SACRED PLANT MEDICINE APPRENTICESHIP SANTA MONICA & TOPANGA, CA ~ GROUP 2

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1 SACRED PLANT MEDICINE APPRENTICESHIP SANTA MONICA & TOPANGA, CA ~ GROUP 2 Syllabus & Booklist Class will be held in two locations : Marysia's home and in Topanga in addition to some field trips. We will be gathering one weekend every month, from 11:00am until about 5:30pm both Saturday and Sunday. Please plan on arriving 20 minutes before the start of class so you can comfortably arrive and we can begin on time. Arriving early is one of the ways we honor the sacred space of our class time. All classes comprise of meditations with the plants, lecture and either field or hands-on study. We will be learning directly from the plants and earth as often as possible! There will be a break for lunch around 1:00 pm, which will last for minutes. Please bring snacks for yourself, or to share with the group if you are inspired. Lunch preparation for the group will be potluck style and each week we will sign up to bring either a meal or snacks for one of the two days. Please bring your journal and mug for each class as well as any floor seating options that you most enjoy. Students have enjoyed bringing a fold up floor chair such as the backjack chairs, pillows or meditation cushions in the past. Please no tall (normal) chairs. Bring warm clothes during the colder months or incase of rain as well as hats and sunscreen for sunny days of wildcrafting. In most cases all Saturday classes are indoors and Sunday classes are outdoors under a shade structure. All class announcements as far as location changes and syllabus changes will be relayed through our Facebook group page. If you do not currently use Facebook, please set up an account for the purpse of this class with an alias or your real name. Please add Marysia Miernowska so I can place you in our class group. Please remember that this is a course in herbalism and plant shamanism as well as a spiritual journey into Self with the Plant Spirits as our guides. Course readings following each weekend and Home Practice will ground what we are experiencing in class and bring it into your every day life. Some of the readings and Home Practice are optional; however, after each module there will also be some required Home Practice. Prepare for the journey by creating space in your life for a weekly home practice. There is also a take home midterm test, a take home final exam and a final project that each student creates and presents over graduation weekend. Our private Facebook group serves as an online tea forum ~ a place for you to discuss readings, connect with your fellow apprentices, share breakthroughs as well as recipes and experiences with the plants. We learn much from one another and create a sacred circle community; a monthly check in on this page is part of the required home practice. The following syllabus is subject to change based on weather, plant availability, and time during class. COURSE SCHEDULE & SYLLABUS: August 2 nd ~ GAIA SCHOOL OF HEALING POTLUCK & OPENING CEREMONY * Meeting each other & breaking bread in a Sacred Biodynamic Medicinal & food garden, Point Dume, Malibu. * Mentorship group creation & circling * Potluck lunch celebration with all Gaia first year and second year students. Weekend #1 August 15 th & 16 th FIRST CLASS, NOURISHING HERBS Saturday, August 15 th * Welcome circle, opening meditation. * Opening talking circle and gifts. * Overview of apprenticeship, syllabus, booklist, journals, and optional assignments.

2 * Understanding The Wise Woman Tradition in comparrison to other healing traditions. * Plant allies and nourishing medicinal herbs. * How to make nourishing and raw herbal infusions. SACRED SPACE & BLESSING HERBS Sunday, August 16 th * Creating sacred space with the spirits. * Calling in the directions * Grounding, centering, and cleansing the body/mind/spirit. * Blessings herbs: Sage, Sweetgrass, Copal, Frankincense, and others. * Cleansing & clearing herbs. Weekend #2 September 12 th & 13 th CONSCIOUSNESS SHIFTING & DREAM PLANTS Saturday, September 12 th * Spirit/dream journeying and communicating with earth spirits. * Meditation and altered states of consciousness. * Guided journey to meet spirit guides and plant allies. * Third eye, nervine & dream herbs. PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE & COMMUNICATING WITH PLANT SPIRITS- Sunday, September 13 th * Communicating and journeying with plant allies. * Guided meditation with plant spirits. * Plant Spirit Medicine practice. * Magical herbalism and plant lore. * Tuning into Earth cycles: Mabon & Autumn Equinox Weekend #3 October 10 th & 11 th HERBAL PREPARATIONS Saturday, October 10 th * Hands-on folk herbal preparations. * How to make tinctures, teas, infusions, and oils. * Preparing herbs in an ethical, respectful, sacred way. * Blessing & ritual of medicine making. HERBAL ENERGETICS & SAFETY LEVELS - Sunday, October 11 h * Herbal energetics explored. * Herb safety levels, dosages, & tastes. * Doctrine of Signatures, reading the physical nature of a plant. * Yin/Yang, Four Element Theory. * Tuning into Earth cycles: Samhain & the end of the harvest Weekend #4 November 14 th & 15 th THE ROOT CHAKRA & IMMUNE SYSTEM - Saturday, November 14 th * The Root Chakra overview & Plants for the root. * The Immune system, protection and boundaries. * Herbs for healing and strengthening the immune system. * Adaptogens, Deep-immune tonics, Immune stimulating herbs.

