Welcome to the Way of Harmony Workshop series brought to you by Nikki Darrell from the Plant Medicine School and Heather Boland, Classical Five Element Acupuncturist.

Join us for this transformational course, a series of Five Workshops throughout the Year to explore and experience a deeper understanding of ourselves as part of the Natural World.

The Five Phases in the Natural World are Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal.

Five Phase Theory explores Ways of Being in the world, our inclinations and gifts akin to the Five Elements, their associations and correspondences.

Within each of us, there is a particular Phase around which the others spin, the source from which our deepest impulses issue forth. By learning how we are put together, how our soma and psyche are organised, our individual Nature is revealed. When we know ourselves as part of Nature, we can act accordingly. Self-recognition and Awareness are the Path to Self-Mastery and authenticity

Hydrangea flower in Mount Usher Gardens

As you journey with us on these workshops, you will learn about:

• The Five Phases in Nature, their associations, and correspondences

• What each Phase asks of us and how to nourish and support our own individual beingness in the Natural World

• How to recognise what type we may be and learn how we can recreate harmony within ourselves to experience ourselves as a Natural Ecosystem living in accordance with Nature

• We will provide you with practical counsel by guiding you towards herbal remedies, nourishment and nutrition, and self-care techniques appropriate to each Season and their correspondences.

• Seasonal fare will be provided, and you will learn how to make food appropriate to the Season.

• We will prepare infusions, decoctions, salves, and other tonics for each Season.

• We will also walk the land here in Hollyfort to observe the Season and connect with the elements, share our findings, and learn gentle exercises to experience the energy within ourselves.

• In these times of digital overload we offer a refreshing antidote. The whole of this course is delivered in person with lots of experiential activities and exercises.