Have you ever felt A longing for a sense of connection?
a magic that feels just out of your reach?
Maybe you’re sure it’s there but don’t know how to find it.
Or maybe you long for it, but secretly fear that it doesn’t exist.
What if I told you that it does exist.
that it is within reach, for all of us.
How would that change the way you look at the world?
Would it change what you thought was possible for the future?
The world needs your magic.
Now more than ever.
Despite more ways for us to keep in touch with each other, we are more disconnected than ever. Depression rates are at the highest they’ve ever been. Anxiety is an epidemic. And there is a sense of futility to so many of our actions. As a society, we feel powerless, trapped, and unworthy.
We don’t remember how it feels to belong to something.
we can’t see that underneath all the chaos, there is magic building.
These times of great uncertainty are actually nexus points: underneath all of the unknowns, the changes, and the sense of something missing, there is power, magic, and potential.
These times are calling you to sink deeper into coherence with the rhythms of the Earth. To feel the power, and potential at these crossroads.
This is an invitation to a life full of magic.
Does this ignite something inside you?
The Wonder Sessions is a roadmap to re-weaving yourself into the magic of the world.
A 2-year long immersion, in The Wonder Sessions, you will learn to:
Navigate the uncertainty of the current times with curiosity and joy.
Find an understanding of your place within the larger context of humanity.
Use your sensitivity as a superpower.
Weave yourself back into the fabric of the environment in which you live.
Gain clarity, control and insight through your emotions.
Develop an understanding of your purpose and why you are here on earth at this time.
Develop a relationship with the earth, and plants, and earth spirits.
Heal the impact that your past has on your present.
Feel a deep sense of meaning in your life.
Live with deep presence, attention, and embodiment.
Find your own pace.
Feel a deep sense of trust and belonging in the world.
The course is not just about learning about these things intellectually. It is an experiential journey of deep embodiment, where you will be immersed into the magic and wonder of our world. Through The Wonder Sessions, you learn to live from this place of deep enchantment and connection.
This is not a new state. It’s in fact very, very old. Some of us remember it from our childhoods, while for others it tickles something deep in our DNA. We’ve forgotten how to live like this, as the world around us got faster and faster, and more concerned about productivity than connection.
But now it’s time to remember the old ways of being.
The Wonder Sessions is made up of 4 main modules.
Each module spans over the course of approximately six months.
Course Curriculum
Module 1:
The invitation
In module 1, you will learn how to unlock your ability to feel worthy of support, love, and nourishment from the earth. You will start to develop an understanding of how you, specifically, interact with the hidden world, and learn to test your abilities/ intuitions, so that you can trust more of your deeper senses.
Plant allies: Damiana (Turnera diffusa), and Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus).
Module 2:
Self
Module 2 is an exploration of your Self, and how you view the world. Delving into your personal history, habits, neurology, beliefs, intentions, and worldview, using tools rooted in physics, Buddhist philosophy, and neuroscience to understand the age-old questions:
Who are you really? And what are you really here for?
Plant allies: Burdock (Arctium lappa), and Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera).
Module 3:
Not-self
Module 4:
The heart path
Module 3 is an exploration of the world outside yourself. You will take a deep dive into getting to know the elements: earth and air, using the tools developed in modules 1 and 2. In this module, you will form deep, powerful connections with elemental beings (trees, earth, air spirits, plant spirits) in the world around you.
Plant allies: Kava kava (Piper methysticum), and Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum).
Module 4 is where we bring all you’ve learned together, to move forwards in the world. This is where your answers to the questions ‘Who am I and what am I here for?’ become action. Discovering your heart’s purpose, and learning how to express that purpose into the world. In this module, you’ll get to explore with the elements fire and water.
Plant allies: Hawthorn (Crategus spp.) and Rose (Rosa spp.)
These modules are all taught online, on our easy-to-navigate classroom platform. Each module contains a series of lessons on a range of topics including neuroscience, ecology, stories from peoples’ lives, fiction, cosmology, and the way we process emotions. These lessons are accompanied by rituals, practices, recorded meditations, and journal prompts. These rituals, practices, or meditations are to be implemented, and integrated.
The course itself is self-guided and community-supported, so some people take more time with certain sections, and some take less. One of the most valuable lessons in this course is about how to find your own natural pace amid a community of people all moving at their own paces, and to not feel ‘ahead’ or ‘behind’ but that you are exactly where you need to be. We do, however, provide an optional guided schedule for everyone who prefers a bit more structure.
But that’s not all.
The Wonder Sessions is actually a world unto itself. Included in the course, you also get:
Monthly live group meetings/ chats/ Q&A time with me via Zoom.
Herbal monographs for each module.
Recipes for the herbal allies that accompany each module.
Downloadable meditation recordings for each exercise.
