What is the Wise Woman Way? It is neither alternative nor orthodox medicine. Orthodox scientific medicine heals by fixing the machine. Alternative or heroic medicine heals by cleaning, by trying to get rid of what is dirty, bad, or wrong. The Wise Woman tradition, however, heals by nourishing the wholeness of the unique being. To the wise woman, all things are interconnected and already perfect. The task then is not to create perfection but to make ourselves available to it, to acknowledge and trust our bodies as perfect manifestations of our wholeness, accepting life and death, health and sickness as part of the spiral. The Wise Woman tradition is more than 50,000 years old. As a "backwards pioneer," Susun brings this ancient wisdom to our modern lives, saying "I speak for the earth. I am the voice of the plants, bringing the ways of the Ancient Grandmothers to the sacred sister spiral of today."
Our weekend together will be created to satisfy your needs and desires. We will choose from a basket brimming with possibilities: weed walks, shamanic trances, hands-on herbal medicine, plant lore, optimum nutrition, eating weeds (powerhouses of minerals), as well as singing, welcoming back the fairies, and touching the magic afoot. Susun delivers profound and practical advice as she entertains and delights. A joyous spirit and a powerful presence, she teaches with such confidence and clarity that some people feel shocked, even offended, but when they listen, they realize she doesn't teach what she hasn't experienced. Her main message is to reclaim our simplicity, to regain our connection with the earth by growing our own food, making our own medicines, loving each other well, and knowing how and when to use other forms of medicine for our benefit. Helping people and communities become more caring of each other is the essence of spirituality, enabling us to be the best we can be. You will take away a newfound confidence in your ability to use the earth's gifts of food, medicine, and pleasure to bring energy, power, and health back into yourself. Your health and your life will never be the same!
Susun S. Weed has studied and taught about plants and their uses for more than 30 years. Her encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and health make her one of the most respected healers of our age. As the voice of the Wise Woman Tradition, she has opened tens of thousands of hearts and minds to the magic and medicine of the green nations. Susun is founder of the Wise Woman Center, editor-in-chief of Ash Tree Publishing, a high priestess of Dianic Wicca, a member of the Wolf Clan and the Sisterhood of the Shields, a Peace Elder, and a devoted goat keeper. Her four books, Healing Wise: Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way, and Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, are used by more than half a million women and have been translated into German and French. Susun currently sits on the advisory boards of the California Institute of Integral Studies and the Beltane Papers. She has personally trained over 200 apprentices and initiated more than 500 green witches."My goal in life is to get as old as I possibly can, to have as much fun as I possibly can, and then die." --Susun Weed