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      • module 1
      • module 2
      • module 3
      • module 4
      • module 5
      • module 6
      • module 7
      • module 8
    • bipoc herbal immersion
    • traditional abortion, survivor + TGNC care
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an urban exploration of earth’s sacred offerings:
herbal and ancestral connections

study herbalism in a setting that centers the teachings and traditions of
ibpoc
(indigenous, black people of color)


Seed, Root + Bloom weaves together ancestor folk medicine from native Black, North American, Central American, South American, Celtic and traditions from the diasporas. We welcome you to your first rites of passage: self-healer.
​In year 1 of our gathering we connect to our holistic self and come with humility to ancestor connection. We meet ourselves and our living, past and other realm ancestors through meditations in each of our major energy centers, or chakras. In our sacred community, we journey in the cosmos of each chakra with the companionship of our plant allies, rituals, energy medicine, and yoga as medicine practices. Our circle partners with local and ancestral plants and community members to deepen our skills as urban medicine people.

If you have been searching for a way to (re)connect to your own personal lineage, to (re)member the wisdom of your ancestors and (re)claim a connection to yourself, then read on to discover if Seed, Root+Bloom is the Folk Herbal Educational program for you.

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Spring 2018 Herbal Apprenticeship​
closed

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Be the first to apply to our Spring 2019 Herbal Apprenticeship

Fill out our form here!

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our class schedule

-We will gather every first Saturday + Sunday from 10a-5p during April-December 2018

Saturday classes will be held in our Roxbury home on Mount Pleasant Av

Sundays we will be joining our generous + resilient Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan + Boston community members at their garden and healing spaces
+classes will be outdoors as much as possible in our gardens + in our community nature spaces

Gathering weekends:
April 7-8, May 5-6, June 2-3, July 7-8, August 4-5, September 8-9, Oct 6-7, Nov 3-4* and Dec 1-2
*camping weekend
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class focus

April ~ Opening Ceremony, Decolonizing circles, Meeting our ancestors, Blessing Herbs, Nourishing Herbs, Beginning our yoga-inspired sacred movement and meditation practice
Medicine Making: Herbal infusions

May - Root Chakra+ Immune System, Ancestor Roles + Homes, Permaculture+Urban Gardening
Medicine Making: Tinctures and tisane (herbal tea) blending

June - Sacral Chakra + Genitourinary System, Ancestor Birth rites, Creation Myths + Sacred Sexuality, Urban Foraging
Medicine Making: Honeys, Cordials,Elixirs
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July - Solar Plexus Chakra + Digestive System, Ancestor Foods, Warriors + Protectors, Herbalism on EBT
Medicine Making: Protective bitters

August - Heart Chakra + Circulatory System, Ancestor Protection + Shielding, Seed Keeping + Seed Saving
Medicine Making: Oils+balms, Flower Essences

September - Throat Chakra + Respiratory System, Ancestral Song+ Sound Healing, Spiritual Activism
Medicine Making: Sacred smoke part one: herbal smoke blends

October ~ Third Eye Chakra + Nervous System, Ancestor magick, Harvesting Roots
Medicine Making: Sacred smoke part two: incense bundles and blends

November – Crown Chakra, Ancestor Death Rituals + Medicinekeepers
Medicine Making: Anointing oils, sacred tools, medicine bundles
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​December ~ Rite of Passage Ceremony+Medicine Share
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program details

  • 200 herbal hours ​(125 weekend gatherings/75 home study)
  • $1500 (payment plans, scholarship + barter available)
  • To gather with us please apply here [application closed for 2018]
  • Our ancestor centered folk herbal community is open to cis women, two-spirit, trans women + men, genderqueer, gender variant, non-binary femme beings of racially oppressed communities

a weekend with SEED, ROOT, + BLOOM

Saturday
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10a-5p

Opening circle/ceremony
Talking circle
Ancestor connections
Plant meditation + talkback
Lunch
Holistic Anatomy + Physiology
Chakra/energy medicine meditation + ritual
Asana/Yoga-inspired Practice
Closing the circle


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Sunday
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10a-5p

Opening circle/ceremony
Urban witchery: Urban growing workshop/Social justice dialogues
Rooted in the community (Community partner: growers, healers, + mamas)
Hands on the land
Lunch
Harvest
Medicine Making+Magical Practices
Sacred movement
Closing circle
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meet your facilitators:
bellx & naomi

bellx of  Semilla of Ixchel  and Naomi of Tribe + Truth weave together to offer up their open black, native, and Mexican veins. 

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Naomi is a self-healing helper in the Usui Reiki and Wise Woman traditions and a guide on the path of Classically-informed Contemporary Yoga. She uses energy medicine and earth wisdom to enhance my weekly yoga classes, monthly workshops and private intuitive energy work sessions. She's been using yoga, meditation, tarot, crystals and plant medicine as tools for healing since she was very young.  Each of these methods has helped her to become who she is now. These tools and techniques have re-connected her to her SELF and she is  forever grateful to all her teachers and guides--including her mentors, students, friends and family (people, plant, mineral, animal and ancestral) for allowing her the space to learn, grow, heal and change.

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bellx is born from the womb of Adriana, ​​a mestizo cultura, and border experiences from Los Angeles, Califas to Boston, MA. moving wildly as we have always been, bellx flows with the gifts of ancestor + spirit, baring witness and acting from the messages that they are needing to share. she communes with plant beings, four-legged, finned, and people beings to support the healing of the tapestry of our oneness.

bellx offers support and companionship for individuals + families in life transitions, such as emotional or physical changes, first moon, menstrual cycle, birth, postpartum, abortion, loss, bereavement, miscarriage, and adoption. she weaves her mesoamerican cultura, the indigenous, african, + european knowings + healing ways in supporting others through herbal, massage, energy & rebozo support. she believes in your autonomy, medicine, and advocates for your reproductive + healing justice. ​

her practice is inspired by lineage, spirit + her many teachers, including her mamá, Rosalba Solis, Panquetzani, La Loba Loca, Sage Maurer,  Lupo Passero, Luana Morales, Irischa Valentin,Chanel L. Porchia, Leah Penniman + growing. 

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photo by jenny rebecca mcgaughlin

support our herbal students

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Meet  our student:  Ana Maria 

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When I was little I used to pray the dreams away. The ones that would come true a day or two after having them. I would know when women in my family were pregnant before they did, I could see and feel things no one around me seemed to have access to. I was scared and so I asked it to go away, and in many ways it has. I have spent the last few years reclaiming and reconnecting with what once came so natural it could only have been passed down. Just last year, during a heart to heart with my mother she admitted to me that my grandmother used to also have visions, dreams, that spirits would visit her- something she never told most people. Through this journey of reconnecting with my wisdom and my guides, I have found myself hungry and thirsty for all that I have lost, forced to hide away by religion and society. This space feels like an opportunity to honor them, to call them back, to say I am here and ready for you now.

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la  mala yerba

formerly SEED, ROOT + BLOOM
  • home
  • about
  • offerings
    • 9 month plant + ancestor journey >
      • welcome
      • before we gather
      • module 1
      • module 2
      • module 3
      • module 4
      • module 5
      • module 6
      • module 7
      • module 8
    • bipoc herbal immersion
    • traditional abortion, survivor + TGNC care
  • reparations
  • contact
    • booking