Three hours to focus on keeping ourselves well as we age: - To include recent research into ageing - Practical ways to put into weekly/daily practice - Taking care of ourselves, our senses, our bones, our blood, our brain, our skin - Nourishing our inner lives and more. Notes included.

This singing workshop focuses on chants for the female life cycle that can be included in a variety of women’s rituals. From birth to death, including the uterine blood mysteries of menses and menopause, this workshop celebrates the power of the female body.

Communication is often tricky for women, and needs to start with how we talk to ourselves. Through discussion, interactive exercises and reflection we will first learn to shift our relationship with ourselves. For the latter part of the workshop we will establish a number of strategies for bringing our authentic selves to relationship with friends, family and community.

Understanding how our minds got “here” can increase our sense of efficacy (“I am confident”), agency (“I am able”), and compassion (“I am worthy”). Reviewing landmark research on ACES and resiliency, we will calculate our ACE and resiliency scores, learn what it says about our health and target areas to focus. We’ll look at the results of this work in under-resourced communities and the take-aways for us all.

Effective resistance requires endurance, resilience, and the discipline to stay healthy through stress and challenges. We'll explore herbal remedies, spiritual practices, nourishing foods, and self-care tools to create a heart-healing toolkit for navigating tough times. Prioritizing self-care, being prepared, and embracing support are essential for overcoming adversity and empowering ourselves and the world.

Pregnancy, birth and postpartum are times of great power and great vulnerability for women. Plant medicine can help heal and support women as they grow and nurture their babies. Whether you are learning to care for yourself or for the women in your community, this class will help you feel confident using herbal medicine during the childbearing years.

Mushrooms could hold the key to humans having a future on this planet. Fungi were some of the first life forms to make land habitable and they’ve already survived five mass extinctions and will most likely survive several more. Could a deeper understanding of Mycelium change our own brains? Perhaps it could change our current way of thinking and help alter our disastrous and self‐destructive trajectory.

Your menstrual cycle is as unique as you are! Discover the root causes of your period woes through the lens of the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Learn about the three menstrual types and which food and herb allies may be most supportive.

A woman’s life is one continuous change, deepening her connection with herself and her unique life. Understanding the different demands and tasks of each stage and calling and engaging allies, green and otherwise, is at the heart of this class. Just as a butterfly emerges from a cocoon, this extraordinary rite of passage, the metamorphosis of menopause, becomes your second spring.

Together, we shall deepen our understanding of our hormonal cycles within our bodies, illuminating the vital seasons of death and decay and the life they bestow—akin to the wondrous mycelial realm. We will explore how various mycology terms can enlighten our understanding of womb sovereignty and honor our cyclical essence.

As women, our hormonal tides ebb and flow throughout our lifetimes, and change is a guaranteed constant as we navigate a healthy and whole existence at any age. Discover how select medicinal mushrooms and herbal allies can help to holistically balance challenged hormonal tides, nurture our bone structure, calm our “fight or flight” response, and boost our brain and neurological systems!

Birth is a profound rite of passage, and a culture’s birth rituals tell us much about that culture’s beliefs and values. Returning to wild human birth is integral to healing our culture and the Earth. Discussion will include the perils of professionalized birth support and how to create community that supports woman-centered birth.

The Conscious Nature of Healing. We know that healing doesn’t come from a box or a bottle...or even another person. Healing is a personal process between ourselves and the Divine that is adequately undergirded by our own biology and consciousness. Let’s explore our biology with mystical intelligence and find our organic place with healing.

In this class we will learn how to paint mushrooms and unleash our creative potential through our womb space. Starting with a guided meditation that will help inspire you to birth your own watercolor mushroom womb piece, this class will observe elements of mushrooms from a different perspective. Molly will discuss her personal process of painting mushrooms and their interrelation of our own creative life force.

Our heart is both physical and emotional, sensing the spectrum of life every day. Our womb brings life into this world, yet also knows the art of letting go. These two centers of our body are connected and constantly in communication. Working with herbal allies is a way we can begin to tend to these sacred places within us. We will explore herbal allies and simple practices that nourish the heart and the womb.

In this highly informative session, we will explore the relationship between inflammation, disease, and oral health; and more importantly, discuss strategies for squelching the smoldering fire within.

Discover the Female Erectile Network and find out what you’ve been missing! In a mind-blowingly informative, radically empowering, fun, funny, comfortable presentation, with unique anatomy images, classic and humorous art, and demos on my ‘vulva pillow’, you’ll get new integral maps of women’s bodies that will guide you to realizing your ultimate ecstatic pleasure capacity!

In a time when hypothyroidism and other thyroid disorders are epidemic, many of us are looking for more natural methods of treatment. We will examine the causes and treatment of the more common disorders such as Graves, Hashimoto’s, Wilson’s temperature syndrome, and post-partum thyroiditis. Nature has given us many extremely useful botanicals that we will discuss, as well as lifestyle and supplementation regimens.

Journey through the sacred gates of menopause. Starting long before 50 years of age for many women, menopause is a journey with many twists and turns. Homeopathy is a powerful ally to aid the body and it is a wonderful companion to herbal support. Let's travel down the sacred path & learn the process our body moves through, and how these powerful allies can provide a safer, more grounded pathway from Mother to Crone.

We follow the Moon throughout our lives. She is feminine, and we feel her ebb and flow physically, mentally, and energetically. Do you feel more vibrant in one moon cycle than another? Join Lisa to learn why and how to support your children, grandchildren, and wise woman years by following the moon’s cycle. This workshop focuses on herbs that support these cycles in our bodies.

Menopause is a natural transition rather than the disease it's often made out to be. However, chronic stress, pervasive environmental hormone disruptors, and other factors can make it a bumpy ride for many. Mushrooms provide nutrients and other bioactive compounds that are supportive during perimenopause and post-menopause. We'll dive into some of my favorites, which I'll pass around in extract form for sampling.

The life of a woman contains many initiations. Recognizing these rites of passage through ritual and ceremony is important in our journey to wholeness. This workshop will help you to bring ritual into your life and the lives of the women around you. We will focus on Menarche, Motherhood, and Croning. We will discuss ways to ritualize these important moments in the life of a woman.

The Wheel of the Year refers to the Solstices, Equinoxes, and cross-quarter days that traditionally mark the seasonal holy days. This workshop is an introduction to the interconnectedness between the earth and agricultural cycle, the mythic cycle of the goddess, and the female life cycle.

This unique conversation explores how taking pen to paper can be a powerful tool for self-discovery and a path to health and wellness. Julene Tripp Weaver, an avid writer, has practiced & taught this approach for over 30 years, using it to navigate her own healing journey & achieve success as an author. They'll discuss this transformative approach, focusing on its contributions to Julene's health & writing career.