Southwest Conference on Botanical Medicine

Tempe, AZ

Friday-Sunday, March 27-29, 2020

*THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

John’s Classes:

Field Study, Superstition Mountains - Friday, March 27, 8a-4p

Plant Energetics and the Principles of Bioregional Herbalism: An Experiential Workshop - Sunday, March 29

Field Study Description

Becoming a Bioregional Herbalist: How we develop relationship with plants

Throughout time, herbalists’ training has begun by developing relationship with the plants that grow around them. This involved long hours of observation and contemplation with guidance from experienced elders, often beginning at a very young age. Now, most, if not all of our training is derived from books, lectures, scientific studies, and video trainings with very little knowledge being passed from plant-to-person, our original, and primary, or foundational, mode of learning about plants.

Join bioregional herbalist, John Slattery, for a walk through a diverse Sonoran desert landscape where multiple habitats converge as we explore the various modes of gathering knowledge about plants as medicine. We’ll focus on direct observation of plants, and receptivity to transmission of knowledge and healing from plants, which can be referred to as experiencing the Nature of plants. John has been honing these exercises and this approach to working with wild plants for well over a decade. The material is deep and powerful, yet accessible to any and all who put their awareness into receptivity from the plants.

We’ll also explore all the aspects of becoming a bioregional herbalist through experience, knowledge sharing, and exploration.

Plant Energetics and the Principles of Bioregional Herbalism: An Experiential Workshop

More details coming soon…

John Slattery LLC

www.johnjslattery.com