Shelter
Herbs & Therapies for the Womb & Skin
“As if you were on fire from within.
The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
~ Pablo Neruda
The Summer quarter of Sage School takes you on an herbal discovery of both the Female Reproductive System and the Skin.
Birthing and beautifying.
The energies of summer give birth to creativity and beauty in so many ways. The joy of children, the glow of sun-kissed skin, the refreshing clarity of the water, evenings spent pondering the mysteries of the universe by the light of the moon.
Shelter focuses on the plants, practices and body systems aligned to summer. Learn how to use the energies of summer to nourish your own sheltering spaces, polish your radiant glow and provide wellness for yourself and all you bring forth into this world.
You are, of course, welcome to learn about the womb and skin any time of year!
What’s Inside Your Program?
(The next instructor-led version begins June 24th, 2019)
WELCOME & RESOURCES
Spend part of your first week by simply:
- Settling into using your online classroom and introducing yourself to your new community: don’t worry, our online classroom is easy to use and Luddite-friendly!
- Exploring the additional resource library we’ve put together for extra fun & support, getting orientated to the weekly question forum, and receiving video welcomes from your instructor and the executive director of Sage School.
- Discovering how to set intentions and create rituals to support your journey in class and beyond.
- Learning how to learn about plants in a way that is probably new to you and is so transformative for many of our students!
- Benefitting from a self-guided mini-course in herbal medicine-making if that’s new to you, of interest, or of use as a refresher (and it’s completely optional!)
MODULE 1: THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Week 1: Get started by doing. Meet your first summer herb and work with it experientially and somatically (using just your five senses!) Learn how to get in touch with your moon.
Week 2: Dive into the fundamentals: read about the female reproductive system, and watch an encouraging video from Maia.
Week 3: Follow up your somatic discoveries with your first herb by doing a materia medica. Read up on a few additional therapies, then learn about Maya abdominal massage. Wrap up with a video from Maia on your herb.
Week 4: Explore pregnancy and menopause, and make a plan for where YOU are on this journey!
Week 5: Consider a case study and explore essential oils and flower essences for the womb. Take some moments to reflect, review and ask questions about this important system.
MODULE TWO: THE SKIN
Week 1: Become aware of this major organ – explore your skin! Read about your skin.
Week 2: Learning about your first herb. Then further support this understanding by joining Maia as she talks you through the skin in a video.
Week 3: Explore and select essential oils for the skin–and do the same with flower essences. Learn and then indulge with recipes for body scrubs to keep you clean and fresh.
Week 4: Follow up your somatic discoveries with your herb by doing a materia medica. Then join Maia as she discusses your herb in a video.
Week 5: The best way to learn is to apply! Start practicing taking your herbal work out into the wider world by contemplating a small case study and then craft summer wellness plan.
MODULE THREE: STAYING IN-SYNC WITH THE SEASONS
Ease into the next season with some tasty bonus materials! You’ll get:
- an autumn foods list to further explore supporting your health, body and soul, from your own kitchen
- and reading and ritual suggestions that lead you into the next quarter.
SAGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATION
Upon completion of all 4 seasonal modules, we do offer a program certificate to those students who meet certain criteria.
Beyond a sense of achievement, this option is particularly valuable for students who might want to go on to more formal studies or ventures in the herbal wellness world, as this is a professional way to qualify past experience to other teachers, employers, or institutions.
If you’d like to go this route, please read the following requirements to find out how to easily assemble your Sage School Portfolio:
1) Submission of all specified assignments (just look out for the portfolio submission notice in each lesson). The assignments must be completed to a standard of good quality;
2) Completion of all lessons;
3) Contribution in 75% of all discussion prompts/threads;
4) Achievement of a passing mark on an open-book, final exam on body systems and herbs.