2020 + 2021/2022 programs: * Plant Spirit Apprenticeship, January 2021 - June 2021 (spaces are now filled, thank you for your interest) * Beginning Herbal Apprenticeship, Year Long, Sept 2021- June 2022 * Intermediate Herbal Apprenticeship, October 2021 - May 2022, dates TBD * Ancestor Medicine and the Plant Spirits, October 2021 - May 2022 * Clinical Herbal Apprenticeship, September 2021 - May 2022 (spaces are now filled, thank you for your interest) * Beginning Herbal Apprenticeship, Week Long, July 24 - 30, 2022
Plant Spirit Apprenticeship Six Fridays from January 2021 - June 2021, 9am - 3:30pm (near New Moon with the exception of April) January 15, February 12, March 12, April 23, May 14, June 11
Drawing from several traditions, this magical time will explore our connection with the plants through the elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit and invite in relationship with well and healthy ancestors who have had direct relationship with the some of the same plants. We'll explore journeying, tea tasting, arts and crafting, and possibly some field trips to locations walking distance from the yurt. Our time will be powerful and delicious in a simple, generous way.
Hosted in a yurt in Portland, Maine, located along the #4 bus route.
The cost is $595. We'll be seven in circle (including myself.) Please contact Mischa with your interest: wildcarrotherbs@gmail.com
Beginning Herbal Apprenticeship: September 2021 - June 2022 Ten Wednesdays, September 2021 - June 2022, 9:00am to 3:30pm Sept 22, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 1, Jan 5, Feb 2, March 9, April 6, May 4, June 1
A wonderful gathering together and commitment to deepening our connection with the plants.
Together we will explore: * making tinctures, oils, salves, infusions, decoctions and flower essences * tastes of the plants and actions they impart in the body * systems of the body and how to strengthen them with plant medicine * herbal formulation and plant identification * spiritual relationship with the plants through journeying and dreaming
Our apprenticeship will hold the container for our discoveries.
The location is in a beautiful yurt in Portland, accessible by the #4 bus line, walking distance to the Fore River. The maximum number of students is twelve. Babes in arms are welcome! Students 14 years of age and older are welcome! The energy exchange for the full apprenticeship is sliding scale $1200 - $1500. A $200 deposit holds your place. This includes the book for the class and our medicine making materials. There is one scholarship space available. Please be in touch if financial hardship is impacting your ability to join circle.
Please contact Mischa with an email of interest, describing what you hope to learn about yourself and the plants during our time together. Very much looking forward to hearing from you!
Intermediate Herbal Apprenticeship Dates TBD Hosted in a yurt in Portland, Maine, located along the #4 bus route
Our mornings will focus on materia medica related to our strong herbal allies, with our afternoons focusing on assessment skills development. We'll explore tongue, pulse, facial assessment, and ethics during this time.
My hope is for you to complete these months with a firm belief in your intuition and relationship with the plants - particularly with those plant teachers who have shown up in your Life in unexpected ways and who have become reliable friends.
There will be approximately six to ten hours of "Home Exploration" each month - primarily relating to assessment tools practice, personal reflection, and relationship building with the plants.
The energy exchange is $960 for the series. We'll hold circle for six to nine participants. Our class will be very much alive with who we each are. Please contact Mischa with your interest: wildcarrotherbs@gmail.com
Ancestor Medicine and the Plant Spirits Eight Fridays from October 2021 - May 2022, 9am - 3:30/5:30pm (depending on the month) October 22, November 19, December 10, January 14, February 11, March 18, April 15, May 13 Hosted in a yurt in Portland, Maine, located along the #4 bus route Our circle will hold space for six people and their vibrant, healthy ancestors
Who are the plants that your/our ancestors most deeply connected with? What healthy ancestral lineages will we learn with and from about the relationships they shared? How will these knowings foster our connection to our current environment? What stories will unfold in our own lives as we step into this container? For more information, please send me an email and we can have a conversation, as this exploration and what it holds continues to unfold.
My own lineage is Eastern European (Polish, Czech, Germanic peoples.)
The energetic exchange for this co-created space is $960.
Clinical Herbal Apprenticeship Eight Wednesdays from September 2021 - May 2022, 9am - 3:30/5:30pm (depending on the month) September 29, October 20, November 17, December 8, January 12, February 9, March 16, April 13, May 11 Hosted in a yurt in Portland, Maine, located along the #4 bus route
The primary focus of our time together is to build your trust in yourself through self reflection, deepening relationships with the plants, further development of clinical skills and sitting with clients in the Apothecary. We'll also discuss the practical considerations in developing a clinical practice (accounting, networking, apothecary building, etc.)
We'll explore tongue, pulse, facial assessment, clinical intake, and ethics during this time - and go into depth on the topics that are deeply important to your interest. We'll do our best to cover the herbs and material that relate to 'that which keeps you up at night.'
My hope is for you to complete these months with a firm belief in your intuition and relationship with the plants - particularly with those plant teachers who have shown up in your Life in unexpected ways and who have become reliable friends.
I want you to trust yourself. A piece of this work is personal Hollow Bone work. Taking care of our own challenges is a part of supporting others. It won't be a primary focus of our time in circle together, though our circle will provide a container of safety to pursue this personal investigation outside of circle.
We'll have a client session at 1:30pm each afternoon, in which we will be holding sacred community space for the person coming in. We will create a tea and/or tincture for them, and over the next month between classes we'll think further about the case and individually create a protocol and tincture formulation which we'll discuss during the next class session.
There will be approximately six to ten hours of "Home Exploration" each month - research, protocol development, assessment tools practice, and personal reflection.
The energy exchange for the full apprenticeship is $1200.
Please contact Mischa with your interest: wildcarrotherbs@gmail.com As always, I look forward to hearing from you! Warmly, Mischa