2021 Plants enChant Workshops

Breathwork with Mugwort, w/ Eszter Gavaller a.k.a. Eostar Kamala

Eostar is going to teach a particular type of breathwork Pranayama that will allow the participants to experience a deep state of relaxation and experience out-of-body dreamlike states. In this heightened state of consciousness we will engage our senses to experience what is beyond physicality. With the help of Mugwort, the lucid-dreaming herb, we will be experiment with intensifying and enhancing the texture, resolution and complexity of our inner visions. ESZTER GAVALLER a.k.a. EOSTAR KAMALA  When I was 21 years old, I read a book by Rudiger Dahlke: “Illness, the Language of the Soul”....

Oak Ceremony, w/ Jan Kinsey

Join us in ceremony with oak. We will start with an oak elixir and us the flower essence of oak. We will doing shamanic journeys to the spirit of the oak tree. We will be singing oak songs, sitting in silence with the oak; working, breathing and being oak. Oak tree has been calling to us . One of the attributes of oak is that it assists in the recuperation after a long depression. As we come out of COVID and back into community, we ask for the assistance of oak. “Oak supports extraordinary stamina, tenacity, and endurance. It teaches perseverance without rigidity and that true strength comes...

Plants Sing us into Existence, w/ Scott Kloos

In describing the ongoing plant-informed, animistic practices of becoming in which I regularly participate, I’ve found myself using the word “accentuate” more and more. I was delighted to find that the etymological root of “accentuate” is the latin “cantus” meaning “song.” This resonates with my experience—the plants literally sing us into existence. Join me in working with the tonality and vibration of plant-song as we more intimately engage with the living Earth and ask ourselves: How will our vegetal kin accentuate our own potential for energetic orientation as we open ourselves to and...

Rose Code Activation, w/ Alta Ma

The Rose codes are awakening as the divine feminine within all beings is rising. Join me in the temple of the Celestial Rose for a divine activation. In this ceremonial workshop, we will be communing deeply with the codes of the Rose. We are encouraged to explore her through all our senses. We will invoke the spirit of the Rose in guided meditation and song with the opportunity to enjoy her in tea, petal and flower essence form and maybe more : ) . We will also talk about the teachings of the Rose and ways to incorporate rose in everyday life as well as in devotional ritual space. There will...

Creating Your Own Plant Songs, w/ Hanna Leigh

We will commune with each other and our already-known plant friends through songs of invocation and praise. We will then venture out on the land with guided prompts to listen and receive the new songs that are pulsing in the forest around us. We will re-convene for a time of rich sharing to weave our findings. Inspiration and instruction will be offered for how to create different types of plant songs. Fifteen years ago, the plants turned Hanna Leigh’s life around. She was headed down a path of religious dogma, and perhaps a more conventional American life, when the plants majorly woke her...

Galactic Language Activation and PrayerSongs, w/ AshEL SeaSunZ Eldridge

After receiving a verbal sound healing transmission from Grand Master Li-Tian from his Universal Toaist Alchemy practice called Tian Gong, AshEL Seasunz started incorporating Celestial Language into his healing and musical offerings. Celestial Language uses voice and sounds to do heaiIngs and communicate at soul level. Learn how to heal, pray, and communicate with each other and existence beyond the current limitations of language. PrayerSongs are opportunities to receive prayers as songs to the ancestors, soul, or other specific issues. AshEL SeaSunZ Eldridge is a creative immersed in...

Shamanism and Plant Totems, w/ Jan Kinsey

Join us in shamanic journeys to meet a plant spirit that is ready and willing to work with you. You will explore what its medicine is for you and how you can develop a relationship with this plant. Jan Kinsey utilizes shamanic healing practices and energy work to address underlying causes that are manifesting as dis-ease or emotional imbalances. Originally from Norway, he now calls Cascadia home. He has been studying shamanism and hands-on healing for close to 25 years. The last 4 years have been spent working with spiritist healers in Brazil, working with visionary plants, and completing an...

Tobacco/Mapacho as Medicine, w/ Todji

Todji is offering a Tobacco/Mapacho workshop during which he will talk about working with Tobacco as a medicine, teachings of the Divine Architecture of Karma, why Tabaqueros can administer all medicines, how illness heals, and Todji will offer Sopladas. Todji is a Tabaquero / Curandeiro, sculptor, and musician.  During his Tabaquero apprenticeship Todji completed sixteen dietas with Amazonian master trees and was trained in cooking medicines and administering dietas by world renowned master Tabaquero Ernesto Garcia.  At the beginning of his training starting in 2008 Todji was called to heal...

Songs for the Elements and Plants, w/ Leora Borealis

Come join a song circle focused on songs about elements and plants. Through call and response we learn songs that honor the wind, fire, earth water and how these elements live and move through us. Calling in our plant allies, we will sing songs for the plants. We will sing sweet songs and also warrior songs of resilience. Leora has always loved to sing and has an encyclopedic memory for songs. She has collected songs from 12 years attending Singing Alive and has a song for every occasion and moment. Being a part of this singing community inspired her to study to art of song leading and...

Ways of Deep Herbalism, w/ Morgan Brent

Every year @ Plants enChant we explore yet another facet of Deep Herbalism, plant-inspired teachings that help us navigate terrains of personal, social, and planetary transformation. A theme this year will be Integration from this journey of disruption we been thru, this great collective ceremony of deaths and rebirths, both little and big. The plants have helped us to see the many things that are possible, to experience how magic can happen. They have given us more faith in ourselves, and urged us to become more self-responsible, to come into our power as humans. We now need to test...

Sacred Rest Stop, w/ Sarra Sabra

This is a sacred and safespace to meditate, stretch out, lay and rest, nap and rejuvenate or simply process all of the wonderful things happening. I would offer several times a day 20 to 30 minute meditation Cycles to assist and integrating all of the experiences and to settle down, ground, and provide a peaceful and calm environment. I would provide rugs and pillows and meditation cushions for people to use in a cozy comfortable nest, a sort of Refuge away from the hustle and bustle of the other activities and workshops. A small sanctuary to come together and to be intentionally silent an...

Morning Yoga, w/ Clairita

A simple haha flow yoga classes including pranayama, mantra, asana and meditation. A grounding and uplifting practice to center ourselves and prepare our vessels to commune with the plants and channel their songs. Clair practices and shares yoga focused on curiosity and awareness which are both essential for our health and our ability to communicate with plants, elements and our guides. We will remember that all yoga poses and practices are inspired by nature and cultivate that energy to nourish our relations to the plants and elements. During the class we will explore our senses and their...

Tell-A-Vision, w/ Morgan Brent

Share plant (and fungi) visions, and related experiences of radical symbiosis, in a group setting. In such ways we may get glimmers and bleed-thrus, or yet fuller expressions, of a greater underlying story now surfacing in the Collective. . facilitated by:Morgan Brent ~ an educator, event organizer, and ceremonialist. He received a PhD in anthropology at the Univ. of Hawaii, specializing in the spiritual ecology of medicinal plants. He has worked extensively with plant-inspired wisdoms, and allies himself with Nature’s efforts to ‘save the humans’ thru catalyzing the various dimensions of...

Flower Essences, w/ Devjeet Kaur

Flower Essences are encoded with the vibrational imprints of flowers for a gentle daily immersion of plant medicine and wisdom that helps bring the heart back home. They can be used to enhance emotional well being and awareness. Although safe and gentle, they are simultaneously potent catalysts for creating positive new habits and making empowering choices. They can be used as an aid in transitioning through many of life’s varying circumstances and can also become important tools for personal growth. Bringing flower essences into your life invites you to begin living more fully and aligned...

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