Join Calyx of the Northern Appalachia School for a full-day mini-retreat!
Spend the day learning about local plants and how to incorporate them into our lives for restoration, healing, and rematriation. This retreat combines Calyx’s popular women’s foraging class with a full afternoon of herbal medicine making and holistic self care.
In the morning, we will cover the essentials of foraging, including plant identification, safety, medicinal and edible uses of plants, and honoring the land through harvest.
In the afternoon, we will move to the kitchen to learn about herbal skincare and how to make several different topical applications to facilitate your own home herbal spa. Participants will also get to blend and try out their own herbal skin-care product (clay masks, cold compresses, etc). Then we’ll sip herbal tea while discussing stress management, self-care, and community care. Finally, participants will experience a guided grounding relaxation.
A lunch with farm-to-table and foraged ingredients will be provided to those attending the full day or morning session. Vegetarian and gluten free options will be provided.
Schedule:
10:00am - 10:30am | Arrival & Opening Circle
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Introduction to Foraging
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Plant Walk
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Skincare & Herbal Spa
2:00 pm- 3:00 pm | Stress Management & Tea Time
3:00 pm- 3:30 pm | Guided Relaxation
3:30 pm- 4:00 pm | Closing Circle
Registration Options:
*Deadline to register: August 21st at noon*
Full day: $85/person (includes lunch)
Half day: $50/person
- Morning only/foraging (10:00 am-1:00 pm, includes lunch)
- Afternoon only/self-care & skin (1:00 pm-4:00 pm, does not include lunch)
10% discount for bipoc, single mothers
All women ages 14+ are welcome (babies in arms welcome)
Program Notes:
Class will be held partially outdoors, rain or shine. Please dress appropriately for all weather and off-trail walking. A pencil and a notebook are recommended. A yoga mat or blanket is optional for sitting outside. We will meet in the summer kitchen.
Parking takes place in the field above the farmhouse. Plan to arrive 10 minutes early so we can begin the class on time.
All programs are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances, including inclement weather. Participants will receive an email in the days preceding the program for any changes or cancellations. You can review our current Cancellation and Refund Policy here.
About the Instructor:
Calyx Liddick is a certified clinical herbalist and nutritionist, field botanist, wildcrafter, activist, writer, and mother of two. She was born and raised in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. She sees the human body as an ecological microcosm, and that by reconnecting to the land we can heal the land as well as ourselves. In her practice, she integrates the long, rich history of traditional herbalism with modern scientifically sound research. Calyx is a graduate of the Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism and is the founding director of the Northern Appalachia School. Find out more at northernappalachiaschool.com.
York, PA 17406
United States