UPCOMING EVENTS
with Kat Maier
Saturday January 31st, 2026, 10am – 5pm
Women’s Herbal Wellness Class Series
with Alicia Garza
First two Fridays of the month
February 6th & 13th
@ 4:00 pm
*** Stick around for Terrie’s Sound Bath afterwards***
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Grounded Sound Baths
Fridays February 6th & 13th
5:45 pm
(Come after Alicia’s Wellness Class)
Connect with Mother Earth as you immerse yourself in the soothing sound of crystal and Tibetan singing bowls and other meditative instruments for a deeply relaxing & healing inward journey. Grounding mats provided.
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VALENTINES DAY OFFERINGS:
Tea Ceremony: Connecting to your Heart
February 14~Valentine’s Day~ @10:30 am-11:45 am
with Silvy Franco
Join Silvy in a small group Tea Ceremony Meditation that will assist you in quieting your mind and revealing the whispers of your heart. During this group meditation practice you will feel your nervous system come into balance, feel a deeper state of inner peace, presence, and connection to your soul.
Men’s Herbal Wellness Class
February 14th ~ Valentine’s Day~@ 1pm
with Alicia Garza
Join us for this small group class designed for men, where we will explore an introduction to men’s wellness, guided gentle movements to support circulation and mobility, heart opening postures and breath work to cultivate presence and connection, and herbs for energy, heart health, and stress regulation.
Edible Aphrodisacs
February 14th ~Valentine’s Day~ @ 3:30pm-4:45pm
with Silvy Franco
Join Silvy for a fun afternoon of exploring the tantalizing world of aphrodisiacs. Here is what our afternoon journey will include…
~An introduction to aphrodisiac herbs
~Making and tasting edible aphrodisiacs delights; like sweet treats, herbal drinks, and more
~Take home some treats and recipes to enjoy at home.
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Sound Healing- Opening the Heart
February 14th ~Valentine’s Evening~
5:45 pm-7:00pm
with Terrie Weaver
Connect with Mother Earth as you immerse yourself in the soothing sound of crystal and Tibetan singing bowls and other meditative instruments for a deeply relaxing & healing inward journey. This hour offers an opportunity to calm your nervous system, relax, and ground. You will leave feeling centered and refreshed.
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Heart-Opening Cacao Ceremony
Blue Vervain
/in Herb of the Month /by Ashley Davis(Verbena hastata)
Blue Vervain is a wonderfully relaxing plant with many uses. Native to the United States, Vervain is a beautiful perennial herb, growing 3-8′ tall. It prefers full sun and medium-wet soils. Often found in wet meadows and river bottoms in the Great Lakes region, Blue Vervain attracts butterflies and other pollinators and makes a great addition to your medicinal herb garden.
Family: Verbenaceae
Parts Used: aerial (above ground)
Energetics: bitter, acrid, cold, drying
Actions: bitter tonic, relaxing nervine, febrifuge, hypotensive, diaphoretic, emetic in large doses
Uses: a strongly relaxing nervine, vervain calms states of anxiety as well as hysteria and seizure. It is useful for occasions (or periods of time) when the sympathetic nervous system is stuck in overdrive, such as acute and chronic stress, or when body is shivering due to a fever. In fevers, the diaphoretic action of vervain opens the peripheral blood vessels to bring on a sweat and break a fever. It can also be useful following a debilitating illness to restore digestion and tone. As a bitter tonic, small doses of vervain are stimulating to digestive secretions, and decongestant to the liver and gallbladder. Vervain also has a reputation for helping to relieve hot flashes and night sweats.
Indications: hot flashes, night sweats, fevers, and any time the pores are tightly closed and the body needs to vent. Constitutionally speaking, vervain is suited to people who are intensely driven with perfectionist tendencies. These people often have very high and unreasonable expectations of themselves as well as others. Their strong mental and emotional focus draws energy away from the digestive and reproductive centers. And without that grounding lower body strength, they often overexert their upper bodies, resulting in tension in the upper shoulders and neck. Matthew Wood writes that vervain is for people with “strong above, weak below.” He also recommends it for women who have intense food cravings during menses (Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants p.351).
Dosage: As a tincture, use 2-4 ml per day according to the British Pharmacopeia. Matthew Wood recommends 1-3 drops 1-3 times a day.
Contraindications: not recommended during pregnancy. It is not a nourishing or tonic herb so prolonged use and/or high doses are not recommended.
**This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease**