Keynote Presentation Descriptions

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Intentional and Ecologically-Informed Herbalist Practices As herbalists and human beings, it is our responsibility to learn how plants want to be encountered and engaged with. In this workshop, we will explore how to acknowledge a plant’s agency and autonomy in our herbal practices. We will also explore how to pay attention to plant voice, which manifests through the ecology of being bodies in conversation. When we learn to attune ourselves to place in the same way that plants are deeply embedded in the worlds they emerge from and through, the languaging of plants and the land becomes legible, and we can work with them and learn from them rather than about them. What would it feel like to ask permission before entering a forest, or before harvesting a plant?  

 Belinda’s workshop, Medicine Making: Crafting Herbal Remedies for the Childbearing Year, invites mothers, birth workers, and herbalists alike to reconnect with the healing plants that have supported generations through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Rooted in safety, tradition, and empowerment, her teaching offers practical tools and soulful encouragement for those walking the path of motherhood — whether for the first time or again and again. 

Late Season Ethnobotany Walk

Join a plant walk during the beginning of the most challenging time to botanize during the year. When the flowers, fruits and leaves are mostly gone, we must learn to distinguish more subtle clues to determine the identification of many plants. We will take note of uncharacteristic bark, blooms and foliage especially while we engage in a dialogue about off season plant characteristics, ethnobotanical applications and various resources available for further study.

  Invasive Plants- Making the best out of uninvited guests.  We’ve all been there- working in our yards or green spaces and we come across a plant that shouldn’t be there. Mumbling or even ranting may ensue,  but what if there was a lesson, food or medicine we could use from the plant. In this class we will get to know these pop up “guests” and ways to utilize what they can share with us!  

 Rooted in Rhythm: An Intro to Ayurveda
Come gather in a circle of earth-honoring wisdom and ancient remembrance. Ayurveda, the

“science of life,” is more than a healing system—it is a way of listening to the body as it mirrors

the winds, the sun, the waters, and the quiet pulse of the earth beneath us.

In this one-hour offering, we’ll gently wade into the waters of Ayurveda—an elemental language

that teaches us how to live in harmony with nature’s cycles, seasons, and our own unique

internal landscape

 The Green Witch Art of Herbal Medicine Making - Infusions, Tinctures, Vinegars, and More! Learn how to create effective, inexpensive, and elegant herbal preparations. Prepare teas, infusions, tinctures and other home remedies for your family’s health using commonly available fresh and dried herbs. Your health will never be the same! 

Harvesting & Drying Herbs: An introduction of Practices, Methods, Tools, and Tips 

 Harvesting & Drying Herbs: An introduction of Practices, Methods, Tools, and Tips to help support beginners in harvesting herbs from the garden to use fresh for making tea (for example) as well as how to successfully dry herbs for safekeeping, future use and storage. 

Herbal Allies for Skincare

 Bridger Hahn is an educator, mother, and folk herbalist in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. She communes and co-creates an artful life with Mother Nature. In her gardens, she grows beautiful flowers to adorn ceremonies and celebrations, and  medicinals to create healing remedies Learn how to make your own herbal remedies to support healthy skin. 

 Advanced: Compassionate Case Studies - Seeing Clients Through the Eyes of the Heart

Robin Rose will share stories from her clinical practice that illustrate the Green Witch / Wise Woman approach to supporting a client on their unique journey of healing. She will include tips on:

• Deep listening
• Helping the client find their story
• The evolutionary invitation (spiritual growth)
• How to prioritize what symptoms to address
• Finding root cause(s) of physical challenges
• Empowering your client
• How to choose their herbs
• Working with clients you don’t resonate with
• When to schedule follow ups
• And more!

 Daughters of the Nile: Botanical Medicine and Magic of the Ancestral Mothers:

As an herbalist and priestess that honors and incorporates my ancient Egyptian/Coptic/Levantine lineage in my spiritual and herbal practice, I invite you to join me in exploration of the botanical medicine and magic of the ancestral mothers of the Nile Delta. From the healing herbs used in apothecaries of antiquity, to botanical rituals sacred to Hathor, Isis, and Mary, Queen of Heaven, these ancient traditions weave a legacy of plants and practice that connects us all in a deeply sacred and timeless lineage.

 Auto-Immune Diseases & Radical Self-Care 

Afrofuturism as a Path to Power 

This workshop presented by Sacred Space Egyptian Yoga and the Black Moses Freedom Festival opens dialogue on what the future of Africans in America and throughout the Diaspora looks like and explores places where we can find expressions of this through art and life in general. This discussion opens a portal in the black imagination that allows us to actually create a future and exemplify the importance of placing things that we want to see inside of this portal for manifestation. This workshop is for everyone, because it takes a village to create a future. 

This unique event is curated by Basu Blaksis Nefertem (aka Eboni Holmes) to awaken and activate the Black Imagination. As we travel through this world of form we are faced with a universal truth that thoughts become things. So with this at the forefront of our minds we will step into the cultivation of a black future. This event starts with the dialogue and definition of what Afrofuturism is and how we personally define it. After this discussion we will dive into the creation of a vision board, but not just any vision board this is a unique and special vision board that decenter two things:

1. Individualism 

2. Whiteness

This will be a Community vision board focused on our people, focused on our families, and how we see them in the future without the effects of whiteness being superior and centered in our society.  CREATING AN AFROFUTURISTIC VISIONARY EXPERIENCE BY DECENTERING WHITENESS AND ENGAGING IMAGINATION WITHOUT REPRESSION. There is a conversation that needs to be had about African communities through a futuristic and speculative lens. Where are these communities? What do they do? What are the cultural and social norms adhered to? What are the struggles and triumphs of these people? How are the family dynamics expressed and cultivated? Can we even imagine this without using remnants of past trauma and blockages that we struggle with mentally just being faced with the question? 

Or can we dare to imagine Africans, African families and African communities throughout the Diaspora in an emancipated and viable future?

Altered: Herbal Allies to Catch a Buzz

Class Description: Tired of hangovers, burnout, or relying on substances to feel good? In this juicy, eye-opening class, we’ll explore 3-4 powerful herbs that naturally shift your state—lifting your mood, heightening your senses, and expanding your mind—without the comedown.

Learn how to safely work with herbal allies that uplift, relax, and awaken, so you can experience euphoric, blissed-out, or dreamy states in ways that nourish instead of deplete. Whether you're sober-curious, in recovery, or just looking for something different, this class is your gateway to conscious elevation. 

 A Healer’s Healing: Exploring Interactive Healing Modalities that Empower the

Healer and Leader in All of Us

Embark on a transformative and restorative journey to unlock your strengths as a healer

with this 1-hour interactive workshop. Dive deep into the powers of healing and cultivate

the skills to continue to guide others on a path to wellness and everyday well-being.

- Learn how to work with your true self for personal healing

- Explore a diverse array of time-honored healing modalities

- Craft custom healing remedies tailored to individual needs

Whether you're an advanced healer, community leader or simply seeking to maintain

your strength while deepening your connection to the natural world, this immersive

experience will empower you to continue being a beacon of healing and light.