A one-week apprenticeship for aspiring shamanic herbalists who want to learn from and play with the Green Goddess. And for past apprentices to share their wisdom and knowledge.
This
is a serious apprenticeship, not a workshop. Not only is the pace
powerful and relentless, but we will be encountering and processing
deep emotions as a result of our shamanic work together (also read,
"Why is Susun Angry?"). There
are at least eight hours of instruction a day, plus projects and assignments
to complete on your own outside of class time, plus special events
throughout the week.
We take your commitment to participate very seriously and hope that you do too. Therefore, there are no refunds of any kind, for any reason. You may wish to purchase trip insurance, which is usually inexpensive and will cover your costs if you can't come.
"I learned more from spending one day with Susun than I have in months of study with others."
During your week-long Green Goddess Apprenticeship you will:
* Learn how to identify plants
* Learn how to identify, harvest, prepare, and use common plants for food and medicine
* Take part in daily talking stick ceremonies
* Learn about plant families and botany
* Make one or more herbal remedies to take home
* Study with special teachers, including: Rainbow Weaver (beading your medicine powers medallion) Whitefeather (Seven Directions Movement Meditation; Wolf Clan Teachings)
* Go for plant walks in the woods with Susun and the goats
* Connect deeply with your own green ally
* Process intense emotions such as grief, rage, ecstacy, and intimacy
* Enjoy an optional initiation as a Green Witch
Schedule
Your Green Goddess Apprentice week begins at noon on Monday and ends about 4pm on Sunday. If you need to arrive early or stay later, the fee is $75 per night for lodging and meals.
Our days begin with Wolf Clan Teachings and Seven Directions Movement Meditation with Whitefeather (8:00am- 9:00), breakfast (9:00am- 10:00), followed by class with Susun (10:00am - 1pm), then lunch and talking stick with Susun (1:30pm - 3:30), afternoon class with Rainbow Weaver weaving your shield (3:30 - 6pm), dinner (6:30 - 8pm), and a variety of evening entertainments (8pm - 10pm): fireside chanting Monday, herbal consultations Tuesday, yoga class Wednesday, all-night heart-beat drum Thursday, moon lodge Friday, and Goddess pageant on Saturday. We will conclude our time together on Sunday with a lavish high magic ceremony —where you may be initiated as a Green Witch—followed by a late lunch and final talking stick.
"Five years of weekly therapy didn't ever touch, or heal, my pain; four days here and I am changed!"
The Green Goddess Apprentice Week includes meals (dinner Monday through lunch Sunday), primitive lodging, instruction with at least three teachers, textbooks, and supplies.
* You may help harvest and prepare our wild, organic, mostly vegetarian meals
* Bring a tent and camp or shelter in our tipi or studio
* You get twenty hours or more of class time with Susun
* You get at least ten hours of training in shamanic skills
The cost of this one-week apprenticeship is $1300, plus a $100 application fee. There are several work options open for women with limited access to money, plus two work scholarships for women of color and Native women. You may pay by check through the mail, by paypal, or with a credit card at wisewomanbookshop.com.
All Green Goddess Apprentices must be paid in full by July10, 2012.
There are no refunds offered for any reason to apprentices registered for the Green Goddess Week. If you are concerned that something may interfere with your plans, do consider trip insurance.
To Apply for this Green Goddess Apprenticeship
Please apply by mail (preferred) or by email. Include your name, age, address, phone number, e-mail address (optional) , and a $100 non-refundable application fee. Tell me why you want to apprentice with a fierce teacher who may yell at you, and what your specific goals are for our time together.
Work-study at the Green Goddess Apprentice Week
Three Nettle women and three Comfrey women help me and the live-in apprentices cook, serve, wash, and care. This is the heart of the fire; you may get scorched or burned; we work hard. You pay in full for your week; when your work-exchange has been completed, you receive a refund check. Nettle women can work up to 80 hours over the 7 days of the Green Goddess Week plus 2 days before; they can receive up to $800 rebate. Comfrey women can work 40 hours over 8 days: the Green Goddess Week plus one day before; they can receive up to a $400 rebate.
To apply: tell me of your talents and skills, your willingness to work hard, and your limits.
Past Apprentices
All past live-in apprentices who graduated receive two days and nights free; stay for further days for $75 plus 3 hours of work. Or take 25% off; pay $975 for the whole week.
Class Size
I accept only twelve Green Goddess Apprentices. Please apply as early as possible.
"In 2008 I attended the Green Goddess Apprentice Week. The whole week really shook me, spoke to me, scared the shit out of me, but all in all I came away with a deeper understanding of my potentials as a woman by witnessing you as a model, Susun. I returned to working with women in a domestic violence shelter, only to notice how much more supportive and able I was to inspire them to imagine a different reality for themselves. It was beautiful and extremely humbling. I realized how much I had internalized patriarchal assumption about the feminine. Spending a week with you switched my paradigm and allowed me to see a more holistic and integral way of being that influenced my personal life and professional work and I thank you immensely.
"Three years later, I continue to reap the benefits of that week. I am feeling way more confident in myself and in my strength and in my gifts and in my ability to be a positive role model for my daughter and other women. I am allowing myself to know who I am as a woman."
Green
Blessings, 
