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VERMONT WINTER WORKSHOPS 2008
*** CLASSES POSTPONED UNTIL THE SPRING - Due to a run of bad weather ****
Updates will follow.
Open your hands and heart to the power and the wisdom of our green friends.
Learn ancient practices used by people around the world.
Explore techniques of natural magic and healing using the materials of the earth.
Come and learn the wisdom of our plant allies!
We offer a variety of courses and workshops in herbal healing and plant spirit medicine. Please check out the workshops that are being offered this season and contact us for further information. If you would like to register for a workshop please print out a registration form, send or email it to the address provided, and you will be reserved a space in class. You can reach us by calling 1-(617) 838-8094, or email thegaiaschool@hotmail.com to register for any class.
Workshop Registration Form
January 8th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Herbal Healing for Women
In this class we will explore herbs sacred to women's bodies and lives. Topics will include women's spirituality, sexuality, moon-time, menopause, health, and inner-wisdom. We will discuss moon lodges, stones sacred to women, and herbal preparations that can nourish and heal your beautiful body through it's cycles and changes. Come learn to use earth materials for magic and medicine devoted to your luscious self! Be prepared for some juicy talk and herb play.
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
January 22nd, Tuesday, 6:30-8:30pm
Tree Magic and Medicine
Come learn about tree magic, medicine, lore. We will discuss how to use various tree barks, leaves and flowers to heal the mind and body, as well as use their resins as incense. Learn how to treat common colds, infections, fevers and the flu, as well as other ailments with the the help of these magnificent trees. We will also explore ways of connecting to the tree spirits and deva. Leave with your own magical or medicinal tree blend to use at home!
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
February 12th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Herbal Healing for Stress & Depression
Come learn ways to heal your spirit's woes with herbs! We will discuss very effective alternatives to western drugs for treating various forms of depression, anxiety, stress, muscle pain due to stress, or calming an anxious mind. We will also talk about herbal remedies for the many forms of stress, sadness, and heart ache we experience in our lives.
Come taste teas and tinctures that can lift your spirits, heal your heart, and relax your mind and body. Learn how to make these teas yourself out of common herbs, and how to use various store bought tinctures safely and effectively for greater emotional wellbeing.
Come with a notebook and a pen!
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
February 19th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Introduction to Magical Herbalism
Magical herbalism is an ancient practice used for thousands of years around the world for healing and creating positive change. Every plant on this earth has a natural energy that can be used for healing and transformation. Working with the spirit of each plant is the basis of magical herbalism. In this class we will discuss ways of using the natural energy of plants to create positive healing and change in our lives. You will meet various herbs that can be used to bring us healing, love, protection, abundance, peace, blessings, and so on. Various techniques of natural herbal magic will be discussed, as well as the ethics and laws of plant spirit work. You will leave class with some herbal mixes of your creation to use at home. All are welcome to this class who wish to use the plants in a positive and ethical way.
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
March 4th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Aphrodite's Aphrodisiacs - Herbs for Love
Join us for a sexy evening of journeying with Aphrodite's herbs. You will be introduced to medicinal and magical herbs used for increasing the energy of love, sensual pleasure, and heart opening. Come taste some of our most lovely aphrodisiac herbs, learn how to prepare them and blend them with other aphrodisiac plants. We will also discuss herbs and incenses used to bring love into your life and open the heart chakra. Come fill up with some of Aphrodite's magic, and return home with some sweet herbal blends that will spice up your love life! Suggested Donation: $20 -$35, 10 person limit.
March 18th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
The Medicine Wheel
One of our favorites! In this class we will create a large medicine wheel of the four elements with herbs, stones, and animal spirits. Come learn how you can use the energies and magic within the medicine wheel for journeying, spellwork, and healing. Water magic, fire magic, air magic, earth magic, and healing techniques of the four elements will be discussed. Come journey with us into the medicine wheel, and take home with you many new plant and animal allies.
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
April 1st, Tuesday, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Plants of the Gods - Psychoactive Plants Around the World
Historically, hallucinogens have been most commonly used in religious or shamanic rituals. In this context they are often referred to as entheogens, and they are used to facilitate healing, divination, communication with spirits, and religious ceremonies. Evidence exists for the use of entheogens since prehistoric times, as well as in numerous ancient cultures, including the Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Vedic, Maya, Inca the and Aztec cultures.
This class will focus on Plants of the Gods, around the world and throughout history. We will take an ethnobotanical look at the plants of the shaman and how they are used. These powerful teacher plants are those we enter into slow relationships with, and through transformative work with these plants great healing and teaching occurs. Come learn about the powerful plants used around the world to help us connect and communicate to the spirit realms.
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
April 12th, Saturday, 11:30pm-5:30pm
*** 5 hour class
Medicinal Herbal Preparations
Come learn how to make your own herbal medicines at home. In this five hour class we will discuss and make herbal tinctures, salves, tea blends, herbal glycerites, herbal oils, flower essences, decoctions, compresses, and poultices. We will discuss harvesting herbs, where to get quality organic herbs, and how to dose herbs safely. We will cover herbs for some common ailments as we create our preparations, as well as address specific herbs for each of you. Handouts and materials will be provided in class. Suggested Donation: $40-$65, There is a 10 person limit.
