Loading…
Thursday June 18, 2026 TBA
TitleDandelion Sanctuary: Wishes, Wise Mind & Radical Self-Care

OverviewStep into the Dandelion Sanctuary, a cozy oasis where festival wanderers can pause, breathe, and reconnect with themselves.
Inspired by Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the resilience of dandelions, this interactive sanctuary offers simple tools for emotional grounding, self-care, and playful connection.
Visitors can relax in a shaded lounge, learn quick mindfulness and emotional regulation practices, write wishes on dandelion scrolls, and exchange compliments with fellow travelers.
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, joyful, curious, or just need a soft place to land, the sanctuary offers a gentle reset before you continue your adventure.
Come rest, make a wish, and remember your Wise Mind.

What you'll experience🌼 The Wish Garden
Write a wish, intention, or release on a scroll and place it in a communal dandelion vessel.
🌼 The Compliment Apothecary
Receive or give handwritten compliments to brighten someone’s day.
🌼 Wise Mind Lounge
Relax in a cozy shaded space while learning quick grounding tools from DBT.
🌼 Mindfulness Moments
Short guided practices to help calm the nervous system and reconnect with the present moment.
🌼 Self-Care Scrolls
Take-home cards with simple emotional regulation tools you can use anytime.

What you'll learn• Simple mindfulness techniques for grounding and nervous system regulation
• The DBT concept of Wise Mind (balancing emotion and reason)
• Quick tools for navigating big feelings in everyday life
• The power of small acts of kindness and connection

What you'll make• A dandelion wish scroll to place in the communal wish vessel
• A self-care reminder card to take with you into the fes
Speakers
avatar for Nathan Gallenson

Nathan Gallenson

Nathan Gallenson is a co-founder of DBT with Friends, a Utah-based nonprofit making evidence-based mental health skills more accessible, practical, and community-centered. He helps create peer-led spaces where people can learn tools from DBT, IFS, ACT, and other modalities withou... Read More →
Thursday June 18, 2026 TBA
The Dandelion Sanctuary

Sign up or log in to save this to your schedule, view media, check-in, leave feedback and see who's attending!

Share Modal

Share this link via

Or copy link