i've told a few of you out there about my newest obsession-----this apothecary circle being offered by laura emily. i signed up early in august and can't wait until the class begins in december.
want to know more? here's some info taken directly from laura emily::
This yearlong course has one goal- to uncover the healer within you by
building your home apothecary, and to gain the knowledge &
confidence to use it.
The Apothecary Circle isn't for the
casual organic herbal loving lass, although she might love joining in as
well! This yearlong course is designed for the woman who wants to step
into the role of being a healer within her home and community. It is
designed for the woman who wants to return to earth medicine, holistic
living, and abundant health.
Over the past few years women have asked me:
"What do you have that I can use for ear aches?"
"Is there a way to tone down pms-ing?"
"Massive headache. Suggestions?"
and on and on it went. I'm happy and thrilled to give answers, craft up herbal goodies to soothe and heal. That is what I do.
but.
As
women, we’re all part of a line of healers. Nurturing our babes,
nourishing our love ones, nursing back to health one of our own when
they battle the flu or an ear ache. Our family instinctively turns to us
for healing- and we instinctively respond. Being a healer is rooted
deep within our bones. Somewhere along the way we gave modern medicine a
large slice of our role, complete with side effects, damaging and
disease ridden health risks, numbing our bodies and robbing our wallets.
You know what my favorite part about earth medicine is? The risks are
few, the results are abundant, and it is so freaking cheap when we learn
the tools ourselves.
Good Earth Living will remain- and I am
happy and blessed to craft up healing goods to extend a thin red ribbon
from my heart to yours. But now I’m happy to offer a yearlong
certification course so you, love, can take up that role of being the
healer of your body & home with confidence.
When: December 21st 2012- December 21 2013
Where: Virtual classroom online.
How:
--*Monthly
lessons & tutorials on herbs, creating tinctures, salves, lipbalms,
capsules, teas, clays, makeup, mist, perfumes, and cooking with herbs.
--*Group community.
--*herbal consultations
--*study of herbs & other holistic approaches.
--*free
downloads of over 10 e-books over the course of the year covering
topics such as folk recipes, holistic approach to acne and skin
problems, managing headaches & migraines naturally, understanding
and beating fatigue, general family health, hydration, nutrition, space
clearing, crystal therapy, and holistic wellness.
--*six virtual
ecourses over the course of the year covering detoxing, cleanses,
fasting, space clearing, intentions, and more. Members are required to
participate with at least one, but all 6 ecourses/workshops are free and
open to members of the Apothecary Circle
--*raw food prep & methods
--*food remedies & nutritional game plans
--*folk remedies
--*space clearing
--*Detoxing to cure & fasting
--*study of essential oils for medicinal properties
--*blueprint for a physical home apothecary
--*Certificate in Home Apothecary.
*NOTE:
Emphasis studies (holistic nutrition, space clearing, and detoxing) are
now included in ALL signups- despite the date of your registration! If
you have signed up prior to this change, you are automatically included
in the update!
Members have access to a private website with
articles, guest writers & teachers, and tutorials. Each month will
focus on one subject, with a short lesson provided bi-monthly. Members
can create their own pace to work through the material. Certification
requires members to answer three discussion questions, and participation
with at least one ecourse workshop provided throughout the year. It is
my intention for you to build a home apothecary and to have the
knowledge to craft your own earth medicine to heal the space around you
(and those within it). To step into the role as a healer, armed with the
tools to be such.
SEPT Sign-ups
Those who sign up within
September will receive a starter apothecary kit. Five Bulk herbs, 3
earth clay samples, 1 essential oil, 2 oz. of sweet almond oil, 1 oz.
organic beeswax, 1 1/2 ounce pre-made tincture, Himalayan Pink Salt, and
more. Over $45 worth of materials! All Apothecary Circle members will
have free access to all eBooks, eCourses, workshops and lessons
throughout 2013.
NOV-DEC Sign-ups
All Apothecary Circle
members will have free access to all eBooks, eCourses, workshops and
lessons throughout 2013. All Apothecary Circle members who participate
with one ecouse/workshop, and participate with at least 3 discussion
questions will earn a certificate in home apothecary.
Use your
Certificate & emphasis of study as a credential in your own holistic
living business, or simply to boost your confidence of your role as a
healer within your home and community!
It's time we take health seriously and learn the tools.
Earth medicine is a birthright. We, as women, are healers.
Learn the skills, and live abundantly.
If you have questions, contact me either here in a convo, or remail me at:
apothecarycircle [!at] gmail.com
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Note: Since releasing this project, I've gotten a lot of emails with
the same question: is the $99 a payment or really the cost of the entire
course?
A: The entire course, babe. Only $99.
From my heart to yours.
Reflect on. Join. Share. Live abundantly.
i am seriously excited about starting this new adventure. if you are interested in signing up (and seriously, it's like the best deal ever...what do you have to lose...?seriously), use the code HERBS300 to get 15% off your total! (and i will earn a 15% commission, too!) i truly believe that we all have the power to heal at home, and i can't wait to learn more about how i can do that!
** HERBS300 **
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
nature is insane
(all above photos taken by gray at parlee farms in tyngsboro, MA)
nature is completely insane. and awesome. insanely awesome.
every year at this time, i walk around with eyes wide open, unable to fully grasp how nature can be so freaking...cool. i feel so blessed to live in new england, soon to be knee-deep in red leaves with the smell of campfires all around me. the end.
xx
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
rosemary tincture
so what is a tincture, you ask? well, simply put, it is a blend of an herb's essential oils in a suspension of alcohol. rosemary tinctures have lots of benefits, the most important being the ability to not only ward off colds, but to prevent infections. with cold and flu season right around the corner (and the runny noses are already here in gilbertland), i decided to create a rosemary tincture today and store it away for a sniffly day. a tincture takes about 6-8 weeks to become amazeballz. i stored mine is a dark, dry closet in my basement while it does its magic.
here's what i needed:
* 1/2 cup rosemary leaves
*2 cups vodka
*mason jar
here's what i did::
1. gathered a whole bunch of organic rosemary from my yard. took it in, washed and dried it. removed all the leaves from the stems and measured out a rough 1/2 cup.
2. poured 2 cups of vodka into a mason jar.
3. added the rosemary leaves to the vodka.
4. put on the lid and rid away for another day! (about 6-8 weeks)
here's a great site with more information about the benefits of rosemary and the appropriate doseages for rosemary tinctures.
next, i'm going to experiment with making homemade vanilla extract!
here's what i needed:
* 1/2 cup rosemary leaves
*2 cups vodka
*mason jar
here's what i did::
1. gathered a whole bunch of organic rosemary from my yard. took it in, washed and dried it. removed all the leaves from the stems and measured out a rough 1/2 cup.
2. poured 2 cups of vodka into a mason jar.
3. added the rosemary leaves to the vodka.
4. put on the lid and rid away for another day! (about 6-8 weeks)
here's a great site with more information about the benefits of rosemary and the appropriate doseages for rosemary tinctures.
next, i'm going to experiment with making homemade vanilla extract!
Friday, September 14, 2012
kiss?!?!?!??!
lulu is trying to take a nap as she leisurely flips through "pop star!" magazine (it's like teen bop for you 80's girls). she says "mom, if your husband had braces on his teeth, would you still marry him?" and i said "yeah". and then she followed it up in a horrified voice with "AND KISS?!?!?!?!?!"
Thursday, September 13, 2012
autumn
"Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and
color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and
distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see
the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to
the far horizon?"
Hal Borland
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
my week ahead, in a nutshell
trying to figure out how to creatively use all the awesome veggies we get every week...
trying to get back on track and eat meals that look more like this every day...
navigating meltdowns left and right as everyone adjusts to new schedules...
still waging my war against fruit flies....this the season, right? i swear by my apple-cider-vinegar-paper-cone-in-a-grateful-dead-cup method. i do the catch and release outside technique. they are my ultimate arch nemeses!
trying to tuck love in where i can. i'm having a tough time letting go of my babies this year!
