Media Aranda

1. The Seed Saving Class
The Seed Saving Class will be a user friendly orientation to the mysteries of saving plant seeds, harvesting and processing of seeds. The class is suitable for the beginner and green thumb types. The class will include:

ChoQosh Auh'ho'oh

1. The Ancient Tsalagi Dance of Life: A Moving Meditation of Seven Points and Nine Rounds of Balancing and Empowerment, all levels
Attunement for Mind, Body and Spirit
Ancient Native American moving meditation embodying the power of the Four Directions, Mother Earth and Father Sky, “Giving and Receiving in Right Relation.” This practice is similar to Tai Chi and Chi Qong. It is seven points of Balancing and Empowerment. Takes one hour of continuous movement in slow motion. This remarkable experience comes from the ancient tradition of the Etowa Band of the Tsalagi/Cherokee. Released to the world by Dhyanni Ywahoo (Voice of the Ancestors-Shambala Press) as part of a prophecy that concerns us all. Wear very loose flexible clothing.

2. The Kitchen Witch’s Romp Through the Pantry or What an Herbalist Can Do When the Weather Is Too Rainy To Go Outside, all levels
It's all there in your fridge and cupboards! Life saving treatments, first aid wonders, and a grand assortment of hair and skin conditioners and divine beauty aids. Bring pen and paper and be prepared to learn and share what our Great GrandMothers always knew. This class promises to be a Good Brew!

Mimi Rose Bashaw, MA, MFT 3

1. Coloring your Hair with Plants, part 1, all levels
In this class you will learn about and experiment with Henna, Indigo, Cassia, Amla, and other plants that can be used to dye and condition your hair. We will discuss different recipes and techniques for applying plant dyes.

2. Coloring your Hair with Plants, part 2, all levels

3. When Too Much is Not Enough: A Conversation about Plants and Addiction, all levels
In this class we will discuss current theories of addiction and how to take care of ourselves while supporting clients, family, and other loved ones who are struggling with addiction. We will also explore the wisdom that “abused” plants have to offer. We will take time to offer a collective healing prayer for all of those who are harming themselves through unharmonious relationships with plants.

Jordon Champagne

1. Food Preservation TBA

2. Food Preservation TBA

Linda Hartshorn

1. Natural Dye Workshop, part 1
In this hands-on workshop we will dye wool yarn and raffia three different colors. The dyes used in the workshops vary with seasons and availability, but we may use such dyes as walnut leaf brown, madder root red, and onion skin or marigold yellow. We start by preparing the dyebaths and a mordant bath with alum. Plant materials are simmered and strained in water to yield a dye. Fibers are put first in the mordant bath, then in the dyebath, then rinsed and dried. The natural colors from plants are beautiful! Students take home their yarn and raffia to use in knitting and basketry projects. They now know enough about dyeing with plants to do it on their own.

2. Natural Dye Workshop, part 2
We will continue.

3. Tapestry Weaving, part 1
Weave a small tapestry on a very portable wooden loom. We will use hemp for the warp and colorful natural dyed wools for the weft. Learn basic techniques and create geometric designs. Take the loom home with you!

4. Tapestry Weaving, part 2
We will continue.

Deborah Lindsay, City Council, Pacific Grove

1. Intensive: How to Get Elected and Make Real Change
in Your Community, all levels
Deborah was recently elected to a four-year term on the City Council of Pacific Grove, CA. In this class she will discuss how she did it, and houw you can too! She will use story telling and humor, providing confidence to run for office, establish a circle of support to step into the unknown and direct what Nina Simons of Bioneers calls “leading with the feminine”. We will look at assessing your candidacy, formulating your platform, raising money, building a team, meeting the press, ethics and fair political practices, running a carbon neutral campaign, dealing with criticism, endorsements, and what to do once you’re elected.

Amanda J. Lyon C.A.S., P.K.S.

1. Shivambu: Your Medicinal Waters, all levels
Medical practitioners in India, China, Thailand, Greece, France, and Mexico, have been practicing urine therapy for centuries. Learn about the practical application of urine therapy for human health, and how farmers in Sweden have been using urine to fertilize large crops successfully. We will examine the nutritional components of urine, and dispel the myth that urine is simply a waste product. Why are we wasting water flushing our medicine down the toilet? Attend this workshop and see if we can give you a new perspective!

2. Tarpana: Ancestral Relationship Healing, part 1, all levels
Bija Vrksha Nyaya in Sanskrit means the Law of Seed and Tree. The seeds refer to your genes and chromosomes that have been passed to your from your parents. The seed grows into the tree- this is you. You will always contain the seeds from your parents, they from their parents, and so on. We can never truly separate ourselves from our ancestors. Tarpana helps dispel any negativity passed to us from our ancestors through simple ritual and ceremony. Learn this technique for deeper healing and releasing of habits, especially psychological habits that have been passed down to you. Experience the deeper sense of peace and calm within once you have performed this ceremony. Heal your past and help to create a positive future.

