Ladies Rewilding Series
Spring 2022
Meeting up at parks around West Michigan
Every other week, Spring Equinox to Summer Solistice
When was the last time you explored off-trail or got lost in a sunset? Who are YOU as a woman and how are you connected to the earth? We were created to live in relationship with the natural world and in community with one another. Let’s connect with our inner-wild.
In this ladies-only class, we will practice mindset shifts, practical knowledge and hands-on skills. We’ll connect with the Earth and within ourselves as we practice mindfulness, sensory meditation, and journaling. Our theme for Spring 2022 is wild edibles and medicinal plants. Hand-on skills include foraging wild plants and mushrooms, and processing them into foods and medicines. We’ll nourish our bodies through delicious foods and medicinals. Most importantly, we will form a community of women supporting and encouraging one another, committed to reconnecting with nature. Come, rewild with us.
* All women (18+) are welcome to join the Ladies Rewilding Group, no matter your stage of life or current societal roles. Welcome!
What’s Included
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Eight in-person meet ups, every other week, about two hours each. Our time together will include mindfulness practices, sensory meditation, and journaling, as well as getting to know our plant friends through wild edibles and medicinal plant processing.
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Weekly check-in email that includes journaling prompts, quick readings, and mindfulness practices to apply throughout the week.
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Opportunity to join a Private Facebook Community to connect with others within our community between classes, ask questions, and share discoveries and resources.
Materials List
The two books will be combined as a sort of “textbook”
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Healing Wise, Wise Woman Herbal by Susan S. Weed (this book was published in 1989, check used book websites to find this one).
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Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel
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A new, beautiful unlined journal that you are excited to use
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Nice set of colored pens, markers, or colored pencils, whichever you prefer to journal with
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One Wildflower Field Guide. There are lots to choose from, if you already have one, bring that. Otherwise, my top recommendation is Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb. Peterson’s Field Guide to Wildflowers is also a great one. Wildflowers of Michigan by Stan Tekiela is a small, simple to use guide that fits well in a trail bag. I love it for my kids, but I’ve found that many local species are missing from this book.
Schedule of Meet Up Dates and Locations