LIVE Workshop on Zoom | April 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2026 at 6-9 PM ET
Coming Back to Earth - Soil Regeneration as Spiritual Practice
With Rev. Maks Kopish
Heed your calling to be a caretaker of the Earth by exploring composting as a central spiritual practice that brings us back into the flow of life and nourishes biodiversity, thereby healing both our souls and the soil.
Workshop Credit Cost: 1 credit (Click Here to Purchase a Credit Package)
à la carte Price: General Public - $125.00; One Spirit Alumni - $100.00
What you’ll explore and learn:
What makes soil healthy/unhealthy
How to regenerate soil; how to create good compost
How to think about composting as a spiritual practice
What you’ll experience and practice:
Grounding and guided meditations
Invitations for energetic “composting” / releasement
journaling, doodling, and discussion
What you’ll integrate/take away/take action on after:
A sense of interconnectedness with all of creation
A deeper sense of your own earthiness
Practical ways to step back into the cycles of life and support the planet and your community
Coming Back to Earth, Four Sessions:
Session 1: The Intelligence of Earth
Healthy soils are crucial for the proper functioning of all Earth's systems; we’ll explore what makes soil healthy and why our soils are so degraded.
Session 2: Composting Colonization Culture
We’ll further explore how our cultural mindset of separation from nature has led to the degradation of our planet’s soils and, consequently, everything that depends on them (i.e., everything).
Session 3: Coming Back Into the Cycle
We’ll look more closely at composting as a simple step everyone can take to reconnect with the cycles of life, restore their locals soils, and build resilience in their community.
Session 4: Becoming a Soil Steward
We’ll review what’s been learned, share our composting plans (developed since the last session), and share a blessing or anointing ritual as a send-off.
About the Presenter, Rev. Maks Kopish
Rev. Maks is first and foremost a lover of Earth. They are a One Spirit Seminary graduate from the class of 2025, and they are currently developing their soil health ministry in the form of Driftless Compost Collective, a nonprofit focused on transforming food waste from local restaurants into living soil. Maks lives gratefully on Ho-Chunk land (southwest Wisconsin) with their partner and many cats, goats, chickens, wild beings, and an ever-growing number of compost piles.