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Workshop Spotlight: Sacred Intuitive Wild Harvesting
As medicine makers, connections to the natural world and its benefits are innate. Following the doctrine of signatures, tried and true ways, intuition; we carry knowledge wisdom and confidence in our medicine. It’s not always so when wild harvesting the plants. For many, the language of the plants can be sporadic, mixed and hard to decipher. We tend to fall to standards or schools of thought when it comes to harvesting. Though a good starting point, every plant is unique with
Workshop Spotlight: The Creating and Blending of Flower Essences
This is a two part workshop.
Flower Essences are a type of homeopathic "tincture", working on a vibrational level to help bring balance to specific aspects of a person’s energy. In this multi-part workshop, learn how to create, from start to finish, a Mother Essence, as well as blending and preparing personalized essences for self, family, or clients. Appropriate for all ages; children under 13 should have a parent with them. Part 1: Creating the Mother Essence: Connecting
Workshop Spotlight: Herbal Tea Blending
This workshop will show you how to blend a perfect mug of tea using plants & herbs from your yard to wild foraging. Learn what different herbs are used for, the best drying methods and how to blend. Handouts will be available, as well the chance to blend your own tea! This workshop is suitable for Teens and Adults Melanie Shepherd Melanie Shepherd is the Owner/Operator of Freebird Farm & Homestead near Logansport, Indiana. Her and her husband recently downsized their 16 a
Workshop Spotlight: Native Medicinal Plant Walk
Teen and youth focused. Foraging possibilities (no actual harvest will take place without permission) on site, the origins and sources of plants , traditional uses, and incorporation of them into your current diet edible invasives and why they are here - plant walk id walk- and usage how to encourage and propagate /spread good plants and naturally discourage their tendencies to take over. How these same tendencies in plants help us draw allegories to human behavior workshop a
Workshop Spotlight: Herbal Alchemy Lab Demonstration & Alchemy Astrology
This is a multiple part workshop series.
SPAGYRIC PREPARATIONS DEMONSTRATION - PART 1 EXTRACTING THE ESSENCE This class will show you how herbal tinctures can be purified and concentrated using ancient alchemical theories for creating remedies that get stronger with age. An overview of useful equipment, and the importance of astrology in the laboratory will be included. Please bring writing materials if you wish to take notes. A distillation, of the herb harvested at last
Workshop Spotlight: Forest Yoga in the Garden
Join Anna for a morning of meditative movement with an outdoor yoga practice in the garden. Sync up to the pulse of the Earth, move to the flow of your breath, and immerse yourself in feeling the present moment. A delight for your senses, this practice is for everyone, and only asks that you come open and willing to breathe and feel deeply. Anna Schabold Anna Schabold is a seasoned yoga teacher, structural integration therapist, budding herbalist, and enthusiastic somanaut
Workshop Spotlight: Essential Oil Basics and Oil Blending From a Chinese Medicine Perspective
The class will introduce and discuss the basics of the Five Element Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine. We will look at the essential oil materia medica using Chinese medicine theory to utilize essential oils to tonify or sedate an element. Blending techniques and carrier oils will be discussed.
This workshop is suitable for teens and adults. Megan Burns, LAc, RH(AHG) Megan has taught Western Herbalism at the Appalachia School of Holistic Medicine teaching Aromather
Workshop Spotlight: Plant ID Walk
Come meet and learn to identify some of the medicinal herbs growing in gardens and wild at Glastonbury. We have over 140 different species growing on the land, so we won't be able to meet everyone, but I'll introduce you to some of my favorites! Please wear appropriate shoes, sunscreen, and bring a water bottle. This workshop is suitable for all ages. Althea Northage-Orr, AHG, LAc. Althea Northage-Orr has been interested in self-development for most of her life, beginning w
Workshop Spotlight: Intuitive Herbalism
In this workshop we will explore ways we can amplify and identify our inherent intuitive abilities when working with the plants. Using our senses, we will practice gathering information and insight directly from the plants themselves. Bring a journal and get ready to be awe struck at the depth of wisdom the plants will share simply when we approach them with reverence and respect, engaging and acknowledging our subjective awareness. This workshop is suitable for teens and adu
Workshop Spotlight: Pain Part 1: Why Do I Hurt? and Pain Part 2: How Do I Fix It?
PAIN PART 1: WHY DO I HURT? In part one of our series on pain, we will begin to explore an in depth understanding of the complexities of pain. In 1644, René Descartes forever changed the way pain was viewed by suggesting that pain did not actually happen at the site of injury but rather was the perception of the mind, after a signal traveled up the brain from the body. This may seem like common knowledge now, but it was a major discovery at the time. Today we are on the cus
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