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Healing Through Food, Gardening, Herbs, and Ceremony - Sample Syllabus
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Friday |
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| 10:00 - 12:00 |
Opening Circle, Introductions, & Course Overview |
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| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 - 4:00 | Plant Spirit Medicine overview & Time with plants | |
| 4:00 - 4:15 |
Break | |
| 4:15 - 6:00 |
Basics of Oils, fresh plant infusion, dry plant oil |
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| 6:30 | Dinner in the Garden - Honoring the elements |
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| 7:45 - 9:15 |
Weston Price lecture | |
| Saturday | ||
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Circle - setting intention | |
| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Tai chi of gardening |
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| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Weeds & Bed clearing |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Composting |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch |
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| 2:00 - 4:00 |
Prepare beds & planting |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Honor our work and the plant | |
| 4:45 - 6:00 |
Decant oils, making salves or slathers |
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| 6:30 |
Dinner in the Garden - Honoring the Earth |
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| 8:15 - 9:15 |
Ancestor journey |
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| Sunday | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Circle, Food as medicine |
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| 9:30 - 11:00 |
Fermented foods & Sauerkraut making |
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Ojas Delights |
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| 12:30 |
Lunch | |
| 2:00 - 4:00 |
Closing circle, circle dance, Evaluations |