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 Brattleboro, VT
Come journey with the sacred healing plants...
Join us for a 9-Month Apprenticeship in Herbal Healing, Shamanic Herbalism, Plant Spirit Medicine, Spiritual Ecology, Holistic Healing, and Journeying with Plant Devas and Earth Spirits.
www.thegreenwoman.com
The Gaia School of Healing & Earth Education
Apprenticeships are taught in Brattleboro, VT, running from November 2009 until the end of September, 2010. The Plant Medicine Apprenticeship will focus on working with plants as medicine for the body and spirit, remembering the ancient traditions of plant medicine used by village healers around the world. We will focus mostly on Northeastern American plants, as well as plants used in Hawaiian herbal medicine, Ayurveda, and Chinese medicine.
Certification for the 160 hour course will be given upon completion of the apprenticeship. Classes will be held outside when the weather permits and locations will be given upon registration. Please take a look at our apprenticeship syllabus for a closer look at what this course offers.
Apprenticeship classes focus on:
* Herbal Medicine
* Holistic Healing for Mind, Body, & Spirit.
* Plant Spirit Healing
* Folk Traditions of Plant Medicine
* Herbal Actions, Tastes, & Safety Levels
* Systems of the Body & Herbal Energetics
* Medicine Making - (tinctures, infusions, salves, and oils...)
* Shamanic Herbalism
* Guided Meditation & Journeying
* Harvesting & Wildcrafting Plants
* Magical Herbalism & Folklore
* Plant Identification of Northeastern Plants
* Spiritual Ecology & Earth Spirituality
* Communication With Plant & Nature Devas
* Plant Medicine Walks
* Chakra Healing With Plants
* Nature Rituals
Our Plant Medicine Apprenticeship is an intensive journey into green medicine and traditional plant knowledge. The apprenticeship is intended to be a spiritual journey as well as a course in medicinal herbalism. Classes include lecture, ritual, guided journeying, hands-on work with plants, medicine making, journeying with plant spirits, tasting plant infusions and extracts, meditations with nature, earth and body awareness, journal writing, and deep exploration with the spirit of the earth. Students learn to identify and use plants for medicine, form plant allies, and prepare medicinal teas, tinctures, essences, infusions, oils, incenses, and salves with plants from around the world. Students will learn to use the energies of the moon, sun, earth and the elements in their practice and treat imbalances in the body.
This apprenticeship is both a course in Western herbalism and in Shamanic plant spirit medicine. In each class spirit is blended with science, through meditation, lecture, plant walks, and hands-on learning. We seek to unite Western modes of learning and healing with ancient traditions of learning from the earth and from spirit.
The apprenticeship is intended to be a healing journey for each person and towards a deeper connection to the earth. The doorways that are opened and the wisdom gained during class will seep into each apprentices home and everyday life. The plants that each student forms relationships with changes their lives deeply, helping to guide and support them through life- body, mind, and spirit.
At the end of the 9 month program, each student will be brought into the inter-connected web of world healers through ritual and celebration, given gifts of initiation, and will be certified from the school in herbal healing and plant spirit medicine. Educational and plant materials as well as tea or snacks will be provided to you in class. We welcome you to join us in a journey back to the earth, with Sage and the plants! Please feel free to contact us with any questions and we'll arrange a time to speak or meet with you.
The cost for the 10 month November, 2009 Apprenticeship is $1,300 - $1,500 (sliding scale). A $150 discount is given to those who pay in full. Monthly payment plans starting at $130 a month are available. A $200 deposit ($100 is non-refundable) is required to register for the apprenticeship and is subtracted from the total tuition. Full grants are available for Vermont students through VSAC.
To register, fill out the registration form listed on our web site and send it to the address provided. The course will be limited to 15 people. Please feel free to contact Sage with any questions, at thegaiaschool@hotmail.com, or call (617)-838-8094.
This Apprenticeship is open to anyone interested, regardless of their gender, belief system, past experience, or knowledge of plants. We have had both advanced students and beginners as apprentices, and both men and women. Though the course does often stress the energy of the Mother present in the earth, both yin and yang energies present in all things is honored. Women tend to be the majority in our apprenticeships but green men are welcome and greatly appreciated in our circle.
http://www.thegreenwoman.com
The Gaia School of Healing & Earth Education
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