Quail Springs' November 2007

 

 

Fall is with us, the cottonwood leaves are falling, as we harvest the fruits of an amazing year with thankful hearts, we are looking toward winter with many preparations.

 

The coming months will involve planning our 2008 calendar of events, to include a Skill Builder Series of weekend workshops as well as Service Learning weekends, our 3rd Permaculture Design Course (with Geoff Lawton), EcoNest workshops, and other special events! We'll keep you posted.

 

Although we have a break in offering of Service Learning weekends for the coming winter months, if you are specially interested in volunteering with natural plastering projects, please get in touch and we will aim to coordinate volunteer visits for this. info@quailsprings.org or 805-886-7239

 

 

IMPORTANT announcement to ALL Quail Springs friends, family, interns and other guests!

 

As of January 1, 2008, the gate codes with be changing monthly. Therefore, you will need to contact us for the current code even if you have been here many times before. We are doing this as part of a concerted effort to address issues with the private landowner through whose property the private road that gives access to Quail Springs crosses. It is critical that each and every vehicle coming to Quail Springs strictly observes the 10 MPH speed limit on the private road, as well as ALL TRAFFIC LAWS. In other words, this is no longer an opportunity to teach a young person how to drive, no riding in the back of the truck or on the bumper, and be sure to keep your lights on at night despite how much you want to see the moon and stars, etc. etc. We must require adherence to these rules for all approaching Quail Springs in order not to jeopardize our ease of access. Thank you for understanding and helping!

 

 

EcoNest workshops 2008

The beginning stages of the EcoNest will involve workshops in which builders, home owners, or other interested folks will work with the EcoNest team in a series of two workshops that give the participant a solid foundation in understanding this unique system of sustainable building.  Dates and cost are TBA. If you would like to be on an initial interest contact list, please email info@quailsprings.org.

 

Available for purchase. Quail Springs, An Experiment in Permaculture

Quail Springs, An Experiment in Permaculture, by Joss Jaffe, serves as an important research and development tool supporting permaculture design and the long term vision of Quail Springs.  If you are interested in purchasing the book, please let us know at info@quailsprings.org. The cost of this full color book is $30 including the CD, or $10 for the CD only, plus $5 shipping. 

 

Interested Interns please inquire for 2008...

We'll be taking in new interns again in Spring 2008, but we may make exceptions for new interns this Winter for those with natural building experience and ability to house themselves for winter weather. All interested interns feel free to inquire regardless and we will see what timing may work.

Work and live "on the farm" through volunteer internships beginning with up to one month, with possibility of up to 6 months. Assist with ongoing permaculture development of the farm and share in community life.  Projects this year include food systems, gardening, aquaculture, natural building, watershed restoration, animal husbandry, capital campaign development, and more. Experience and training is not needed, although this is a great opportunity to further experience and education in all aspects of farm and permaculture site development. Contact info@quailsprings.org for more info.   

 

 

The following special offering will be hosted by Quail Springs...

 

PLANT SPIRIT HEALING ***APPRENTICESHIP*** with Pam Montgomery

Plant Spirit Healing accesses the conscious intelligence of plants in order to direct the dynamic nature of energy. Plants are sentient beings whose symbiotic relationship with humans gives them the unique ability to communicate, guide and heal us on physical, emotional and spiritual levels.
When plant spirit healing is undertaken you begin living according to your own true nature. You become more fully who you are and more engaged in walking the path that is uniquely yours. As one of Pam's clients said, "There's no room for Lyme disease because I take up more of the space."
Plant Spirit Healing is on the leading edge of vibrational healing. Accessing
Spirit through the avenue of the green world is one of the easiest and most effective ways to achieve healing at a root level. The healing that occurs is not symptomatic, rather it transforms the source of the dis-ease or challenge.

This certified college level course is designed for those who desire to receive in-depth understanding and training in:

·  personal healing - physically, emotionally and spiritually

·  accessing your true path in life and living your bliss

·  integrating plant spirit healing into an existing practice

·  creating a new healing practice with plant spirit healing

·  practicing spiritual ecology in one's personal and professional life

·  working to bring balance to the Earth

Your apprenticeship will include:

·  Spiritual Ecology theory and practice

·  heart, soul and spirit - the triple spiral path of healing

·  communication with plants

·  accessing plant spirits through the dreamtime

·  energy anatomy and chakras

·  interaction of plant spirits with the Four Elements and Medicine Wheel

·  shamanic journeying techniques both with plants and for people

·  developing working relationships with animal and other guides

·  "seeing" intrusive energies and extracting them

·  heart entrainment, soul retrieval and spirit loss

·  "greenbreath" to overcome obstacles and access plants' healing gifts

·  developing green allies for personal, professional & planetary healing

·  practical application of plant spirit medicine in a healing practice

·  personal growth via vision quest, sweat lodge, fire vigil, night walking

·  and more

Dates: 4 sessions in Winter-Spring 2008.

January 10-13, February 14-17, March 13-16 and April 10-13, 2008.