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Six workshops.
One land.

Each workshop is a complete course in ancestral practice. Choose the one that calls you, or walk the year and carry the six. Twelve to sixteen seats per circle.

Workshop i. 21 days. December.

Hiaro Yámoni.
Sacred planting.

Reconnect with the covenant of the seed. Through soil, water, and planting cycles, learn to grow food in harmony with the Earth, not in opposition to it.

  • Soil medicine and compostingPractice
  • Permaculture and food forest designPractice
  • Herbal gardens and ancestral planting cyclesPractice
  • Seed saving and food sovereigntyPractice
Read the course From $4,800
A hand returning seed to soil in a Caribbean food garden.
Ceremonial firelight gathering at dusk on the land.
Workshop ii. 21 days. September.

Wākale Amotī.
The rite of rising.

A 21-day initiation through the Five Pillars of Life: Discipline, Knowledge, Endurance, Service, Guardianship. Graduates leave as cultural torchbearers, prepared for community leadership and ecological stewardship.

  • Roots and identity. Tribal history. Lineage mapping.Phase
  • Sacred living and wellness.Phase
  • Martial arts and warrior discipline.Phase
  • Community responsibility.Phase
  • Vision quest and leadership initiation.Phase
Read the course From $5,400
Workshop iii. 21 days. July. 12 seats only.

Abaká Itîbo.
The house of life.

A 21-day immersion in carbon-negative regenerative dwelling. Hand-cast hempcrete domes, timber ring beams, hand-troweled clay and lime, and the philosophy that home is covenant, not commodity.

  • Indigenous housing forms and Kiva dome geometryPractice
  • Hempcrete: mixing, casting, curingPractice
  • Timber ring beam and threshold joineryPractice
  • Hand-troweled clay and lime finishingPractice
  • Sacred geometry, water systems, ecological sitingPractice
Read the course From $5,200
Two finished Abaká cocoon guest dwellings at late golden hour on the KWAJI:YÄ K'NÖGÉ ancestral land of Saint Vincent: the foreground cocoon in three-quarter view with its curved hempcrete shell wrapped in hand-troweled volcanic clay-and-lime exterior skin, open arched threshold framed in greenheart timber with a hand-inlaid wood marquetry lintel inscribed with a KWAJI:YÄ K'NÖGÉ Nation geometric glyph-set in greenheart-on-mahogany contrast, brass strap hinges on the threshold framing, timber ring beam pegged into a volcanic basalt rubble masonry stone foundation at the base, warm 2700K interior glow through the open threshold from brass-and-glass pendants; the second cocoon softly visible at the deep right edge for cluster context; mature breadfruit canopy framing the upper edges.
Apothecary still life. Roots, stones, oils, and a clay vessel.
Workshop iv. New. 14 days. March.

Abunuhi Yáro.
Traditional lifestyle practice.

Daily ancestral practice for cleansing and care. Revive household ecology through natural detergents, skin oils, hair foods, and ceremonial cleansing with roots and stones. Leave with a working apothecary and the rhythms of a home that tends itself.

  • Natural detergents from saponin plantsPractice
  • Skin oils, balms, and salves from native botanicalsPractice
  • Hair food: ancestral recipes for scalp and strandPractice
  • Ceremonial cleansing with stones, herbs, and root waterPractice
  • The daily rhythm of an Indigenous householdPractice
Read the course From $4,200
Workshop v. New for the season.

Tawari Yáro.
Guardianship & tactical practice.

Discipline, self-defense, safe movement, and community protection. Indigenous tactical knowledge held by hand. The covenant of guardianship.

  • Discipline of body and breathPractice
  • Self-defense rooted in Indigenous martial traditionPractice
  • Safe movement: terrain reading, awareness, withdrawalPractice
  • Community protection: stewardship of land, fellow, circlePractice
Read the course Tuition TBA
A masculine guardian instructor leading a mixed group of men and women through a controlled conditioning stance on a misted bluestone terrace at dawn, the fellows mirroring the form behind him.
A dignified portrait of the Hiama Ahiaro, the Mother of the Sister Sanctuary, holding a glowing brass beacon-lamp at moonrise, a beacon of women's guardianship.
Workshop vi. New for the season.

Banarema Hiama.
The Sister Sanctuary.

By decree of Kwaji:Yä Knögé, consecrated as a sacred refuge for women. Guided by the Hiama Ahiaro, the Mother and ceremonial steward. A sanctuary for women's councils, healing, and the transmission of wisdom across generations. Aligned to the lunar cycles.

  • Women's councils and ceremonial practicePractice
  • Herbal medicine and ritual bathsPractice
  • Eco-living and intergenerational teachingPractice
  • Wisdom transmission and Nation archivesPractice
Read the course Tuition TBA
The 2026 calendar

Four confirmed circles. Tawari Yáro and Banarema Hiama to be announced.

4 to 17 March
14 seats. Apothecary.
From $4,200
10 to 30 July
12 seats. Building.
From $5,200
9 to 29 September
16 seats. Rite.
From $5,400
1 to 21 December
16 seats. Planting.
From $4,800