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Shamanic Herbalism Do I listen to the language of my body and can I take care of it with appropriate herbs?
As I began to love myself,
I freed myself of anything that is not good for my health:
food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself.
At first, I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is LOVE OF ONESELF.
Charlie Chaplin
Integrated approach connects the body & the mind, the soul & the ether
This is an integrated course, where we will match the herbs with the language of the physical and emotional body, so that we can consciously use their beneficial properties. I am sharing with you the knowledge and wisdom that I have had access to over the last of 15 years and even longer.
I integrate the knowledge of shamanic elements, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taoist tradition. Our bodies talk to us through different symptoms and in this way, they signaling an important information about us and the world around us. The earlier we notice an imbalance, the easier it is to address it, either with any of the healing techniques available or through the food and the herbs. My point of departure is that the food is our best medicine.
Meeting the abundance of medicinal plants around us
We shall meet those medicinal plants that grow in nature and can be easily foraged in European space. Herbs can be prepared for the use in the kitchen or domestic pharmacy. The course contains numerous techniques on how to prepare herbs for later use, so that the same herb can become a tea in your cup, a spice in your kitchen, a medicine in your first aid kit or incense in your house.
The purpose of this workshop is to give you an overview of what is possible, so that you can awaken to your creativity and motivation that you go to nature to forage herbs and create your own herbal concoctions. Herbs are a source of unlimited creativity and they can help us immensely, if we know how to use their beneficial properties consciously.
There are 9 meetings within this workshop:
- Basic techniques on the preparation and use of fresh or dried drugs (for food or therapeutic purposes),
- Water as an element – kidneys and urinal bladder – fear as an emotion – herbs that regulate water system,
- Wood as an element – liver and gallbladder – anger as an emotion – herbs for a detox,
- Fire as an element – heart, pericardium, triple warmer, small intestines – love and joy as an emotion – herbs for better mood,
- Earth as an element – spleen and stomach – worries – herbs for better feeling in the belly,
- Metal as an element– lungs and colon – receiving and letting go – herbs for colon detox and for better digestion,
- Integration of elements – microcosmic orbit and fluidity of the body – herbs that work as an aphrodisiac,
- An example – women’s health in TCM – herbs that support women throughout the menstrual cycle,
- Another example is the use of psychedelics – forbidden herbs that can influence our physical and emotional body.
Dates of the meetings will be available shortly. All the workshops will be conducted via zoom and recordings will be available after every class. Power point presentation will be sent to you before the class. Online workshops will be conducted in English.
Let’s stay in touch and I will inform you about the next available dates.
A client's testimony
Since I wanted to learn more about plants, I applied to Dunja’s workshop ‘The Shamanic herbalism’ without any special thinking. I am very glad that I got such an opportunity of following her work. Dunja has provided us with a very wide range of knowledge in a careful, picturesque and systematic way. In addition to the knowledge about plants, the participants received a lot of additional self-healing techniques, connections and information for further deepening of the knowledge. I also preferred to join the workshop via zoom, with friendly reminders and power point presentations sent to us the day before. For me, this was an excellent invitation and initiation into the world of herbs and I have already applied quite a lot of teachings in practice. I really warmly recommend the workshop to all those people who would like to live more connected to the gifts and powers of the nature.
Irena, Slovenia
Testimony of shamanic herbalism meetings
Exploring the wonders of amanita muscaria led me to explore the deadly night shade and the deadly night shade led me to Dunja Perko's shamanic herbalism course.
The meetings were so inspiring, so full of discovery and that I was really looking forward to the next meeting. Through the shamanic workshops, the meetings were connecting the elements, TCM - Traditional Chinese Medicine and the herbs we use in cooking and for health purposes.
We are a very nice small group of warm-hearted people. To be honest, we are like sisters. Every time we meet, whether it's in person or on Zoom, we share our opinions, our experiences, what good things we cook and eat. Dunja is a treasure, she presents everything from her vision stand, knowledge and experience, only this kind of lecture takes you into the knowledge that you will really try for yourself.
Let’s see what's next for us.
