Crescent Moon Girls

A Journey in Growing Toward Fullness

In responding to parent and camper inquiries about rites of passage for girls on the path towards young womanhood, we have developed Crescent Moon Girls to meet girls at this vital stage in their development.  This age marks the early phase of transition into puberty.  We intend to use this year to build the foundational social, emotional and physical skills needed for girls at this transition to connect to the earth and to their own power.

Crescent Moon Girls offers 11-12 year-old girls an experience in gathering skills, gaining wisdom, and growing into themselves.  Through this 8-month series of overnight excursions, we will explore girlhood in relation to the natural world, sisterhood connection, ancient teachings, and practical living skills.  Upon completion, Crescent Moon Girls plans to offer participants the option to go deeper with a second year program that prepares them for a rite of passage into young womanhood.

Program Information

For: Girls ages 11 & 12 (by 9/1/2010).  This program has a limited enrollment, and is open to only twelve girls.

Dates: Eight overnight excursions:  Nov. 13-14, Dec. 11-12, Jan. 22-23, Feb. 12-13, Mar. 12-13, Apr. 2-3, Apr. 30-May 1, May 21-22

Time: Beginning 10am Saturday morning, concluding at noon on Sunday each program weekend

Instructors: Abrah Jordan Dresdale and Dyami Nason-Regan

Location: the Mid-Hudson Valley (exact location to be announced)

Cost: $760 (includes land use and materials fees).  Fees can paid in two installments.  Limited scholarships available depending on enrollment and need.

Register Now for Crescent Moon Girls

Additional Questions and Information

Please call Dyami at 845-594-4518 or email her at  (4dyami@gmail.com) 4dyami (at) gmail (dot) com about this program.

Vermont Wilderness School

The Power-Packed 5-Day Art of Mentoring
Creating a Living Culture of Awareness: A Workshop for Adults
Wednesday September 22 (5:30p Dinner start) – Sunday September 26, 2010 (Noon)
Brattleboro, Vermont
Cost: $525 Includes meals and lodging.

In times of great change and opportunity, creating relationships of joyful, engaged learning and deepening our relationships to the natural world and each other are critical. The Art of Mentoring is an immersion into a living, learning culture of nature and self-awareness. This workshop provides tools and practices to take home and apply that will enrich your relationships with your home community and place. Guided by a team of experienced leaders and facilitators from regional communities, participants come together for lectures, storytelling and outdoor group experiential activities –all the while drawing inspiration from nature. This is a family-friendly experience, with powerful youth and teen programs running concurrently. Whether it is your first time or your tenth, be ready for an unforgettable time exploring the Art of Mentoring!

This program is offered by the Vermont Wilderness School.  Wild Earth is a regional coordinator for this prorgam and will be taking reservations for this program.

You are warmly invited to register for Art of Mentoring through Wild Earth (before September 3rd).  We all will be eligible for group discounts from 5%- 15% off program fees (depending on our group enrollment).

To Register, please go to Vermont Wilderness School’s website, download, print and complete all registration forms and return them with a $100 deposit to Wild Earth.

Come explore the beauty and the bounty of the gardens, fields and woods in this six month comprehensive course.  We will cover a vast amount of information encouraging the daily use of herbs for food, medicine and pleasure.  This course is designed to provide inspiring, practical and thorough “hands on” herbal information that can easily be incorporated into one’s life.

Topics include:

• Herbal Therapeutics
• Wild Plant Identification and Application
• Wild Food Foraging and Culinary Preparations
• Medicine Making
• Herbal Skin Care
• Nutritional Healing… and More

A significant amount of class time will be spent outdoors studying wild and cultivated plants. We will then bring these plants into our kitchen-classroom and transform them into food, medicine and various other preparations.  As part of our learning experience, we will prepare and enjoy a primarily “wild” delicious meal influenced by the plants that are in season.  Everyone will make an abundance of preparations to bring home and begin to create their own medicine chests.  In the last part of each class we will focus on a particular organ system, health topic or special project.

Program Information

Dates: One Saturday every month, May thru October 2010 (May 8, June 5, July 10, Aug 7, Sept 11 & Oct 16)

Time: Saturdays, 10:00AM to 4:00 PM

Location: The lovely hamlet of Lyonsville, Stone Ridge, NY

Cost: $595, includes material fee, $150 deposit due with registration, final balance due by April 1 (Note: All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable for this program).

This Program is Full – No More Registration Please

Dina Falconi, is a practicing herbalist with a strong focus on food activism and nutritional healing. She produces Falcon Formulations natural bodycare products and Earthly Extracts medicinal tinctures. She is a founding member of the Northeast Herbal Association, a chapter leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation & on the board of Slow Food-Hudson Valley. An avid gardener and wildcrafter, Dina is passionate aboutpermaculture and has completed the Permaculture Design Certificate course 2 1/5 times. She is author of Earthy Bodies & Heavenly Hair: Natural and Healthy Personal Care for Everybody.

Still have a question?  Please call Dina Falconi at 845-687-8938 with questions about the content of this program, or contact David Brownstein at info (at) wildearthprograms (dot) org or call 845-256-9830 with questions about registration.

Children ages 7 – 13 are invited to join together in uncovering the natural mysteries of the beautiful Shawangunk Ridge and its surrounding rivers and valleys.