3. Tarpana: Ancestral Relationship Healing, part 2, all levels
We will continue.

Lily Mazzarella

TBA

Megan McElroy

1. String of Songs- Exploring the Relationship Between Drumming and Singing at the Same Time! all levels
In this class we will explore the connection between voice and hands while singing many well known and some new circle songs and drumming! We will also explore harmonies, complementary rhythms, and listening as time allows. Beginners are encouraged to attend.

Sherry McGary

1. Creating a Permaculture Garden
This session will cover the 3 types of garden styles used in permaculture design; forest gardens, keyhole gardens & plant guilds and the philosophy behind each style. I will have photos and permaculture designs to emphasize design possibilities, In closing I will summarize the array of permaculture reference books that are currently on the market.

2. Permaculture Plants… For a Year Round Harvest
Permaculture gardens are ornamental as well as edible, while providing you & your natural neighbors with beauty and bounty year round. In this session we will review & discuss a permaculture garden in Santa Rosa, Ca. (I will show photos). This garden provides a year round harvest of fruit, vegetables & herbs (medicinal as well as culinary). I will provide a plant list with recommended selections. I will also recommend plant catalogs, & websites.

3. Tending the Inner Garden
In this experiential session we will practice grounding & centering techniques as well as clearing our energy field. The session will end in a guided meditation to meet a plant spirit guide.

Vanessa Passarelli

1. Intensive: Women's and Mother's Involvement in the Grassroots Movement to Getting More Nutritious Food in our Children's Schools all levels
We will take a look at what is going on in Sonoma County around School Gardens and the Farm to School Movement. Participants will also leave equipped with the tools to begin or support a local school's garden program. Participants will be seasoned with steps to implement changes into the School Lunch Program. The workshop will also nourish change through providing hands-on lessons and cooking demos that are great to do with school aged children. The class will provide an overview yet satisfying taste to create the world in which we seek for our children.

Joanne Rand

1. Singing Into Being Vocal Workshop 1, all levels,
(no experience necessary)
An experiential vocal workshop incorporating songs and chants from indigenous cultures throughout the world, as well as original songs by Joanne and by the participants themselves. Included are exercises in sound, listening, movement, breath...all tools for helping to access our voice. Emphasis is on spontaneity, group dynamics, and freeing up the inner authentic voice. Bring percussion, a pillow, a favorite song/ sound. (all optional).

2. Singing Into Being Vocal Workshop, 2 all levels
This class will repeat.

Sedona Ruiz

Bellydancing TBA 

Elizabeth Sailer L.Ac.

Securing the Wind Gate: Preventing and Treating Colds and Flus with Traditional Chinese Medicine, all levels
1. Cold and Flu season will be upon us before we know it. Chinese Herbal Medicine is uniquely effective at treating colds and flus. Learn to distinguish between Wind Cold and Wind Heat, the different popular patent remedies and how to use them most effectively, and how to apply TCM principles to prevent and to treat common viruses.

2. The Royal Family of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, part 1, all levels
The Tonics such as Ginseng, Dang Gui and Astragalus are the most treasured and respected of herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Gain an understanding of the difference between a Yin Tonic and a Yang Tonic, a Qi, Blood or Essence Tonic and how to experiment with them in patent medicines, teas and cooking.

3. The Royal Family of the Chinese Pharmacopeia, part 2 all levels
We will continue.

1. Eco-Myth: Wonderous Tales of Life on Earth, told 'round the campfire

2. Old Wives's Tales
In this workshop Teish will share stories highlighting the use of plants as she learned it from elders in New Orleans. This material includes charms for protection, love, prosperity and spiritual growth.

Kym Trippsmith

1. Rainwater Harvesting, part 1
Water is the life blood of our planet. All life thirstily craves water to survive. But while we may be obsessed with oil, we are not an oil-based culture; we are a water-based one. Sadly, by 2025, scientists expect that 2 out of 3 people will not have direct access to clean water. This workshop provides an introduction to rainwater harvesting techniques, products and installation options. Rainwater harvesting is viable option that enables each of us to:

• Increase water availability for potable and non-potable uses.
• Offset county and state water restrictions.
• Save money on water and energy bills.
• Reduce storm water runoff and non-point source pollution.
• Cultivate water retention and ground hydration.
• Acquire L.E.E.D. certification points.
• Increase the value of any property.
• Reduce reliance on aging water infrastructure.
• Empower us all to be part of the sustainable water solutions.

Isn’t it time you made sure you have water for your family or business no matter what?

