Join us for the Healing Father Wounds Urban Hike, a special offering for women of color to explore how nature, community, and plant medicine can support us in tending to the wounds we carry around fatherhood and masculine energy.
What to Expect:
🌿 A slow nature walk and plant ID session
🌼 A mini workshop on herbs for healing emotional wounds—like hawthorn, nettle, motherwort, mugwort, and more
🧘🏽♀️ A grounding meditation + space to journal and reflect
💬 Open circle for real convo around father wounds, inner child healing, and reclaiming our own stories
🍵 Sun tea + herbal gift bags from Babes Herban Boutique
🪴 A pop-up herbal setup with offerings, a small altar, and info on how to work with these herbs at home
This hike is a soft but powerful space to reflect on the stories we’ve inherited, the grief we’ve held in silence, and what it looks like to reclaim our healing on our own terms. We’ll move slowly, pause often, and take time to journal, breathe, and reconnect—with the land and with ourselves.
As part of this experience, herbalist and wellness practitioner Meaka Brown will lead a plant walk and foraging session, focused on herbs that support emotional release, grief work, grounding, and protection. She’ll share how we can begin to work with these herbs intentionally, especially when navigating father wounds and ancestral healing.
Babes Herban Boutique will also be onsite with herbal teas and offerings to support your continued journey.
We’re honored to collaborate with Meaka Brown, who will be guiding the plant teachings. Meaka is also part of our upcoming Catskills Glamping Retreat during Labor Day weekend (Aug 29-Sep 1), where she’ll be leading a foraging workshop and offering Reiki sessions—this hike is a preview of the grounded, generous energy she brings.
About Meaka:
Meaka Brown is a cannabis educator, herbalist, and wellness practitioner with deep roots in plant medicine, community care, and ancestral healing. Born and raised in Boston, and a proud mother of three, her work spans herbalism, Reiki, urban farming, and cannabis advocacy—centering the body, mind, and spirit. She currently serves on the Massachusetts Cannabis Social Equity Fund Advisory Board, where she helps shape a more just and inclusive future for communities impacted by the war on drugs.
When she’s not breaking barriers in the cannabis industry, Meaka can be found tending to her garden—her “other babies,” as her kids call her plants. Whether she’s pouring tea, holding space, or teaching about herbs, her presence is healing in itself. Follow her @meaksb on Instagram.
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Prospect Park in Brooklyn (herbal shop + nature walk)
Level: Easy
Distance: About 3 miles (round trip)
About the urban hike: We’re meeting at Prospect Park for a plant identification walk. Along the way, we’ll slow down, learn how to ethically forage, and get to know the healing properties of local herbs. It’s all about deepening our connection to the land and exploring how plants can support our healing.
breakdown:
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Welcome/Smudging/Introductions
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Nature Walk and Foraging in Prospect Park
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Healing Father Wounds Chat, Journaling, Tea Time + Rest
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Walk back/Closing circle
Come as you are. Bring your story, your softness, your truth.
Let the land support and remind you of who you always were.
Reclaim your healing—on your terms, in your time.
what’s included:
Energetic cleanse with Sage and/or Palo Santo
Grounding Meditation
Guided Spiritual Urban Hike (Nature Walk)
Reclama Journal and Gel Feather Pen
Guided Sharing Circles
Plant ID Session
What to Bring:
Comfortable walking shoes, sun protection and a blanket to sit on outside.
Water and snacks for a peaceful break at one of the viewpoints.
Your Reclama Nature Journal if you already have one.
sliding scale exchange:
$66, $77, or $88
Bring a friend for $111 (for two spots)
Please Note: Refunds are not available but transfers are. In case of inclement weather (heavy snow or rain), the hike will be rescheduled.
WHY HIKE?
It boosts endorphins, reduces stress and helps keep you present. By allowing ourselves to be unapologetically spiritual in a place like the outdoors, we honor and affirm how we take up space in the world.
WHY JOURNAL?
The peace you get from being out on a hike naturally leads to personal reflection because your mind is super clear and you’re tapped into your highest self. Writing in this state is a powerful way to connect with yourself and what you want out of life. Once the pen hits the paper, anything is possible.
SIDE EFFECTS OF HIKING WITH US INCLUDE:
Spiritual freedom as we unapologetically take up space in nature, self-esteem on point, nature high that lasts about a week, inner peace, remembering who the fuck you are, feeling grounded, deep connection with nature, appreciation for ancestral land a.k.a. Pachamama, self-revelations through journaling, and the sassiness to stand in your power. You’ll always walk away from a hike feeling better than how you came in.