Classes and Events
Farm Skills 101: Ancestral Herbalism
When: 11:00am-3:00pm on Sunday June 29, 2025
Being in relationship with plants (and fungi) is a wonderful way to stay as well as possible during these uncertain times. In this workshop, we will delve into not only the uses of medicinal plants, but how being in relationship to these wise and beneficent beings can bring benefit on many levels. We will learn several types of herbal preparations including infusion, decoction, and tincture. June is a wonderful and abundant time for wildcrafting, and we will learn how to harvest with respect and reverence. We will end our time together with a tea meditation, where we will learn how to engage the felt sense to learn directly from a plant spirit.
Who: This workshop is open to 10 folks that are either Liberation Ecosystem members or NOFA BIPoC Farm Beginnings members. Stipends are available for the 10 attendees who register.
Community Wellness Day 3.2
When: 12:30-5:00pm on Saturday March 2, 2024
Come enjoy a nourishing time while engaging with folks who are building wellness networks rooted in community values here in Vermont. This event is open to members of the Vermont Releaf Collective and their invitees. Note: This is NOT an affinity space and people of all backgrounds are welcome to attend with a VT Releaf member's invitation
Activities throughout the day
Connect with neighbors, healers, friends and people
1:1 sessions (15-30 mins) with Massage Therapists (sign-up form TBA)
Community Acupuncture with Caiius Clark
1: 00 PM Mycology, Interdependence, and Relating with Fungi For Whole-Being Health by Chrys Tsang
In this workshop, we will cover the importance of fungi in living systems including soil, forests, plants and humans. How to identify and work with local adaptogenic mushrooms and where to source high quality medicine and supplements. We will discuss the potential for healing and connection offered by psilocybin, as well as the issue of legality. We will finish with a guided tea meditation where participants will experience how to learn directly from the spirit of a mushroom by tapping into the felt sense of the body. This way of learning through direct transmission was utilized by many of our animist ancestors, no matter where in the world they hailed from.
