green dreamer presents
~alchemize~
an experimental 8-week audio-based program of daily creative and imagination practices for those ready to dream otherwise, embody the change, and alchemize for collective transformation
program begins 1/15/24; enrollment open now
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 watering our seeds of possibilities, we are thrilled to present ~alchemize~.
With eight 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 imaginations 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
Dr. Frazier is a 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…
Anisa Sima Hawley
Shapeshifter who is moved to engage with place-making, hold and metabolize grief/joy, and sit with the paradoxical urgency of slowing down
Sarah Elisa Kelly
Poet and paper artist who explores embodied language and mark making in connection with somatic bodies of knowledge
Gavin Van Horn
Executive Editor of the Humans and Nature Press and co-editor of Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, & among others
what you’ll receive
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Radical imagination, embodiment, and sensorial prompts and practices led by ~20 visionaries, dreamers, and shapeshifters
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Daily ~7-20min guided practices (mostly audio with transcripts) delivered into your inbox — five days a week for eight weeks
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Reflection prompts included with every practice to help you enrich your engagement and walk away with personal notes and inspirations
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Downloadable files so you can re-journey through the program anytime, according to your own pace and timeline
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Sliding-scale tuition, need-based bursary rates, and group participation discounts available
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If we add to the program with more contributor practices in the future, you will be notified and sent the additions as bonuses
menu of invitations
into beingness
honoring your uniquely storied body, with gabes torres
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 practice of affirming your why, with dr. chelsea mikael frazier
the multidimensionality of your wholeness, with staci k. haines
embracing intergenerational responsibility, with gtdf collective
disintegration, dissolution, decomposition, with gabes torres
into porousness
resurfacing landscapes of reciprocity, with sarah elisa kelly
the art of kinning, with gavin van horn
magnifying our intimacy with the microbial, with siv watkins
reconnecting with the cosmos, with hilding neilson
an invitation on dreaming, with anisa sima hawley
resting as an intimate embrace, with sarah elisa kelly
we breathing, with gavin van horn
sensing into our bound/lessness, with staci k. haines
into otherness
you are water, with kamea chayne
you are a psychedelic jellyfish, with stacy alaimo
you are a honeybee, with ang roell
you are lichen, with laurie palmer
you are a microbe, with siv watkins
you are an animal, with brontë velez
you are an awakening seed, with kamea chayne
you are fermenting futures, with anisa sima hawley
into belongingness
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
rebelonging to the earth, with brontë velez
into earthfulness
becoming deliciously edible, with andreas weber
moving beyond colonial borders, with sean sherman
alive and well in afrofutures, with chelsea mikael frazier
lessons from 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
imagine embody alchemize
imagine embody alchemize
~ enrollment closes jan. 12th ~
Pay what you can.
DREAMER
$297*
*suggested for most earning global north income or with access to familial funds; see our FAQs for need-based bursary rates
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WEAVER
$397
suggested for those with access to global north salaries of upper-middle levels or access to familial funds
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GIVER
$497
suggested for those with high access to economic resources or familial or organizational funds
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The experience is the same through all tiers. Please refer to our FAQs if you require need-based scholarship rates to join or to inquire about group participation rates.
The program is self-paced but this cohort begins 1/15/2024. Participants will have the option to be placed into “alchemist circles,” our version of intimate “study groups” for accountability, support, and friendship.
✺ 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 engage in collective transformation in more embodied, 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.
For example, if you have limited access to the internet or do not have the capacity to start with our roll-out dates, you can begin your own “day 1” at a later time and go through the eight weeks’ of material using your own timeline.
By the end of this cohort’s run dates, you will have received all practices that you can download, and you will be able to re-engage with them anytime, at your own pace.
If we add new or bonus offerings for future cohorts, as an alchemize alumnus, you will also be able to request the additions as bonuses.
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Upon enrollment, you will be invited to submit a form if you would like to be placed into an intimate alchemist circle or partnership. These are dynamic, self-directed, and collectively organized “study groups” intended to support you to move through the program with friendship, accountability, and community.
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We have created an honor system with sliding-scale tuition so you can pay what you can, but everyone will have the same programming once enrolled.
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 at check out.
To inquire about group rates, please email enroll@greendreamer.com with information on your group's name and the number of participants.
If you would like to make payment via PayPal or to request a custom PayPal invoice to pay in 2 installments across 2 months, please email enroll@greendreamer.com with the tier you would like to enroll through.
All payments are secured through STRIPE.
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If your current financial situation and season in life do not allow you to participate through our general admission sliding scale options, please try this need-based rate ($197). If that still proves to be a barrier to entry, please submit this brief form by January 11th, 2024 to request further discounted enrollment.
If you would like to request a custom PayPal invoice to pay in 2 installments across 2 months, please email enroll@greendreamer.com with the tier you would like to enroll through.
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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 $10 administration fees within 14 days of the program’s launch. 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 and creatively produced by host Kamea Chayne and coordinated by Green Dreamer’s researcher/editor Anisa Sima Hawley. Our program advisor is Gabes Torres, our audio editor is Scott Donnell, our program thematic illustration is by Art Twink, and our program practice instrumentals are by Azul Duque.
All proceeds go towards offsetting the cost of producing the program, paying for the labor of our production team, and supporting Green Dreamer's community-powered alternative media endeavors — as we navigate the murky waters and funding challenges of producing publicly available podcasts and media content while remaining untethered to corporate sponsorships.
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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.