3 THE MEDICINE WHEEL - Sunday, November 15 th * Herbs for the Root Chakra & Immune System continued. * The Medicine Wheel in healing and magic. * The four elements and four directions. * Plants and Animals of the four elements and directions. * Journeying within the Wheel, opening doors, meeting allies. Weekend #5 December 12 th & 13 th THE SACRAL CHAKRA & SACRED CREATIVITY- Saturday, December 12 th * Plant allies for the reproductive system & Second Chakra. * Herbal Aphrodisiacs. * The magick of the fertile darkness. * Moon Medicine * Womb prayer belts & sacred creativity * Tuning into Earth cycles: Winter solstice & the New Year HERBS FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINALS & BOTANY - Sunday, December 13 th * Field trip to the Learning Garden, Venice * Plant Walk, meeting the medicinal plants as they grow. * Plant ID, Observation & Botanical illustration. * Herbs for menstruation, motherhood, pregnancy, and menopause. * Herbal healing for men, prostate health and fertility. Weekend #6 January 9 th & 10 th DIAGNOSING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & HERBAL YONI STEAM HEALING; SOLAR PLEXUS - Saturday, January 9 th * Guest lecturer Pracitioner & business owner Keli Garza of Chick Food Inc. * The Solar Plexus - Herbs that heal and nourish this chakra. HERBAL HEALING FOR THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM & - Sunday, January 10 th * The spirit of our Solar Center * The Digestive System Holistic Healing * Healing digestive imbalances with plants. * Meditations with plants and nature spirits. Weekend #7 February 20 & 21 st * DATE is pushed back one week due to Sacred Tropical Plant Medicine Retreat in Costa Rica scheduled loosely for January 30 th February 9 th THE HEART CHAKRA & THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - Saturday, February 20 th * The Heart Chakra * Heart & Circulatory system imbalances. * Herbal healing for the heart and circulatory system. * Herbs for love and compassion.

4 ESSENTIAL OILS, LOTIONS & POTIONS - Sunday, February 21 st * Essential oils & Aromatherapy * Essential oils in beauty, first aid, ritual & more. * Making massage oils, aromatherapy misters & anointed love candles Weekend #8 March 12 th & 13 th *** CAMPING WEEKEND IN MALIBU *** CALIFORNIA NATIVES & MOON MAGIC *** CAMPING Saturday, March 12 th * Wilderness Exploration, Plant walk. * Moon magic, lore and love. * Hiking, Fire Circles, Camping fun! * Tuning into Earth cycles: Ostara & Spring OCEAN MEDICINE & HERBAL BATHING *** CAMPING Sunday, March 13 th * Plant walk & harvesting native medicinals & wild edibles * Ocean flower mandala magick * Water magic and medicine, rituals, and spells with the ocean. * Healing herbs of the sea, using salt and sand for healing. * Bath Salt Making Ritual on the beach. Weekend #9 April 9 th & 10 th HERBS FOR THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM & THROAT CHAKRA - Saturday, April 9 th * The Throat Chakra, imbalances and healing. * Herbs for healing the respiratory system. * Breath work, song, silence, and chanting. * Opening the throat, herbs for communication. FLOWER ESSENCES - Sunday, April 10 th ~ Point Dume Private Biodynamic Garden * Healing with flower essences. * Flower walk, herbal medicine garden walk & plant ID. * Flower essence making. * Meditations with essences & flower spirits. Weekend #10 - May 14 th & 15 th HERBS FOR THE NERVOUS SYSTEM & THE THIRD EYE Saturday, May 14 th * Third eye chakra, healing & imbalances. * Holistic healing for stress, depression, and anxiety. * Herbs for nourishing the nervous system. * Herbal pain relief & muscle relaxants. SHAMANIC HERBALISM, JOURNEYING & CROWN CHAKRA Sunday, May 15 th * Shamanism around the world, shamanism for the healer. * Crown Chakra- Journeying, meditation, and spirit work. * Working with spirit guides and ancestors. * Shamanic Herbalism.

