Holding Space With Hands in The Soil

Holding Space is a new monthly gathering and family-friendly event organized  by Hands in the Soil (HITS) at Arlington Garden this spring dedicated to rest, renewal, and collective healing in partnership with nature. Organized by Hands in the Soil (HITS), this free wellness pop-up is part of ongoing wildfire wellness support efforts, centering our community impacted by the recent fires. Through creativity, collective care, and connection to nature, we hold space for grief, renewal and resilience. Through intentional activations—ranging from movement and meditation to grief circles and creative expression—we cultivate spaces for all to pause, reconnect, and strengthen bonds within community.   Please bring blankets or an outdoor rug, snacks, personal water bottle which you can refill at the free filtered water dispenser, and N95 mask or higher. This free event is open to all, with a high focus on on the givers, healers, first responders and community organizers.   This month's offerings include:

• Sound & Somatics: Participate in guided breathwork and body-based practices to help reconnect you with your inner strength and the healing power of the Earth. Led by Erica Rey and YD Nature (Yancy Comins)
• Meditative Beading: A Practice of Remembrance & Renewal A ritual of reflection and intention-setting through the art of beading. Weave your prayers, memories, and visions into a tangible piece of wearable energy.
• Communal Earth Altar Building: Creating a living shrine to our community and Altadena  using natural, compostable materials—a sacred space for remembrance, renewal, and rebirth led by YD Nature. We invite you to bring printed photos (homes, landscapes, places to be remembered); handwritten intentions, prayers, poems; letters to the land; small personal tokens (stones, beads, charms); flowers & petals (fresh or dried);  native California seeds; leaves & herbs; soil (from meaningful places);  shells, stones, feathers; and  small branches, twigs, or bark. The shrine will stay behind and may be added to over the course of the week.

For more information and to RSVP, visit the Hands In The Soil website.