CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
EDUCATION TO INSPIRE AND AWAKEN THE WILDNESS WITHIN
See the list below for upcoming classes and workshops. Check back regularly, and check out our Facebook page, as there are always new classes being added.
Requests for speaking or classes are always welcome!
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NEW- Schedule a private herb walk on your own property or get your neighbors together for a look around the land near you to identify useful and medicinal herbs! Currently booking for Spring 2019.
Sat May 4th 9:30-5:00pm
Ware Farm
9094 Alkire Rd.
Bear Lake, MI
You will enter into a day-long exploration into herbs—how to forage and harvest, how to cultivate herbs and how to use them. You will leave knowing how to identify edible and medicinal wild plants and trees common in Northern Michigan.
Field School at Ware Farm
Herb Track- ID, medicinal properties, harvesting and remedy making
Sat May 18th 2-5pm
Twisted Fish Art Gallery
10443 S Bayshore Dr
Elk Rapids, Michigan 49629
Learn how to identify, harvest and utilize the wild flora growing in Northern Michigan. Sierra will lead a plant walk where we will explore local plants and their edible and medicinal properties followed by a DIY herbal infused vinegar workshop where participants will create their own infused vinegars using local plants.
Please contact the gallery to reserve your spot. Cost is $40
Herb Walk and DIY Herb Infused Vinegars
Mon June 24th 5:15-6:45pm
Nourish
329 N Main St.
Cheboygan, MI 49721
Pain and inflammation can become a chronic, tiring cycle with a cascade of negative impacts on the health of the body and psyche. This class will cover ways to reverse chronic inflammation and ease pain using herbs, nutrition and lifestyle practices. Turmeric is just one herb with anti-inflammatory properties- learn about the many others and what to use when. We will also cover simple home preparation methods of the herbal remedies talked about.
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Make and Take: herbal foot soak blends
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Cost: $20 (materiels included)
Herbs for Pain and Inflammation
Tues Sept 10th 6-8pm
Brown Bridge Quiet Area
4706-4736 Ranch Rudolf Rd, Traverse City
These Yoga + Plant walks will include tea, poses, meditation, and lots of useful information on our local plant friends!
Come learn about how to relate plants and yoga in a fun, relaxing setting with certified herbalist and owner of Bear Earth Herbals, Sierra Bigham, and 200 hour certified yoga instructor, Devin Moore.
We will be meeting at the second parking lot of Ranch Rudolph Road around 6 to mingle and drink tea. Feel free to bring a reusable cup and notepad/pen to write about the plants and poses.
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$20 in advance
$25 at the event
Yoga + Plant Walk:
Brown Bridge Quiet Area
Fri May 10th 5-7pm
Cultured Kombucha
3842 Jupiter Cresent Dr.
Traverse City, MI 49685
Healthy Happy Hour + Herbal Self Care: Join Courtney Lorenz of Cultured Kombucha and Sierra Bigham of Bear Earth Herbals for a relaxing evening of herbal foot soaks and self care conversation with complimentary tea, kombucha and appetizers. Enjoy nourishing yourself with local goodness, learn about herbal medicine and gut health and take home some self care tools to get you through the busy summer.
Cost: $25 - all included
Healthy Happy Hour- Herbal Self Care
at Cultured Kombucha
Wed May 22nd 6:30-8pm
Grand Traverse Distillery
215 E. Front St. Traverse City, MI
Are you interested in experimenting with herbal infused liquors but unsure of where to start or how to do it properly? Join us for Herbal Infusions 101 and get the low down on creating your own unique herbal infused liquors safely safely. As herbal infusions regain popularity in the mixology world it's important to know your stuff. It's often said the difference between a remedy and poison is the dose, and to that we would add preparation method, harvesting techniques and amount of common sense utilized are also critical factors. Join two life long plant enthusiasts with a passion for experimentology and fine herbal beverages for an evening of exploration and tastings.
Herbal Infused Liquors 101 at Grand Traverse Distillery
Tues July 9th 6-8pm
Hickory Meadows
Randolph St, Traverse City, MI 49684
These Yoga + Plant walks will include tea, poses, meditation, and lots of useful information on our local plant friends!
Come learn about how to relate plants and yoga in a fun, relaxing setting with certified herbalist and owner of Bear Earth Herbals, Sierra Bigham, and 200 hour certified yoga instructor, Devin Moore.
We will be meeting at the parking lot closest to Hickory Meadows around 6 to mingle and drink tea. Feel free to bring a reusable cup and notepad/pen to write about the plants and poses.
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$20 in advance
$25 at the event
Yoga + Plant Walk:
Hickory Meadows
Tues Oct 1st 5-7pm
Kids Creek Trail
3315 N US-31 S, Traverse City, MI
These Yoga + Plant walks will include tea, poses, meditation, and lots of useful information on our local plant friends!
Come learn about how to relate plants and yoga in a fun, relaxing setting with certified herbalist and owner of Bear Earth Herbals, Sierra Bigham, and 200 hour certified yoga instructor, Devin Moore.
We will be meeting at the trail head just west of the Kohl's building around 5 (because of daylight!) to mingle and drink tea. Feel free to bring a reusable cup and notepad/pen to write about the plants and poses.
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$20 in advance
$25 at the event
Yoga + Plant Walk:
Kids Creek Trail
Tues May 14th 6-8pm
DeYoung Natural Area
9510 Cherry Bend Rd
Greilickville, MI
These Yoga + Plant walks will include tea, poses, meditation, and lots of useful information on our local plant friends!
This is our only FREE walk, so come try something new!
Come learn about how to relate plants and yoga in a fun, relaxing setting with certified herbalist and owner of Bear Earth Herbals, Sierra Bigham, and 200 hour certified yoga instructor, Devin Moore.
We will be meeting at the TART trail head around 6 to mingle and drink tea. Feel free to bring a reusable cup and notepad/pen to write about the plants and poses.
FREE Yoga + Plant Walk at DeYoung
Tues June 11th 6-8pm
Maple Bay Natural Area
US-31, Williamsburg, MI 49690
These Yoga + Plant walks will include tea, poses, meditation, and lots of useful information on our local plant friends!
Come learn about how to relate plants and yoga in a fun, relaxing setting with certified herbalist and owner of Bear Earth Herbals, Sierra Bigham, and 200 hour certified yoga instructor, Devin Moore.
We will be meeting at the Maple Bay trail head around 6 to mingle and drink tea. Feel free to bring a reusable cup and notepad/pen to write about the plants and poses.
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$20 in advance
$25 at the event
Yoga + Plant Walk: Maple Bay
Tues Aug 13th 6-8pm
The Village at Grand Traverse Commons
830 Cottageview Drive, Traverse City, Michigan 49684
These Yoga + Plant walks will include tea, poses, meditation, and lots of useful information on our local plant friends!
Come learn about how to relate plants and yoga in a fun, relaxing setting with certified herbalist and owner of Bear Earth Herbals, Sierra Bigham, and 200 hour certified yoga instructor, Devin Moore.
We will be meeting at the eastern entrance by Cuppa Joe around 6 to mingle and drink tea. Feel free to bring a reusable cup and notepad/pen to write about the plants and poses.
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$20 in advance
$25 at the event
