Spiritweavers

  During this grounding workshop
You’ll have the opportunity to explore Ancestral techniques of shaping clay into functional or decorative pieces These techniques will guide you in a step by step process
where your creativity can flow. Let’s explore with clay this wonderful timeless art Let’s celebrate and honor ancient traditions. The workshop offers a firing at the end of the gathering. In this wonderful ceremony you’ll be able to witness the amazing transformation of clay into ceramics. The ceremony will be shared with all participants and will be co-guided with Hosanna White. You’ll leave the gathering with your own handcrafted ceramic piece steeped in the essence of ancestral craft.


 "Embracing the art of ancestral ceramics". will be shred by Morena Paz....

During this class we will be learning an easy technique to work with wool, called finger crochet, and we will be making fingerless gloves or leg warmers (or both if you are fast!). You don't need to have experience with crochet or knitting, even though it is helpful. We will learn the basic concepts of crochet that you will find helpful if you decide to learn later on to use the tool. You should be able to almost finish your project or at least get very familiar with it by the end of the workshop. It is going to be a great opportunity to sit in circle with women, get our hands working and learn how to make yourself something that keeps you warm and cozy...

Learn how to make your own plant-based medicine. We’ll explore a variety of herbal preparations that you can make in your kitchen using simple techniques. We will go through a step by step process to make tinctures, infusions, decoctions, syrups and oils. We'll also go over some ideas to incorporate medicinal herbs into our everyday kitchen recipes. Bring note taking supplies. Free or a $10 donation for 24 folks to make a product during the workshop to take home. Folk Medicine Making will be shared by Elise Higley....

Cold Exposure and Breathwork can be utilized as hormetic stressors to enhance immune system agility, stimulate healing and enhance overall wellbeing. Discuss the ancestral and ancient ways of this practice, the scientific phenomenon, and the many methods with mechanics and safety protocols. We will then explore the breath with a guided session of conscious breathing to incorporate all aspects of the practice. This will prepare the mind, body, and spirit for breathing through challenges, chosen and unchosen, seen and unseen. The chosen stressor created with the breath will reduce the reactivity to daily stressors. Reactivity to stressors directly affects our wellbeing from the inside out! Bring away from this class the tools and experience to develop a self-practice and the motivation to maintain frequency that greatly dissolves harmful...

Fungi are our sacred ancestors. They are foundational to a resilient planet, body, and community. Fungi illuminate our undeniable connectivity, our dance between life and death, help see the unseen, and exist more as a verb or flow than a stasis or conclusion. In many traditions around the world womyn are the ones who keep the mushroom knowledge. At the same time, in modern American culture, fungi have been dangerously neglected, misunderstood, vilified, condemned and deemed as nothing more than harmful pests. How do we, as womyn, honor and steward fungi in the body, kitchen, and land? How can we partner with fungi to nourish our families and communities? To engage healing and transformation in our own lives? How do we safely forage, process mushrooms for...

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...

    This workshop will be about seeing ourselves truly in the light and colors we want to see ourselves. We will dive into word of affirmations, colors and feelings, and aspirations. We then, will dive into light sketching ourselves with a mirror and meditation, while painting ourselves. Healing through Self Portrait Painting Workshop is taught by Willorna Mendiola-Lara.  ...

  The focus of this class is to learn about herbal allies and holistic supports for Motherhood from fertility and preconception to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. We will discuss nourishing practices for our mind, body, and spirit through diet, exercise, meditation, etc.. as well as sacred rituals to truly honor the Mother and her transition through this holy time. Overall, the class is about holistically supporting women and the ones yet to come with plant medicines and rituals that are rooted in the knowledge of our biological and physiological needs. Amber Young will be sharing Herbal & Holistic Supports Through the Birthing Year....

In the words of Robin Wall Kimmerer, “In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.” This herb walk is a plant identification walk where we will get to know our local plants and their medicinal properties, but also how to tend to the native plants and wild land to avoid creating any disturbances in our ecosystems. We will learn about reciprocity and what it means to take care of the land and each other. Bring a notepad and pen! Herb walk will be offered by Andrea Jimenez....

    I have been a midwife and an herbalist for 25 years and I am so excited to share all of the herbal allies with you to support a healthy, natural pregnancy. Pregnancy can be a time of great shifts both mentally and physically and the plant world offers safe and effective care for both you and your growing babe. We will discuss the most common pregnancy shifts and learn the best ways to nurture and support yourself through the childbearing year. I will offer supplies to make an herbal tea to nourish you mama. You deserve all the love. This will be a time to mother the mother (you). Herbal Allies for a Natural Pregnancy will be taught by Misty McBride. ...