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
where i'm at
well, there's been a LOT of this. like a real lot.
and then this happened...
oh my. this mama is a little heartbroken and a lot-of-bit proud. xx
and then this happened...
oh my. this mama is a little heartbroken and a lot-of-bit proud. xx
Saturday, August 18, 2012
veggie eye candy
there's been lots and lots of veggies to get through every week now------and they are the yummy kind that we like! long gone are the days of garlic scapes and kohlrabi. and since our whole CSA share is paid if full now, every week we pickup it seems like we are getting "free" food! ;) the melon is incredible..the kids fight over the cucumbers and tomatoes. i had a killer eggplant parm, and every week we have scrambled eggs and the most delicious roasted potatoes you can imagine. the kids gobble up the broccoli with pasta and olive oil at least once a week, too. the corn....oh, the corn...seriously the best corn i've ever tasted! we all sing the praises of our CSA now! (thank goodness because i couldn't handle the joking and eye rolls that i was getting at the beginning of the season any more!)
ten more weeks to go, too!
Monday, August 13, 2012
ryan seacrest, and on being a teen
" because of the teen choice awards, i really want to see the 'twilight' movie----i know all the characters' names...like bella, and ryan seacrest.". -grace
Thursday, August 09, 2012
energy shifts
| lulu's driveway drawings...the first "people" that she's ever drawn! we were ridiculously excited about this. |
the energy has definitely been shifting around these parts. even though it's still super hot and humid and very much summery, in my mind i'm planning for the fall. it's going to be all about transitions in the month of september (actually, the kids start in late august...right around the corner!)----getting the two big kids off to school and back into their routines. joey will be in full day 1st grade...which is huge because he was only in K for like two hours a day. there are bus routes to get comfortable with, lunches to make, forms to sign, fears to conquer. and then it's just lulu and i, left to fill up the hours of the day with our own kind of fun (i suspect there will be lots of kitchen help and tops eaten off markers). thinking about boosting up my massage business, maybe taking my show on the road and doing more in-home massage. i am looking forward to the fall, but sad to see summer go. really, it should go down in the books as one of the best, by far.
lately, i've been painting again. and it feels good to get back to it. and i've had to get really creative in the kitchen, too----making some new meals and challenging myself to use all our CSA veggies every week. in my free time (when i'm not passing out at 7pm), i've been obsessed with the really bad abc family show 'bunheads', the hbo show 'girls', and the bravo show 'gallery girls'. it's getting harder and harder to find time to watch inappropriate television because grace is like her daddy and could stay up until 1am if i let her. there are lots of nights that i go to bed before her! there's no way on earth i would ever let her watch 'girls'----it makes me blush and i have to shut the shades when i watch it.
i get some alone time this weekend. john is away for a couple of days and the kids are away with their grandparents. i can't decide what to do. part of me wants to plan something elaborate for myself, and the other part of me wants to get my beach chair and a good book and sit on my ass and read, uninterrupted, for a couple of hours. maybe take a swim in the ocean. maybe take a nap on the beach. maybe just sit and think about nothing, and everything.
big love to you, and you, and you. xx
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
veggie update!
just a little visual veggie love! the csa is picking up and we're getting lots of veggies, which mostly go right into fresh salads or are cut up and roasted on the grill. i've also been cutting up some of the veggies and the kids will eat them raw at the town beach, where we've been spending the bulk of these hot summer days (carrots, cucumbers, snap peas). it's been so hot and so beautiful and i feel so blessed by the bounty of nature!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
best.summer.evah.
| road tripping with boo, old school style (except with GPS and cell phones) |
| finding love in the strangest of places |
| hanging with em and baby lindan in maryland on the water |
| seeing the beauty of nature everywhere |
| trying new things in philadelphia |
| cheering on this little girl in the state championships! |
| there's nothing like swimming in hotel pools with your sibs |
| hayrides driven by puppa |
| taking the time to smell the flowers |
| visiting friends all over... and seeing mama al in CT |
| hanging by the pool...and at the beach...and at the farm |
| watching hubby make some stomach-turning cocktails at the big 4th party |
| celebrating our 11 year anniversary on the water in newburyport...no kids and not a care in the world! |
| a couple of crafty projects for some loved ones |
| family time at parker's maple barn |
| amusement park with friends! |
| letterboxing |
| a little dress-up time |
| our seventh year of vacationing with this beautiful family |
| sitting around the fire, just being |
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