Nervous System Supports for the End of the World: Bring Balance to You Body in a Broken World.
April 17th at 5:30pm-8:30pm CST, 6:30pm-9:30pm EST, or sign up to receive the recording.
Amidst uncertainty, deep grief, and injustice let plants be your allies in nurturing resilience, healing, and a world not yet born.
What role do plants play in collective liberation and birthing a new world in the ashes of the old? How can plants hold you and help replenish your nervous systems?
In a world fraught with uncertainty and unprecedented challenges, the toll on our nervous systems can be profound. Fighting for a world not yet born takes a great well of strength, and the plants are here to support in nourishing you and your community.
Now more than ever we need the power of plants.
Are ya’all tired? Scared? Heartbroken? Us too.
Having more nightmares? Poor sleep? Low Energy? Brain Fog? Us too.
Luckily, the plants are here to hold our hearts and fortify our spirits.
Join us for an illuminating journey into the intersection of herbal nervous system support and collective liberation, "Nervous System Support for the End of the World."
In this three hour class, we'll delve into three main components
The nervous system as a whole: Exploring concepts such as adrenal fatigue, the vagus nerve theory, and the fight-flight-freeze response, we'll uncover the physiological and psychological impacts of stress on our bodies. Through understanding the gut-mind connection and its implications for our overall health, we'll illuminate the profound influence of stress on our immune system, inflammation levels, and beyond.
Herbal Allies: While this course serves as an introduction to herbal education rather than clinical advice, we'll equip you with a foundational understanding of basic herbal actions, from adaptogens to nervine sedatives. As we explore the therapeutic properties of herbal allies such as nettles, tulsi, and California poppy, you'll discover their potential to support resilience and promote well-being amidst adversity. A large feature of the class will be on the powerful medicine of flower essences.
Herbal Protocols: Through tea recipes, flower essence blends, and practical protocols, you'll gain tangible tools for nourishing you and your community in order to rekindle hope for a world not yet born. Join us as we embark on a journey of healing, empowerment, and collective transformation.
This class is for beginners and seasoned herbalists alike. If it feels like a call, please join us on April 17th at 5:30pm-8:30pm CST, 6:30pm-9:30pm EST, or sign up to receive the recording, to commune with the plants and each other.
Pricing: We are offering this class at a sliding scale rate. Please choose where you feel most comfortable on the scale, no questions asked.
10 free tickets are available to BIPOC, Trans, Two Spirit, and Palestinian individuals. First come first serve.
Meet Your Hosts/The Flower Nerds
Courtney Cochran (they/she) is a queer, gender nonconforming, plant freak living on 16 acres of occupied Anishinaabe land near Knife River, Minnesota. Courtney comes from a white, Celtic, mixed European ancestry and always works to bring in ancestral plants into their practice. Courtney has been listening to and learning from plants their entire life, but she has been intentionally studying herbs since 2018. Courtney is a passionate gardener, forager, food preservation enthusiast, and chicken caretaker. Courtney’s deepest passions are talking to flowers and centering queer and trans joy, liberation, and wellness in everything they do. With a background in social work and queer liberation organizing, they come to herbalism with a unique lens that weaves a community of plant, animal, and human relations into your healing journey. Courtney has studied herbalism via Green Wisdom School of Natural & Botanical Medicine and Twin Star Herbal Center. Courtney is a Clinical Herbalist and Flower Essence Practitioner.
Madison McCoy (she/her) is a circle keeper, flower whisperer, and student of the messy & miraculous. Madison comes from a white, Celtic, mixed European ancestry, and folk herbalism background. She is the founder of Earth and Sea, a llc with the mission to build a more equitable world by equipping individuals with generative conflict transformation tools, deep self awareness, and a reverence for the earth. Madison is a certified Personal Transformation Facilitator, flower essence practitioner, folk herbalist, and holds a degree in Community Conflict Transformation from George Mason University. She uses a whole self and trauma-informed approach & partnership with the plants to guide individuals in accessing their own deep well of healing, transformation, and imaginative power. She believes these are necessary tools to dismantle systems of oppression and through healing yourself, you heal the world. From medicinal plants to heal the body, to biomimicry: nature informs all that she does. She currently lives on a farm outside on occupied Piscataway land, an hour south of DC with her partner, farm cat, and two tortoises.