2. Rainwater Harvesting, part 2
We will continue. See Rainwater Harvesting, part 1 for full description.

3. Graywater Reuse Options
Recent changes in California graywater laws now encourage the reuse of graywater. Graywater is defined by the California Building Code Sec 1602.0 as “untreated household waste water that has not come into contact with toilet waste. Graywater includes used water from bathtubs, showers, and bathroom wash basins, and water from clothes-washers and laundry tubs. It shall not include waste water from kitchen sinks or dishwashers.” This workshop reviews these new graywater laws and provides tangible options for installing graywater systems, including newly developed graywater filters that provide intensive filtration for graywater reuse. Learn how to reuse thousands of gallons of graywater from your tub, shower and washing machine to keep your trees, flowers and lawns happy all year long.

Karin Christa Uphoff, MH

1. The Heart of the Matter, part 1, all levels
The heart, as empress, sits at the throne of your body – what is she saying? This class will cover basic cardio physiology, symptoms of imbalance, the heart’s relationship to all connective tissue, and how to care for this beloved muscle. Be prepared for an energetic exploration of the heart chakra and how the heart and mind relate.

2. The Heart of the Matter, part 2, all levels
We will continue.

3. Herbal First Aid, beginning/intermediate
Better-than-basic first aid using commonly available herbs and natural remedies! Learn to build your own first aid kit for home or travel.

Karen Vogel

1. Intensive: Motherpeace Tarot: Healing by Remembering, Repairing and Restructuring Core Stories.
Learn how to do complete readings with the Motherpeace Tarot deck. The stories told by a full readings shows the deep patterns in our lives and points to ways of redirecting the entrenched parts of ourselves to more healing possibilities. A reading can be used to diagnose some of the root causes of illness and dis-harmony and find ways to restore balance thereby enhancing other modalities of healing.

2. Female Shamanism Goddess Cultures and Psychedelics, a slideshow, part 1
A look around the globe and back through time at female shamanism and it’s roots in herbalism, both medicinal and mind altering.

2. Female Shamanism Goddess Cultures and Psychedelics, part 2
Sharing some of the ways psychedelics have been used for healing in Goddess cultures, particularly women’s practices.

Joan Weir

1. Introduction to Basic House Maintenance for Women

In this introductory course, students will learn the fundamentals of the systems that often exist in a common house and how they can approach standard maintenance and repair. Students will become familiar with basic terminology, operation, and repair options for systems such as: heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); foundations; plumbing; electrical; and all the systems in between. Upon completion, students will feel more comfortable with a variety of systems and be better equipped to handle repairs and maintenance through a contractor or, even better, on their own!

2. Hand and Power Tools - How to Use Them

Tamara Wilder

1. Making and Using Rawhide all levels
Rawhide is a de-haired piece of "raw" hide that has the qualities of being both shrinking and binding and hard and dense and serves a plethora of purposes that have been largely replaced lately by petroleum based plastics. Reclaim knowledge of how to make and use this ancient and incredible natural material. Help slip the hair, scrape, scud and process a deer hide to transform it into "rawhide". Use prepared rawhide to make an elderberry mini-drum, willow hoop shield and/or box.

2. Friction Firemaking all levels
Learn how to liberate the energy stored in the wood of local plants to create a burning ember, which is then fed so that it can grow into that essential element of existence….. fire! We will discuss the variety of woods that work well for making friction fire and then use already prepared kits (both hand drill and bow drill) to try our hand at it.

3. Wild Foods all levels
Explore a variety of wild foods found in the local fields and forests. We will discuss identification and gathering of a variety of foods including manzanita berries, bay nuts, pine nuts, greens & roots, play with some of the methods used to process this abundance into a ready to eat food, and sample many of these wild flavors.

Crones

1. Loving Life After Menopause
Crones, come share lunch with other Wise Crones. We will discuss loving life after menopause, finding joy, appreciation, and health in our Crone years. We will also discuss our part in the Maiden’s Rites of Passage Ceremony and our own Crone’s Honoring Ritual.

2. The Spirit Side of Being a Crone, part 1
This is time to reflect and share our experiences of Cronehood and our love for our Wise Crone ways and bodies. Past menopause and into memorypause, we will tell our stories. A time to make a ritual Crone Broom will follow.

3. The Spirit Side of Being A Crone, part 2
Crones, come share another lunch with other Wise Crones. We will continue our plans for the Maiden's Rites of Passage and our own Crone's Honoring Ritual.

4. Honoring the Loss of an Unborn Child
Join us for a quiet honoring of the loss of an unborn child through miscarriage or abortion.

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Sedona Ruiz

Bellydancing

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Mid-kids

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Morning Movement Classes

Kashi

Tri-yoga

Frieda Kipar

Morning Movement

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Other Classes

Stargazer Li

1. Stargazing With Li, 1 (all levels)
Come gaze at the stars sparkling in the night sky. Learn to find your way around the sky and identify the spring constellations and brightest stars, and hear the stories associated with them. Li uses a greenlaser pointer to trace the constellations that makes it easy for everyone to see exactly which stars we’re looking at. Bring a blanket or sleeping bag for warmth and comfort.

2. Stargazing With Li, 2 (all levels)
The class repeats.