HEX Boxing Club is a sanctuary for in‑person holistic boxing training, supportive community, and connection to Earth. Classes are taught Tuesday-Saturday from 6am-2:30pm most days. HEX is a private membership association that centers women and non-binary folks. Membership info can be found here.

HEX Boxing Club is a sanctuary for in‑person holistic boxing training, supportive community, and connection to Earth. Classes are taught Tuesday-Saturday from 6am-2:30pm most days. HEX is a private membership association that centers women and non-binary folks. Membership info can be found here.

Join Vanessa for a Plants & Prose workshop at Edith Wharton’s House in Lenox, MA. More details here.

Vanessa and Cara will discuss Cara’s new book, An Armfull of Birds, a memoir of healing ourselves and the natural world. Join them at Broadside Books in Northampton, Massachusetts.

An afternoon to celebrate the opening of Hex Boxing Club. This event is by invitation and open to Hex members and their guests.

Embodied Ecology is a six-month apprenticeship that invites you into living relationships with land, body, story and the more-than-human world. Meeting once a month in Western Massachusetts, this immersive experience blends herbal medicine, ecological restoration, hiking, and writing as pathways to deeper intimacy with Earth. Learn more and apply here

An afternoon to celebrate Earth and the opening of Hex Boxing Club. This event is by invitation and open to Hex members and their guests.

Register for the first conversation between Vanessa and author and journalist Brandon Keim here.

These progressive, training sessions with Vanessa, a USA Boxing certified coach, will equip you with a solid foundation in boxing, including footwork, speed bag and heavy bag training, basic defense, and conditioning. Learn in a welcoming, non-contact environment that awakens your primal instincts.

These progressive, training sessions with Vanessa at the Franklin County YMCA will equip you with a solid foundation in boxing, including footwork, speed bag and heavy bag training, basic defense, and conditioning. Learn in a welcoming, non-contact environment that awakens your primal instincts. Register here.

These progressive, training sessions with Vanessa at the Franklin County YMCA equip you with a techinical foundation in boxing, including footwork, speed bag and heavy bag training, basic defense, and conditioning. Learn in a welcoming, non-contact environment that awakens your primal instincts. Register here.

Join Vanessa and author Erica Berry for a webinar hosted by Project Coyote.

Dive into the Rewilding Through Writing experience with developmental sessions led by Vanessa. For an intimate, interactive space these sessions are limited to 8 writers. This session is now full.

Join Vanessa and Dr. Cristina Eisenberg for a webinar hosted by Project Coyote. November 18th, 3pm EST.

Join Vanessa and Dr. Darcia Naravez for a webinar hosted by Project Coyote.

Writing for the Wild is a two-part course with author and nature advocate Vanessa Chakour. With a blend of readings, writing prompts, discussion and outdoor activities between sessions, this immersive experience fosters healing through the creative process, and equips you with tools to craft compelling stories on behalf of your wild neighbors. Delve into the myriad ways nature writing can deepen intimacy with your local ecosystems and foster empathy for the wild — even your own wild nature. We’ll delve into the wildness within ourselves and our writing, exploring themes of nature, resilience, and the human condition.   Register here.

Join us for an exciting discussion on contemporary nature writing featuring authors Vanessa Chakour and Jennifer Kabat, whose recently published books explore provocative new ideas on the changing state of the natural world through the lens of their memoirs.  Co-organized by Mass Audubon and moderated by Donovan Arthen, Executive Director of Orion Magazine, this conversation will delve into the relationship between ecology and experience, exploring the ways that a new generation of nature writers are expanding our understanding of the natural world and our place within it. 

Join Vanessa and Dr. Michael Fox for a webinar hosted by Project Coyote.

Join the Nourishing Earth, Nourishing Ourselves webinar on Tuesday, May 20 at 12 pm PT. Project Coyote Ambassador Vanessa Chakour and author Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder will host an interactive dialogue about what we can learn from other-than-human creatures about loss, love, and resilience

Vanessa will join a panel and talks with local nature writers at the Harris Center in New Hampshire. Learn more and register here.

Join Project Coyote Ambassador Vanessa Chakour and author and regenerative landscape designer Owen Wormser for Nurturing Multi-Species Communities Through Regenerative Landscapes, a conversation in the webinar series: NOURISHING EARTH, NOURISHING OURSELVES. During this webinar, we’ll have time for audience Q&A and one lucky guest will receive a signed copy of Owen's new book! Click here to register.

Dive into the Rewilding Through Writing experience with generative sessions led by Vanessa. This four-part workshop provides a supportive space to cultivate your writing practice, craft and voice. For an intimate, interactive space these sessions are limited to 8 writers.

These progressive, training sessions at the Franklin County YMCA will equip you with a solid foundation in boxing, including footwork, speed bag and heavy bag training, basic defense, and conditioning. Learn in a welcoming, non-contact environment that awakens your primal instincts. Register here.

Join us at Sawmill Herb Farm from 1-4pm. Learn more and RSVP here.

These progressive, training sessions at the Franklin County YMCA will equip you with a solid foundation in boxing, including footwork, speed bag and heavy bag training, basic defense, and conditioning. Learn in a welcoming, non-contact environment that awakens your primal instincts. Register here.

These progressive, training sessions will equip you with a solid foundation in boxing, including footwork, speed bag and heavy bag training, basic defense, and conditioning. Learn in a welcoming, non-contact environment that awakens your primal instincts. Learn more here.