Address and additional details will be provided for each event upon registration.
For the comfort of all, we ask that you not bring guest dogs onto the property. If you have a service dog, please contact us to discuss prior to registering for an event. Thanks!
We would like our events to be as accessible as possible and don’t intend the cost to be a barrier. If the cost is prohibitive, please email us to talk about other ways you can contribute.
Upcoming events
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Open House at Dragonfly Farms
Sunday August 31
11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Come see what we’ve been up to at Dragonfly Farms! Explore the gardens, pick some blueberries, connect with nature, and hear what’s coming next!
Several events will be offered throughout the day including Dance Fitness by Fit with Krissy, Laughter Yoga with Julie Schreiber, a backyard concert featuring jean mann, and more!
Food and beverage will be provided all day so you don’t need to worry about that!
Schedule:
11:30 Dance Fitness- $5 suggested donation
1:00 Laughter Yoga-$5 suggested donation
3:00 Backyard concert- $20 suggested donation. Chairs and blankets are available, but feel free to bring your own if you have a favorite!
For our planning purposes, please RSVP and select the events you would like to attend- thanks!
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Embodied Resilience: A 3-Part workshop series
Join us for Embodied Resilience, a transformative 3-part series designed to help you reconnect with your body as a safe and powerful ally for life’s demands. Whether you’re healing from burnout, navigating major transitions, or seeking deeper self-trust, these workshops guide you to build true strength from the inside out.
Rooted in nervous system education, mindful movement, and somatic reflection, each session weaves together physical practice, breathwork, and self-inquiry to nurture your capacity to stay anchored, resilient, and clear — in both body and mind.
Presented by Dragonfly Farms and Krissy Shipley of Fit with Krissy*
Session 1: Root to Rise – Grounding Through Breath & Body
Session 2: Strength in Stillness – Building Emotional and Physical Resilience
Session 3: Boundaries in the Body – Embodied Boundaries for Empaths
Each 5-hour workshop includes gentle outdoor exploration, nourishing food, and supportive group practices.
Come as you are — leave feeling strengthened, grounded, and empowered to honor your body’s wisdom in daily life.
You can join us for any session or for the whole series! See the individual events for details.
Cost of series: $400
*Krissy Shipley is a dedicated personal trainer, certified nutrition specialist, and mom of five who turned her own journey of healing into a passion for helping others reconnect with their bodies. After overcoming addiction and losing 100 pounds, Krissy specializes in guiding people to find strength, resilience, and self-compassion through mindful movement. Her classes create a welcoming space where everyone can slow down, tune in, and rediscover the joy of moving with intention.
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Root to Rise – Grounding Through Breath & Body
Saturday August 23
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Return to your foundation. Through grounding meditation, slow mobility flows, and reflective journaling, you’ll explore how to create safety and presence in your body. Feel deeply rooted so you can rise with steadiness and ease.
Connect with your full self through breathwork, mindful movement, and a guided mindful walk through the natural spaces of Dragonfly Farms.
Enjoy morning beverages, snacks and a delicious vegetarian lunch.
Cost: $150/$140 if you register by August 1
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Strength in Stillness – Building Emotional and Physical Resilience
Sunday September 7
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Explore how cultivating physical strength directly supports your emotional resilience. Learn the basics of your nervous system, experience a strength-based circuit with mindful pauses, and reflect on what strength means for you in this season of life.
Learn to better understand the links between stress, resilience and your nervous system and cultivate greater internal awareness and strength through guided mindfulness practices and reflection.
Enjoy morning beverages, snacks and a delicious vegetarian lunch.
Cost: $150/$140 if you register by August 1.
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Boundaries in the Body- Reinforce Emotional Boundaries Through Body Awareness
Sunday October 5
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
For highly sensitive souls and caregivers who struggle with overgiving — learn how to sense, set, and honor your boundaries through agility drills, stop/start movement, and energetic visualization. Leave with a felt sense of where your “yes” and “no” live in your body.