Ines, Slovenia
Herbs speak to me Do I listen to the language of my body and can I take care of it with appropriate herbs?
The objective of this course is the development of your personal communication with the herb.
You will have the opportunity to grow your own set of skills and connections to the herbs. The two-week period between the sessions is for you to diet the herb. It is highly recommended that you note all your impressions and feelings into your diary.
Finally, you will develop trust that you too can hear the herbs talk to you. Consequently, you will be always able to select the most suitable herb for your current state of affairs.
The workshop consists of eight meetings.
The first meeting is organized so that we can get to know each other and prepare the basis for further in-depth work with herbs. Next seven sessions will be dedicated to the main seven chakras. Each subsequent workshop will be dedicated to one chakra and the diet with the corresponding herb. You are invited to share your experience with the group.
It would be the best if you prepared all your herbal concoctions for the diet by yourself during the course of Shamanic Herbalism 1. Should you not have enough herbs for the diet, I could provide it for you.
All the workshops will be conducted via zoom (in English) and recording will be available. As these are experiential workshops, it is advisable to attend all 8 meetings, as we will do an energy process related to the herb at each session.
Let’s stay in touch and I will inform you about the next available dates.
Transformative Shamanic Journey with Belladonna
This is a journey accompanied by the consciousness of the deadly nightshade.
We will be working with the intention of releasing the patterns that no longer serve us and continue the journey into the direction of our true souls’ purpose.
Each human being will experience this journey differently and with different intensity, depending on the point of departure and the destiny of the soul.
Good preparation for the ceremony is the key to achieving the desired results. That is why we meet seven times before the final ritual takes place. In those meetings, we will pinpoint those areas of our lives that need our attention. As we question ourselves purposefully, we increase our awareness. We can operate with the intention in such a way, that we can ask the spirit of the plant precisely what we need. This way, we can create a very specific journeying.
Shamanic Journey will have eight sessions along the way:
- chakra – Do I live the way I want to live?
- chakra – Am I able to implement my ideas?
- chakra – Are there leakages of energies from my field?
- chakra – Do I listen to my heart?
- chakra – Am I speaking my truth?
- chakra – Do I trust and follow my inner vision?
- chakra – What is my life’s mission? What is my soul’s purpose?
- Shamanic ritual with Belladonna – shedding the past, welcoming the future
Workshops will be conducted in an intimate circle. Sessions will be conducted in English and via zoom. Each of the sessions is designed as an energetic process so that you can release what is meant to be released on energetic level. It is advisable to attend all 8 meetings. Before the meetings, you will receive a questionnaire to help you question yourself and prepare for the workshop.
The workshop includes the Belladonna magick infusion, which will be sent to your destination and which will be initiated during the ritual. You are in process since the day you were called by the plant, so it is recommendable that you write your journey.
Let’s stay in touch and I will inform you about the next available dates.
Use of moxa in your daily life
Moxa is known as a tool that heals 1000 illnesses.
Moxa is a healing technique of Traditional Chinese Medicine and this is a beginners’ course on how to start using it for your personal healing and a regular self-nurturing practice in your daily life.
Moxa stick is made from dried mugwort and can be used to address a myriad of health issues. It is great in wintertime as it supports immune system and kidneys, which are active in these winter months. It is also needed, when the body starts to swell with the excess of water.
Workshop includes:
– theory about moxa: what it is and how to use it,
– reflexology of the soles and the palms, that are easily accessible for your practice,
– practical use of acupressure points that are easy to reach,
– a ritual for connecting to the element of fire before we start moxing our feet.
Please provide yourself with a moxa stick and a bamboo box for moxa as we will be using it in this course. You will also need two different containers, one for moxa ash, the other with a bit of dry rice to extinguish moxa.
You will also need a candle, a cotton towel and woolen socks.
Date of the course will be available shortly. All the workshops will be conducted via zoom and recording will be available after class. Presentation will be sent to you before the lecture. Online workshops will be conducted in English.
Should there be no dates available, you can also buy a recording of the workshop.
Let’s stay in touch and I will inform you about the next available dates.