Plant Magic & Medicine Making

With Emma Day

Join Emma for three distinctly unique offerings delving into bioregional herbalism, ethical wild-crafting, medicine making, ways to cultivate intimate relationship with the green world, psychic development, personal empowerment through reconnection with ancestral teachings, and the rich world of plant magic.

Herbs of Freya

Saturday & Sunday, February 11 & 12

12:00 - 2:30

$75 | REGISTER HERE

BIRCH, RASPBERRY + WILD ROSE

The Great Goddess has many faces, and many beings in whose form she manifests and moves. She is historically associated with a wide array of animals and plants, as well as elements, minerals, landscapes, ecological processes, and more. We will focus on the feminine divinities as expressed through plants, the green and blooming ones.

Together we will explore the medicine and magic of Birch, Raspberry, and Wild Rose through the lens of the power and attributes of Freya, the All Mother of northern Europe, teasing out the shining threads and weavings of connection. We will spend time in lecture/discussion, guided meditations and shamanic journeys, and using our senses and hands to interact with the herbs and craft a medicine to take home - material costs are included in the cost of the workshop. 

Topics covered:

✧ Why + how our relationship with the goddesses of our lineages was historically severed + ways we can begin to reclaim this connection.

✧ Utilizing shamanic journeying/trancework to build relationship, gain self-knowledge, receive healing, wisdom and advice.

✧ The Goddess Freya + her manifold attributes / associations ~ sovereign sexuality + embodiment, the powers of the archetypal priestess-witch, the ancient feminine as holder of the life//death, generative//destructive duality and more.

✧ In-depth study of the physical, emotional, + spiritual medicine ways of BIRCH, RASPBERRY + WILD ROSE, all abundant local plants.

✧ Preparations to support the heart, digestion, detoxification, skin  beauty, fertility + the birthing year, for spirit work, ritual, divination + much more.

✧Hands on medicine making projects with birch, raspberry + rose medicine."

Tending the Mother

Saturday & Sunday

March 4 & 5

1:00 - 3:30

$75 | REGISTER HERE

HERBAL SUPPORT FOR THE BIRTHING YEAR

In most cultures the world over it is known that nourishing and tending to mothers is foundational to the health of the entire community. 

Mothers are the radiant channels for life, the beautiful containers for creation. The children we birth are the future. Thus, contributing to the thriving of mothers is of service to us all. 

Together we will explore the physiology and hormonal blueprint of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period, as well as the many healing plants who can offer healing, nourishment, and support for body/mind/spirit during this important time. Learn how to holistically support mothers, babies, and families with the healing power and abundant vitality of the plants.

Time will be spent in lecture/discussion as well as in hands-on medicine making projects. Participants will leave with 2-3 herbal creations to gift a soon-to-be or new mama. Cost of materials included in workshop price.

Topics covered:

  • Protecting physiological birth and honoring the ceremony that is birth

  • How to use herbs to nourish, support, and bless the mother and baby

  • Nourishing tonics, adaptogens, emotional and nervous system support, energy maintenance, herbal birthing allies, tissue healing, and more.

  • The deep importance of authentic postpartum care and how to show up for women, mothers and families

  • 35 herbs that can offer support during various phases of the birthing year (pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond)


Resilient Hearts

Saturday & Sunday, May 6 & 7

12:30 - 3:00

$75 | REGISTER HERE

USING PLANT MEDICINE FOR EMOTIONAL HEALTH

The idea that our minds and bodies are intimately connected is not new to most of us, though it does run counter to the deeply held beliefs of our modern culture - scientific rationalism, the mechanical nature of the body, technological superiority, and allopathic medicine. Still, science has finally begun acknowledging that “stress” profoundly affects our health, well-being, and longevity, with hundreds of studies emerging to illuminate the undeniable connection between mind and body.

Luckily, herbs and plant medicine offer incredible support to our nervous system, our feeling and emotional selves, and to our hearts and minds. They are allies in authenticity and developing strength from the roots up. Herbs don’t suppress emotional symptoms, they help us remember how to feel differently and help us move through mental and emotional states to facilitate integration so that we grow wiser and more resourced through the process.

The focus of this class will be the myriad ways we can reach out to herbs for solace and inspiration. We will spend time in lecture/discussion, a guided shamanic journey, and making medicines together. Participants will leave with 1-2 herbal remedies. Cost of materials included in workshop fee. 

Topics covered:

  • The innate intelligence of our nervous systems and emotional selves - what it means to be sane in an insane world.

  • How to use herbs to not get stuck in cycles of anxiety, depression, grief, worry, fear, or despair.

  • Some of the best forms of plant medicine for the emotions, heart, and soul, and how to make and use them.

  • Flower essences, fumigations and aromatherapy, infused body oils, elixirs and cordials, teas and baths.

  • Native, abundant and accessible plants and trees who offer profound emotional support.

  • Building relationship with plants as a gateway to deep healing and transformation.

Meet Your Guide

Emma Day is a clinical herbalist and educator, radical birthkeeper, wise woman, mother, and the creatrix behind Black Spruce Herbals. Her work focuses on reclaiming our ancestral folkways, our intimacy with earth, and tending women, mothers, and families with herbal medicine.