Logistics of the weekend include:

What to grow to keep themselves healthy?

• Food
• Herbs

Ease of growth – how to grow

Why they are relevant?

Planting a few things?

• Beets
• Radishes
• Arugula
• Dandelion
• Kale
• Lettuce
• Carrots
• Celery

Medicinal Herbs

• Comfrey
• Gynostemma
• Nettles
• Golden berry seeds
• Cucumber melon seeds
• Gotu kola
• Bacopa
• Figwort

Friday 6 to 7 pm start

• Intro, dinner, Opening Circle – setting intentions, calling in the Friends
• Solid Winter eating, diet, and self-care – and our transition season of Fall
• Keeping self healthy with foods and herbs
• Finish 9 to 10 pm and after event fun

Saturday 7 to 8 am start

• Brief movement outdoors, then Joe Dispenza meditation

Breakfast an hour later

• Heartland Garden time – Herb walk, plant identification, and uses of common foods and herbs.  We will plant some plants and seeds, from what we talked about Friday evening (theme is easy to grow, easy to process, and many benefits in health)
• Acorn gathering, bring mason jars to soak in (optional )
• Garden time over before Noon
• Trip to the Yuba River – water conversation, watershed conversation in nature and our bodies (edwards crossing- yuba river)

Dendritic patterns – what are these?  How does our body do similar patterns?

• Water-Fire conversation – water controls fire

Dinner – wood fired pizza, chia cake crust,  sourdough pizza crust, salads, talk on Food Needs for Types of People, Ancestry, Metabolic type, and our individual needs.

Story – telling – w/music, in the Kiva – ends 10pm or so, could go late

Sunday 7 to 8 am start

Yoga

Breakfast – chef’s all star breakfast  -fall/winter

• Put all the stuff into action we learned earlier – talk on advance preparation for health needs, having a plan, sticking to the plan, modifications based on provocations and challenges.
• Closing Circle midday early afternoon, Releasing the Friends, and feedback, input for follow up (seasonal retreats will be offered)