SKILLSHARE SUN

  Essences are infused vibrational waters that can create subtle, but very distinct, shifts in consciousness, enabling us to meet the moment in new ways. Come learn some of the less-often-heard aspects of making essences~ of plants, trees, rocks, planets, journeys, and more! We’ll also experience and explore the ways that taking essences can support our bodies and beings in adjusting to and engaging with the shifting energies of these times. Prepare to be dosed! Essence Making & Taking will be taught by Stargazer Li.  ...

Curious (or confused) about fertility awareness and what it takes to use it for contraception? This class will introduce you to the fundamentals of using the Justisse Method of Fertility Awareness to avoid pregnancy. We'll discuss how to observe, chart, and interpret the fertile signs of the menstrual cycle, including cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and cervical positioning, in order to not get pregnant. You'll leave with a much greater understanding of how to know the fertile time of your cycle and use this knowledge to increase your non-hormonal birth control options. This class is merely an introduction, though, and learning how to apply the method for success takes time and practice. This class is for those looking to avoid pregnancy now or indefinitely, including those...

  This workshop is an introduction to flower essences and is good for anyone looking to work with plant medicine beyond a relationship of consumption . We will get into the nitty gritty basics and talk about what it looks like to build a relationship with plants that calls us home to our lineages, is a dialogue with the land we live on and brings us into reciprocity in our medicine making and healing . The questions we’ll explore in our time together are : What are flower essences ? How can I make them? How do I know they are working ? How do I use them in my own healing and with my family or community? We will practice working with flower essences to feel into our intuition...

All of our ancestors sang. Throughout time and space, songs have marked the happenings of life, told stories of culture, made meaning, woven the days. There is wisdom and beauty to be found in old songs and old ways of singing, flickers of wisdom to glean from bending our minds into new sounds and spaces. In this workshop, you'll be invited you to stretch your voice into soundscapes originating in another time and place, to find the bright and piercing timbre of the folk voices of the babas who still sit on stoops and gossip with their friends in the village as the shepherds move the herds through the town before nightfall. From Bulgaria to Ukraine, Scotland to Georgia, the stirring and breathtaking polyphonic music...

  In this 3-hour interactive, self-healing workshop guests will build mandalas using medicinal-quality gemstones and learn to apply them in their aura. The gems will lead them into deep connection with the Earth and their divine feminine, open and awaken their energy flows to bring healing energy to their reproductive organs, and free blockages that affect their libido and self-expression. Guests will practice choosing what's right for them, awakening creativity, and learning how to evaluate, unblock, and balance their feminine and masculine energy flows. Isabelle Morton will be sharing this workshop titled: Free Your Libido....

  Gourds are a vegetable from the squash family, that can be grown in your home garden or on your farm! Once dried, they form hard shelled walls and act similar to wood. This specific species of “bottle/calabash gourds” (Lagenaria Siceraria) has had numerous uses throughout human history all around the world as utensils, tools, birdhouses, stringed musical instruments, rattles, drums, and more. Through the process of carving, gourds become vessels to hold food, water, and more. During this hands-on workshop, we will be creating with loving intention and learning the process of cleaning, cutting, carving, and sanding a dried gourd into a finished bowl. You will walk away with a vessel that will be food safe and ready to eat out of for many moons to...

  Courting the Flame: Hand Dipped Beeswax Candles and Lore Before electricity, you or someone in your community would have made all the candles needed to light the darkness at night. Reclaim this useful skill, and learn the benefits of beeswax, candle history and candle magic and lore. Join us around the communal wax cauldron as we share stories and learn the art and craft of the chandler. The vibe will be conversational and comfortable, come as you are. Experience making candles isn’t necessary, conversely a fellow candle maker would have fun in the circle too. Come with a curious mind and an open heart, leave with several beeswax candles of varying sizes dipped by your own hands. Jess Reigle will be facilitating Hand Dipped Beeswax Candlemaking...

  Healing Insecurity: A Journey in Plant Spirit Medicine Work with your ancestral medicine to build confidence from within. Deepen your relationship with plant magic. Access your spirit guides. Due to the practicalities of living under capitalism within a dominant culture that continues to practice oppressive systems of colonialism, it’s not a surprise that many of us feel inadequacy and doubt, or that we’re not enough, or generally uncomfortable in our own skin. Dive deep into the magical ways you can work with your plant allies in order to access your personal power and gifts. This workshop includes: • Journaling prompts oriented towards getting clear with the emotional/spiritual roots of your insecurity • Contextualization of insecurity within a social justice lens, to better understand how systems of oppression impact our well-being • An intimate...

This Workshop is a introduction to Healing therapeutic body work with self and others. It’ll be a blend of spiritual , physical and emotional practices that will assist you in getting to know yourself , and your partners needs in a therapeutic way, Learning new ways to communicate your wants, needs, and desires to your partner while building trust . A few benefits include learning self & couple massage techniques, deepening & transforming connection between you and your partner, experience increased level of oxytocin, learning ways to increase communication with your partner verbally, physically and spiritually. We will go over some therapeutic massage techniques , both western & eastern practices, and gentle stretches. This is a safe space to feel seen & heard. Connecting to our bodies and...

The Healing Possibility of Herbs in Psychedelic Integration and Preparation. Have you ever wondered how to integrate psychedelics and transformative experiences? Are you left wondering how to return to the world you knew before? The answer is in connection with herbs and learning your subtle body. The connection to herbs provides the safe, grounded force to implement changes for a supportive shift in your world. This class discusses the importance of preparing and integrating psychedelic experiences. The integration begins in preparation. You will learn to harness a subtle connection to our bodies and herbs to integrate transformative experiences. The class starts with a guided meditation into the subtle body leading into a short discussion. We cover psychedelics and what preparation and integration are, then through trial and...