Welcome to

Wild By

Design

Hi! I’m Almina! You probably found yourself here because you have come in contact with one of my projects or a piece of writing. Pleased to have you here! am currently re-organizing my entire site, so things might be a little messy around here, but do feel free to have a look around to see what I am working on right now.

with love, Almina M. Hodek

Current projects

  • The Venus Auditorium - Women's writing collective

    Venus is a facilitated container for women to write together, and a platform for voices from our community.

    Are you curious about writing? Maybe you love writing but have a hard time making time for it? Are you interested in what a shared writing space can do for your writing?

    Come join us on Tuesday nights online, or if you are local to Boulder, CO, join our summer series in person!

  • Psychedelic Integration Circle

    Together with my colleague Cynthia Allen I facilitate a monthly container for integration of psychedelic experiences.

    Have you had an important and perhaps terapeutic expereince with psychedelics but lack the tools, gudance and community for integrating your experience into your life? This circle is for you!

  • Taproot Land Co-op

    Taproot Land Co-op is my soul crafted vision for coming back home to relationship with land here in Colorado. It is a community of Colorado families stewarding land, listening deeply, building resilience, staying sane and celebrating life together in the alpine meadows above Boulder, CO.

    These sub pages are for members of the co-op and password protected. Contact me via my contact form if you want to connect about Taproot.

  • Treehouse Landing Cohousing

    For the last three years a group of 7 people has been working towards a vision of building a new Cohousing Community in Boulder County. Click below to learn more about our project, and how to get involved! Welcome to Treehouse Landing Cohousing!

Work with me

  • Build your Website with Me!

    Wild By Design offers web design services targeted at therapists, coaches, artists and sustainability professionals. Tell me your vision and I’ll tell you it is not only possible - it is necessary!

    I am currently on maternity leave and am not taking client at this time.

  • Ceremony for Transitions

    Ceremonies are great for acknowledging the past, listening to the present and birth a desired future. If you are in a transition right now, a ceremony tailered specifically to you can be very beneficial! My approach is playful, loving and creative and always oriented to you. No prior experience needed!

    If you are interested in exploring this with me, reach out!

Upcoming Events

Venus Auditorium - Women’s Summer Writing Series

THURSDAYS JULY / AUGUST

In person

At Courtney Hughes’s Art Studio in NoBo, Boulder, CO

6pm-7:30 MT

You can join as many sessions as you want.

Are you curious about writing? Do you want a fun and safe place to come explore your inner writer this summer? These sessions are as useful for beginners as for seasoned writers.

Join other women for a 90 minute guided creative writing session in NoBo this summer! No prior experience needed.

We will practice together in a format inspired by Natalie Goldbergs work (author of Writing Down the Bones), with timed warm up exercises and writing prompts, and optional sharing from the session.

Women and female identifying persons welcome. Limited space!

Welcome!

Venus Auditorium - Weekly community sessions

Once a week we meet online to write together for 60 minutes. We facilitate the container from start to finish, you just show up with pen & paper or your writing device and let us guide your journey. No prior experience needed. We see writing as an emerging mystery accessed through play and practice. All you need is a desire to see what is possible!

Online

5:30pm-6:30 PT / 6:60-7:30 MT

TUESDAYS

I also host women’s retreats!

Find out more here.

PAST Events

6-8pm

UCC Longmont Chapel, located at 1500 9th Ave, Longmont, CO

October 24th 2024

THIS IS MY BODY - LIVE RECORDED PODCAST AND POETRY EVENT

Join us for "This Is My Body," a powerful evening of poetry and conversation hosted by The Communion Podcast. The event will feature the podcast's hosts—Katerina Jeng, Mercedez Davis, and Pedro Senhorinha Silva—along with special guest poet Almina M. Hodek.

Through their poetry, they will explore themes of embodied spirituality, grounded in their lived experiences as Immigrant, Black, Asian, and People of Color, as well as their diverse gender identities and expressions. Following the readings, the hosts will engage in a live, recorded conversation on how these identities shape their spiritual journeys, offering profound reflections on living an embodied spiritual journey. This event will be live recorded for the Communion Podcast.

Artist bios and more info

Meet Almina

Your medicine works best when it’s being used. Read more about my journey and passion for women’s power here!