workshops

Mudras are subtle hand gestures used in meditation and yoga practices to direct energy and even expand consciouness. 

By directing breath and awareness, mudras can deliver healing and energy to specific areas of the body. 

This workshop series is done in 3 parts allowing integration for each course to take effect in between. The space in between is the most import to start acknowledging and utilizing these heart centered practices. These delicate techniques have lasting results leaving you living a life with more peace, love and harmony. 

This workshop series focuses on activating, and centering heart energies. Compassion, Forgiveness, Expansiveness, and Self-acceptance are themes. 

Breathing exercises, yoga asanas, specific mudras-hand gestures are taught to be incorporated into our daily spiritual practices. Eastern principles of Ayurveda, basic dive into Koshas and Doshas will come into light during this transformational experience. 

Allow me to guide you to anchor your heart. This workshop series has been wonderful for couples and even useful for all age groups. 

When your Heart is Open, You Are Free! 

$250 for 3 1hr sessions to activate, expand and center. Online sessions available, 

To enroll please email:

ayamamabotanicals@gmail.com 

xoxo

This Workshop is done in a series for each individual to retain, assimilate and understand the actions, properties, and uses of each plant. 

Build your own Materia Medica and create your own useful book of remedies. 

Intro into Nervines...

A Nervine is a generalized term for a plant that acts on the nervous system. Subcategories help identify different actions a plant may have. Typically they're sedative or calming but that isn't always the case. Nervine stimulants such as coffee or mate have an excitable effect. Consistent use of these have a draining effect on the endocrine system and lead to burnout. Often times these plants are actually the root cause of anxiety, nervousness, and even tremors. Keeping our nervous systems in proper working order allows the rest of our body to maintain its magic.

 In the day and age when so many have to reset their nervous systems to get out of fight or flight try and allow plants to be your allies. Supportive, noninvasive, and no side effects other than feeling wonderful plants are not the alternative choice. 

Nervines treat many symptoms from insomnia to even decreased sex drive and can work with apathy or depressive moods. Many factors can be the root cause so using these words as blanket terms for each individual is a very allopathic approach. 

Nervine Trophorestoratives are an important subcategory where the remedy acts to tonify, strengthen and restore the nervous system. Skullcap is one of my favorites and a wonderful example that has a nerve trophorestorative effect over time. This nervine sedative is slightly bitter in taste, cooling energetically and has an effect on the liver and digestion. 

 *An important thing to mention is not use boiling water. Let your water settle for a few minutes after and then pour over your herbs. Chemically the compounds do not burn and are actually more effective this way. 

If you'd like to learn more about herbalism and plant medicines reach out. These workshops are very informative. Personal consulting and 2 mentorship spaces still available for fall. 

Sliding scale available!

Do It Yourself!

Create your own beauty ritual and make your own toothpaste, brown sugar exfoliator, body balms and more! This workshop shows you how easy it is to make your own products with a few simple ingredients. Dazzle your creations with your own preferences by using different fresh plants, essential oils and bases.

Body balms are excellent for everyday use, hair, face, dry skin, massage therapy or even to use as deodorant. Useful for postpartum mothers to reduce stretch marks and helpful for healing scars. 

During this workshop we will even touch base on household cleaning products. 

This workshop introduces inspiring ideas to use all year long to help eliminate single use plastics. 

These practices, recipes and ancient ways take us back to nurturing our physical bodies with self-care that in return nurture our Mother Earth. 

This 1hr craft session allows you to create magic, use alchemy, and reminds you how precious of a temple your body is. 

$75- 1hr class