green dreamer presents
~alchemize~
a 12-week audio-based program of daily creative prompts and imagination practices — an experimental invitation to sit with the mess, stretch comforts and alternatives, and disrupt status quo ways of thinking, sensing, being, and relating
join our last live cohort starting sept. 30th!
behind the concept…
As someone who has engaged with various forms of visualization and creative practices intended to enhance my personal well-being and self-actualization, I started wondering over the last years:
What could this look like if we wanted to alchemize for collective thriving and Earth-actualization?
Green Dreamer has loved publishing intellectual, philosophical, and educational media content over the last five years—sharing over 400 conversations attempting to make sense of these troubled times through all sorts of lenses and angles. We are committed to continuing to do this.
And we have also been curious to conspire other forms of creative production. Called to help disrupt dominant ways of relating to, sensing, and being with the world, we feel that the time is ripe for some playful programming that invites us to sit with the mess while honoring the gifts of what already is and what could be.
After years of watering our seeds of possibilities, we are thrilled to present ~alchemize~.
With ten weeks of daily guided imagination, embodiment, and multi-sensory prompts and practices led by ~20 visionaries, dreamers, and shapeshifters, this quietly experimental offering was created to enrich our dreaming habits for more life-affirming possibilities. This is an invitation to deepen our self-rootedness, community connectedness, and Earth intimacy; expand our creativity through speculative fantasizing; and alchemize so we may further embody the changes we wish to see.
We welcome you to play and ~alchemize~ with us.
— Kamea Chayne
Host & Producer
alchemize with the imaginaries of…
Sean Sherman
Award-winning chef, educator, author, activist, and a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe dedicated to revitalizing Indigenous food systems
Gesturing Toward Decolonial Futures Collective
An arts/research collective aiming to identify and de-activate colonial habits of being and gesture towards the possibility of decolonial futures
Hilding Neilson
Mi’kmaw astrophysicist whose research integrates Indigenous knowledges and focuses on the stories we can learn from stars and planets
Leny Mendoza Strobel
A Kapampangan Founding Elder at the Center for Babaylan Studies whose work tends to practices of decolonization and re-indigenization
Fariha Roisin
Multidisciplinary artist and the author of Being In Your Body, How to Cure a Ghost, and Who is Wellness For? (Photo by Amanda de Cadenet)
Ang Roell
Facilitator, thought leader, and dream weaver who co-operates They Keep Bees, which builds collaborative networks and teaches people about bees
Siv Watkins
Microbiologist, independent scholar, ritualist, and the founder of Microanimism, which examines how human culture engages with microbial organisms
Solaris J. Capehart
Liberian poet and abolitionist educator working alongside their neighbors to nurture The Garden Abolitionist Bookstore & Community Well
Gabes Torres
Therapist, organizer, and artist whose work focuses on imperialism and its vast impact on our collective mental health
Laurie Palmer
Artist, teacher, activist, and the author of The Lichen Museum, which examines lichen's role as an anti-capitalist companion and climate change survivor
Staci K. Haines
Founder of generative somatics, a multiracial social justice organization bringing somatics to social and environmental justice leaders, organizations, and alliances
Chelsea Mikael Frazier
Black feminist ecocritic writing, researching, and teaching at the intersection of Black feminist theory and environmental thought (photo by Solon Quinn)
Andreas Weber
Biologist, philosopher, and the author of The Biology of Wonder, Matter and Desire, and Enlivenment: Toward a Poetics for the Anthropocene
Stacy Alaimo
Professor and author of Bodily Natures, Exposed, and The Abyss at Hand, who explores the intersections between literary, artistic, political, and philosophical approaches to environmentalism
brontë velez
Black-Boricua transdisciplinary ritual artist, shepherd, curandere, educator, and wakeworker whose work and rest is guided by the cosmology and promise of sabbath for Black people and the land
and more…
what you’ll receive
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Radical imagination, creative, and sensorial prompts and practices led by ~20 visionaries, dreamers, and shapeshifters
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40+ 8-30min guided practices and engagements (mostly audio with transcripts) delivered into your inbox across 12 weeks
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Reflection prompts included with every practice to help you deepen your engagement and walk away with personal notes and reminders
