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We are elated to host the first ever Evergreen Winter Retreat on February 1, 2020!
We invite you to come together during this mid winter along the banks of the Potomac River to explore explore herbs, meditation, medicine making, herb walk, and various holistic healing modalities. This event has been specially crafted for adults, nurslings welcome.
Questions? Email us a [email protected]
Location:
Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park
3400 Bryan Point Road
Accokeek, Maryland 20607 Enter Main Driveway,
Take Right at Visitors Sign, Come into Education Center Building
Schedule:
8:45 Registration Open & Arrival
9:15 am Welcome & Opening
9:30-10 Pathway to Calm - Deep Relaxation and Meditation Irmina Ulysse (Rev. Tutu)
10:05-10:50 Gua Sha for Everyday Health Amy Hsu
10:55-11:40 Accessible and Affordable Herbcraft: Using Whatcha Got Tuh Git Whatcha Need! Kristyn Gerchalk
11:40 Lunch BREAK & HERBAL MARKET
12:40-1:25 Winter Herb Walk Holly Poole-Kavana
OR
The Spiritual Side of Yoni Steaming with Thema Azize Serwa
1:30-2:15 Flower Essences as Seasonal Medicine Christina Taylor
2:15 BREAK & HERBAL MARKET
2:45-3:30 Herbal Winterization Yuma "Docta Yew" Bellomee
3:35-4:20 Restorative & Yin Yoga Techniques for Home Practice Staycie Francisco
8:45 Registration Open & Arrival
9:15 am Welcome & Opening
9:30-10 Pathway to Calm - Deep Relaxation and Meditation Irmina Ulysse (Rev. Tutu)
10:05-10:50 Gua Sha for Everyday Health Amy Hsu
10:55-11:40 Accessible and Affordable Herbcraft: Using Whatcha Got Tuh Git Whatcha Need! Kristyn Gerchalk
11:40 Lunch BREAK & HERBAL MARKET
12:40-1:25 Winter Herb Walk Holly Poole-Kavana
OR
The Spiritual Side of Yoni Steaming with Thema Azize Serwa
1:30-2:15 Flower Essences as Seasonal Medicine Christina Taylor
2:15 BREAK & HERBAL MARKET
2:45-3:30 Herbal Winterization Yuma "Docta Yew" Bellomee
3:35-4:20 Restorative & Yin Yoga Techniques for Home Practice Staycie Francisco
This event is rain or shine and will primarily be indoors, though some activities may be outdoors so please bring appropriate attire. We encourage you to bring your own food and lunch as we will not have food available onsite, and this location is not close to food options. We will have beverages available onsite.
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Remember all registrations are final, non-transferable and non-refundable.
Remember all registrations are final, non-transferable and non-refundable.
Workshops & Facilitators
Pathway to Calm - Deep Relaxation and Meditation
Pathway to Calm is a Yoga Nidra class for deep relaxation, ease, and joy. Enjoy a deeply relaxing class that will take you from strain or pain to absolute peace. Feel calmer, activate your soothing parasympathetic nervous system, experience deep quiet in mind and body, and reawaken your awareness to absolute peace and bliss.
Irmina is a certified Yoga Nidra facilitator who has been meditating for over 20 years. She taught a variety of meditation styles, including mindfulness, before settling on yogic sleep as her preferred method for addressing our problems today.
Pathway to Calm is a Yoga Nidra class for deep relaxation, ease, and joy. Enjoy a deeply relaxing class that will take you from strain or pain to absolute peace. Feel calmer, activate your soothing parasympathetic nervous system, experience deep quiet in mind and body, and reawaken your awareness to absolute peace and bliss.
Irmina is a certified Yoga Nidra facilitator who has been meditating for over 20 years. She taught a variety of meditation styles, including mindfulness, before settling on yogic sleep as her preferred method for addressing our problems today.
Gua Sha for Everyday Health
Gua Sha is a remarkable healing modality that has been used for thousands of years as a folk remedy in East Asian medicine to keep families healthy. In this workshop, I will demonstrate using an everyday "tool" -- a metal jar lid -- a simple press-stroking technique to the neck and upper back that can be remarkably effective when done at the first signs of a cold to help activate your body’s innate healing and help you recover more quickly. This technique can also be quite therapeutic for chronic neck or shoulder tension, allergies, and other symptoms. Gua Sha is a great tool to have in the medicine bag and is easy to learn how to do.
