New Earth School PDX
Fall Classes 2026
Monday, September 21st - Monday, October 19th
INTUITIVE ASTROLOGY
Fern Capella Allen, CEO of TAROT
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 8pm / Green Room 1
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @ferncapella to reserve your spot*
This 5-week series is designed to help you move beyond surface-level astrology and into intuitive chart reading. You will learn how to understand the structure of a natal chart and interpret it as a living system rather than simply a list of traits. Together, we will explore how charts tell stories through patterns, relationships, and energetic themes, helping you develop both technical understanding and intuitive confidence. In this intensive we will: • Break down the core components of a birth chart, including planets, houses, and aspects • Learn how to identify major themes and repeating patterns • Practice reading charts in real time • Develop intuitive pattern recognition rather than relying solely on memorization • Explore how astrology can be used for self-awareness, timing, and deeper insight We will be working with participant charts as part of the learning process. You are invited to share your chart with the group, though sharing is always optional. Observing and learning through others’ charts is just as valuable and welcome. Please bring: • Your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location • A notebook and pen for notes • A device for audio recording if you prefer to review material later Come ready to learn, practice, and see astrology with new eyes. ✨
EXPLORING THE ENNEAGRAM PERSONALITY SYSTEM
Karin Edwards,
Certified Advanced Rolfing practitioner
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 6pm / Green Room 2
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @portlandrolfer to reserve your spot*
The Enneagram is a tool for learning Universal Love! The Enneagram has taught me to genuinely appreciate how different another person's inner world can be from my own - and how our differences can be add richness to life. It is a personality system. It is not based on birthdate. The types, numbered 1 to 9, reflect archetypal patterns that shape how that person sees the world and responds to situations. There are many layers of nuance beyond the basic types, yet even at the most simple level this framework can enrich our understanding of human nature. - Connect more deeply and ask better questions - Perceive physical and emotional patterns - Personalize your personal growth path Please check out my collection of links on the Enneagram personality system at https://portlandrolfer.com/Enneagram.html Please bring a journal if desired.
Improv As A Life Skill
JULIE OSBURNE,
Therapist and Play Enthusiast
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 7pm / The Hall
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @Josburne to reserve your spot*
Improv can help us not only let loose and have fun, but also learn how to meet each moment in life with presence, flexibility, collaboration, and playfulness. Come play some guided improv games and explore how we might bring what we experience through play into our daily lives. This class is less about getting “good” at improv and more about getting comfortable not knowing what we’re going to say or do next—learning to embody and recreate our roles in each moment as they unfold. No experience necessary! Nervousness welcome!
The Resourced Parent: Advocacy, Support, and Self-Leadership for Parents Navigating 504s and IEPs.
HEATHER HOLLERAN,
Clinical Mental Heath Counseling Intern
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 7pm / Green Room 1
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @HeatherLHolleran to reserve your spot*
Participants will learn practical advocacy skills, connect with other parents facing similar challenges, explore local and national resources, and develop strategies for sustaining themselves through the ongoing demands of caregiving and school advocacy. Drawing from Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed principles, participants will also learn ways to care for the parts of themselves that experience exhaustion, fear, frustration, guilt, and overwhelm.
