*** Missed this class? Fear not! A recording of it can be purchased on my souk site here. ***
This knowledge share is hosted by Herban Cura and can be registered directly through them.
This share will offer an introduction to herbal medicine from South West Asia and North Africa, with a focus on the Levant region (modern day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, parts of Egypt) and the Eastern Mediterranean (including Anatolia and North Africa). From Sumeria to Ancient Egypt to the lineages of Sufi and Islamic medicine and Unani Tibb, the herbal practices of this region have had a tremendous influence on western medicine and herbalism that is often unnamed. This share will offer insight about some of the region's common herbs and herbal preparations, alongside intimate and soulful stories rooted in the personal relationships between the peoples and plants of this special place on earth.
Knowledge Share Includes
Brief context of SWANA
What are "plantcestors" and what is "plantcestral re-membrance"
Common herbal preparations in the SWANA region
Ethnobotanical information about several common SWANA herbs, many also found commonly across the Americas
We will do a plant meditation together and practice how to "listen" to plants and our bodies together
Resource Package
Optional resource packages are available for purchase directly from Layla.
"This bundle will include a small sampling of the main plants we will be discussing in our circle. This will offer an opportunity to taste, smell, and feel the plants while we share about them, which in my experience offers a deeper, more intimate, embodied experience of knowledge building and remembrance."
**If you are interested, please place your resource package order through the link above before Friday, January 28th**