SOUNDS on the SOUND
Sound Bath & Picnic Saturday, Aug 15th 2026 11-130pm
A community event just for women without children
Last year’s Sounds on the Sound event was too good to be a one-time thing, so we’re bringing it back for round two.🪷🪷🗻
Join us by the Puget Sound for a laid-back summer gathering with an outdoor sound bath, a casual picnic, and the chance to meet other women without children from the Seattle community.
I’m delighted to partner again with Jill Mattern of Nature & Sound (@sound_to_mountain_yogi), who will lead us through an approximately 1-hour sound bowl meditation, before sharing in a casual picnic.
Come on your own, or bring a friend. No meditation experience required.
Event Details
Location: Lincoln Beach Park (Covered Shelter #4), 8011 Fauntleroy Way SW, 98116
Date: Saturday, August 15th
Time: 11am-1pm
Cost: $40 suggested donation
Space: Limited to 25 people
Refreshments: There will be sharable snacks, vegetarian salads, fruit and gluten free options. You’re welcome, and encouraged, to bring anything specific you’d enjoy to share.
Registration Note
This event is offered on a suggested-donation basis. After registering, you’ll have the option to make a suggested contribution of $40 to cover facilitation, light refreshments, and space rentals.
Please join us regardless of what amount is accessible for you as this allows us to create inclusive community events.
RSVP BELOW
ABOUT ERIN
a place women’s stories are reflected
Our Sister•Ship began with a longing to see more spaces where women living without children, could see their stories reflected and celebrated.
As a therapist and someone who finds renewal through the novelty of new places, I chose travel because it offers what daily life often cannot. It creates space to set down obligations, step outside routine, and share meaningful experiences. Immersive travel provides the ideal conditions for friendship to grow - not through forced conversation, but through shared discovery, curiosity, and doing life side-by-side.
I chose the name Our Sister•Ship with the metaphor of a vessel in mind — a space capable of holding the many different stories women carry about living without children. Some arrive here by choice, others through circumstances they never imagined, and many somewhere in between. What matters most is that we are traveling together.
This is the space I wish had existed.
ABOUT JILL
Jill Mattern is a certified yoga and Pilates instructor, outdoor mindfulness guide, and sound meditation practitioner. After leaving a stable career to solo hike around Mt. Rainier, she began guiding others through nature-based practices that support clarity, connection, and inner strength.
She has led international workshops, facilitated sound and nature retreats, and teaches mindfulness to children throughout the Puget Sound region.
As someone who is also childless, Jill is honored to hold space for this first gathering. Her offering will include a nature meditation and grounding sound bath to support rest and reflection.
OUR VALUES
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Pleasure, new experiences, beauty, and adventure are vital at every stage of life.
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We believe in creating the kind of friendships that reflect and celebrate the lives we’re living now.
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More depth, more spontaneity, more joy, more discovery, more meaningful connection.
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We honor the richness of every path, and believe that gathering as women without children in celebration, is a quiet and powerful act of rebellion against diminishing narratives.