Yes, it has been a summer filled with rain, but it has also brought several glorious rainbows to Lichenwood, including this magnificent double rainbow! There is always an upside to be found at the end of every rainy day. Our treasured end of the rainbow here at LIchenwood includes, not only the colorful arches of light that form over the treetops, but also our gardens and our workshop offerings!
The herb gardens are taking on a more mature look. We truly had no gardens whatsoever when we moved in at the end of 2007. Now we are eating food from the vegetable garden and harvesting medicinals from the herb gardens as well as the wild fields and forests. Our roots are finally deep in the soil.
We've had almost two complete turns of the Wheel of the Year here in Barrington. I'm about to complete the second incarnation of the Herbal Mentorship and I've completely re-vamped the Flower Essence Practitioner Training into a group of three weekend Flower Essence Instensives, designed to be stand alone classes, or in combination, with additional documentation, a certification class. I'll be announcing dates and particulars soon. Contact me for more information directly: [email protected] .
As we move toward September, I'm eagerly anticipating another workshop with Kate Leigh. The only workshops and teachers that I bring to LIchenwood are the ones that I find most inspirational! I'm passionate about the topics that these teachers present! This time Kate will combine her expertise in both aromatherapy and astrology in the following class:
AROMAS CLASS
With Kate Leigh of Midheaven, Market Square, Portsmouth,New Hampshire
Kate says: This aromas class is gathering near the time of the autumnal equinox. This is especially significant, given the role of balancing that essential oils, or plant distillates, play in our well-being. It is my idea that we will work together that day, combining the basics of our own specific personalities, as shown in our birth charts, with the basics of aromatherapy, as seen by familiarizing ourselves with the properties of the distillates. My facilitation will take the form of making available a copy of your birth chart to you in class, as compiled by information you will supply at the time you register for the class. I will also provide sets of handouts, specifying the distillates and their associated properties, but also their traditional associations with the elements, and planets. In the morning, we will familiarize ourselves with the oils/distillates on hand, approximately 3 dozen or so. Then we will move on to our birth charts, and talk over the basics of fire, earth, air, and water, and help each participant find these in their charts. Key words for the symbols used in the charts will be provided. Our goal will be to create a product, to be used, and recorded, so it can be duplicated by you, that is aroma-characteristic of you, according to your birth chart. The actual containers and oils/distillates used to make the products will be provided by the instructor. Please consider attending this class, even if you are a beginner in both aromas and astrology. We will keep things fun and simple, while learning, through contact and engagement, a great deal, about the essential oils/distillates, and about ourselves. Just in time to enter the close of the year! These products will help sustain our spirits.
Kate Leigh has been involved in aromatherapy for over 30 years, has taught dozens of workshops to nurses, massage therapists, and other interested people. She has also studied astrology for decades and has experience both with chart interpretation, and combining astrology with other therapies, such as aromatics. Kate enjoys a long term private practice in massage therapy, where she hand crafts her own products and regularly uses heated seashells as an imaginative inclusion in her bodywork.
Check Kate out on facebook, at Midheaven Massage. $90 for a full day, includes materials.
Call 603-664-3393 or email [email protected] to register for this class. You can also find Christine hanging out on Facebook. There is also a page for Lichenwood Herbals. Look us up!
Additional workshops for the fall are listed at www.lichenwood.com .