A guided interfaith meditation walk in nature, led by Rabbi Katy Allen, on the accessible All Persons' Trail at Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
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Whatever Tuesday's midterm election brings, Thursday's woods will be waiting. Join us for an interfaith meditative walk led by Rabbi Katy Allen. It's a time to commune with the spirit of nature using readings of poetry and moments of quiet reflection along Wolbach Farm's new All Persons' Trail.
This walk is open to all abilities and spiritualities. Together, we will practice the art of slowing down and paying unhurried attention, with help from ancient wisdom traditions and nature-based contemplative practices.
Afterward, if you'd like to bring a lunch or a snack, we invite you to say and share a meal together at Wolbach's Farm's nearby picnic tables.
Please park in the gravel lot on your right as you enter Wolbach Road. Accessible parking spaces are available there, close to the trailhead. Space is limited, so please register in advance and consider carpooling.
This walk is part of Spirit in Nature, MassIPL's ongoing series of guided interfaith meditations in the outdoors. It is co-sponsored by Sudbury Valley Trustees and the Jewish Climate Action Network–MA (JCAN-MA).
There is no cost for this free event. However, we request that you please register ahead of time by using the yellow "Register Now" button (or click here).
Wolbach Farm in Sudbury began as a dairy farm a century ago. Today it is the headquarters of Sudbury Valley Trustees, which received the property from John Wolbach in his will. His wish was that the land be kept "predominantly in its natural, scenic and open condition." The farm sits next to the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Its All Persons' Trail opened in 2025 and is a gently graded path of packed stone dust, built so that people who use wheelchairs, walkers, or strollers can enjoy the land too.
Katy Z. Allen is a rabbi, chaplain, poet, and eco-chaplain whose lifelong love of the outdoors shapes her spiritual and creative work. From her early days exploring fields and streams in Wisconsin to decades of teaching, writing, and leading in Massachusetts, she draws wisdom from the natural world and helps others discover meaning there too.
She founded Ma’yan Tikvah – A Wellspring of Hope, an outdoor congregation, much of whose programming has since moved to Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, and she co-founded the Jewish Climate Action Network-MA. Katy has also served as a hospital and hospice chaplain, bringing care and nature-based spirituality to those she served.
Her recent book, A Tree of Life: A Story in Word, Image, and Text, reflects her love of weaving poetry, story, text and image. She is also the editor of Earth Etudes for Elul and other works, and she previously shared reflections at www.mayantikvah.blogspot.com. Her website is www.katyzallen.com.
In her retirement, Katy has turned her focus to poetry and her work has appeared online at New Verse News and in The Jewish Poets Collective Journal. Forthcoming, her work will be included in the Art on the Trails chapbook and online at Bluebird Word.
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