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Sex, Plants and Movement: A Workshop for Women
n the forest beside my house grows an ample supply of wild ginger. This potent plant has a strong place in women’s fertility medicine. I sat and contemplated fertility through the smell and taste of my small green friend under the watchful feminine energy of the hemlock tree. I thought about the many stories of women suffering through violence and oppression. Yet, here we are, as women, as powerful as this wild ginger plant. Generationally, we have lost contact with our inherent power, often situating our feminine energy in a space of weakness and victimization. One of the most potent ways to contact our feminine power is through movement of our sexual energy. Through the nourishment and activation of our feminine yin energy, we are able to create art, give life, grow up our children, nourish our community and make beauty in the world around us at any age. This wild ginger plant can help us with that process. In this workshop, we will explore the practices that nourish our sexuality, encompassing meditations, movement, plant medicine, storytelling of ancestral sexuality and fertility. We will sit with plants such as the Wild Ginger, Cornelian Cherry, Shatavari, and Triphala. These practices to strengthen our sexual selves helps us to awaken our ancestral memory, and assist us to create a vision of self, family, land and community based in love, justice and equity. Sex, Plants and Movement. A workshop for women. Feb. 8 / 15, 1 to 4 pm Learn about how plants, yoga and qi gong can assist us getting in touch with our sexuality, power and presence. 5241 Koksilah Rd, Duncan. 250 815-0863, kind.tiger.clinic@gmail.com. $70 -$100 for both weeks, $40 - $60 for one week. Wild Ginger
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