**While we won't have time during the session to pair up and practice hands-on, anyone who is wanting to do that -- please bring a metal jar lid, a friend to partner up with, and find me at lunch. I am happy to work with anyone who wants to practice the technique. I want you to feel comfortable going home and doing it!
Amy Hsu is a newly licensed acupuncturist who graduated with her Masters in Oriental Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health in 2019. She believes that our individual health is intimately connected to the well-being of our families, our community, our society, and our planet. She loves Gua Sha and is excited to share the wisdom of East Asian medicine in a way that is meaningful and applicable to our lives today. She lives with her husband on a small homestead at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia, where they tend their garden and honey bees, and do their best to live in harmony with their surroundings.
Gua Sha is a remarkable healing modality that has been used for thousands of years as a folk remedy in East Asian medicine to keep families healthy. In this workshop, I will demonstrate using an everyday "tool" -- a metal jar lid -- a simple press-stroking technique to the neck and upper back that can be remarkably effective when done at the first signs of a cold to help activate your body’s innate healing and help you recover more quickly. This technique can also be quite therapeutic for chronic neck or shoulder tension, allergies, and other symptoms. Gua Sha is a great tool to have in the medicine bag and is easy to learn how to do.
**While we won't have time during the session to pair up and practice hands-on, anyone who is wanting to do that -- please bring a metal jar lid, a friend to partner up with, and find me at lunch. I am happy to work with anyone who wants to practice the technique. I want you to feel comfortable going home and doing it!
Amy Hsu is a newly licensed acupuncturist who graduated with her Masters in Oriental Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health in 2019. She believes that our individual health is intimately connected to the well-being of our families, our community, our society, and our planet. She loves Gua Sha and is excited to share the wisdom of East Asian medicine in a way that is meaningful and applicable to our lives today. She lives with her husband on a small homestead at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia, where they tend their garden and honey bees, and do their best to live in harmony with their surroundings.
Accessible and Affordable Herbcraft: Using Whatcha Got Tuh Git Whatcha Need!
An exploration of magickal and medicinal herbs that can be found for free or purchased for cheap! Learn about your already vast magickal medicine cabinet you have among your cooking oils, teas, and spices. See your yard through new eyes and reap the benefits of the free ingredients it provides. Have your mind blown about dollar and thrift store magick and medicine! So many possibilities!
Kristyn Gerchalk is a holistic doula, birthkeeper, and herbalist who practices down home hoodoo, rootwork, and conjure. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her small brood of womb spawn and her legally wedded man-beast.
An exploration of magickal and medicinal herbs that can be found for free or purchased for cheap! Learn about your already vast magickal medicine cabinet you have among your cooking oils, teas, and spices. See your yard through new eyes and reap the benefits of the free ingredients it provides. Have your mind blown about dollar and thrift store magick and medicine! So many possibilities!
Kristyn Gerchalk is a holistic doula, birthkeeper, and herbalist who practices down home hoodoo, rootwork, and conjure. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her small brood of womb spawn and her legally wedded man-beast.
Winter Herb Walk
In the quiet of winter, most plants are dormant but many leave clues to their presence in the winter landscape. This walk will focus on plant ID and will relate our experience as humans to the experience of plants through the energetics of winter.
Holly Poole-Kavana is a clinical herbalist, herb grower, and medicine-maker in Washington DC. She has operated her business, Little Red Bird Botanicals, since 2010, and also works as a midwife's assistant.
In the quiet of winter, most plants are dormant but many leave clues to their presence in the winter landscape. This walk will focus on plant ID and will relate our experience as humans to the experience of plants through the energetics of winter.
Holly Poole-Kavana is a clinical herbalist, herb grower, and medicine-maker in Washington DC. She has operated her business, Little Red Bird Botanicals, since 2010, and also works as a midwife's assistant.
The Spiritual Side of Yoni Steaming
Learn from Thema Azize Serwa, pioneer of The Womb Sauna, how the modern expression of yoni steaming is tapping into sacred indigenous spiritual practices and the unfamiliar emotional and spiritual healing benefits that it provides. Yoni steaming is a form of energy healing that is yet to be acknowledged as such.