April 26th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Crystal/Stone Healing and Magic
In this class we'll explore the magic and healing powers of our ancient stone allies. Sage will introduce you to a variety of stones and crystals that you can use in your own life for healing and change. We will explore techniques of stone healing in bodywork, stone-essence making, and stone magic. We'll discuss how each of these stones can be used to heal/change your body, emotions, spirit, environment, and relationships. Come meet these powerful stones and crystals that can greatly affect many aspects of your life and heal your body with their powerful energy. Suggested Donation: $20 -$35, 10 person limit
May 10th, Saturday, 11:00am-5:30pm
*** 6 hour weekend class with lunch break.
Herbal Bodycare & Wildwoman Gathering!
Join us in a celebration of pampering our female bodies! In this Saturday class we will be blending herbal face masks, scrubs, massage oils, body scrubs, seaweed wraps, facial cleansers, bath salts, herbal hair rinses, foot baths, and more! Learn how to use healing herbs, essential oils, salts, sugars, honeys, fruits and grains, to heal and revitalize your beautiful skin! Come love the skin you're in! Bring comfortable clothing, a towel, and a few small jars to bring home some bodycare preparations. Get ready to let down your hair and have a wild time! Suggested donation: $35-$65, 8 person limit.
May 20th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Chakra Healing with Herbs & Flower Essences
Come explore the chakras (energy centers) in the body, and which plants and flower essences support emotional and physical imbalances of the chakras. We will discuss in depth each chakra and how it affects our physical and emotional body, holding energy and patterning from our past which can contribute to illness. Learn how to used herbs and flowers to clear, nourish, and cleanse our chakras, ridding us of old energy, mental and emotional patterns, and physical imbalances. Handouts and tea will be given in class. Suggested Donation: $20 -$35, 10 person limit.
June 7th, Saturday, 11:00am-5:30pm
*** 6 hour weekend class with lunch break.
Communicating with Nature & Plant Spirits
Join us at Mayfield Gardens as we practice techniques of communicating with trees and plants, learning to open to their energy and to what they have to teach us. You will be guided through meditations with plants spirits, calling their energy into specific parts of your body that need healing. Experience for nature spirits communicating and interacting with youˇ and possibly for the first time you will be able to listen. Come seeking healing, guidance, and a deeper connection to the earth.
Suggested Donation: $35 -$65, 10 person limit.
June 17th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Moon Magic & Herbs Sacred to the Moon
In this evening workshop we will discuss our connection to the moon and all of her mysteries. Come learn about herbs sacred to the moon, and how we can use the energy of the moon in our healing practice, ritual, and for sacred dreaming. In this class we will enter into the realm of night, letting the plants of the moon teach us of her magic and effect on our lives and planet. Meet the herbs which help you to journey deeper into the dream world, into your intuition and psychic abilities. Come learn ways to honor your body and spirit's connection to the moon. Return home with dream teas, dream pillows, or magical blends of moon herbs to use on your own. Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person
limit.
July 1st, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Hecate's Sacred Herbs - Witch's Flying Herbs
Come meet powerful herbs sacred to the dark goddess. These poisonous plants are used in protection magic, banishing, and in magic and ritual connected to the underworld, death and rebirth, astral projection, and spiritual transformation. Join us in learning about sacred Belladona, Henbane, Mandrake, Nightshades, Brugmansia, Hemlock, Poke, and Foxglove. These plants are not ingested, but are used in ritual to journey into hidden realms of the psyche, into the past and future, and help us to transform ourselves and our lives when great change is needed.
Hecate's sacred herbs are powerful teachers, protectors, and guides for those interested in going deeper into their spiritual practice and journey into the unknown. Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
July 22nd, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Shamanic Journeying with Plants
Join us for an evening of journeying with the spirits of the plants and the earth. Learn ways of communicating to the spirits of trees, flowers, and healing herbs. Experience the energies of plants through your hands and within your body (with teas, essences, and sacred incenses) as well as through guided meditation. Shamanic Journeying with plants is the oldest form of plant medicine and our most ancient spiritual practice. This workshop is for beginning and intermediate herbalists or those that want to learn more about shamanic journeying.
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
March 18th, Tuesday, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Herbal Healing for the Family
In this class we will cover herbal basics for healing yourself and your family from common ailments. We will discuss holistic practices for staying healthy through the seasons, herbs and foods to nourish us, as well as herbs that will help to fight some of those nasty viruses and infections that can come into our homes and bodies. Basic herbal preparations will be demonstrated and enjoyed by the class. Leave with recipes and herbal mixtures that you create in class to use at home. Come learn ancient practices of folk herbal healing for the home...
Suggested Donation: $20-$35, There is a 10 person limit.
Sage L. Maurer teaches all classes. Sage is an independent practitioner and teacher of herbal healing, plant spirit medicine, shamanic herbalism, and the wise woman tradition of healing. She was formally trained and certified in herbal medicine at the Blazing Star Herbal School and at the Boston School of Herbal Energetics. Sage has studied with many herblaists such as Rosemary Gladstar, Susan Weed, Anne McIntyre, Rosita Arvigo, Pam Montgomery, Deb Soule, and others. In 2001 Sage founded The Gaia School in Boston, MA where she taught workshops and apprenticeships throughout the year. Through personal journeying and magical work over the last 10 years, Sage has developed techniques of communicating with plants to aid her in life and work. Come learn to walk a path of magic and healing with her and our green friends!
Green Blessings!
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