Welcome to Autumn, the time of creative darkness, where we begin to spiral inward to plan and vision for next year’s light. Now is when our lives move indoors, our bodies slow down, and our minds become more contemplative. It’s also a time of receptivity, which could also mean susceptibility to illness and a case of the blues. In this hands-on experiential workshop, we’ll access the power of healing plants known for their immune-strengthening, nerve calming, and mood boosting properties. Everyone learns how to make and takes home their own mugwort anointing balm for visioning work.
$40 online
$45 at the door
Liz Neves is a mama, meditator, dreamer, herbalist, reiki practitioner, and 13+ year Brooklynite. Liz leads herbalism and meditation classes for families and adults in Prospect Park (gatheringground.nyc). Raganella, the herbal body care business she launched and ran for 3 years, had a loyal following and was featured in food.curated on NYC-TV, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, and more.
When she's not leading a Gathering Ground class, Liz practices reiki and teaches classes at the New York Botanical Garden, MINKA Brooklyn, and other institutions throughout the city. She is deeply grateful for her direct teachers: her son, Cyndi Lee, Robin Rose Bennett, Peeka Trenkle, Jacoby Ballard, Karen Rose, Rosalee de la Forêt, Andrew Faust, Kristin Reed, Leda Meredith, Vanessa Chakour, the Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, the Interdependence Project, the Plants, the Elements, the Earth. Liz is also inspired by the work of Rosemary Gladstar, David Winston, 7Song, Matthew Wood, Stephen Harrod Buhner, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Joan Halifax, Robert Waggoner, and Llyn Roberts, among many others.