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Becoming One With Nature
SUMMER ELIZE SMITH, JD, LLM --
Consciousness Evolution Teacher; Author & Creator,
The Consciousness of Nature; Regenerative Community Designer
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 6pm / The Lounge
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @TheConsciousnessOfNature
to reserve your spot*
The “Becoming One With Nature” Course is designed to resolve all forms of separation from Nature, known as unconsciousness, or separation consciousness. This separation from Nature is the root of all suffering, as separation creates disharmony, disease, dysfunction, & destruction to our self, to others, & to all systems in our biosphere that support & sustain Life. When we are unconscious, all that we create is Life-destroying or Life-depleting, impacting all Life on Earth. This course illuminates the pathway to Personal Healing, providing the necessary tools & insights to master our healing journey, & to become conscious creators of our reality, for the evolution & spiritual enlightenment of our individual consciousness into a Oneness with our authentic Nature, path & purpose, & with all Nature. This course identifies the unconscious aspects of our self – the fullness of our wounds, traumas, limiting belief systems & lack mindsets, fear-based programming, destructive behavioral patterns, as well as social, cultural, familial, & institutional conditioning & programming, & much more. Illuminating all that keeps us separate from creating Life in harmony with Nature & Natural Law. This course also illuminates the pathway to Planetary Healing, providing the necessary tools & insights to redefine our sacred activism & ignite our participatory democracy through collective community action, & enlightened social, ecological, regenerative, & biocentric design, for the evolution & spiritual enlightenment of our collective consciousness & human presence into a Oneness with all Nature. This course identifies the unconscious aspects of our collective human presence – the fullness of our collective unconsciousness & the Life-destroying patriarchal paradigms within the design of our human presence (socially, culturally, ecologically, economically, & beyond). Illuminating all that keeps us separate from creating Life in harmony with Nature & Natural Law. Together, we will journey from a separation with Nature into a Oneness with Nature – Becoming One with The Creative Intelligence & Consciousness of Nature itself. This evolution of consciousness is the most powerful action we can take to tranform our lives & our local, real world communities into a sustainable, resilient, Life-affirming human presence, for the joy, peace, & prosperity of all living beings. Please bring pen & paper for note-taking & group exercises.
Somatic Art Therapy
MOSSY B,
Somatic Nourishment Advisor
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 6pm / Foyer
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @be528holistic
to reserve your spot*
Let's explore our bodies through various forms of art! This practice combines drawing, writing and dance, as well as optional sharing and witnessing of our process. There will be optional cacao to begin and open our hearts and expression deeper. Please bring a journal, any personal art supplies you enjoy, and a yoga mat
Beginning Improv for kids (Ages 10-14)
KIM DAVIES,
Creative Realm Facilitator
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 6pm / Hall
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @coachKimDavies
to reserve your spot*
What is improv? Improv consists of playing games and creating scenes without a script but within a structure. Here's what you actually get better at: staying calm when you don't know what's coming next, thinking on your feet instead of freezing up, reading the room, and turning a bad idea into a good one by building on it instead of shutting it down. You'll practice saying what you actually think, fast, without overthinking it. This class starts small: simple games, easy wins, and zero pressure to be funny or "on." You'll practice listening closely to others, noticing how they're feeling, and responding without needing the perfect thing to say. There's no script to mess up and no wrong answers, just small steps, taken together, at a pace that feels okay. Over time, you'll find your voice gets a little steadier and speaking up feels a little easier. The group has your back the whole way. Curious kids welcome. Quiet kids welcome. You don't need confidence to start, just curiosity. About Kim Davies: As an introvert, Kim is a gentle, compassionate facilitator who loves the intersection of play, theater, and personal growth in ways that feel fun, welcoming, and accessible. She has been using improv games in her summer camps for middle schoolers for over a decade. www.TheCreativeRealm.co https://www.thecreativerealm.co/summer-camp
Finding Inner Peace
GABRIELLA KARP
Mondays 9/21-10/19 (No class 10/5) @ 8pm / Green Room 2
$20 per class / $80 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @gabriella-karp
to reserve your spot*
If you find yourself feeling alone and disconnected from the world, needing to compare, judge, or compete with others to get ahead, reaching for relationships or possessions to feel valuable, or feeling like you need to be right all the time, it can be difficult to experience a stable sense of peace. In this *5-week course, we’ll explore the addictive ways our minds create suffering and how these thought patterns show up in our everyday lives. We’ll also explore love-based thinking as a path toward greater inner peace, connection, and freedom. Each class will focus on a different addictive thought pattern, such as the need for approval, comparison, judgment, control, or being right. We’ll examine how these patterns have shown up in our own lives, then practice shifting toward a more loving perspective. Through reflection and present-moment embodiment, we’ll learn not just to think differently, but to experience what becomes possible when we stop believing every thought our mind produces. *We will NOT be meeting October 5th. Please bring a notebook and pen. About Gabriella Karp: We’re taught many things in school, but often not how to find peace within ourselves. My own experiences with challenging relationships, loneliness, and feeling helpless to change my experience sparked a deep interest in discovering the patterns of thinking and behaving that can quietly keep us stuck. With a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a background in relationship coaching, I bring both psychological knowledge and lived experience to exploring how our minds create suffering, and how we can begin to relate to ourselves and others from a place of greater love and freedom.
