sorta interesting Northern California Women's Herbal Symbosium

[Guest guest]

http://www.womensherbalsymposium.org/pages/symposium.html

 

 

One session remaining in 2006!

 

Session 3: September 1–4 (Labor Day weekend)

Offering Herbal classes and Sustainable Living classes!

Children's spaces: Full

All other: Open

 

 

 

Welcome

 

 

The Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium

 

PlantWomen gather! The Tribe comes together!

Three times a year women from many backgrounds of life gather together in great

celebration for four full days of inspiring Herbal and Sustainability classes,

gourmet vegetarian meals, talented campfire capers, amazing handcrafted

marketplace items, Rites-of-Passage Ceremonies, powerful campfire drumming and

dancing, refreshing swimming hole dips, and conversations with remarkable &

inspiring women!

 

We meet together under the ancient oaks, douglas firs, and bay trees of Northern

California. Our main gathering area is encircled by sixteen tipis with a large

firepit in the center. All classes are held sitting on the ground under these

majestic trees, or under shade tarps that we have set-up. At night we camp

together, either in the tipis or in tents that we each bring.

 

During the days we are a gathering of women and children studying, teaching,

learning, networking, and talking about plants, healing, and healthy lifestyles.

When the sun goes down we become a playful and celebratory group, chatting,

chanting, singing, showing off our talents, drumming and dancing into the night

around the campfire.

 

We are a group of 350-400 women and children and we gather to learn from each

other, to nurture and nourish each other, to take a break from our daily lives,

to regenerate, refresh, dance, frolic, talk plants, and most of all, to have a

REALLY GOOD THYME together!

 

Each session is a separate event. Do join us for one, two, or all sessions!

 

Location

We meet at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, California, in Mendocino County, a

beautiful site nestled among the native trees and home to Wavy Gravy's circus

and performing arts children's Camp Winnarainbow. There are wild areas to

explore here and two natural creeks that come together, offering excellent and

refreshing dipping holes.

 

Classes & Intensives

Over 50 classes are offered throughout each session, including six four-hour

intensives, covering many different aspects of Herbalism and sustainable

lifestyles. Topics include: Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, , Flower

Essences, Herb Walks, Herbal Crafts, Herbal Cultivation & Propagation, Magical

Herbs, Herbal Treatments for Specific Disorders, Women's Health, and much more.

Session 3 also offers Sustainable Living classes, including: Alternative Vehicle

Fuels, Natural Building Techniques, Permaculture, Solar Energy, and much more.

 

Each session offers different classes and different teachers.