MUD\WTR :gather Herbal Tea Circle
For every tea circle, Sophia will prepare a single-herb tea infusion. As we enjoy the tea together, we will explore the medicinal benefits and spirit of this herb. Throughout the circle, everyone’s voices will be invited to reflect, share stories, and celebrate the simplicity of sipping herbal tea together. Includes a free 12 oz mud\wtr latte!
Finding Home Wherever You Go: Herbalism for the Traveling Soul
Let's explore the art of connecting with plants wherever your travels take you. Learn how to forge meaningful relationships with the flora around you, no matter where you roam. From city streets to mountain trails to airy coasts and mossy forests, we unlock our inner herbalist wherever we go with these tips & tricks. Our journey will end in a serene herbal meditation with the grounding essence of desert sagebrush, inviting you to travel to the airy coasts of Southern California.
how to be a teenage plant witch at LIB
Calling all aspiring plant witches! Join us for an enchanted tea ceremony, where we will sit in circle and discover the profound healing powers of herbs! From soothing teas to nourishing your teenage skin, you’ll learn how to soothe the body from the inside out with the gentle yet magical power of botanicals. You’ll be a plant witch in no time ;)
Astroherbalism 101 at Gem & Jam
Connecting planets with plants, this workshop connects constellations, teaching herbalism in terms of the stars! For those interested in astrology and the organic plant world and healing the mind and body with both.
Astroherbalism + Brilliant Business
Did you know that every planet has a unique day, plants, parts of the body, and parts of life that it rules?! And even more so, did you know you can incorporate this knowledge – these planets – to sculpt, build and enhance your business in a magical, intuitive and empowered way? This class will offer basics of three planets – the Moon, Mercury, and Saturn – what day of the week they rule, plants associated, and how to work with these energies to make your business flow in ways unimagined. This class will be an introduction to Sophia’s new online course, Planetary Prescriptions, a 9-piece digital offering that offers in depth information around working with planets + habits to build your best life.
astro plant walk + plant essence meditation
Astro Plant Walk + Plant Essence Meditation // 3pm-5:30pm ✨✨✨ plant walk x1000 more cosmic!!! Let’s get to know our simmering summertime herbs w/ astrological alignment. Very excited to go into this with you plant & star nerds. And then a plant essence meditation led by the very mystical and earthy Jess Howard of the Heron. Herbal refreshments and circle before & at end.
>>> Hosted at The Heron Westport
midsummer moon melt
let us join in community for the aquarian full moon + share self expression.
7pm-whenever, with option to camp ✨✨✨ is this what we are actually calling this? IDK! Herbal ceremony with intention, Spoken word / poetry / rap?! circle, and music by a very special DJ friend to soak in the Full Moon, a moon of self expression and power.
>>> Hosted at The Heron Westport. @potegpguidancecenter
>>> $22 please Venmo Sophia-Avra.
Deeper than Skin
How can we work with chronic conditions, like psoriasis? How can we regain hope that this is *not* how our skin, or bodies, will always feel? What can we do to mitigate flare ups + prevent them in the future?
This class will be a deep share of Sophia's personal story managing an incredibly severe psoriasis outbreak, and be infused with her experiences + studies in learning how to help body regain health.
Join class for insights around:
Herbalism for skin conditions
Food + diet
Lifestyle shifts to help the body regain health
Mental tricks / meditations for mental health
Preventing flare-ups
Working with flare ups
There’s an emphasis on healing the skin, and we will dive into both Western & Ayurvedic understandings of skin conditions - but this will hold information for all chronic conditions as well.
This is a class that’s been years in the making, based in lived experience.
Consider joining if you want to learn more on how to help yourself or to pull skills to help guide someone around you that might be struggling with something similar.
Please register via: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deeper-than-skin-tickets-148948399673
Plant Essence Gathering
Come engage with three plant allies. We will share tea, a plant essence meditation and plant burning bundles. CLASS IS FULL
Make Your Own Hemp Medicine Magic: Part II
We see CBD salves, lotions, oils in so many places these days, it can be nerving to know what you’re really getting! How about we learn to make our own magic? These empowering workshops will reveal the potency of learning to make your own remedies. Sophia Avramides will lead this two-part workshop to creating your own hemp and herbal oil and salve, using sun-grown, organic hemp flower grown here, in Southcoast, MA!
