Immersion Description
The intention for this Intro to Herbalism course is to grow each individual’s awareness and relationship to their own internal ecology, territory they are on and the messages the plants growing in the North East bioregion are sharing with us. We will be weaving Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic principles and Andean/Mapuche cosmology to gain perspective on how the elements relate to our internal and external ecologies. These four sessions aim to activate observational skills and curiosity to learn about the beings growing and living around us, whether we are in an urban landscape or not. We will also be learning basic medicine making to support your self and loved ones.
Immersion Includes
4 week series: Sundays May 16, 30 , June 13 and June 20
8am-11am PST / 11am-2pm EST
Knowledge shares will be 3 hours, with a short break in the middle, some small group time, and questions.
Week 1 May 16
Andean cosmology
Ecological frameworks
Interrogating plant rhetoric
Teas, infusions, decoctions
Week 2 May 30
Reciprocal plant relationships
Honorable harvest
Seasonal and plant energetics
Food as Medicine
Week 3 June 13
Limpias and energetic hygiene
Dream and smoke medicine
Glycerites and Oxymels
Tinctures and Elixirs
Week 4 June 20
Growing herbs
Food/Medicine justice
Oils and herbal balms
Doctrine of signatures
Lymph Massage
Aside from topics covered in class, students will engage in reading and hands on assignments that will support their ability to integrate the material into their personal healing practices.
Exchange
Sliding Scale: $$333 -$777 (for all four)
When choosing the tier on the sliding scale please be honest with what you can afford. If you can pay at the higher end, please do so as that gives space for folks who can’t.
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Please inquire about payment plans and scholarships by emailing herbancura@gmail.com with subject HERBAL MEDICINE IMMERSION
REGISTRATION CLOSES May 9
Access Information
*ASR Captioning provided
This immersion is open to everyone!
Virtual Gathering
8am-11am PST / 11am-2pm EST
Link will be sent 3 days before the immersion begins.
This immersion share will be recorded and available for 30 days.
Resource package
Herbal Balm
Tincture/Glycerite/Elixir (1 of 3 will be included at random)
Tea
Oil
Seeds
All herbs integrated in the herbal remedies are organic, grown and harvested in the Northeast
Facilitator
Antonia is a Chilean-American clinical herbalist, gardener, educator, community organizer, and founder. Born and raised in New York City, in a first-generation household which nurtured the values and principles of nature appreciation, land stewardship, interdisciplinary education, and social justice—Antonia’s lifelong passion for herbs and plant medicine helps to bridge the relationships between rural and urban spaces. Antonia combines a decade of experience studying and working with plant medicine, with her studies in environmental and urban studies at Bard College, Clinical Herbalism at Arborvitae School of Traditional Herbal Medicine, and learning with herbalists and elders throughout Central and South America. Antonia facilitates workshops and produces events as the co-founder of NY-based collective—Brujas—and as founder of Herban Cura: An herbal medicine and education project which centers the knowledge and stories of Indigenous, Black, Queer and Trans communities. Antonia’s work is rooted in her passion for sharing knowledge that interrupts notions of individualism and separatism from nature to grow towards collaborative and symbiotic communities.