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Breath is one metronome of our aliveness, yet we rarely stop to notice how we breathe. Encoded in this moment to moment exchange are physiologic and energetic patterns that have much to teach us if we stop to listen.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, autumn is the season connected to the lungs, to grief, and to letting go. As we move into this time of year, we will learn some basic breathwork exercises and delve into the lungs as a vital exchange organ weaving the cardiovascular and nervous systems in particular.
Participants will leave with some simple practices and an introduction to some of the lung-supporting plant allies that grow in Northeast Turtle Island.
Plants are older than us. Long before humans existed, they learned how to make life in the hot, dry, damp, even the darkest of places. Aylie is learning that when we lose our way, the plants can guide and accompany us back into health. She comes to herbalism as a preschool teacher, poet, gardener, sailor and zen student. She welcomes all ages and experiences, particularly those seeking support for heart-mind-body integration, including stress, mood, focus and sleep, digestive complaints, heart issues, and blood sugar regulation. She approaches people as existing within families, communities and cultures, living in watersheds on a changing planet.