Register for Athene’s next Fire Season Wellness workshop: 8/28 in Berkeley, CA
With Acupuncturist, Herbalist, & former Firefighter, Athene Eisenhardt LAc
Herbal Solutions for Fire Season
July 24th, 10am-12pm
in person at Window of the Sky Oakland!
LEARN:
-Time tested herbal allies for Fire Season
-Medicine Making: make your own smoke support tincture
SOLD OUT!
Course Fee: $20, includes all materials. BIPOC discounts available
Drawing on thousands year old herbal traditions, time tested formulas and adaptogens, we learn how to strengthen and prepare our respiratory systems for Fire Season, respond to smoke impacts, and cultivate full body resiliency.
The long hot days of summer are here, and so is fire season. Most of us in California are now painfully aware of how climate change and 100+ years of fuel buildup and fire suppression are combining to create some of the worst fire seasons we’ve ever seen. And it will continue. The October rains that once heralded the end of fire season don’t come now…instead fires burn unchecked into November and December. Snows come late and melt early, and we lose the snowmelt that once trickled deep into the soil and kept our forests from drying out in the summer months. Land that once burned every 5-15 years thanks to careful tending by Native Americans is now thick with debris and fuels. Our fires are hotter and more intense than they ever were before.
In Taoist 5 elements, the element of fire relates to the quality of chaos- and we’ve all experienced the loss of control and alarm that arises when the sky fills with smoke. But what if it could be different? Yes, we have created an ecological emergency- but that doesn’t mean we have to panic. The wisdom of the 5 elements tells us that when Fire is out of balance, we should look to its Grandparent, Water. A Grandparent provides a stabilizing influence to its unruly child, and Wisdom, the virtue of Water, helps to cool the chaos of Fire. Wisdom tells us to observe the environment and its cycles, and live accordingly. And Wisdom tells us to be prepared. Get out of the chaos and get resourced….in this workshop you’ll learn everything you need to know to support yourself and your community through Fire Season, naturally.