August 1, 2009

Healing With Flowers Conference

at Rowe Conference Center Rowe, Ma.

September 25-27

Register soon to reserve your space
Go to: www.rowecenter.org to register
For detailed information visit our website at: www.partnereartheducationcenter.com

Coming Up at Partner Earth Education Center:

There are still a few spaces left in Matthew Wood’s class The Wisdom of Nature, August 6-9. Register at www.partnereartheducationcenter.com or call 802-293-5996 today

Living Well – Loving the Earth with Chalise, Brooke Medicine Eagle ~ September 4 – 7

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to share with one of the leading visionaries and ceremonialists of our time. For years Brooke Medicine Eagle led vision quest camps in Montana guiding folks to walk a path of beauty manifesting their visions and dreams in the world. Now she is traveling less and gardening more. We are honored to have Brooke join us at Partner Earth Education Center to share her visions of these changing times and how to live well within them. Be prepared to be deeply moved in order to make the personal changes necessary to come home to yourself and to Lady Gaia.

For details go to www.partnereartheducationcenter.com.

Gifts of the Harvest by Pam Montgomery

The fullness of summer is upon us as we celebrate Lammas, the cross quarter day between summer solstice and autumn equinox, also known as loaf mass day when the harvest begins and the freshly harvested grains are made into bread. In olden times the entire family would go to the field dressed in their finest and the head of the family would cut the first corn with a sickle. Encircling one’s head three times with the corn an honoring of the harvest would be given. Husks from the corn would be used to make corn dollies or “kern babies” which would then be plowed into the field in the spring to ensure the fruitful growth of corn the following year while remembering the continuity of life from harvest to planting to harvest each year. Being the most significant of the fire festivals this time is also called Lugnasadh where throughout Europe and Ireland fires were lit across the land so that there was a connected web of light that could be seen from fire to fire. After the fires dwindled charred sticks were gathered and saved to start a “need fire”. A need fire was lit with these sticks when healing, protection or fertility was needed in the household. In honor of Lugh, the Celtic God of Light, Lugnasadh was celebrated the entire month of August. Being an outward time of year when much is concentrated on the work at hand Lugh may be called upon for assistance as he is very skilled and capable of doing anything. As we begin the abundant harvest from our gardens we also want to be mindful of what we want to harvest within ourselves, what do we want to bring to fruition? A bountiful harvest is a great blessing that brings forth many gifts. What are the gifts that you can bring forth now and how will you share them with others and the Earth?

Sharing the Abundance

There is a wealth of information available these days and I would like to share with you an on-line Aromatherapy course that is excellent.

Aromahead’s Online Certification Program

The Online ACP (Aromatherapy Certification Program) allows students to experience an education with the Aromahead Institute through our exclusive digital curriculum. Through the online textbook and references, access to exclusive videos, case study assignments, and dozens of blending activities, students become professionally qualified in the therapeutic uses of essential oils.

Upon successful completion of the online ACP, students can confidently work with essential oils, and are proficient in blending therapeutic products. Students are given a year to complete the course, allowing them the opportunity to study at their own pace. Once completed, graduates call themselves Certified and/or Clinical Aromatherapists.

Graduates of this online course have gone on to create essential oil retail businesses, web retail stores, therapeutic product lines and consultation services.

http://www.aromahead.com Go to the online classes link on the left