Biomimicry Gathering: Creating Conditions Conducive to Life
What if we could learn from Nature not only with our minds, but with our senses?
Join us for a gentle, intimate walk exploring how Life creates conditions conducive to Life, in ecosystems, in relationships, and within ourselves.
We’ll gather near Hidden Café in Berkeley, then take a short, mindful walk along the creek-side path. Our circle will settle just beyond the little bridge over the creek, near the three wooden picnic tables, a peaceful, shaded spot where we’ll attune to the environment, awaken our senses, and explore how presence and perception can root us in a deeper sense of home: within our bodies, with each other, and in Nature.
This gathering is guided by Chiara, a Biomimicry Practitioner with a background in Environmental Architecture, yoga, and Pilates. Her work weaves together Nature’s intelligence, embodied awareness, and community connection. She has facilitated immersive experiences in Australia and Italy, exploring how to create spaces where inner transformation and ecological awareness can meet.
This walk is a soft doorway offered by the Lichens Project, opening into the upcoming June workshop series on Inner Biomimicry and Living Systems through the practice of contact improvisation.
🌱 No experience required. Just bring your presence, your breath, and a willingness to explore.
Together we will:
🌾 Tune into natural patterns and rhythms
🔍 Learn about how Nature functions — through the lens of Biomimicry methodology (Adapting, Integrating, Evolving, and more)
🌀 Experiment with expanding our senses
🧘🏽♀️ Drop into a short guided meditation
🌿 Explore subtle movement and embodied awareness
🍉 Share a moment of nourishment (feel free to bring something simple to share, we will have a little snack!)
🤲 Co-create space for connection, reflection, and collective listening
What to Bring with you:
Water bottle
Sun protection (hat, sunscreen)
Insect repellent (just in case)
Something to sit on (blanket, cushion, etc.)
Pen and paper / journal
Something simple to share if you’d like (food or a quote, object, poem…)
This is a small, welcoming gathering. Come as you are. Let yourself land.
At the heart of it all is community connection, meeting others who are exploring how to live and relate regeneratively.
At the end of the walk, we’ll share a bit more about the upcoming June workshop series, where we’ll explore Inner Biomimicry more deeply through the language of the body and Contact Improvisation, in resonance with natural systems.
🌀 Let’s walk with wonder. Let’s listen to what Life is whispering.