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DATE:
March 27 - March 30, 2025
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Thursday-March 27 5-8 PM Online Course Introduction from your home via Zoom, Saturday, March 29, 9 AM to 6:30 PM Live Session in Salida Sunday, March 30th, 9AM to 6:30 PM Live Session in Salida
Description:
Learn aromatherapy from a Master Aromatherapist with 20 years in practice. Kat loves to empower her students with Practical hands-on knowledge that will radically shift The way her students take control of their health and teach that same level of responsibility to those they wish to serve. Students will find personal healing on physical emotional and spiritual levels while gaining confidence in treating and serving others with these powerful essences.
Get up close and personal with 50+ essences and learn Kat’s protocols for addressing a myriad of physical and emotional issues. This two-day intensive with an online introduction will prepare you to build your apothecary and an Aromatherapy Practice of your own alongside any other modalities you currently offer.
Learn the Best methods for achieving a high degree of success with oils In Every Situation.
This course will give you a complete Professional Foundation as an Aromatherapist all served up In a High Vibe Container. Personal Transformation is included and will delight you!
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DATE:
March 28 - March 30, 2025
Time:
9am - 6pm
Description:
We invite you to the magic of Blue Star Resort & Retreat Center in northwest Montana to experience a plant initiation and medicinal aromatherapy level one certification. The plants love us so much they just want us to be whole. Join Velvet and Jen for three full days of education, connection, sound meditation and self empowerment embraced by the Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park. This level one course is the first step in certification to become a WOTE Medicinal Aromatherapist.
You will experience over 100 essential oils and learn practical information to integrate into your own life or practice. Velvet and Jen have combined over 45 years of experience working with plants, essential oils and energy systems.
Blue Star Retreat is a center of wellness and healing; mind, body and soul. On our over 20 acres of forested grounds we have a Finnish Sauna Village and the only Finnish Peat Sauna in North America which utilizes WOTE essential oils in the traditional practice of Finnish sauna therapy.
Come relax, realign and retreat with all of us here in Montana with Wisdom of the Earth essential essences!
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Online:
DATE:
April 01, 2025
Time:
7 pm-9 pm EST
Description:
Join master aromatherapists, Siddiqa Salter and John Odlum on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, for an exciting online Spring essential oil class featuring 3 VERY SPECIAL ESSENCES!! You will be guided into your very own intuitive center to discover the deeper nuances and healing powers of 3 flowering top essential oils that support springtime cleansing energy, healthy liver and kidneys, and are anti-aging powerhouses! Learn how Blue Chamomile, Helichrysum Italicum, and Rosemary Verbenone essences will support you in transitioning from Winter to Spring. Discover how to create a magical portal of expansion using these enchanted wisdom keepers who provide a direct line of heart knowing, straight from Mother Earth to you! Come Back to Your Senses is a wonderful learning opportunity for all essential oil lovers, and those looking for ways to trust your body and intuition more deeply. Siddiqa and I are the most senior teachers at Wisdom of the Earth and together hold 45 years of aromatherapy experience and intimate workings with the plant and tree kingdom. We prefer experiential learning so you will leave the workshop feeling confident and more knowledgeable about the 3 featured essences. Classes are held quarterly at the beginning of the Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer season. Each program features 3 essential or nut oils that are highly relevant to the season’s energy and most common imbalances. During class, you learn why each essence is helpful and how to most effectively work with it over the next 3 months. You explore the healing benefits, take time to connect with the Soul of the plant or tree that the essences come from, and develop a stronger relationship with your ability to intuit and connect directly with plant and tree wisdom. Classes are always interesting, enlightening, and deeply meaningful.
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DATE:
April 18 - April 19, 2025
Time:
Friday, April 18 and Saturday 19, 9 am-5 pm
Description:
Explore the healing properties of essential oils with this comprehensive course. We will experience over 80 medicinal grade essential oil and learn how to choose and apply them. Designed for beginners and enthusiasts alike, this workshop covers science, safety and application of the essences for holistic wellness. We will learn about their effects on the body, mind and spirit.
Susan will ground participants in a deep understanding of the ancient relationship between humans and the Plant Kingdom. This class honors both the healing properties and the consciousness of the Plant Kingdom.
Join us as we understand how essential oils are harvested and distilled, as well as how to effectively and safely use them to support our health.
Explore single pure, undiluted essences and find out how to intuitively work with essences based on both inner knowing and intellectual knowledge.
Learn how the Ancient Art of Aromatherapy can deeply enrich your life!
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DATE:
May 02 - May 04, 2025
Time:
Friday, May 2, 7 pm- 8:30 pm. Saturday, May 3, 10 am- 6:30 pm Sunday, May 4, 10 am-6:30 pm.
Description:
Join John Odlum, one of Wisdom of the Earth’s most senior teachers of this amazing course, for a truly life-changing and powerful experience! John has been honored to teach and certify hundreds of students in the Art of Medicinal Aromatherapy over the past 15+ years.This course will help you connect with the consciousness of the plants, trees, and flowers to experience greater joy, health, and balance. With the assistance of pure plant essences of the highest quality, you will learn the scope and depth of healing they can provide in all areas of your life.Learn the truth behind common "toxicity myths" and correct common conditions such as hormonal imbalance, pain, digestion, anxiety, stress, candida, substance and emotional dependency, and much more. Essential oils enhance ALL other healing modalities.Learn a spiritual approach to aromatherapy that will help you trust your senses, intuition, and inner guidance and lead you back home to your most authentic self. I am truly humbled by the power of the plants and trees and honored to be one of their messengers. I’m excited to be your guide into their world to learn how to receive and listen to their wisdom! This is a beautifully immersive in-person experience. You will be working with over 100 oils and will be experiencing them directly in a very intimate setting. What is the structure of this class?Class begins with an orientation on Friday, May 2, 2025, at 7- 8:30 pm. You will receive your Textbooks, Reference Guide, and PowerPoint binder which is FULL of vital information that will prove to be an invaluable reference when working with Essence We will then set our intentions for the weekend and take a very special journey together that will set the tone for being open and receptive to all the gifts and wisdom the plants and trees provide to us.
We will continue our journey on Saturday and Sunday (10 am- 6:30 pm each day). We will be learning about and directly experiencing these powerful healing essences. We will be learning lots of practical information, sampling many essences, as well as having meditations and shamanic journeys that will help give you a well-rounded understanding. There will also be lots of hands-on practice throughout the weekend, that will help you feel more confident to share this amazing healing modality with your clients and loved ones.
The setting for this course will be my sacred healing space at Tru Elements in West Hartford, CT. We will be surrounded by sacred objects, healing tools, and lots of essences all weekend! We will also be visiting a lovely park to commune with some wonderful trees (weather permitting).
More details on directions, food, what you need to bring, etc. will be provided via email as we get closer to the class date.
This class will have a maximum of 7 students with 1 or 2 auditors only. This will provide a wonderfully intimate setting. This class is truly a life-changing experience; anyone who has taken this course has declared it has permanently changed their perspective of the world in a very positive way. With these times we are living in, working with this medicine is more vital than ever. I look forward to being your guide on this powerful journey.