Workshops
Plants of the Thymes
With Angela Krick
Thursday, September 25
5:00 - 8:00 pm
$75
This series will be held off-site
In each session, we’ll engage in hands-on experiences - harvesting what’s seasonally available and preparing medicinal teas, tinctures, remedies and herbs from the plants we gather, which participants will take home with them.
Immerse yourself in plants. Approach earth-based cycles and abundance with practical methods and hands-on experiences with the plants that grow in the Northland, in real time. We will walk the fields and gardens, use our senses to understand and touch and feel the medicine that grows with us. Feel confident getting some wild back in your life. Recall our relationship with earth, cycles, elements and plants. Tend to the urge to feed yourself from the source.
Join local herbalist Angela Krick at her home, where the land is vibrant and rich with local ecosystems.
Wear weather-appropriate clothing, as the class will be held entirely outdoors in the gardens and surrounding land. Details, including the address, will be sent upon registration.
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In August, we open the power of a flower.
With its reflection and impression on water, we will harness the essence of a flower and preserve it in a bottle. This method supports healing on an emotional level, thereby reaching us psychologically and physically. We can tune in to the flower to feel, release, expand or bring our energy in as needed. We will continue to pay attention to our senses and perceptions with the taste of herbal remedies and have discussion. You will have a flower essence of your choosing to prepare and take home.
“Despite their apparent frailty and ephemeral nature, the beauty of flowers impart a lasting happiness. For a brief moment they seem to bring a touch of eternity, of joy that lies beyond the cares of the world.”
Anne McIntyre
Meet Your Guide
Angela Krick
Magick Mullein Herbalism & Blue Forest Plants
Angela lives in Duluth near Enger Tower, in a slice of oasis amongst the willows and pines, creeks and wild and cultivated gardens with her family and animals. They live close to home and hearth sharing the love of Earth with a passion for plants, health and wholeness. Angela has many teachers and influences to thank, forever learning and grateful to be a student in awe of the bioregional bounty of botanicals.
Irrevocable Wholeness:
A Book and Oracle Card Deck
A Compass Back to Your Wholeness
You are enough just as you are.
Irrevocable Wholeness: Poems and Meditations to Hold it All is a collaborative project by painter Sarah Brokke and poet Kyle Leia Heyesen that lifts up our sacred, deep, messy, and beautiful human experience. This art and poetry book, along with an accompanying oracle card set, offers a gentle reminder that it is your birthright to rest in your wholeness.
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I learned of my parts
inside my City of Angels
guides within mesmerized and terrorized by my life
speaking me into existence
along my lifespan
their voices a spindrift
propelling me along
my perpetual becomingAnd this is all of me
each carries their own pearl of wisdom
shining opalescent
their heart beats only for me
wrapped in a womb of their own universe
threads, constellations
across the galaxy of my being
each wants to be known, heard, seen
there are burdens they carry
and ways only they walk
that light up the forest floor within me
each footstep bursting with the magic needed
to awaken me(can you hear me?)
All the voices call out in their own ways
sometimes they shout, take the wheel, swerveOften I’m stepping across and over
what seems to be crossed wires
a jumble of lines that don’t make senseThe wise ones have said we are the Great “I Am”
I was I, thou was thou
there is nothing I am not
the splendor of recognitionI know I am the Great Black Bear
momma-force
protector, comforter, lifter of heavy things
only I can soothe
untangle the voices from their ratty braid
brush through the snarls until smooth
gently stroke their foreheads
and teach them the ancient lullabies
until they are a chorus
and I the conductor can only create
the music of my Life
if each voice can sing in the way
they were born to.- Kyle Leia Heyesen
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How long have you carried the weight of the world on your shoulders
fueled by the adrenaline of your own resilience
How much armor have you built up around your being
inside your own beautiful body
this tightly spun tension to survive the world
How often have you pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps
been applauded, awarded, admired for your strength
How many ways do you quiet the whispers of knowing
ignore the powerful ancient cry of deep rest
momma bear spirit within, wise grandmother ancestors,
healers, heart of creation
You do not only have to be resilient
You do not only need to survive
You do not have to be strong all of the time
You are enough just as you are
May you lay your sweet head down for a while
return to the Mother of us all
be carried on her warm, strong back
You are worthy of care
allow yourself to be held
draw from this deep well of peace
You deserve to be
filled with this primal love
protected
your life depends on it
This is the resistance
This is the revolution- Kyle Leia Heyesen
Irrevocable Wholeness Micro-Retreat
A full-day experience of creative expression, healing movement, and nervous system nourishment.