Weekend #11 June 11 th & 12 th THE FINAL WEEKEND Presentation of Final Projects & Graduation Ceremony Saturday ~ CIRCLING BACK * Presentations of final projects from each apprentice.

5 Weekend #11 June 11 th & 12 th THE FINAL WEEKEND Presentation of Final Projects & Graduation Ceremony Saturday ~ CIRCLING BACK * Presentations of final projects from each apprentice. * Meditation and reflection on apprenticeship. * Offerings to, and spirit journeys with, plant allies, spirit guides, and Gaia. Sunday ~ GRADUATION GIFTS & CLOSING * Morning ritual, prayers, and circle. * Family/friends arrive at 2:00pm for graduation ceremony to begin at 2:30pm * Offerings, certificates, gifts. * Celebration & Potluck Blessings on your journey! SUPPLIERS OF * Organic * HERBS: Mountain Rose Herbs, Generally quality (though sometimes unpredictable) organic herbs at a good price. Located in Oregon. Ask for the 10% discount as an herbal student. 40 % off for group orders! Pacific Botanicals, Very high quality organic herbs at a fairly good price, located on the west coast. Jean s Greens, Very high quality herbs, located in NY. Frontier Herbs available through amazon.com and prime shipping.

6 2014 Recommended Booklist ** = Assigned readings. The first five books listed are highly recommended for this course. * Recommended additional texts for course. Please read one or both of the highted books as your summer reading before our journey begins HERBAL HEALING: ** Healing Wise, By Susan Weed ** Sacred Plant Medicine, By Stephan Harrod Buhner ** How to Move Like a Gardener By Deb Soule ** The Gift of Healing Herbs by Robin Rose Bennett ** Plant Spirit Medicine, By Eliot Cowan * The Complete Floral Healer by Anne McIntyre * Opening Our Wild Hearts to the Healing Herbs, By Gail Faith Edwards * The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth by Stephen Harrod Buhner * Wisdom of the Plant Devas: Herbal Medicine for a New Earth Paperback by Thea Summer Deer The Earthwise Herbal Series by Matthew Wood Backyard Medicine: Harvest and Make Your Own Herbal Remedies by Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal The Complete Herbal Tutor: A Structured Course to Achieve Professional Expertise by Anne McIntyre The Essential Book of Herbal Medicine, By Simon Mills Witch's Heal, By Billie Potts A Modern Herbal, By Mrs. M. Grieve The Yoga of Herbs, By Dr. David Frawley Planetary Herbology, By Michael Tierra The Energetics of Western Herbs (Vol. 1 & 2), By Peter Holmes Herbal Antibiotics By Stephen Harrod Buhner The New Holistic Herbal, By David Hoffman The Book of Herbal Wisdom, By Mathew Wood A Woman's Book of Herbs, By Deb Soule

7 Partner Earth: A Spiritual Ecology, By Pam Montgomery The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook, By James Green A City Herbal, By Maida Silverman The New Age Herbalist, By Richard Mabey PLANT IDENTIFICATION BOOKS: * Healing with Medicinal Plants of the West by Cecilia Garcia and James D. Adams, Jr. * Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West by Gregory L. Tilford Newcomb's Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs, By Steven Foster & James Duke. National Audubon Society: Field Guide to Wildflowers PLANT SPIRIT MEDICINE BOOKS: * Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness by Pam Montgomery The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature by Stephen Harrod Buhner The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth by Stephen Harrod Buhner Plant Spirit Shamanism: Traditional Techniques for Healing the Soul by Ross Heaven and Howard G. Charing Wisdom of the Plant Devas: Herbal Medicine for a New Earth Paperback by Thea Summer Deer

THE GAIA SCHOOL OF HEALING & EARTH EDUCATION SACRED PLANT MEDICINE APPRENTICESHIP POINT DUME, MALIBU CA GROUP 2 ~ WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY

THE GAIA SCHOOL OF HEALING & EARTH EDUCATION SACRED PLANT MEDICINE APPRENTICESHIP POINT DUME, MALIBU CA 2017-2018 GROUP 2 ~ WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY Syllabus & Booklist Class will be held in our garden classroom