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Downloadable files so you can journey and re-journey through the program anytime, according to your own pace and timeline
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Optional live check-in gatherings hosted by Green Dreaher throughout the program for collective metabolism
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Sliding-scale tuition, need-based bursary rates, and group participation discounts available (refer to our FAQs)
tasting menu of invitations
tenderize: gentle openings and introductions
honoring your uniquely storied body, with gabes torres
into beingness
acknowledging your ancestral long body, with leny strobel
rooting deeper into your sense of place, with leny strobel
being here and now with your body, with fariha roisin
a gentle practice on tending grief, with camille s. barton
affirmations for your why, with chelsea mikael frazier
the multidimensionality of your wholeness, with staci k. haines
embracing intergenerational responsibility, with gtdf collective
disintegration, dissolution, decomposition, with gabes torres
~ m e t a b o l i z e ~
into porousness
reconnecting with the cosmos, with hilding neilson
magnifying our intimacy with the microbial, with siv watkins
sensing landscapes of reciprocity, with sarah elisa kelly
the art and practice of kinning, with gavin van horn
tracing pathways of creative relations, with anisa sima hawley
resting as an unfurling embrace, with sarah elisa kelly
we breathing, with gavin van horn
sensing into our self/lessness, with staci k. haines
~ m a r i n a t e ~
into otherness
you are lichening, with laurie palmer
you are microbing, with siv watkins
you are seeding, with kamea chayne
you are honeybeeing, with ang roell
you are homecoming, with brontë velez
you are psychedelic jellyfishing, with stacy alaimo
you are watering, with kamea chayne
you are fermenting futures, with anisa sima hawley
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into belongingness
remembering your animality, with brontë velez
pollinating networks of collective care, with ang roell
leaning into gravity as love, with andreas weber
nurturing wellness for all bodies, with fariha roisin
worlds of food sovereignty, with sean sherman
finding healing beyond institutions, with gabes torres
mapping towards freedom in community, with solaris j. capehart
a cartography of living landscapes, with kamea chayne
~ c a r a m e l i z e ~
into earthfulness
becoming deliciously edible, with andreas weber
moving beyond colonial borders, with sean sherman
alive and well in afrofutures, with chelsea mikael frazier
embodying the radical traits of lichen, with laurie palmer
cultivating receptivity in multispecies worlds, with stacy alaimo
rethinking global connectivity, with hilding neilson
dreaming into collective liberation, with solaris j. capehart
alchemizing into an earthful abundance, with green dreamer
~ a l c h e m i z e ~
d i s p e r s a l
c e l e b r a t i o n s
from our alumni…
imagine embody alchemize
imagine embody alchemize
~ join our last live cohort ~
pay what you can.
DREAMER
$297*
*suggested for most earning global north income, or students and others with access to familial or organizational funds
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WEAVER
$397
suggested for those with access to global north salaries of upper-middle levels or access to familial or organizational funds
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GIVER
$497
suggested for those with high access to economic resources or familial, organizational, or company funds
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The experience is the same through all tiers. Enrollment closes Sept. 28th, 11pm Pacific Time.
Please refer to our FAQs if you require need-based scholarship rates to join or to inquire about group participation rates.
Please click here to enroll via our alchemize with a friend rate, and then email us with the name and email of the friend to whom you would like to gift an enrollment. Please click here to enroll via our philanthropist rate.
The program elements are all downloadable and self-paced, though our last live cohort will commence on September 30th with three optional live sessions: a collective opening, a midway check-in, and a closing dispersal celebration.
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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This is an unconventional offering not intended to provide answers, feed into solutionism, or suggest universalized ways of being. It is a program for those who have already developed an awareness of our multilayered crises and who are ready to embody and engage in collective transformation in more creative and experimental ways.
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In our shapeshifting counter to programs that offer the messaging of "we know the way; follow us,” alchemize exists more along the lines of “we do not know the way, but come play, experiment, and imagine with us.”
