A herbal gathering celebrating healers, herbalists, and plant lovers; starting from the ground up, connecting with ourselves, plants and nature!
I’ll be giving two workshops at this gathering. See below for details.
Back To Your Roots is a full day of lectures, workshops, herb walks and foraging alongside live music and performances. The event is located approximately one hour north of Toronto, at The Ginkgo Tree/Kina Gegoo Botanical Sanctuary.
Registration includes a light lunch and dinner with freshly made, farm to table organic, vegetarian meals with vegan options, including all day organic tea and freshly roasted organic coffee at the Tea Bar.
Apart from a day filled with renowned guest speakers and hands on workshops, local vendors will also be offering their wares and services throughout the day.
Since 2012, Back to Your Roots has brought together budding healers, herbalists, and plant lovers to share their wisdom of herbs, spiritual connection, natural healing, foraging, stewardship and gardening. Though the emphasis at Back to Your Roots is on health, healing and well-being, it is far more than an educational event. This retreat is a joyful celebration of spirit and wisdom, as well as a special time of honouring the Earth and her plant rich being. All are welcome!
Begin the day with a herb walk and end with a fire dance!
Early Bird Admission: $197 plus HST / Regular Admission: $225 plus HST
Where: The Ginkgo Tree/Kina Gegoo Botanical Sanctuary, Cannington, Ontario
When: September 16th, 2023: 9am to 9pm, rain or shine!
Keynote Speaker: Rosemary Gladstar
Meals: A light lunch and dinner. All the delicious meals are homemade, vegetarian, with gluten and dairy free options. There will also be a tea bar open throughout the day.
My Workshop Offerings:
Reset! The Plant Spirit Medicine of Joe-Pye (Eupatorium maculatum)
Do you feel scattered, burned out, stalled, or stuck? Has the trajectory you’ve been on not given you what you hoped? Are you feeling that something must change in your life, your work, your inner self, but not sure what or what to do? Is doing what you’ve always done not doing it for you? Experience the power of the reset and a fresh start through the Plant Spirit Medicine of Spotted Joe-Pye. Bring in new energy, clearness of mind, inspiration, and inner guidance so you can get moving in the right direction. Monika will transmit the spirit medicine of Spotted Joe-Pye to workshop attendees. After which, participants will have the opportunity to share their experience with the rest of the group.
Participants will be lying down for 20 minutes while they receive Joe-Pye’s medicine, so please bring something to lie on so you’re comfortable, as well as something with which to record your experience.
Energetic Body Alignment with Mugwort (Artemisia absinthium)
Start your day grounded! Spend a dreamy time with the spirit of Mugwort and experience its nourishing, healing medicine through an energetic body alignment that clears blocked and stagnant energy and promotes the free flow of vitality throughout the whole body. Mugwort’s plant spirit medicine will be transmitted to participants through Monika.
You will be lying down for 20 minutes, so bring something to lie on so you’re comfortable. If you have back troubles, bring a pillow to put under your knees.