Offered: TBA
Location: Commonweal Garden
Instructor: Kyra Epstein

All life is sacred, and everything in nature is communicating all the time — with messages for us that can lead to our own healing and healing for the Earth herself.

In this introductory session, meet some of the plants that grow locally at Commonweal Garden, and learn how to develop your own capacity for hearing what plants, trees, and the Earth have to say to you. During this time, you’ll find plant allies who want to support you in healing physical ailments, emotional traumas, and spiritual blocks. You’ll begin to experience the wisdom and intelligence of the heart — and how it can help you build a powerful relationship with the natural world.

We will do this work respectfully, working within and without to honor the healing spirit of the Earth and celebrate our part in the web of life. You’ll take away from the series new plant allies and new ways of communicating with the natural world that you can continue to strengthen as you move forward.

Things we’ll explore:

• Collectively creating sacred space through a group ceremony.
• Finding and accessing the part of you that already knows how to work with plants and the Earth on a deep level.
• Practicing speaking and hearing messages using the language of the heart — a powerful tool of intuitive perception.
• Working with wild plants and plant medicine in a group setting.

Workshop Instructor: Kyra Epstein

Kyra Epstein loves helping people find the deep roots, healing, community, and magic that she has found in her sacred journey with plants. She leads events and sacred celebrations, prepares teas and medicines, leads Dances of Universal Peace, and is a sacred life path guide.

She has more than 20 years of experience writing and teaching people about the environment and ways to live more sustainably. She's been published in E/Environment Magazine, the LOHAS Journal (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability), and the Sierra Club's The Planet. Her master's degree is in Environmental Policy and Communication.

In her healing work, she apprenticed with Sacred Plant Medicine healer, herbalist and author Stephen Buhner, and she is lead forager and plant-community-builder for Gaia Tea — her bio-regional artisan herb tea company. She lives on the edge of ocean in West Marin County, California.

Find out more about Kyra on her Web site.

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