As such, this program is not for people who have fixed beliefs about the world, who are not okay with feeling uncomfortable, or who are looking for rigidly defined outcomes. It is not for people seeking top-down guidance for righteous directions of transformation, and it is not for those looking for gurus to follow or resolutions to any form of personal spiritual crises.
Because our prompts and practices are pre-recorded in format, they are not suitable for people looking for a personalized experience.
More akin to interactive guided journaling or creative prompts in audio format, this program is not intended to diagnose, heal, or treat any health concerns. If you have questions about your suitability to participate due to mental health conditions, please see "What if I have mental health concerns?”
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As an experimental program geared toward enriching creative thinking and being, alchemize is not intended to heal trauma or diagnose or treat any health conditions.
Because the practices and prompts are pre-recorded in format, they are not suitable for people looking for a 1:1 personalized experience, nor are they suitable for people who are in specific places and seasons in their lives that require live support from trauma-informed professionals to aid in redirecting possible negative experiences.
Should you have any concerns about your suitability to participate due to mental health concerns, please consult your personal healthcare professional and consider engaging in these creative exercises only when accompanied by their supervision.
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Once the program begins, you will start to receive emails with the downloadable files of that day’s prompts and practices. However, you do not have to engage with the program strictly according to our roll-out schedule. The program material is downloadable so that you can move through it at your own pace.
For those who are able to participate more-or-less according to our timeline and who wish to process their experiences with others, alchemize will be holding three live digital gatherings throughout the program. For confidentiality purposes, these optional meetings will not be recorded.
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For our last live cohort, alchemize will be hosting three live gatherings for those wanting to process their experiences and inspirations with other participants.
Participants will also be invited to journal and share in our collective "purple boards" if they choose to.
We will also invite participants to map themselves into our alchemizers directory to connect with other members and alums based on bioregionality and interests.
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We have created an honor system with sliding-scale enrollment options, and we warmly invite you to pay what you can while considering the amount of work and labor that goes into producing and running this 12-week program.
If you have been offered a discount code as a patron or friend of Green Dreamer, please first select the tier you are financially able to enroll through and then apply your discount as a gift at check out.
If you would like to request a custom invoice to pay in 2-3 monthly installments, please email enroll@greendreamer.com with the tier you would like to enroll through.
To inquire about group enrollment, please email enroll@greendreamer.com with information on your organization’s name and the expected number of participants.
All payments are secured through STRIPE. If you prefer to make payment via PayPal, please email us at enroll@greendreamer.com with the tier you would like to enroll through.
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If your current financial situation does not allow you to participate through our sliding scale options, please try this need-based rate.
If you require further discounted rates in order to join, please submit this scholarship request form by Sept 1st, 2024, 11pm PST.
We can also accommodate breaking up the tuition into installments across 2-3 payments. Please email enroll@greendreamer.com with these queries.
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We encourage you to sit with "Who is this program for?” to determine if it resonates with you. If you are still unsure, we encourage you to first engage with and experience our platform through our freely available podcasts.
Should you enroll and it not end up feeling like a good fit for you, you can request a full refund less $15 administration fees within 14 days of the program’s initiation. Please contact enroll@greendreamer.com.
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~ alchemize ~is presented by Green Dreamer in collaboration with our visionary guest contributors.
The offering is conceptualized, produced, and hosted by Kamea Chayne and coordinated by Anisa Sima Hawley. Our program advisor is Gabes Torres, and our artist collaborator is Art Twink.
This cohort will be woven and run by the Green Dreamer team.
All proceeds go towards offsetting the cost of producing the program and supporting Green Dreamer's community-powered alternative media endeavors — as we navigate the funding challenges of producing publicly available podcasts and other projects while remaining untethered to corporate sponsorships.
Thank you for supporting our work!
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If you have another question not answered on this page or in our FAQs, please email us at alchemize@greendreamer.com. As a small team, we may be slow to respond but if we are able to assist, you will hear back from us when we get to your inquiry.