Sufi Yoga
SPROUT
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 6pm / Foyer
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via PayPal @yogini7
to reserve your spot*
After 20 years of teaching yoga, and more than 30 years of studying the ancient teachings of Sufism, Hinduism, dance, creative movement, music, and other modalities of human and spiritual expression, I am excited to share the wisdom, teachings and practices that I have gleaned and woven into this new offering of Sufi Yoga, You can expect a workout, as well as philosophy and history, mantra, mudra and meditation as we unfold the lotus blossom and find the inner jewel within our hearts and polish it to a shine, Each week will be unique as we dig deep inro the garden of our souls, Breathwork and ecstatic states a definite possibility! Please bring Yoga mats if you have them, comfortable clothes, water bottle, notebook and pen if possible, open mind, and imagination About Sprout: A lifelong Portlander, free spirit, autodidact, artist, and entrepreneur, Sprout has sung and danced her way though life with a laugh and a prayer, with a wild and whimsical soul, she has long resisted squeezing her round peg into any square holes, after seeking magic in the ruins of ancient temples in Mexico and Asia, and studying healing and sacred holistic teachings wherever she wandered, she brings the culmination of these journeys to you at the New Earth School, Sufi Yoga classes
Breathe like Water
PAYGE PERDUE
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 8pm / Foyer
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Zelle - 9187085656
to reserve your spot*
Your breath is with you in every moment of your life, whether you're aware of it or not. This class is an invitation to change that. Breathe Like Water is a hands-on exploration of breath as a living tool, not a technique you practice for an hour and set down, but something you carry with you into your next conversation, your next hard day, your next quiet morning. We'll move through foundational breathing patterns rooted in Daoist internal arts, slow down enough to actually feel what's happening in your body, and build a felt sense of how breath shapes your state, your presence, and your capacity to meet what's in front of you. No experience necessary. You don't need flexibility, a meditation practice, or any prior training, just a willingness to pay attention. By the end, you'll leave with breath practices you can actually use, on the mat and off it, in the middle of your real life. About Payge Perdue: Payge Perdue is a certified yoga teacher and qigong instructor trained in the Daoist Water Tradition. She found this tradition six years ago, already teaching yoga, and has spent the five years since studying and teaching breathwork within it. Her approach blends movement, stillness, and breath training into practices people can actually live with, not just perform on a mat. She teaches breath as a tool for everyday life: something to reach for in hard conversations, stressful mornings, and ordinary moments, not just during class. www.theaquarianpayge.com IG: @aquarian_payge Payge has a recorded version of this course available for purchase if you would like access to these practices: https://theaquarianpayge.com/breathe-like-water
Beginning Improv: Experiment, Laugh and Connect
KIM DAVIES,
Improv Facilitator
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 8pm / Hall
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @coachKimDavies
to reserve your spot*
Have you thought about taking an improv class, but the thought kinda scared you? Improv is not about being funny, doing stand up, or performing. Improv teaches so many skills applicable to life. In this beginning class, we’ll use easy, low-pressure improv games to experiment with letting go of control, loosening perfectionism, giving and receiving support, building tolerance for uncertainty, embracing curiosity and responding to what’s actually happening in the moment. Instead of worrying about getting it “right,” we’ll practice listening to each other, trusting our instincts, making mistakes, and allowing ourselves to be changed by someone else’s ideas. Improv also gives us a safe place to explore emotions as we experiment with different ways of responding. We get to try on and exaggerate emotions we don't usually show. We get to play with the unexpected and practice what it feels like when things don’t go according to plan. In the process, we build the flexibility and resilience to navigate change more easily in real life. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to show up! About Kim Davies: As an introvert, Kim is a gentle, compassionate facilitator who loves the intersection of play, theater, and personal growth in ways that feel fun, welcoming, and accessible. She has been using improv games in her summer camps for middle schoolers for over a decade. www.TheCreativerRealm.co https://www.meetup.com/portland-authentic-relating-meetup-group/
