This last in the series will bring us into better understanding of the role of winter, and what our bodies need to find balance and nourishment in this season. With shorter days, and longer nights, this season has traditionally been associated with deep rest, and this is what our bodies crave in this season. With the pressures of working and modern society, it can be difficult to find ways to honor and nourish ourselves and our loved ones in this season. We will learn a recipe and share ideas for, and prepare, a deeply nourishing broth (please indicate when signing up if you are vegetarian/vegan, and we will try to include this option!). There will be a sign up for bringing elements of this nutritious broth, and we will create a literal community ‘stone soup’ that will be nourishing to our bodies, and our hearts. Other wintertime tips and recipes will also be shared and discussed.

About The Instructor

Katy Rugg

Katy is a Clinical Herbalist who found her way into leading workshops to connect people with the plants and their gifts through her own meandering journey; growing up and into a Quaker perspective and practice, she has developed her passions for deeper connection with other humans and the natural world through outdoor spiritual exploration, and formal study in French, Geology, graduate work in Intercultural Relations, and Urban Gardening and community programs in Boston, France and eventually, back here in her hometown of Richmond, VA. In 2017, she was honored to be a part of the inaugural Urban Gardener series, and shortly after left a soul-distressing job, allowing her to take a leap of faith to begin formal training in Herbalism (with Kat Maier at Sacred Plant Traditions in Charlottesville). When the pandemic hit, she went back to finish the 3-year program to become a Clinical Herbalist, understanding that the need was great to share the wisdom and generosity of the plants – who help us to return to our most authentic, and vibrant, selves. Katy loves to sing and write and be creative (especially in community), inspire people to live seasonally and in deepening relationship with the natural world. In addition to teaching workshops and gathering women, she has lately been delving deeper into the divine feminine, while stewarding a small patch of earth, and a small business called Petal Palate – dreaming up delights for our senses in collaboration with the flowers and the land (and hoping to inspire humans to be more embodied in the moment, and better stewards of the earth, and its human and other pollinators, in the process).