Your empowerment is my passion. I am Thema Azize Serwa (Tay-Mah Ah-zeez Sir-wah), visionary of The Womb Sauna! I discovered my passion to lead people to their highest potential at age 6 creating my first organization. For years I leased out my life, energy, and focus to working for others' dreams and it showed up in my womb health. That was my training ground for my own life's purpose. After experiencing a personal health crisis, my priorities changed. I harmonized my body, mind, spirit, and the rest is history. I now choose everyday to demonstrate to the world, what a whole, healthy, powerful woman looks like. As a result, other amazing women are inspired to access their own power. This is my life's work.
Learn from Thema Azize Serwa, pioneer of The Womb Sauna, how the modern expression of yoni steaming is tapping into sacred indigenous spiritual practices and the unfamiliar emotional and spiritual healing benefits that it provides. Yoni steaming is a form of energy healing that is yet to be acknowledged as such.
Your empowerment is my passion. I am Thema Azize Serwa (Tay-Mah Ah-zeez Sir-wah), visionary of The Womb Sauna! I discovered my passion to lead people to their highest potential at age 6 creating my first organization. For years I leased out my life, energy, and focus to working for others' dreams and it showed up in my womb health. That was my training ground for my own life's purpose. After experiencing a personal health crisis, my priorities changed. I harmonized my body, mind, spirit, and the rest is history. I now choose everyday to demonstrate to the world, what a whole, healthy, powerful woman looks like. As a result, other amazing women are inspired to access their own power. This is my life's work.
Flower Essences as Seasonal Medicine
I believe flower essences are one of the most gentle, yet powerful medicines that the earth provides us with. They are safe for everyone - elders, adults, children, pets - and can be effective at helping us move through stuck patterns, thought forms, physical sensations, and more. In this workshop I will talk about some of my favorite flower essences, made by plants that I've grown in my urban garden, and specifically how they can help with seasonal transitions. I will share with participants a PDF take away that discusses the flower essences we covered, their uses, and how to make them, that they can access via my website.
About Christina Taylor:
I listen. Listen to messages that often go unheard. Hearing the subtle signs that my body needs to be heard, tuning in to the rhythms of nature to find nurturing suggestions. I started practicing intuitive herbalism because it felt right. I understood the messages of plants and because of that I began to use flower essences. Through their gentle healing, a spark was lit and I dove deeper. I found that infusing herbs into different mediums each had their purpose, their healing effect. You’ll often find me sorting through jars (and jars, and jars) of herbs and concoctions. I make my offerings as gift to our bodies from the earth. It brings me joy spreading the knowledge and healing power of plants to those who seek nourishing. I am currently studying under Rosemary Gladstar and The Science and the Art of Herbalism.
I believe flower essences are one of the most gentle, yet powerful medicines that the earth provides us with. They are safe for everyone - elders, adults, children, pets - and can be effective at helping us move through stuck patterns, thought forms, physical sensations, and more. In this workshop I will talk about some of my favorite flower essences, made by plants that I've grown in my urban garden, and specifically how they can help with seasonal transitions. I will share with participants a PDF take away that discusses the flower essences we covered, their uses, and how to make them, that they can access via my website.
About Christina Taylor:
I listen. Listen to messages that often go unheard. Hearing the subtle signs that my body needs to be heard, tuning in to the rhythms of nature to find nurturing suggestions. I started practicing intuitive herbalism because it felt right. I understood the messages of plants and because of that I began to use flower essences. Through their gentle healing, a spark was lit and I dove deeper. I found that infusing herbs into different mediums each had their purpose, their healing effect. You’ll often find me sorting through jars (and jars, and jars) of herbs and concoctions. I make my offerings as gift to our bodies from the earth. It brings me joy spreading the knowledge and healing power of plants to those who seek nourishing. I am currently studying under Rosemary Gladstar and The Science and the Art of Herbalism.
Herbal Winterization
This workshop-presentation will explore herbs that can help us to prepare for, to maintain through, and to address some major health concerns during the winter months, from a holistic standpoint.
Yuma "Docta Yew" Bellomee is a Certified Holistic Health Consultant, herbalist, wellness advocate/educator, and musical artist, who has been featured in numerous radio programs, natural hair, health & beauty expos, magazine articles, and community and school programs as a speaker and workshop facilitator on wholistic wellness. He is also the founder of Yew-360 Wholistic Health & Wellness (yew360.com), co-founder of Ni Dembaya African Drum & Dance Ensemble, and a member of the Collective Health Initiative (CHI) and African Wholistic Health Association (AWHA).
