Vamos a conocer ejemplos de plantas nativas y endémicas, con valor ornamental, medicinal y cultural, de la Mixteca Poblana. La bióloga mixteca Cecilia Rojas Martínez nos estará visitando este mes en Community Herbalism School para compartir con nosotros sobre la herbolaria bioregional de esta hermosa región en el sur de Puebla, que es poco conocida y necesita mas difusión para su protección. Taller será en Español.

Adria Amor runs a sucessful brand of natural cosmetics in the North Mountains of Oaxaca, called Kosmix. She will be teaching us how to make silky & luxurious soap with the ancestral technique of cold saponification. This workshop is perfect if you want to make soap for yourself & family, or start a soap making business! We'll also learn how to incorporate herbs, honey, cacao, coffee & activated charcoal into soap.

Live 2-hr class via Zoom where we will learn about natural contraception and pregnancy release with the help of our herbal relatives. This workshop will be taught by Mikaela de la Myco and hosted by Montse from Mujer de la Tierra. Recording will be available for two weeks only.

This ebook was created as a companion to The Ceremony of Birth, our Indigenous Childbirth Education program. It touches on a variety of topics but also contains important prompts and questions to help you prepare and visualize your birth and postpartum ceremony from an empowered and informed place.

This pre-recorded 2 hour platica is a module from The Ceremony of Birth, our Indigenous Childbirth Education Program, taught by Traditional Midwives and Indigenous Birth Companions. We touch on the lunar influence on the process of conceiving a child, the pregnancy itself and beyond.

Learn the basics of how herbs work when we need to release a Spirit. We will look into herbal actions, considerations before and after the process, different case scenarios, example protocols and more.

12 Educational Materials designed to get you started as a birth worker, herbalist and community care-taker. From ebooks to webinars, this medicine bundle contains my most favorite offerings that I have created for clients and students since a decade ago. I pray that you apply this knowledge wisely with yourself first, then with your family and finally with your community(ies).

Everyone does "cacao ceremonies" now & the Rebozo is popular amongst birth workers around the world. How is it that these two elements from Indigenous cultures have become a huge industry that brings in big profits, for mostly white people in "developed" countries? We will unpack these two examples of cultural appropriation to help us further decolonize our ways & to help us remember reciprocity and collective care.

Recordarémos: Los remedios con los que nos curaban nuestras madres y abuelas, y que tal vez seguimos usando hoy en día con nuestras familias. Aprenderémos: A elaborar curados, tinturas, pomadas, aceites, limpias y protecciones.

In this 44 page ebook you will find a list of MesoAmerican foods, 13 pre-colonial and modern recipes from Traditional Mexican Cuisine for pregnancy, birth and postpartum nourishment, many insider tips and a super in-depth shopping list that includes meat, veggies, insects, seeds, herbs, fermented foods and more. You will learn how to make everything from nixtamal and tortillas, to chileatole & tablillas de chocolate.

A 3-month journey with live virtual gatherings where we will remember how to support those who choose to release their pregnancies. This isn't your typical abx doula "training". It's an initiation, a ceremony of returning to your most authentic self. We will pay homage to the Dark Mother or what some call Tlazolteotl, Lilith, Hecate and many other names & learn to embody their essence, for our collective liberation.

Let's gather to learn about the lunar influence on food crops & medicinal plant relatives! Which lunar phases are great for cultivation, pruning, fertilizing and harvesting? How does this affect the energetic qualities of plants? This is great for you if: you're already growing something, you're planning your garden or you harvest from nature.

This guide is based on Totonaca & Nahuatl harvesting principles and was part of a class in Community Herbalism: our new virtual Indigenous herb school. Photography & Text by Montse Olmos.

Have you ever wondered why a plant relative is good at doing what it does? Have you felt frustrated at trying to figure out what herb is good for what? You don't have to memorize plant chemistry! But you do have to understand the energetics of plants in order to understand how to make the best match between plants & humans.

Learn the brief history of herbalism in so-called MesoAmerica, as one of the main foundations of what we call Curanderismo in Mexico today. This ebook includes a list of resources and an invitation to join our virtual Indigenous herb school: Community Herbalism. 17 pages. Download & print.

BIPOC ONLY - Historias de Maíz is a two hour platica where you'll learn about ancestral stories of how corn came to be, according to two of my lineages: Totonaca & Nahuatl from Mexico. I believe that oral tradition is a part of our Indigenous sciences & it becomes obvious in the milpa system. If you eat tortillas, tamales, atole, then you should get to know corn better! You owe it to your ancestros milperos.

Montse & Damiana @laluneria will be sharing with you 5 plantcestors that help us cool down physically & emotionally. Physically, we can work with these plantitas to reduce excess heat in the body & find relief during the hot summer months. Emotionally, these plantcestors can also bring down the heat caused by feelings of anger, rage & frustration. Start growing & building a relationship with these beautiful yerbas!

A brief guide with suggestions for those who are thinking of releasing a pregnancy. This IS NOT medical or legal advice, it is an educational resource only.

BIPOC ONLY - We're going to explore how El Rebozo can be an ally in our self-care rituals. As care-givers it is our responsibility to regulate ourselves & stay grounded when holding space for others. THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF: A) You're white. This is a safe/brave space for BIPOC. Please respect this & refrain from purchasing B) You're looking for "Rebozo techniques" or a "Rebozo certification".