SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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cultivating resiliency, relationship, rituals and connection with the cycles of nature
One Sunday / Month from 10:30am-3:30pm
March - November 2026
In person
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Winter Solstice Workshop
Balsam Fir Medicine Making​
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Imagine spending the winter solstice in the quiet pine forests, foraging fir bows, learning to ID conifer trees and making medicines together. This is a hands on workshop and you will leave with balsam hydrosol & pine forest balms. Pine resin is a very healing substance for wounds, skin damage, infections and is naturally antimicrobial. Hannah will set up her copper alembic still to demonstrate how to make balsam fir essential oil and hydrosol. While the still is steaming, we will be cozy by the fire making forest inspired herbal products and solstice wreaths to decorate your home.
Compassionate Dying
with Rose Khalsa
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This day we will go over much from the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on Death and how to help someone who is preparing for their star journey.
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Here are the things Rose will share with you: *What Happens at Death * Promoting Peace and the Power of Forgiveness, * The Bardo* How to help someone who is Dying* Guiding souls to the Afterlife,* The Phowa Practice and how this helps YOU prepare for your own passing, and the best at the end…Pushing Through Practice, and Death is not an End-It is a Transition and how to guide you through The West Gate.
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Class is from 10am-5pm
Bring lunch, a notebook, and an eye cover for journeying.
To register: Venmo, PayPal or send a check to Rose Khalsa (on Venmo you see her with a green shirt on)
Tuition is $150
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Feel free to email Rose at : rose@polaritycenter.org to let her know you are coming or send a text at 240-441-7673
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About Rose Khalsa: Rose is the Director of The Polarity Center & Shamanic Studies. She has been teaching internationally for over 40 years. Rose offers trainings in polarity therapy, craniosacral visionary work and shamanism, and integrates nature-based and holistic approaches to healing in her private practice. Her healing work includes polarity therapy, biodynamic cranio-sacral therapy, spiritual counseling and shamanic healing. Native American ( Ojibway), Celtic and Tibetan Buddhism are integrated into Rose’s life and work and are shared as part of her Medicine.
Rose is Hannah's shamanic teacher and it has been such a blessing studying and learning the wisdom of transitions.
Do you want to learn the alchemy of blending herbal teas this winter? Join Hannah for this hands-on webinar about how to make a delicious and effective tea blend. Crafting your own formulations is very rewarding and feels empowering!
Participants will receive a list of items to source before class so you can make a nourishing winter tea blend at class with her guidance. Handouts provided a few days before the webinar with recipes and instructions.
FREE WEBINAR REPLAYS
SPONSORED BY RIVER VALLEY CO-OP
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Herbal Wellness Through the Seasons is a four-part series held throughout the year. Each class lines up each of the four seasons with the insides of our bodies.
In this webinar, Hannah will share how the season of summer relates to the heart/cardio system and the small intestine. She will also provide herbal suggestions for these two fire element organ systems.
There are so many delicious herbs available in the summer, join us for an evening of inspiring techniques and recipes to make herbal medicine a joyful part of your life as summer arrives in the Northeast. Bring a paper, pen and your questions!
There is nothing quite as special as a gift made by you. In this workshop Hannah will demonstrate how to make a few herbal gifts such as balms and winter berry syrups. She will walk us through each step from formulating gift ideas, making them in real time and packaging of each item. Optional: bring your own items to make your gifts during the workshop. (see below).
Items you will need:
Balms: 12 tins or jars, beeswax (1 cup), jojoba oil (4 cups), essential oils of your choosing
Winter Berry Syrup: 12 bottles, elderberries (8 oz. dried), rose hips (2 oz. dried), cinnamon (6 sticks), ginger (2 inch root fresh), 4 C raw honey, pot, strainer, pitcher and funnel. Labels and ribbon to decorate your jars.
As we prepare for winter, the season which invites deep rest and revitalization, there are many herbs and practices we can incorporate into our lives. Join Hannah during this live webinar about herbs for sleep, relaxation, rejuvenation, and restoration.
Discover how living in alignment with nature’s cycles can bring balance and ease with the transition into the shortest days of the year. We will focus on the Kidney/Bladder system, Adrenals, and Sleep.
Sign up for the full series or one class at a time as we move through each season: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
Aches, pains, and inflammation got you down? Join community herbalist and Sweet Birch Herbals owner Hannah Jacobson-Hardy for a live virtual salve-making class in her kitchen! You'll learn ways to ease pain, infections, and wounds, as well as to moisturize dry skin with various herbal salves.
Hannah will demonstrate how to prepare a sore muscle salve for aches, pains, arthritis, and inflammation.
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No matter how far you are from home, it's helpful to have an herbal kit you can reach for during those unanticipated occasions when your body calls for the support of plant allies. Learn what community herbalist Hannah Jacobson-Hardy packs in her travel kit to stay calm, grounded and healthy. Each item that Hannah will recommend is small enough to carry onto a plane and weighs very little for those backcountry explorers. From motion sickness, food poisoning, dry coughs, anxiety and headaches, Hannah will cover what she never leaves home without.
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Looking for a fresh start in the spring? Start the season feeling energized, clear, and focused with a gentle cleanse from simple herbal preparations! Join Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, Community Herbalist and Founder of Sweet Birch Herbals to learn how to prepare a gentle "Spring Cleanse" using simple combinations of beneficial herbs!
Do seasonal allergies have you feeling bogged down and tired? Herbs can be one of our greatest allies when pollen counts are at their highest. Join Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, Community Herbalist and founder of Sweet Birch Herbals, for a fun and informative class about herbal preparations that may improve seasonal allergies!
People all over the world have been relying on herbal medicine for thousands of years for support with PMS, cramps, healthy pregnancy, postpartum, hormonal acne, fibroids, heavy bleeding, irregular cycles, menopause, and hormone balancing. Join Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, Community Herbalist and founder of Sweet Birch Herbals for this webinar about herbal preparations and lifestyle changes that may bring more balance to the body.
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“I liked learning I need to do hip circles - and at the end she mentioned facing the hula hoops at the fair!
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