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”. This book defined the way I approached the healing of physical symptoms from that point on. I wanted to dig deep into the root where illness forms. In my twenties I got through graduate school to become a school-teacher, but I had no real interest in that career. I was an artist and a healer at ...
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 through joy, helping people to stand strong in what may be the harshest storms of their lives.”- Carole Guyett (Sacred Plant Initiations)
Jan Kinsey utilizes shamanic healing practices and energy work to address underlying causes that are manifesting as dis-ease or emotional imbalances. ...
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 embody their archetypal teachings and posturing?
Scott Kloos—ceremonialist, author, wildcrafter, plant medicine maker and practitioner, animist, singer of plant songs, and aspiring integral ecologist—guides The School of Forest Medicine and Cascadia Folk Medicine and is author of Pacific Northwest ...
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 also be space for sharing.
Alta Ma ~Inter-Galactic Earth Mama~ is an intuitive guide, ceremonialist, plant medicine advocate and sound alchemist. She encourages people to remember their essence and radiate their heart’s truth, awakening the magic within and expanding the heart from fear to ...
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 up and showed her a more expansive way. Her life has been rich with mystery and adventure ever since. One of the many gifts of working with the plants has been the deepening into her authentic singing voice, and she currently leads private and group work to support people in discovering the ...
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 healing arts. He is a TEDx speaker, founder of and performer with music/art collective, Earth Amplified, and a vocalist with West African/West Oakland band Dogon Lights. www.LyftRapper.com is his critically acclaimed ridshare webisode. Soulestial Church, brings a unique perspective to spiritual world ...
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 intensive shamanic training program.
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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 himself from 6 years of life threatening illness, ten years of poisoning from an Amazonian master plant, spiritual attack during ceremonies in the deep Amazon, and survive three near death experiences. Todji has dieted master plants with the Shipibos in Peru, has participated in many ...
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 helped her bloom into a song carrier. Leora loves time in nature, especially swimming and sunbathing, and uses plant allies on daily basis for health and healing. Her favorite plant medicine is Cacao, which inspired her business “Leora’s Chocolates”. Blending her interest in herbs and cacao she ...
Plants and the Pandemic, w/ Morgan Brent
A community sharing on how our plant allies helped us thru it. .
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 ourselves, to spread our wings, to get away from the idea that we need anything external to us blossom . We need to practice, to find out where we are blocked, and what are our successes, so we can approach our growth with the help of a teacher in better ways. To mature our engagements with ...
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 introspective. Participants could sit with plants, tinctures and medicines if they like they could bring some to share, or just bring themselves and sit peacefully.
facilitated by:
Sarra Sabra ~ I am a longtime meditator, Dharma teacher, youth organizer, and student of plant medicine for many ...
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 capacity to resonate with the plants and spirits surrounding us.
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 our evolution. He is a co-founder of Singing Alive events, as well as Plants enChant.
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 with your path. As you do so, you will inevitably experience more peace, happiness, fulfillment and harmony.
In this workshop you will:
identify which plants are calling you to work with them
get a download on some ways to use flower essences
learn to make a Mother Essence and how to transform it ...