Monthly Medicine Making Circle

$35.00 – $250.00

with Jen Willett

Each month we will meet new plants, explore herbal energetics, craft take-home herbal concoctions together and share a cup of tea.  Classes will most often be held the 4th Saturday of each month and can be taken as a single class or series.

Held the 4th Saturday of the month from 2:00-4:30   (with the exception of September)

$35 per class or $250 for full series  (8 Classes)

8-10 students  (Minimum 4)

Participants will be offered printed references, recipes and herbal goodies they collectively  prepare

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Description

April 22~ Violet and Friends: Salves & Edible Spring Treats

Violet (Violacea spp.), Plantain (Plantago spp.), Dandelion (Taraxacum spp.)

  • Participants will gain familiarity with chickweed, plantain, violet and dandelion, and the various ways they can be harvested for food and gentle medicine.
  • Make Violet & Plantain Balm with Lavender essential oil 
  • Collectively make Dandelion, Violet, Chickweed Pesto  to share as a group 

May 27 ~ Nourish: Infusions and Food

Nettles (Urtica dioica), Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Oat Straw (Avena sativa) 

Violet and Chickweed continued…

  •  Learn how  to prepare Nourishing infusions
  • Prepare a mineral rich vinegar that could be sipped with warm water and honey or used as a yummy dressing
  • Discuss ways to prepare Nettles as Food (share a little green goodness snack)
  • Sip a nourishing infusion.

June 24~ Summer Solstice and Sunshine Tincture 

St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum), Milky Oats (Avena sativa), Tulsi/Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) &  Calendula (Calendula resina)

  • Making tinctures ~ Sunshine tonic for winter months
  • Milky Oats, Tulsi & Rose  tea ~ the beauty of this tea and it’s gentle gift to our nervous system
  • Explore uses of St. John’s Wort Oil

July 22 ~ Herbal Popsicles & Pastilles

Wild Bergamont  (Monarda fistulosa), Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis), Holy Basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) & Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata)

  • Premade popsicles will be shared after a demo on preparing a batch. 
  • Participants  each make a tin of  herbal pastilles with local herbs and honey

August 26~ Bath Blends & Facial Serums

Rose (Rosa spp.), Calendula  (Calendula resina) & Elderflower (Sambucus nigra)

  • Rose, Calendula & Elder Oil
  • Refreshing summer drink, preparing syrups (Raspberry Rose Sparkler) w/Dandelion Orange Bitters

October 1 ~ Broth Blends Astragalus (Astragalus propinquus),  Shitake (Lentinula edodes), Burdock (Arctium lappa), Nettle (Urtica dioica) & Calendula (Calendula officinalis),

  • We’ll discuss  those deep, whispering, nutritive, roots & the mycelial and fungal net of the earth
  • Participants will make broth blends to take home in a  muslin bag. 

October 28~ Remember Your Roots

Marshmallow (Athaea officinalis), Burdock (Arctium lappa), Ashwagandha, Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)

  • Visit Echinacea and Burdock tincture & uses.
  • Explore ways to connect with Burdock through cooking,  broths or tea blends.
  • Mucilaginous Marshmallow, Adaptogenic Ashwagandha & Milky Oat Cocoa Blend with Reishi 

November 25~ Smoke Bundles & Surrender

Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua), Sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata), Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)  & Lavender (Lavandula spp.)

  • Get creative and bundle up these lovely Autumn offerings into smoke bundles to prepare for winter cozy time.  We will meet plants that offer a lovely scent and quality to awaken your space.

Open in gratitude: meditative &  reflective circle

  • Soul Speak Quotes, Pass a basket
    • Group mandala: center circle
      • Poetry
        • Silence
          • Breath

Close with tea tasting (single plant from the session)

Additional information

Class

Whole Series, April 22, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 26, October 1, October 28, November 25

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