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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!
Workshop Registration Form
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 LOCATION: 373 Patch Rd., Westminster, VT 05346
We are located 25 minutes from Brattleboro, 12 minutes from Putney, VT, and 30 minutes from Keene, NH. From 91, take exit 4 to Putney, a left after the ramp, and a right onto Main St. (Rt. 5) which will take you into Putney. In Putney, take a left at the General Store, and follow this road for about 10 minutes. It will turn into Westminster West Rd. At the yellow sign that looks like an upsidown Y, take a sharp right onto Patch Rd. Follow Patch Rd. for about 5 minutes until 373 Patch Rd. on the right. Follow the drive to the right until the end.
SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS -
Wednesday, March 3rd
7:00 - 9:00pm
Folk Medicinal Herbal Preparations
Come learn how to make your own herbal medicines at home. In this 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: $25 - $35, There is a 10 person limit.
Wednesday, March 31st
7:00 - 9:00pm
Herbal Healing with Vermont's Wild Plants
Learn how to identify and prepare local herbs for medicinal use. In this class we will cover herbal basics for healing yourself and your loved ones using plants common to Vermont. Herbal preparations such as teas, decoctions, syrups, and tinctures will be demonstrated and enjoyed by the class. Leave with recipes and herbal healing mixtures that you can use to support your body daily. Join us for this evening workshop and learn ancient practices of folk herbal healing for your home and family using your local plants!
Suggested Donation: $25 - $35 suggested donation. 10 person limit.
Wednesday, April 21st
7:00 - 9:00pm
Tree Magic and Medicine
Come learn about tree magic, medicine, lore, and love! We will talk about the biology of trees, identifying different species, and how to use them in medicine and magic. Learn how to treat common colds, infections, fevers and the flu, as well as other ailments with the bark, leaves, berries, and flowers of these magnificent trees! We will also discuss ways of connecting to the tree spirits and devas. Explore the mysterious magical power that each of these trees hold which can be used to bring you protection, healing, strength, or transformation. Leave with your own magical or medicinal tree blend to use at home!
Suggested Donation: $25 - $35. There is a10 person limit
Wednesday, May 19th
7:00 - 9:00pm
Aphrodite's Aphrodisiacs - Herbs for Love
Join us for a sexy evening of journeying with Aphrodite1s herbs. You will be introduced to plants used for increasing the energy of love, sensual pleasure, and opening the heart. Come taste some of our most lovely aphrodisiac herbs, learn how to prepare them and blend them. Come fill up with some of Aphrodite1s magic, and experience many plants sacred to Aphrodite, such as Damiana, Jasmine, Yohimbe, Hibiscus, Egyptian Blue Lotus, and Rose. Come enjoy the world of tempting and deliscious aphrodesiac herbs and elixers!
Suggested Donation: $25 - $35 suggested donation. 10 person limit.
Wednesday, June 16th
7:00 - 9:00pm
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: $25 - $35, There is a 10 person limit.
Wednesday, July 14th
7:00 - 9:00pm
Herbal Healing for Stress and Depression
In this workshop we will discuss various herbs used to effectively reduce stress, heal depression, and rebalance the nervous system. We will prepare and drink these wonderful herbal allies, discussing how to prepare and use them daily. Kava, St. John's Wort, Passionflower, Skullcap, Ginseng, Oatstraw, Motherwort, and others, will be tasted and talked about. You will learn how to treat headaches, muscle tension and pain, anxiety, mild and severe depression, panic attacks, low self-confidence and nervousness, as well as general stress and exhaustion. This class is helpful to anyone, regardless of what your nervous system takes on daily. Leave with herbal blends to use at home for yourself and your loved ones!
Suggested Donation: $25 - $35 suggested donation. 10 person limit.
Wednesday, August 18th
7:00 - 9:00pm
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 youS 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: $25 - $35, 10 person limit
Sage L. Maurer teaches all workshops, unless guest teachers are specified.
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 teaches workshops and apprenticeships throughout the year. Come learn to walk a path of magic and healing with her and our green friends!
Green Blessings!
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