PLANT MEDICINE APPRENTICESHIP 2009

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PLANT MEDICINE APPRENTICESHIP 2009

Brattleboro, VT & Boston, MA

www.thegreenwoman.com

The Gaia School of Healing & Earth Education

Come journey with the sacred healing plants...

Join us for a 9-Month Apprenticeship in Herbal Healing, Shamanic Herbalism,

Plant Spirit Medicine, Spiritual Ecology, Holistic Healing, and Journeying with

Plant Devas and Earth Spirits.

Apprenticeships are taught in Brattleboro, VT, and Boston, MA, running from

November 2009 until the end of September, 2010. The Plant Medicine

Apprenticeships focus on working with plants as medicine for the body and

spirit, remembering the ancient traditions of plant medicine used by village

healers around the world. We will focus mostly on Northeastern American plants,

as well as plants used in Hawaiian herbal medicine, Ayurveda, and Chinese

medicine.

Certification for the 160 hour course will be given upon completion of the

apprenticeship. Classes will be held outside when the weather permits and

locations will be given upon registration. Please take a look at our

apprenticeship syllabus for a closer look at what this course offers.

Apprenticeship classes focus on:

* Herbal Medicine

* Holistic Healing for Mind, Body, & Spirit.

* Plant Spirit Healing

* Folk Traditions of Plant Medicine

* Herbal Actions, Tastes, & Safety Levels

* Systems of the Body & Herbal Energetics

* Medicine Making - (tinctures, infusions, salves, and oils...)

* Shamanic Herbalism

* Guided Meditation & Journeying

* Harvesting & Wildcrafting Plants

* Magical Herbalism & Folklore

* Plant Identification of Northeastern Plants

* Spiritual Ecology & Earth Spirituality

* Communication With Plant & Nature Devas

* Plant Medicine Walks

* Chakra Healing With Plants

* Nature Rituals

Our Plant Medicine Apprenticeship is an intensive journey into green medicine

and traditional plant knowledge. The apprenticeship is intended to be a

spiritual journey as well as a course in medicinal herbalism. Classes include

lecture, ritual, guided journeying, hands-on work with plants, medicine making,

journeying with plant spirits, tasting plant infusions and extracts, meditations

with nature, earth and body awareness, journal writing, and deep exploration

with the spirit of the earth. Students learn to identify and use plants for

medicine, form plant allies, and prepare medicinal teas, tinctures, essences,

infusions, oils, incenses, and salves with plants from around the world.

Students will learn to use the energies of the moon, sun, earth and the elements

in their practice and treat imbalances in the body.

This apprenticeship is both a course in Western herbalism and in Shamanic plant

spirit medicine. In each class spirit is blended with science, through

meditation, lecture, plant walks, and hands-on learning. We seek to unite

Western modes of learning and healing with ancient traditions of learning from

the earth and from spirit. The apprenticeship is intended to be a healing

journey for each person and towards a deeper connection to the earth. The

doorways that are opened and the wisdom gained during class will seep into each

apprentices home and everyday life. The plants that each student forms

relationships with changes their lives deeply, helping to guide and support them

through life- body, mind, and spirit.

At the end of the 10 month program, each student will be brought into the

inter-connected web of world healers through ritual and celebration, given gifts

of initiation, and will be certified from the school in herbal healing and plant

spirit medicine. Educational and plant materials as well as tea or snacks will

be provided to you in class. We welcome you to join us in a journey back to the

earth, with Sage and the plants! Please feel free to contact us with any

questions and we'll arrange a time to speak or meet with you.

The cost for the 10 month November, 2009 Apprenticeship is $1,300 - $1,500

(sliding scale). A $150 discount is given to those who pay in full. Monthly

payment plans starting at $100 a month are available. A $200 deposit ($100 is

non-refundable) is required to register for the apprenticeship and is subtracted

from the total tuition. Grants are available for Vermont students through VSAC.

Full payment is due by the second apprenticeship class meeting.

To register, fill out the registration form listed on our web site and send it

to the address provided. Each student should only miss 2-3 classes during the

course, as it can disrupt the circle if people can not make classes regularly.

The course will be limited to 15 people. Please feel free to contact Sage with

any questions, at thegaiaschool@..., or call (617)-838-8094.

This Apprenticeship is open to anyone interested, regardless of their gender,

belief system, past experience, or knowledge of plants. We have had both

advanced students and beginners as apprentices, and both men and women. Though

the course does often stress the energy of the Mother present in the earth, both

yin and yang energies present in all things is honored. Women tend to be the

majority in our apprenticeships but green men are welcome and greatly

appreciated in our circle.

http://www.thegreenwoman.com

The Gaia School of Healing & Earth Education