Old Skillshare

We will make traditional Appalachian style baskets, also known as the egg basket. We will use locally harvested materials, as well as hemp twine and seagrass. Locally grown materials will include, bay laurel, golden willow, red osha dogwood, watsonia grass, New Zealand flax and bark. We will discuss native plants used for weaving, as well as tropical plant fibers. We will discuss and explore the many weaving plants, along with their native origin. We will also discuss the preparation for weaving with each fiber. We will discuss what you can plant in your own garden, to cultivate and harvest your own weaving wonders. Please bring clippers or scissors if possible.   Beginning Basket Weaving will be shared by Katrina Sky Weaver...

28 January, 2022

Decolonizing Your Ritual is a workshop for learning greater awareness, developing healthier practices and maintaining great spiritual hygiene. We’ll discuss in depth on topics from cultural appropriation to embodied reverence. As well as how to create sacred rituals in community or for your own personal practice with integrity and without harm. We’ll take a deeper dive into the origins of traditions and cover the following subjects: - Colonization, capitalism, and ethics in Spiritual Wellness - Cleansing, grounding and setting sacred space - Basic rituals and altar building - Crystals, herbalism, how to work with plant allies and other tools - Drums, rattling, other instruments and song - Self care, adornment and affirmations There will also be an opportunity for Q&A and collectively creating a ritual together. You’ll leave feeling more connected and hopefully with better understanding, compassion,...

14 May, 2020

divorce is usually tough and often rough, and although conscious uncoupling is sometimes possible, we aren’t often exposed to the ways and means of graceful disentanglement. there are multiple and diverse reasons for experiencing or seeking a divorce and there are a myriad of experiences women have, accompanied by a whirlwind of emotions, before during and after divorce. in our grief/relief and time of mystery, whether we initiated the divorce or not, engulfing waves of full spectrum feelings, ebb and flow. our lives unravel and we re-weave life into a new tapestry. we learn to witness and lean into our own evolution, firmly rooted in our potent maturing self-love and spiritual growth. we are regenerative and we re-bloom, discovering how divorce has the potential to...

24 December, 2019

Mapping and tracking your dreams is an ancient art. It is a process that we share with our ancestors and remains relevant today. They dreamed, we dream, and with the art of bringing our dreams through into daytime, we become a bigger part of all that is happening. Dreaming is a practice- a way of connecting and being that never arrives but creates a continuous informing thread back into our awakening lives. Based on the ancient premise that everything is alive, that there is another reality running parallel or alongside us, I am calling dream time. Running 24/7, it is outside the realm of ordinary words and speaks in a language that rhymes, and connects outside the field of rationality in metaphor, synchronicity, and magical irrationality....

20 December, 2019

This is an open discussion and council on how we can be “Allys” in today’s day and age. This is more than race or color, sex, gender, orientation, faith, nationalism, ability, class, beliefs… this is about all of that AND a deep desire to dissolve that which separates us by being heard, seen, and empathized with and doing the same for all. We show up as we are, knowing there's always more to learn + remember. We show up holding what we're holding. It's all not only welcomed here, but it's also needed. We take responsibility for how we choose to show up. When we come together in the shared space of council we see the experiences that unite us, we connect through differences, we empathize with...

19 December, 2019

We are living in a time where so many of us are feeling a loss of meaning in our lives and a disconnection from old ways of being. With each season of life, there is a rite of passage or initiation that marks the end of one and the beginning of the next. But with the passing of time and the modernizing of our world, we have lost many of these rituals and kept only slivers of the meaning in the ones we still hold on to. It is essential to our sense of belonging to the earth, to our bodies, and to each other that we mark the moments of transformation in our lives. This acknowledgement supports us in consciously stepping forward into new...

01 January, 2023

The Spirit Weavers Initiation: Navigating the Gathering with Power and Grace For many of us, a deep awakening occurs when we enter a women’s gathering. Parts of our beings, previously dormant, wounded, or suppressed may rise to the surface. We enter a space free from the many stimulants, toxins, and comforts our systems are used to. We find new access to the realm of intuition, our dreams, and deepest fears. What we find may surprise, scare, or delight us. This class provides an in-depth look at why we have come to this gathering, what we need to fulfill our purpose while here, and helps us answer the questions: Who am I? and What is my healing path? We will be guided through introspection and journaling exercises and gifted...

21 December, 2019

Are you ready to transform into the best possible version of yourself during this time? The prophecy states Quezalcoatl (feathered serpent = enlightened one, also can be interpreted as Kundalini) will appear all over the world to create the change necessary in the world between 1991 - 2021. Are you ready to answer this call? This class offers simple yet powerful breathing technique used in Toltec tradition taught by Sergio Magana as a start of the transformational process for the time of COVID-19. This breathwork is a discipline created and passed on by the ancient people of Mexico to awaken our enlightened nature. This breathwork taught by Sergio Magana Ocelocoyotl is designed to awaken your inner power, heal seven past generations and living families, create deeper bond...

13 May, 2020

We will make fresh, quick mozzarella and burrata. @aiyahrebecca For our class, please bring 1/2 gallon of milk (not ultra pasteurized) the best brand you can find!  I like Strauss milk available in some parts of Oregon and California.  Also, you will need a couple of tablespoons of powdered citric acid (available at many places that carry bulk goods), Double strength liquid rennet (available at cheesemaking.com), cream, herbs (fresh basil is nice!) and salt.  Please also have available 2 pots that one will fit in the other to create a double boiler, a slotted spoon, food thermometer, colander, rubber gloves, measuring cups and spoons, a butter knife and a large bowl.    ...

17 May, 2020

Rivers of Life: An Exploration of Embodied Lymphatic Breast Health In this class we will explore Lymphatic Breast Health though the lens of Ayurvedic self care and embodiment. We will dive into holistic breast health and begin to understand the importance our lymphatic system plays in immunity as well as explore self care practices to help support healthy lymphatic flow and blood circulation. We will explore our anatomy, take a look at how our menstrual cycle health effects breast health and discuss a variety of common health concerns as well as contributing lifestyle factors. Together we will come up with creative solutions to our blockages around consistent self- care, learn proper techniques for self breast checks, as well as mind body medicine techniques to infuse into...

23 February, 2021