Goat Milk Soap
KATIE CLAYTON
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 8pm / Bar
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @Katie-Clayton-13
to reserve your spot*
A hands on demonstration in cold process soap making. We will work as a group to produce a batch of soap. I will go over the basics, while providing my current recipe. Discuss the different oils and ratios, and curing proces. I will bring some of the best books I have in my arsenal. As well as the benefits of essential oils and their flash points. Cleopatra allegedly bathed in milk and honey. So I will sprinkle in some fun history facts along the way, as well as basic goat knowledge. Milk has a ph close to human skin and is great for sensitive skin or many conditions that need a gentle cleanse. Whether you are interested in raising goats yourself or want to find a way to support a local farmer to make soap. This is a great beginner class. We use soap everyday so why not learn how to make your own. If there is time I might be able to teach you how to make felted soap as well. Everyone will be able to take a bar home to use. Please bring safety glasses and latex gloves if you have them. (I will have a box of disposable gloves). A mask if you are worried about fumes as we will be working with lye. I will be providing Oils, goat milk, essential oils, etc. all the materials to make soap. About Katie Clayton: I live on a small 5 acre homestead in Eagle creek, Oregon. For over a decade I’ve been raising goats, chickens and ducks. I run a booth named Nemophilous Farm and Forage at the Estacada farmers market, as well as dabble in other markets around town when possible. Where I sell my own products including ceramics, felted soap, alpaca dryer balls, eggs and tinctures made from foraged plants. This is a passion of mine that has allowed me to be immersed in a like minded community. I think it is important to share the abundance of knowledge through hands on learning. IG: @nemophilous_farm_forage
Untangle & Create: Zentangle for Beginners
SUCHITRA KOMANDUR,
Certified Zentangle Teacher
Mondays 9/28-10/19 @ 7pm / Lounge
$20 per class / $80 for the series
*Please pay via Zelle - suchitra.k@gmail.com
to reserve your spot*
If you can write your name, you can draw! Discover the meditative art of Zentangle® — a simple, structured method of creating beautiful patterns one deliberate stroke at a time. No drawing experience required, just curiosity and a willingness to slow down. Over this series, you’ll learn the foundational Zentangle method: creating your string, filling it with tangles (repetitive patterns), shading for dimension, and embracing the “no mistakes” philosophy that makes this practice so freeing. Each session introduces new tangle patterns while building your confidence with pen and paper. Zentangle isn’t about artistic talent — it’s a mindfulness practice disguised as art. Many students find it reduces stress, improves focus, and offers a quiet pause in a busy day. Please bring: A sketchbook or notebook to take notes and record the patterns A regular pencil A fine tip black micron/gel pen ( or any pen available) About Suchitra Komandur: Suchitra is a Certified Zentangle teacher originally from India, currently residing in Portland, OR. After her graduation in Computer science and Engineering she worked in the IT industry for over 10+ years with HP and Motorola. She rediscovered her childhood passion of art and drawing during the covid lockdown days and decided to learn Indian folk art forms online. This lead to the discovery of the zentangle art form and she found it to be very beneficial in aiding relaxation and reducing anxiety. So she decided to become a zentangle teacher and spread the benefits of the art form. She loves to teach Zentangle/Zentangle inspired art to adults and kids. The official Zentangle website - https://zentangle.com IG: @suchitrakomandur
Permaculture Design
MATHIAS MANTEL
Mondays 9/21-10/19 @ 8pm / Lounge
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay cash on the day of class