Learn to care for your full self through individual and interactive mindful exploration, mindful movement and connecting with the natural world.
Enjoy morning beverages, snacks and a delicious vegetarian lunch.
Cost: $150/$140 if you register by September 15.
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Past events
Revealing Your Still Small Voice
May 25-28, 2023
“Revealing Your Still Small Voice” was Dragonfly Farms’ inaugural offering. During a four-day meditation and writing retreat held over the Jewish Holiday of Shavuot, Joanne Gartenberg and Judy Fisher took participants on a journey from slavery to freedom through meditation, writing, prayer and song.
July 9, 2023
Five to Thrive
“Five to Thrive” was a wellness workshop with Drs. Lorin Boynton and Joanne Gartenberg, where we explored the 5 domains of health (nutrition, relaxation, sleep, exercise and connectedness/purpose) through teaching and direct experience.
FEBRUARY 16-19, 2024
SING YOUR STORY
August 19th, 2023
Rosh Chodesh Elul Shabbaton
September 23, 2023
Autumnal Equinox Retreat
October 21, 2023
Cultivating Community
March 3, 2024
Comfort Shawl workshop
June 9, 2024
Concert at the Farm
June 11, 2024
Family Shavuot Potluck and Ashkenasi Herbalism
June 22, 2024
SUMMER sOLSTICE tEA PARTY
Dragonfly Farms welcomed Congregation Kol Ami for a day of reflection and learning in preparation for the Days of Awe/High Holidays. Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Marge Eiseman, and Joanne Gartenberg led us in prayer and Torah study. Following a tasty lunch we explored Elul through music, mindfulness, and creation of an Elul journal.
Chef Lindsey Stillian of Thriving Bite prepared a beautiful and delicious seasonal tasting menu for us, and we discussed ways of eating in keeping with the change of season. We explored the bounty of Dragonfly Farms, and guests went home with full tummies, yummy recipes, and apples they harvested themselves!
Katie Vincent of Tending Alive and Joanne Gartenberg of Dragonfly Farms offered a retreat of radical rest and play to find pathways into ecological belonging in our challenging times. We engaged in mindfulness and embodiment practices, and explored our relationships to ourselves, each other, and the Land. We learned about ecological gardening, planted a food forest, and nourished ourselves with locally-grown foods and herbal teas.
Christine Lehman and Joanne Gartenberg led participants in a 4 day intensive of self-discovery through journaling, singing and mindfulness meditation practices. At the end of the offering, participants shared an arc of their life story through narrative and song. We hope to offer this at Dragonfly Farms again next summer, and at Chris’s studio in Encinitas, California next winter!
Marge Eiseman has been traveling around the country for the past several months on a “Tour de Force for Good”, facilitating discussions about how we can do better in our present world. We were fortunate to host her at Dragonfly Farms during a brief stop at “home” for this workshop in which we shared stories of love and loss. We created symbols which we appliqued onto a shawl, which we then blessed and gifted to Dragonfly Farms, to carry healing to all who are embraced by it. Particularly meaningful to me, we used borders from a set of pillowcases which my grandmother embroidered decades ago.
We were fortunate to host Claudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan on their Pacific Northwest tour.
The weather was beautiful, we shared a delicious potluck, made new friends, and enjoyed awesome music (and stories)!
We partnered once again with Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg and Kol Ami. After a communal meal, we learned about Jewish earth-based traditions, explored the history of Jewish healers, and met many of the plants used in Ashkenazi herbalism which are growing right here on Dragonfly Farms!
We were delighted to welcome back Chef Lindsey Stillian of Thriving Bite to help us celebrate the summer season. We had a tour of the farm and were able to sample strawberries and fresh herbs from the garden. Chef treated us to a feast for our eyes as well as our taste buds, prepared various teas and infusions blended to balance our chakras, and learned ways to harness this abundant solstice energy. We can’t wait for her to come back!
