Healing In Bloom

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Healing in Bloom: A Community Wellness & Advocacy Experience (21+ Event)

December 12, 2025 • Matawana Dispensary, Park Slope • 21+ Only

Healing in Bloom is a transformative, community-led wellness event blending advocacy, mindfulness, education, and intentional cannabis use into a single, unified panel experience.

Hosted by Matawana Dispensary, and co-created with the Cannabis Justice & Education Initiative (CJEI) and Queering Existentialism (QE), this activation brings all partners together on one panel to create a powerful dialogue about healing, equity, community care, and the future of wellness in New York’s cannabis landscape.

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What to Expect

🔥 The Healing in Bloom Panel (Main Experience)

All partners — Matawana, CJEI, and Queering Existentialism — come together for a dynamic, layered panel exploring:

• Cannabis as a wellness, spiritual, and emotional tool
• The intersection of mental health, advocacy, equity, and industry growth
• Professional pathways & representation for underrepresented communities (CJEI)
• Trauma-informed emotional wellness, identity, & mindful practices (QE)
• Bridging the gap between medical and adult-use cannabis
• How community-based healing spaces must evolve as the industry grows
• Why intentional consumption and somatic mindfulness matter now more than ever

This is not a traditional panel — it is a collective healing conversation, part educational, part grounding, part advocacy, and completely community-centered.

🔵 Mindfulness Pop-Ups Throughout the Store

After the panel, attendees are invited to explore small immersive stations including:

• Journaling & reflection prompts
• Aromatherapy & breathwork mini-activations
• Grounding + mental dexterity tables
• Calm corners for quiet restoration
• Wellness-based vendor moments

These stations reinforce the themes of balance, emotional awareness, and mindful engagement explored during the panel.

🟢 Outdoor Intentional Cannabis Use Circle (QE Led – Standing Experience)

An optional, guided outdoor ritual experience that includes:

• Breathwork
• Somatic grounding
• Emotional awareness guidance
• A mindful smoking moment
• Community reflection + intention setting

Note: This is a standing experience — no seating. It is designed to foster presence, movement, and embodiment.

🟠 Community Reflection Wall

Guests will be invited to add their voice to our living installation:

“What does healing look like for you?”

A communal testament to collective growth and wellness.

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Why This Event Matters

Healing in Bloom was created to re-center the conversation around cannabis as:

• medicine
• wellness
• community care
• spiritual grounding
• advocacy and liberation work

In a rapidly evolving industry, this event serves as a reminder that cannabis culture is rooted in healing, equity, and connection — not just commerce.

Healing in Bloom also lays the groundwork for Matawana’s upcoming mental health programming under the NYS OMH Promoting Wellness & Healing in Communities Initiative.

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Event Details

Date: December 12, 2025

Location: Matawana Dispensary

Address: 533 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Admission: Free community event

Age Requirement: 21+ ONLY (Valid ID Required)

Accessibility: Please reach out with any accommodation needs.

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Who Should Attend?

Anyone interested in:

• Mindful or intentional cannabis use
• Community healing & advocacy
• Mental and emotional wellness
• Professional or educational pathways in cannabis
• Trauma-informed practices
• Participating in a culturally-grounded wellness activation

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Presented By:

Matawana Dispensary

Cannabis Justice & Education Initiative (CJEI)

Queering Existentialism (QE)

Info: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM


PRE-EVENT ARRIVAL + WELLNESS ACTIVATIONS


Guests are welcomed into the space with light grounding music, aromatics, and soft lighting.

Storewide wellness pop-ups are open, featuring:

• Journaling & Reflection Cards

• Aromatherapy & Breathwork Stations

• Mental Dexterity + Grounding Activities

• Calm Corners for Mindful Reset

• Wellness Vendor Mini-Activations


Guests may also begin adding to the Healing Reflection Wall.

Info: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM


HEALING IN BLOOM: THE FULL PANEL EXPERIENCE


(Matawana × CJEI × Queering Existentialism)


All partners come together for a powerful collective conversation covering:

• Cannabis as wellness, medicine & cultural grounding

• Trauma-informed emotional healing

• Mindful use & somatic awareness

• Advocacy, equity & representation

• Professional pathways in cannabis

• Bridging medical and adult-use wellness

• Community care in a growing industry


This is the heart of the experience — the full Healing in Bloom panel.

Info: BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Choose Your Experience)


Breakout A — QE: Intentional Cannabis Use Circle (Outdoor, Standing)


A guided ritual of breathwork, grounding, emotional literacy, and mindful consumption.


Breakout B — Logina: Somatic Awareness + Mindful Use


A trauma-informed, movement-based session focusing on presence and embodied healing.


Breakout C — CJEI: Advocacy & Professional Pathways


Education on industry access, equity frameworks, and career development.


Breakout D — Leeann: Legacy → Legal + Community Resilience


A reflective discussion on leadership, representation, advocacy, and community strength.

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