This practical class introduces urban dwellers to permaculture design through David Holmgren's twelve principles. Designed for balconies, rooftops, community gardens, and small yards, the course shoes how to observe and interact with local microclimates, catch and store energy from sun and rain, and obtain real yields of food, beauty and resilience even in limited spaces. Participants learn to apply self regulation and feedback by starting small and adjusting designs based on results; to value renewable resources such as rainwater, compost, and sunlight; and to produce no waste by closing loops with kitchen scraps and greywater. We explore designing from patterns to details, integrating rather than segregating plants, people, and structures, and using small, slow solutions that fit apartment living and busy schedules. Emphasis is placed on valuing diversity of plants, insects, and community connections, maximizing edges and marginal spaces (walls, windowsills, alleyways); and creatively responding to urban change - heat islands, water restrictions, and shifting neighborhoods. Students leave equipped to create productive, regenerative systems that thrive where most people live. Please bring paper and pen to write notes. About Mathias Mantel: Mathias Mantel holds a Permaculture Design Certificate from the Permaculture Research Institute of NSW, Australia, completed under Geoff Lawton in 2016 (700+ hrs including final design practice). He has practiced permaculture for 15 years and gardened organically since childhood. Mathias previously guided Springwater High School students in designing an urban food forest, bringing hands on experience to teaching practical, city adapted permaculture design.
Living Consciously: Philosophy, Physiology, and Agency at the 1000 Crossroads - A Guided Elemental Self Examination and Toolkit for Calibration
DR. CAMMI VANCE, DC,
Health and Movement Coach
Mondays 9/21-10/19 (No class 9/28)@ 7pm / Foyer
$20 per class / $80 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @Cammi-Vance to reserve your spot*
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In this 5 week Living Consciously Course (no class on Sept 28), we will be working in 5 areas towards getting oriented and stabilized in a position to manifest a more embodied life. Sometimes the secret has been waiting right in front of you and you just hadn’t seen it. Sometimes you need a code to use the keys you have to go to the next level. Whether you are a philosopher and neurologist or just starting on your higher path, you will learn a new way of looking at how you choose to create your path every day. Week 1: Unity vs Duality and right relationship, we look at processing styles, the life arc, breathing. Your Body and the Universe. Week 2: Know Thyself, we explore ways to understand our own values, motivations, and ways of being; our stance and posture and core, and how we stabilize ourselves. Week 3: Plasticity, we look at the mechanics of Becoming. How life responds to what it is given. Fascia and the continuous development of the body. Week 4: The Nudge, we take a grounded look at the history of marketing and propaganda, influence and exposures, triggers and habits vs intuition, and how they can affect choices in life and what we manifest, how to keep focus aligned with intention. Week 5: Equanimity/Passion, we look at pieces of the puzzle that can add complexity, richness, direction, and humanity to an aligned life: Creativity, Preferences, Intensity, and the search for Resonance. Classes can be standalone but best experience will be to build the whole picture together! Over the series we will have a chance to take a good look at how we are living and organically move towards aligning this movement with our deepest values and intentions. Please bring note taking items. Pen and paper is great! About Dr. Cammi Vance: I am a chiropractor and movement specialist, and I work with patients on their overall strategies to stay oriented towards a healthy and enjoyable life aligned with their values. With an extensive background in movement, including teaching yoga, dance, and corrective exercise, behind my in-depth healthcare training and background as a clinician, I have amassed a great toolkit for getting us all excited about improving our health and quality of life. I continue to learn while working on healing my own injuries and conditions, how to help others optimize their health and path. I find there are a handful of lessons I keep giving on repeat, that my patients and students have found extremely valuable in improving quality of life. www.sunnysidecocare.com https://www.facebook.com/cvancedc/
Grounded Breathwork: A journey Inward
MIMI
Mondays 9/21-10/19@ 7pm / Bar
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @somepagesmissing to reserve your spot*
