※ Herbs and Witches Winter-Retreat ※
This is an invitation to all wild witches and women who have a desire to discover their connection to Nature within and all around. In this retreat we will explore the sacred art of rituals to guide us into a deeper connection with our bodies and the plants that can help us heal. We will learn to trust the wisdom of our bodies to show what and how much of a certain plant is desired to create the perfect medicine. We will use the energy of the short winter days to reflect inwards and plan our gardens for the next spring. Winter is a time of stillness, of silence, a time of going inside. The trees and herbs are in a dormant state, nature is sleeping. But in the depths of the soil there is movement, there is life! We will consciously tune into this life energy to align with the slowness of nature around us and nourish ourselves and the seeds that we want to sow for the next year. We will go out into the forest to connect and learn about the local, seasonal plants. We will move and shake and come into our bodies to experience the making of the medicines in an embodied way. We will also nourish our bodies with a beautiful earth sauna and cold pond (if you wish) and incredible, herb infused organic meals! You will go home with several products that you will learn to create and can as well replicate at home for gifts before the holidays!
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AND LEAVE WITH:
✦ Learning to relate with herbs and plants in connection with your body wisdom
✦ Experience creating medicine with sacred rituals
✦ Remember your body as Earth medicine
✦ Embodiment practices that help you to feel more connected to yourself
✦ Learning to create intuitive rituals to initiate medicine making
✦ Knowledge about local, seasonal herbs and plants that can aid your body
✦ Learning to create and take with you several different herbal products with recipes that you can apply at home to make gifts for the holidays
✦ Nourishing your body with sauna and herb infused, organic food
❅ WHEN ❅
Starting Friday December 10th at 13:00
Ending Sunday December 12th at 15:00
❅ WHERE ❅
A magical seminar space an hour North of Berlin in Löwenberger Land, on the edge of the forest, easily accessible by public transport and car. Charming barn space with workshop room, shared sleeping or private rooms available, earth sauna, swimming pond, local, organic and wild harvested delicious catered meals
❅ COSTS ❅
Contribution
✦ early bee: 277€ (until November 5th)
✦ mid day squirrel: 299€ (until November 19th)
✦ late owl: 333 € (until December 3rd)
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✦ bring a friend DISCOUNT: 255€ each
additionally: Accomodation 30-60€, organic food 50€, Materials 30€ = 110-140€
For more informations and bookings: touchinglifewithzsofi@gmail.com
❅ FACILITATORS ❅
Anna is a herbalist, a researcher of life, mother and a community member. Anna has a PhD in biology and is a certified herbalist. She is in love with the beauty of plants and was always fascinated by the innumerable uses plants have in different cultures. Her desire to explore her own roots more in depth brought her to study the local wild plants: there are so many treasures to be found right on our doorsteps! One of Anna´s favourite things to do is to experiment with wild herbs in the kitchen. In her project Pimpinella Lab (pimpinella-lab.de) she shares about her newest creations and how to bring more herbal goodness to our plates. In her work for a herbalist school she creates workshops and nature walks and teaches how to identify and use wild plants. Living in a community close to Berlin, situated in a beautiful forest, adds another dimension to her life. Co-creating a community in nature brings incredible personal growth and true connection: to other humans but also to all the other living beings. These experiences and the underlying knowledge nurture her work. With her teaching she wants to raise awareness for the rhythms of nature and allow to tune into the different energies they bring. Also she encourages to listen more deeply to our bodies, live guided by their wisdom and access plant knowledge guided by intuition.
Zsofi is a turned on woman, mother and community member. Through many years of her personal journey, she chooses to live liberated in her sexuality, in connection with the depths of her heart while grounding it all into matter. She is passionate about initiating, encouraging and holding space for others on their journeys of coming alive and freeing up into more and more of themselves while deepening their connection to their bodies and the Earth. She has the unconditional acceptance and enormous capacity of a mother for being present with what is, and giving full permission to all that wants to arise. This leads to transformation, to more Life. Zsofi is devoted to this path and making it accessible and sustainable for humanity. She has experience with one on one mentorships, group facilitation, body work and all the various group processes that arise while building a conscious community. She is a 200 hour traditional hatha meditation, pranayama and asana teacher, 200 hour Shakti Spirit sacred tantric practices facilitator and most of her experiences come from living consciously, open to life leading her on adventures of travels, retreats, plant medicines, facing traumas, deaths and Love. Anna and Zsofi are living in the same community, harvesting wild herbs and making witchy things together.