‘HOW TO SALVE // February 29th, 2020
Our second meeting will cover: how to make a salve, body butter and balm; ingredients needed and why we use them; and a synopsis on different ways you can use these topicals. You will leave with a potent, buttery, medicinal salve for yourself and your loved ones. 5-7 pm // $50
Come to one or come to both for $90!
PRE-REGISTRATION is necessary in order to reserve supplies for this class.
Make Your Own Hemp Medicine Magic
CANNAFUSION 101
We see CBD salves, lotions, oils in so many places these days, it can be nerving to know what you’re really getting! How about we learn to make our own magic? These empowering workshops will reveal the potency of learning to make your own remedies. Sophia Avramides will lead this two-part workshop to creating your own hemp and herbal oil and salve, using sun-grown, organic hemp flower grown here, in Southcoast, MA!
Our first meeting will cover: multiple ways to make an herbal infusion; the principles of learning how to pair herbs together to make synergistic medicine; and different modes of cannabinoid delivery. You will take home a vividly infused oil! // $50
herbal conversations // kava
each meeting, we sit and join each other - sipping on a master plant teacher and diving deep into cosmic conversation!
Daily Doshic Care & Home Herbalism
Diving into an Ayurvedic self-care practice, combining the classics with the superpositioning of ourselves in the Northeast. Speaking of the intermixing of dosha profiles that we all experience, and how we can balance our mind, body, senses and spirit through New England based herbs.
Cannabis Medicine & Offerings
Our classic lets-talk-weed gathering. Let’s talk about where we are with cannabis, who we are with cannabis, weed stigmatization, favorite ways to take in cannabis, and implementing a grow-your-own mindset. CBD edibles, oil massage rub downs, outdoor time and plaint spirit meditation are all offerings we will bring in. Come with questions!
Awakening Shakti Book Club
Brought to the ladies and gents that want to dive deep into their own goddess archetypes. We will be covering a different goddess at every meeting - on Tuesday nights, the day of YANG, masculinity, to balance out all the juicy shakti energy we will be harnessing. Prepare to read, share, laugh, meditate, and create your own super goddess.
“AWAKENING SHAKTI” (by Sally Kempton) is one of Sophia’s go-to books for empowerment. She is thrilled to have open conversations with you all about embodying the energy of these mythological beings.
First meeting is free, and the rest are donation based for you to invest whatever you feel called too.
Get Sprung
Spring is the time of year that the earth is thawing... and so are we. Time to reconnect with the parts of ourselves that we may have put on ice over the winter.
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Kapha dosha, one of the main energies in Ayurveda, is prominent during this time of year. Kapha is nourishing and supportive. When Kapha in our lymph, lungs, digestive system and brain are taken care of and flushed properly - we create healthy mental and physical cushioning.
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Let’s talk about springtime aspirations, herbal detoxing, pranayam to oxygenate, how to remain light as the flowers bloom and birds return, and how to keep the heavy, dense and stagnant feels of Kapha in check as we emerge from the springtime mud. You’re a unique otherworldly flower... bloom
Herbstalk!
Join us as we vend our Apothecary items at HERBSTALK! 2018 in Somerville, MA.
"Herbstalk is an educational community gathering offering herbal classes, plant walks and a marketplace. Our intent is to share herbal knowledge with a large audience during the event, and to build community around herbalism and health" - www.herbstalk.org
CBD 101
Lets talk about one of our favorite medicinal molecules, CBD!
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most researched cannabinoids found in hemp and cannabis plants. Research has shown it's incredible therepeutic potential, successfully treating a spectrum of health issues from anxiety, to chronic pain, to epilepsy and cancer.
In this class, we will discuss the unique qualities of CBD, how CBD works in our bodies, and the best ways to incorporate CBD into your self care routine. Plant power!