Step into a supportive space designed to help you reconnect, release, and recalibrate. In this class, you’ll be gently guided through dynamic breathwork techniques paired with immersive meditation, music, and vocal guidance. Together, these elements weave a journey that meets you exactly where you are; whether you need deep somatic relaxation, mental clarity, or space for emotional release and self-realization. No prior breathwork or meditation experience is required—just bring an open heart and a willingness to breathe. Please bring some type of mat to lay on, a blanket to place over you, a pillow, an eye mask if you want. About Mimi: My name is Mimi, and my journey with breathwork began after years of traditional therapy and self-help books left me searching for deeper healing from childhood depression. Everything changed when I discovered breathwork. Just a few sessions provided a profound breakthrough that years of other modalities couldn't reach. Experiencing such a powerful transformation inspired a deep passion within me to complete formal training so I could guide others toward the same relief. I view breathwork as a magical, accessible tool for self-realization, emotional release, and lasting inner peace, and I am honored to support you on your own path to healing. IG: @groundedseedwellness
Intro to Ayurvedic Detox - Self-Care for Improved Health
DR. NYSSA G. CASTLE
Mondays 9/21-10/19@ 7pm / Green Room 2
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @Nyssa-Castle to reserve your spot*
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In this class we'll gain insight and learn techniques from the Ayurvedic lifestyle and detoxification practices to enhance health outcomes. In each of the 5 classes, we'll address one of the five detox practices of the Pancha Karma (Ayurvedic purges), and study ways we can help boost our body's natural ability to fight disease and release the things that hold us back from truly finding health and well-being. Our approach to the Pancha Karma will be a gentle version of the purges and detoxification practices that is easily done at home. This course is an introduction to Ayurvedic health hacks and lifestyle habits that can pave the way for significant health improvements. This is a prerequisite to other more advanced classes I teach on this subject. I hope you'll join us! Optional but recommended to bring: Neti pot, tongue scraper, an open mind, an open heart, and a desire to experience new perspectives. Please bring a way to take notes. About Dr. Nyssa G. Castle: Nyssa Grace Castle was raised on a small farm outside Portland, OR. After traveling the world, her personal experience with extreme health conditions led her back to Portland and a life in natural medicine. Through her work in nutrition, yoga therapy, and Ayurvedic medicine, Nyssa was able to heal her autoimmune diseases and overcome an airborne anaphylactic peanut allergy she had from childhood. Dr. Castle is an internationally registered C-IAYT and holds a postgraduate degree in Yoga Therapy with training in Ayurvedic medicine in both America and India. She has worked in the Portland hospital system and in private practice for the past 16 years as the founder of Eclectic Yoga Therapy. Her heartfelt work is to guide her patients to self-healing and thriving through detoxification (Pancha Karma), nutrition education, lifestyle changes, deep meditative practices, and mental health support (manasika swasthya). Outside of the office she enjoys sipping tea, deep conversations, and living the Vedas. https://eclecticyogatherapy.com IG: @eclecticyogatherapy FB: thenaturalisticyogi
Memoir Writing/Publishing Online to Medium.com
RYAN CHIN,Writer and Author
Mondays 9/21-10/19@ 6pm / Bar
$20 per class / $100 for the series
*Please pay via Venmo @ginfu88 to reserve your spot*
Writing heals. Writing reminds of lessons we've already learned. Everyone has a story worth sharing, not just 'writers.' In the five week class, we'll take a moment or moments in your life and turn it into a good story, one that drops the reader into that space, both physically and into who you were at that time. Through writing examples, peer review, revising, and writing out of class, the goal is to have at least one polished memoir or personal essay after five weeks. For those who want to, we'll dive into publishing on Medium.com so you can share your stories. Please bring your laptop, notebook, and story ideas! About Ryan Chin: After living and teaching in New Zealand, I saw how the Maori children were willing to create freely and it inspired me to write and never stop. That was over 20 years ago. Since then I have completed two books, published over a hundred of stories on Medium, including a story about finding $1000 along the Williamette river that won the Oregon Writer’s Colony Contest. More than any awards though, knowing a story, a paragraph, or even one line could change a person’s outlook, is what keeps me writing. With the flood of AI content, it's more important than ever to share our stories. “We are nothing without stories…” Wendell Berry