it shares with the surrounding landscape.
By autumn, you may know this plant well enough to consider whether a harvest is appropriate.
Or perhaps the relationship itself will be enough.
Each participant will take home a detailed plant guide with identification tips, ecological insights, herbal uses, ethical harvesting considerations, and resources for continuing their exploration.
Gathering Details
Saturday, February 6, 2027
10 am - 12:30 pm
Limited to 10 participants
We'll gather at the historic Meadowbrook Community Hall in rural Cougar Gulch. A large fireplace will keep us warm, while rhythmic movement invites us to generate some warmth of our own.
Movement is exploratory and non-performative, and no previous experience is necessary.
Participants will also be invited to an optional summer field gathering to visit the plant in its natural habitat.
About Your Guide
Korrine Rothrock is an herbalist, somatic movement guide, writer and educator based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Her work brings together nearly two decades of herbal study with a lifelong background in dance and movement. Since 2019, she has guided plant immersions that invite people to explore the medicinal plants of the Inland Northwest through sensory experience, movement and storytelling.
Through her business, Lapis Sky, Korrine invites people to discover plants beyond their medicinal uses and appreciate the many ways they nourish and sustain the land, water and life around us.