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BRINGING CHANGE

TO YOU

DEEP ROOTS
SESSIONS

Reclaim, Resist, Reconnect.
Deep Roots sessions offer hands-on workshops and retreats to reconnect with cultural traditions for resilience, wellbeing, and solidarity.

Learning Through Experience.
Through music, language, meditation, and land-based practices, these sessions create space for healing and community—available in-person or online, for individuals and groups.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Education for Change.
Workshops, trainings, and consulting to empower students, educators, and administrators in creating meaningful, lasting impact.

Clarity, Growth, Wellbeing.
Supporting learning, teaching, and leadership with practical tools, vision-building, and personalized wellbeing strategies—available in-person or online.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING

Strategic Growth,
Meaningful Change.

Helping organizations work more effectively with frameworks rooted in anti-oppression, collaboration, and impact.

Tools for Transformation.
Custom skills training in visioning, strategy, communications, and team dynamics—available in-person or online.

DEEP ROOTS SESSIONS

Group Sessions  |  Retreats  |  One-on-One Work

Reconnecting with Ourselves & the Land

What does it mean to reclaim our connection to the land, our cultures, and natural rhythms in today’s modern world? Deep Roots Sessions create space to explore this question through hands-on learning, discussion, and shared experience.

Who It's For:

  • Community organizers & activists

  • Youth groups & schools

  • Individuals seeking personal reconnection

  • Anyone looking to cultivate resilience, joy, and rootedness

What to Expect:

Through theory, song, language, and experiential learning, these sessions help participants:

  • Understand the roots of disconnection, stress, and anxiety

  • Develop tools to calm the nervous system and cultivate wellbeing

  • Reconnect with the cycles of the land and seasons

  • Explore their role in regenerating land and community

  • Find a sense of purpose and solidarity with global movements

Since 2022, these sessions have been held in Canada, Mexico, Wales, and Scotland, bringing together diverse groups to rediscover a shared sense of belonging.

 

Let’s reconnect, reclaim, and grow—building deeper roots for resilience and wellbeing.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

Programming for students, staff & admin

Empowering the Next Generation

How do we prepare young people—future leaders, activists, parents, and global citizens—for the complex challenges ahead? Education should be more than grades and competition; it should foster empowerment, bold vision, and the skills to bring meaningful change.

With experience as a teacher, program coordinator, youth mentor, and advisor, I’ve worked since 2016 to create alternative learning models that re-center well-being, purpose, and critical thinking for both students and staff.

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Workshops & Training for Schools

I offer customized training and workshops for teachers, staff, administrators, and students, including:

  • Teacher & staff professional development (JEDI training, retreats, well-being programs)

  • Student workshops & mentoring (core skill-building, project-based learning, self-care)

  • Yearly school programs (start-of-year skill-building, end-of-year closing camps, summer programs)

Bring these programs to your school and invest in transformative education.

Core Focus Areas

Workshops and training can include topics such as:

  • Emotional intelligence & non-violent communication

  • Self-care & time management

  • Critical thinking & inter-cultural understanding

  • Conflict transformation & facilitation

  • Service-based & project-based learning

  • Learner-centered teaching & administration policies

ORGANISATIONAL SERVICES

Build your team's capacity, vision, & frameworks

Aligning Vision with Action

Your work is important. With the right tools, strategies, and workplace culture, you can bring about the change you envision. Together, we’ll refine policies, practices, and team dynamics to help your organization thrive.

As a consultant, I work closely with your team to understand your vision, challenges, and goals. We then co-create a tailored strategy that includes capacity building, problem-solving, and ongoing support to ensure lasting, positive change.

How I Can Support Your Organization

  • Organizational Framework Review – Strengthen decision-making, policies, and structures

  • Strategic Planning & Systems Thinking – Align your mission with actionable steps

  • Workplace Culture & Team Development – Conflict resolution, team building, and fostering a healthy work environment

  • Year-End Reviews – Assess challenges, strengths, and future direction

Let’s work together to build stronger, more effective teams and organizations.

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Our sessions with Ben were a catalyst in helping us move forward from the block that we were facing at that time, and to restrategize effectively. Before we would often find ourselves all over the place with our goals, but now our focus is a lot more clear and we are able to prioritize what comes on our plate. This has boosted our confidence in our work and in our objectives and we have got greater motivation to increase the magnitude of our work. Ben helped us to get a better understanding of where our personal goals are aligned with the organisational goals. It was an 'Aha!' moment for us to realize that we have so much more than we think.

- Urishna Shakya, Nepal

   Programs Director - Canopy NEPAL

BEN'S WORK OFFERINGS

Explore the full range of Ben’s work in this downloadable PDF. It includes details on his services, workshops, and collaborative opportunities—covering community organizing, education, consulting, and direct action initiatives. Whether you're an individual, organization, or community looking to connect, this document outlines ways to work together.

Let's Connect

Not sure which service fits best? Or have something else in mind? Let’s chat and find the right approach for you. Reach out, and we’ll make it work.

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Ben Reid-Howells

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