Past Classes and Events
Astrology Study Group
Postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Next Meeting: Saturday, March 14, 2020
1-4 pm at The Root Circle
Cost: Sliding $20 + $5 for chart printing (optional)
With Lisa Fazio, Community Herbalist and Lauren Eadline, Community Herbalist and FNP
Saturday October 26, 2019
10-4pm : Bring a bagged lunch and we’ll have snacks and tea!
Place: The Root Circle : 2739 Newport Rd, Newport, NY *See our classroom space HERE
During this full day workshop we discuss herbal allies for the many ways that stress and trauma manifest as patterns in our bodies, minds, and our relationships to others and the world.
Italian Folk Medicine
with Lisa Fazio
6:30-8pm at The Other Side
2011 Genesee St. Utica, NY
Suggested Donation: $10-25
NO registration necessary::drop in
Crystal Valley Red Tent : Italian Folk Magic
Hands on ritual and magic making with Lisa Fazio
Gather with us at The Root Circle to learn about the healing traditions of Sud Italia (Southern Italy) that include the use of ancestral plants, prayers/spells, stories, and ritual. We will do some making and ceremony together.
Join Lisa and Pete for this hands-on medicine making event!
In the spirit of the Utica Herbal Study Group
Amaro is a traditional Italian herbal remedy or digestif.We will use both traditional Amaro herbs and spices as well as whatever locally available plants we can gather. You will also have a choice of herbs to address other health concerns such as herbs for lung or nervous system support. We will share the medicinal properties of all of the herbs we will use!
Herbal Tea Blending Workshop
This is a hands on workshop all about the ins and outs of herbal tea blending for any level of herbal enthusiast. We will discuss how to blend herbs together for taste and medicine as well as make a blend that you can take home.
Herbs For Winter Health Workshop
Saturday, November 3rd, 2018
Come to learn simple and traditional home remedies that can support our sense of health and well-being throughout the Winter season.
Mid-Atlantic Women's Herbal Conference
October 3-4, 2015
Herbal Allies for Pain-the Leaky Gut Connection
Bioregional Herbalism
Northeast Herbal Association 25th Annual Retreat
October 28-30, 2016
Astrology and Herbalism
: COME TO THE GARDEN ::
At The Root Circle | 2739 Newport Rd, Newport, NY
Join us for a plant ID gathering in the medicinal herb gardens at The Root Circle. These gardens are home to a wide variety of plants including several used specifically for the treatment of Lyme disease and Lyme related infections.
The Herbal Hoedown
Catch Lisa at the 2018 Herbal Hoedown teaching 2 classes:
Herbal Protocols For Lyme Disease
Bioregional Herbalism-Place Based Practice
Utica Herbal Study Group Plant Walk
Lisa Fazio will give a brief talk on bioregional herbalism before we walk.
July Red Tent : Ritual Focus
Ancestral contact/Healing
A guided Flower Essence Journey + Overnight
~co-facilitated by Lena Moon and Lisa Fazio ~
Crystal Valley Red Tent
The Tale of the Lindwrym
Saturday at 2 PM - 5 PM
at Faces of Astarte
407 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY
This months topic will be the symbolism of the snake or serpent through history and as well as how it pertains to us as individuals both personally and as a global community. Lisa Fazio will offer a retelling of the Tale of the Lindwyrm .
7th Annual Herbal Hoedown
June 3, 2017
Medicinal Plant Walk
Herbal First Aid
During these changing times of uncertainty, grounding ourselves in some practical skills can empower us as individuals and as a community.
Crystal Valley Red Tent @ THE ROOT CIRCLE
DREAMTIME
April 1, 2017 2-6PM Hosted and facilitated by Lisa Fazio
Together we will explore dreaming as a tool for self-awareness. Even if you don't remember your night dreams, everyone has them! We will discuss methods to promote dream recall, what dreams are, and where they come from, perhaps demystifying our night journeys(not too much :D) to make our dreamtime a more accessible source of insight.
Herbal Protocols For Lyme disease
Sunday . September 17, 2017 . 2-4 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica
10 Higby Rd, Utica, New York 13501
HOSTED BY: Mohawk Valley Lyme Support Group
~FIRE CIDER WORKSHOP~
with Lisa Fazio and Stephanie Moore
October 14 . 10am-noon ~ @ The Root Circle
Herbs for Children and Babies
at The Root Circle with Lisa Fazio
2739 Newport Rd. Newport, NY
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November 4 + 10am-4pm
With Kate Gilday and Lisa Fazio
A series of four evenings, one per month:
January 25, Wednesday February 22, Wednesday March 22, Wednesday April 19
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at The Root Circle
The Language of the Plants
at Shawangunk Nature Preserve // June 4, 10:30am - Noon
255 Shawangunk Road
Cold Brook, NY 13324
Herbal Aphrodisiacs And making a Love Elixir
October 15, 2015 @5:30 pm
Faces of Astarte //407 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY
Local Medicine Makers Series
at Old Path Farm
I.Tinctures, Vinegars and Honeys
Saturday May 9, 2015 // 12-4pm
II. Oils and Salves
Sunday, July 19th 2015 // 12-3pm
III. Elixirs, Cordials, Syrups
Sunday, September 13th, 2015 //. 12-3pm
Earth Ways-Learning Healing from the Land
Saturday, August 29th, noon-3pm at Shawangunk Nature Preserve
During this workshop we will practice interacting and connecting with the land of the Adirondack foothills on the beautiful Shawangunk Nature Preserve. We will explore meditation techniques, guided imagery and intuitive methods of listening, learning and sharing ourselves with all that is wild. We will learn steps to creating greater intimacy with place that will nourish and deepen our roots that will allow us to develop our wholeness as individuals and as a part of the more than human world through designing your own genius loci profile (spirit of place) and making your own land essence/elixir using flower essence methodology