The Emerald Tent

The Origin Story

Emerald Tent was born from my own overwhelming grief.

Two days before Thanksgiving, on a quiet morning, I said to my husband that I thought we might have only one year left with our beloved canine soulmate, Brody. I had to cut his walk down by half that morning and sensed his age coming on more rapidly by his breathing and energy levels. By 10pm that same night, Brody fell into full-body spasms. By 3am, we learned he had a 17-centimeter tumor on his spleen. By 4am, we were helping him pass over.

We did not have one year – we had less than 24 hours.

What followed was an avalanche of grief—sudden, disorienting, and total. I was in shock and in love all at once. The turbulence of these extreme yet integrated set of emotions took me down. With no place to go to help my grief move through the body so the heart and body could survive the shock, I endured – but barely.

Emerald Tent emerged from this experience. Brody called it in.

I know now that grief is not meant to be contained, analyzed, or rushed through. It is meant to be met, witnessed, and gently moved—so it does not harden or collapse inward. And so the moment of The Emerald Tent is here and begins slowly, as is the way of heart and soul.

Inside the Tent

Emerald Tent is an immersive, nervous-system-centered gathering designed to restore connection, coherence, and a felt sense of belonging—through a guided, nature-rooted human experience.

This is not a workshop.
It is not a talking circle.

It is a carefully held field—where the space, the rhythm, and the body lead.

Each gathering begins at the threshold.

Participants are gently guided into a forest meditation—a sensory descent that softens the mind and welcomes the body into presence. Breath slows. Attention widens. The nervous system begins to settle. This is where the outer world quiets, and the inner landscape opens.

From this place, an archetypal story is offered—simple, symbolic, and resonant.
Not to be analyzed, but to be felt.

A single question follows.

Participants move into triads, where sharing is structured through witnessing—not fixing, advising, or interpreting. There is space between voices. Silence is honored. Each person is met, simply, as they are.

The experience then returns to the body.

Through gentle grounding and breath, the group is guided into collective sound—humming or toning—allowing the nervous system to synchronize and settle together. What began as individual experience becomes something shared: a quiet, palpable sense of coherence.

There is no pressure to perform.
No expectation to explain.
No need to arrive as anything other than human.

And then, the afterglow.

A simple, grounded time to gather—often with warm food, soft conversation, and unstructured connection. This is where the experience integrates. Where eye contact returns. Where something subtle, but real, lingers.

Emerald Tent is rooted in a simple truth—we regulate, heal, and remember—together.

This is not therapy or treatment. It is a designed human experience—where the nervous system can settle, emotion can move, and connection can quietly return.

You can learn more here . . .

EXPLORE

My work and passions are rooted in decades guiding humans through transition, loss, identity rupture, and emergence. I bring a poetic depth and practical sensibility that orients to the body’s intelligence, a respect for inner rhythm, and a commitment to compassionate and courageous expression.

Lori Wallace