This workshop-presentation will explore herbs that can help us to prepare for, to maintain through, and to address some major health concerns during the winter months, from a holistic standpoint.
Yuma "Docta Yew" Bellomee is a Certified Holistic Health Consultant, herbalist, wellness advocate/educator, and musical artist, who has been featured in numerous radio programs, natural hair, health & beauty expos, magazine articles, and community and school programs as a speaker and workshop facilitator on wholistic wellness. He is also the founder of Yew-360 Wholistic Health & Wellness (yew360.com), co-founder of Ni Dembaya African Drum & Dance Ensemble, and a member of the Collective Health Initiative (CHI) and African Wholistic Health Association (AWHA).
Chasing Sunlight: Herbs for Mental and Emotional Resiliency Through the Winter
In this workshop we’ll discuss what is happening in our physical, mental and emotional bodies when we experience the common symptoms of SAD or seasonal affective disorder, and we’ll learn which herbs can be safely used for support and assistance in easing these common seasonal symptoms. Let’s build resiliency and bring in more joy!
Suzanna Stone resides in Scottsville, VA. She directs Owlcraft Healing Ways (www.owlcrafthealingways.com), an outdoor herb school, where she offers clinical herbal consultations, in-depth community and clinical herbal apprenticeships, and workshops in the herbal healing arts. She grew up with herbs and whole foods as the foundation of health and has spent the last 19 years deepening her relationship with the plants. She teaches at herbs schools and conferences throughout the country and is cofounder and co-director of The Gaia Gathering For Women. She stewards 14 acres of sanctuary land to provide accessible healing and education for all who hear the call of the plants.
In this workshop we’ll discuss what is happening in our physical, mental and emotional bodies when we experience the common symptoms of SAD or seasonal affective disorder, and we’ll learn which herbs can be safely used for support and assistance in easing these common seasonal symptoms. Let’s build resiliency and bring in more joy!
Suzanna Stone resides in Scottsville, VA. She directs Owlcraft Healing Ways (www.owlcrafthealingways.com), an outdoor herb school, where she offers clinical herbal consultations, in-depth community and clinical herbal apprenticeships, and workshops in the herbal healing arts. She grew up with herbs and whole foods as the foundation of health and has spent the last 19 years deepening her relationship with the plants. She teaches at herbs schools and conferences throughout the country and is cofounder and co-director of The Gaia Gathering For Women. She stewards 14 acres of sanctuary land to provide accessible healing and education for all who hear the call of the plants.
Restorative & Yin Yoga Techniques for Home Practice
Winter is a time for embracing the Yin - the feminine, substantial, passive, and internal energy. Modern culture pushes us to jump into the new year prematurely. Collectively, we will explore supportive postures (asanas) to nourish and consolidate your energy. Bring your pillows and blankets to learn how to create restorative props to use at home or in bed.
Staycie Francisco comes from a long lineage of Tohono O’odham tradition bearers. She is a dedicated student of new and old ways of healing. She completed a 200 Hour RYS Hatha Yoga training (2011) and 220 Hour KRI Kundalini Yoga Level I training (2016). She studies Qigong and embodied movement. A licensed acupuncturist (2019) who is currently completing her doctorate in Oriental Medicine at MUIH and studying folk/roots herbalism at Wild Ginger Herbal Center. She is excited to share what she learns with others.
Winter is a time for embracing the Yin - the feminine, substantial, passive, and internal energy. Modern culture pushes us to jump into the new year prematurely. Collectively, we will explore supportive postures (asanas) to nourish and consolidate your energy. Bring your pillows and blankets to learn how to create restorative props to use at home or in bed.
Staycie Francisco comes from a long lineage of Tohono O’odham tradition bearers. She is a dedicated student of new and old ways of healing. She completed a 200 Hour RYS Hatha Yoga training (2011) and 220 Hour KRI Kundalini Yoga Level I training (2016). She studies Qigong and embodied movement. A licensed acupuncturist (2019) who is currently completing her doctorate in Oriental Medicine at MUIH and studying folk/roots herbalism at Wild Ginger Herbal Center. She is excited to share what she learns with others.
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