With Kyle Leia Heyesen & Sarah Brokke
Saturday, October 18th
9:00am - 4:30 pm
followed by Book Opening Reception from 5:00 - 7:00 pm
$240 – Full Package | Includes workshop, Irrevocable Wholeness book and oracle card set
$190 – Workshop Only | For those who have already pre-ordered the Irrevocable Wholeness book and oracle card set
Irrevocable Wholeness: Poems & Meditations to Hold it All is a collaboration between painter Sarah Brokke and poet Kyle Leia Heyesen that weaves together visual art and poetry in a moving exploration of healing, grief, and shared humanity. This project is a vessel for individual and collective healing and care. The final product (release date October 2025) will be a standalone full color, softcover, high quality coffee table art and poetry book with the option of an accompanying Oracle Card set presented in a beautiful keepsake box that holds and preserves both the book and deck of cards. This offering lifts up and holds space for our sacred, deep, messy, difficult, and beautiful human experience. At its core it is a compass that points us back to our irrevocable wholeness; a gentle reminder that it is our birthright to rest in our wholeness.
This daylong micro-retreat expands on the project’s themes through immersive practices, inviting participants into a deeper personal experience of the work.
Retreat at a Glance
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Led by Sarah Brokke — Begin the day in sacred ritual drawing forth from your creative well. Tune inward to connect with your intuition for intention-setting synching with the energy of the new moon. Connect to spaciousness and breath for traversing the landscape of your inner world for self-healing and manifestation for this cycle. Create a collective mandala using materials from the natural world, with the intent to honor the earth and our time together.
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A grounding session co-led by Kyle Leia and cellist Rebecca James Alsum, blending deep rest with live healing cello. Settle into this therapeutic, slow-paced session to move into your connective tissue to release and open more deeply. Live cello provides deep, resonant healing vibrations that gently break-up long-held tensions encouraging your physical body to soften and release. The soothing sounds of live cello offer comfort and calm, encouraging you to turn inward and explore your inner landscape, helping you connect with yourself more deeply. This beautiful coupling of Yin and healing cello vibrations may awaken new awareness, insight, inner-connection (mind-body-spirit), and transformation.
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Guided by Kyle Leia — Connect with your Irrevocable Wholeness book and oracle card deck to tune-in to your mystical side. Gentle writing prompts and practices to reconnect to and reclaim your wholeness. Supportive practices to encourage regulation and reflection. Drop into your deep creative well of inner-knowing and draw forth your voice utilizing writing as a pathway of healing. No writing experience needed.
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Create from the heart with guidance from Sarah Brokke, exploring a 'soul portrait'; an artistic and intuitive representation of an aspect of you. Moving beyond our exterior selves, Sarah will guide you in delving bravely into the unique layers of your being through creating as healing and play. Explore the medium of painting to express your true Self; processing, releasing, and connecting to your wholeness. No art experience needed.
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Integration, sharing, and soft landings. Space for reflection, integration, and closing our collective healing circle mindfully, with tenderness, care, and deep love!
Irrevocable Wholeness Book Release Party
Date | Saturday, October 18th
Time | 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Location | Svälja Whole-Being — Reception will be in Lotus Studio; Exhibition Immersion will be in Rose Studio.
Celebrating | Sarah Brokke & Kyle Leia’s Book & Oracle Card Collection Release!
Upstairs — Lotus Studio
Live Music — Spinning Vinyl (Moeview & JQuest)
Community Gathering
Refreshments and Hors d'oeuvres
Pre-order & Kickstarter reward pick-ups
Books, Book & Oracle Card set in keepsake box, prints, & more for sale!
Downstairs — Rose Studio
Exhibit: Irrevocable Wholeness in a Rejuvenation Room setting
Original segment of the collection on view
Stations for deep rest, meditation, contemplation, and creative expression
A Celebration Party
Gather, connect, and rejoice in the release of this collaborative body of work. Flow between the vibrant, music-filled Lotus Studio and the serene Rose Studio to immerse yourself in the Irrevocable Wholeness exhibit in a quieter, more contemplative way.
Meet the Artists
ARTIST + TEACHER
A practicing and award-winning visual artist for over 20 years, Sarah is primarily a painter, who has also worked as an illustrator, author, photographer and muralist. She has extensive teaching experience in art and art history and is an Associate Professor and Director of the Art Program at the College of St. Scholastica, in Duluth, MN. Believing experiential learning to be heightened through travel, Sarah’s instructed beyond the shores of Lake Superior, as well, teaching in New Mexico, England, Ireland, and Italy. Her studio is nestled on the incredible North Shore of Lake Superior in Duluth.
Sarah Brokke
WRITER + POETESS
Kyle Leia Heyesen is the founder of Svälja Yoga and Lead Teacher of the Svälja Whole-Being 250-hour Yoga Teacher Training, specializing in Trauma-Conscious Yoga. She is an E-RYT 500 and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP) who also created a 40-hour Trauma-Conscious Yoga Certification offered annually. A published poet and the writer behind Irrevocable Wholeness, Kyle weaves poetry into her yoga teaching to expand consciousness and support healing. She believes in the transformative power of both yoga and language to deepen self-understanding, foster connection, and inspire meaningful change in the world.
Kyle Leia Heyesen
Workshop Cancelation Policy
Cancellation up to 48 hours prior to the workshop will be refunded less a 10% Administrative Fee. Cancellation 24-48 hours prior to the workshop receives a 50% refund. Cancellation less than 24 hours prior or a no-show receives no refund.