A private social network on Mighty Networks, with a highly active, connected group of Wonderers.
2 emails a month providing guidance and extra insight into the exercises.
An optional guided schedule for moving through the course, with email reminders (for if ‘winging it’ gives you hives)
An online toolkit (on the class website) providing meditations, step-by-step plans, and guidance for a variety of different life situations.
Ongoing support, written articles, discussion points, and feedback in the private social network, separate from the course material.
Mentorship and support from a group of experienced Wonderers who have integrated this work into their lives.
The point of all of these different resources is to help The Wonder Sessions become an embodied practice, and to change the way you live. It is a deep immersion into the world of wonder.
What do current Wonder-ers have to say about The Wonder Sessions?
“Because of The Wonder Sessions, I have learned to stop in the midst of my day and drop into a deep connection with the Earth. For just a moment, I can feel grounded and peaceful and then move on.”
Victoria Polmatier
Laurel Eastling
“This class is community medicine & Rebecca Altman is the teacher of my heart. I found I was having difficulties on how to describe this class. I came across these words from a woman named Natasha Clarke. She was speaking about roses but I thought it fit. This class is a slower path, to engage in this dance of trust, a trust of self, a trust of others that can lead us eventually into seeking supported spaces, that can enable us one day to hold again a generosity of spirit to look at other without hatred or shame or judgement but curiosity and care.
It has also brought about for me a deepening of connection, to plants and to people. I can't find the words to express all the changes and wonder that it has brought to me.”
“Almost a year into The Wonder Sessions and the most significant shifts have been:
Slowing down. Seeing the overwhelm for what it is. Paying attention even more than before. Allowing a feeling but not owning it forever. Connecting ever deeper with the natural world surrounding. Allowing the not knowing of the future to be okay. Letting love touch my heart. Forgiveness seems easier. Letting habits go. Thankful.
I signed up for the Wonder Sessions because of the engaging and interesting way Rebecca writes about plants and health and all sorts of good topics. Being connected to the natural world around me is an integral part of life already, and I wanted to deepen that knowledge and appreciation and ability to communicate with the earth. And this desire is being met in a different manner than I expected. If your heart is yearning for this kind of engagement, I would encourage you to explore that.”
Emily Willis
Caitlin McMullen
“Through the Wonder Sessions, I've gained more clarity in noticing, understanding, contextualizing and accepting how I'm feeling and what I'm currently dealing with, as well as a myriad of tools and frameworks with which to decide what to do with that clarity. In deepening my own self relating, I'm in turn deepening my ability and desire to connect with other energies and entities, be they people, plants, rocks, rivers or those less easily defined. I'm more deeply interconnected with those around me on many levels, rooted in this web of relationship in a way that feels critical and generative.”
“When I was a young, I saw the world so much differently than everyone else. I could see the energy field of living things but over time, I learned to turn that off because I didn't have anyone to validate those experiences or explain what was happening. During my time with The Wonder Sessions, I have learned to reconnect with that young girl and see the world like she did, and trust myself in the process. This program is like a reawakening and this time around, there are like-minded people around to learn from and share with.”
Kelley Stangl
If you want to see more testimonials, you can watch some video testimonials here.
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There are three different ways that you can sign up for The Wonder Sessions: paying in full, and two payment plans of your choice.
We also understand that these are especially difficult and scary times. If you’re interested in finding out about our scholarships, please click here.
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If you’re on the fence, I get it.
These are uncertain times.
Many of us are really nervous about finances right now. In fact a part of me was like ‘why on earth am I even opening up this course right now to begin with’.
Except… it felt right. And if there’s anything I’ve learned over the years of living this way, it’s that when something feels right, it’s important to do it.
And I do believe that this is important: The world we are living in the world is not sustainable. We are at this critical nexus point. I liken this to what happens to a caterpillar when they become a chrysalis. When this happens, the caterpillar completely liquifies, and turns to goo. It is from this goo, that it becomes a butterfly. But I’m not sure if it is aware of that as it is dissolving :).
This time feels like our current systems are dissolving into goo. And what we create from this goo is up to us. I want to create a world in which slowness, connection, magic, and softness are respected as much as drive, focus, and fiery heroism. I want to live in a world where our self-worth is unquestioned, our gifts are valued, and our sense of belonging is unshakeable.
I have seen the way my current students are navigating these current uncertainties and am blown away by how they gracefully dance with the unknown, using tools they’ve learned in TWS.
Because of this, I believe that this work is more important now than ever before.
But because of the uncertainty of these times, we are offering a number of different scholarships, and tuition remissions, which you can read about and apply to here.
Sign up now
There are 3 different ways that you can sign up for The Wonder Sessions: paying in full, or a payment plan of your choice.
I also understand that these are especially difficult and scary times. If you’re interested in finding out about our scholarships, please click here.
