WILD BACKYARD
Saturday 9:30am – 12:30pm 4/16 $29 Sunday 1:00pm to 4:00pm 7/17 $29
Discover overlooked food sources and how nature’s medicines are living among us. Wise Woman Herbalist Kathryn Lafond leads a guided sensory experience of our natural surroundings, identifying local plants, how we can benefit from them, as well as how to live in a more healthy and sustainable world. Emphasis will be on using sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch activities to heighten our awareness. **Curriculum changes with each season’s plants**
Activity #431814 through Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Rec. 206-842-5330 to sign-up.
Spring Herbs & Vinegars
Saturday 9:30am – 12:30pm 5/21 $39
Wise Woman Herbalist Kathryn Lafond leads a walking workshop showcasing how to put our local springtime herbs to good use nourishing you, your family, your animals, and even your garden. Emphasis will be on learning each herb’s unique benefits, medicinal and edible uses, harvesting methods, and how to make beneficial invigorating herbal vinegars. Participants will leave with their own herbal vinegar.
Activity #431815 Through Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Rec. 206-842-2306 to sign up.
Journey of Trust Series
Led by Debby Haase and Kathryn Lafond
Journey of Trust: Bursting Out of Your Box April 11 – June 13th 2011
Bring inner work to an outer expression using the offerings from nature, meditation, chanting, visual arts, journaling, shamanic journeying and playfulness. Create a community of support while manifesting your heartfelt intentions.
Mondays 10:00am – 12:00pm, 9 sessions for $225
Journey of Trust: Releasing the Resistance to Seeing Through the Heart Jan. 3rd – March 14th, 2011
Dig deeper into the inner realm within the chalice of our community as we explore the tools of the visionary: Gratitude, Seeing, and Blessing from Awakening to the Spirit World: “Gratitude: An attitude designed to open the heart; Seeing: also known as forgiveness or compassion; a powerful method of releasing blame, guilt, and shame; and Blessings: The act of recognizing that Spirit is coming through all that we are experiencing.“ Class format includes meditation, chanting, movement, and experiential exercises. We will explore practices of sacred holding; shamanic journeying for finding Right Intentions; expanding self-love; transforming fear; journaling and the treasure of Wise Woman ceremonies. By combining sacred practices from various wisdom traditions, we are able to discover what meets our unique needs to nurture our souls.
Mondays 10:00am to 12:00pm 9 sessions for $225
Journey of Trust: Freeing Your Inner Voice Sept. 27th- Nov. 29th, 2010
Explore sacred practices including meditation, chanting, Shamanic journeying, movement, visual arts, reflection, and journaling to:
Find greater meaning in your personal quest
Support Spiritual grounding
Create community to support your journey
Grow trust in your inner voice
Mondays 10:00am – 12:00pm 9 sessions for $225
SONGS FOR TRANSITION, HEALING, AND CELEBRATION with
Kathryn Lafond and Lucy Dickinson. A Sound Spirit Initiative,
Sat. May 15th, 7-9:30pm For the Love of Singing!
A fun, participatory singing workshop offering music as a healing tool to honor the cycles and new beginnings of our lives. Learn new and ancient healing songs from a variety of cultural traditions. All levels of musical experience welcome! Cost: $20 Register by May 13th @ www.soundspirit.org or call 360-598-4434
NATURE’S LESSONS – HERB WALK – June 5th, 9:30-11:30
Come explore what Nature has to offer. Identify what’s up and discover how our ancestors and Native Americans used them. Learn how to nourish your family in a sustainable fashion. Appropriate for beginners as well as those in ongoing herbal studies. Fee: $20/pp or $40/family Register: 206-842-2306
Activity #221905 through BIMPR. Location: Home of K. Lafond
Exploring Self-Care: Tools for Trusting the Dynamic Healer Within
Sat., June 19th, 9:00am -12:30pm
Become a powerful self-care provider! Learn to recognize, listen and respond to the messages your body sends. Partnering in such a way develops trust in the healer who works daily on your behalf. Fee: $40/pp, Location: Home of K. Lafond
Exploring Self-Care: Intro to Physical and Emotional Tools for Sustaining a Healthy Inner Landscape. Sun. July 11th, 1:30-3:30pm
Fee $20/pp Build a relationship with skills and allies that empower your self-care tool box:
Herbs Tried & True Home Remedies Acupressure points Energy work Homeopathies Flower Essences
IDENTIFY WILD FOODS AND MEDICINES
Sun., August 1st, 1pm- 3:30pm Every season provides a surprise bounty of herbs but what do we do with them? Learn to identify our wild food and medicines and when to harvest. Includes community sharing time to glean teachings from the group. For beginners to intermediate herbalists. Fee $20/pp or $40/family, All ages welcome. To register call 206-842-2306. Activity #421906 offered through BIMPR. Location: home of K. Lafond |
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