The Language of Nature
with Ethnobotanist and Deep Ecologist Jolie Elan M.S.
The Language of Nature
An Introduction to the Gaian Tongue
Our Mother Earth is intelligent, sentient, and always communicating with us. Learning to interpret the language of nature can make us excellent herbalists by upping our ability to source directly from our earth for healing wisdom. This class will help you develop the basic building blocks of an ancient nature vocabulary based on symbols, archetypes, elements, signatures, and myths so that you can better decipher earthly wisdom and live in balance with all our relations. Join Deep ecologist Jolie Elan as we align with the powers of nature and orient ourselves within the Four Fold Path and Web of Life. Together we will explore a holistic framework for deepening our rapport with Nature, self, and spirit.
In this introductory class we cover:
- How nature speaks to us in symbols and signs
- How to attune to the language of nature
- The Four Fold Path
- Universal cycles of nature, medicine, and health
- Building our personal maps to holistically orient us with the great web of life.
- Growing spiritual relationships with medicine plants
- Animal archetypes and how to work with them
Class Includes:
- The "Sit Spot Ritual" downloadable guide
- 2 hour presentation (webinar recording with slideshow presentation)
- Online Q&A with teacher (please see UPDATE below)
You did it, Jolie💖! Thanks to you I reconnected with Moth...
Andrea Petrut
"Thank you for this deep connecting workshop💖 It was the first of its kind for me and the first I ever heard of. Your approach and practice are unique and re...
Read More"Thank you for this deep connecting workshop💖 It was the first of its kind for me and the first I ever heard of. Your approach and practice are unique and resonate with my heart and way of living from the heart. I will have to watch the recording as the meditation you began with is beautiful and empowering, reconnecting us with nature in a way that raises our awareness and awakens the senses. What you taught touched my soul. Thank you for imparting your wisdom!" (Toronto, October 13th, 2020) The above paragraph is what I sent Jolie in an email and she asked me if she could publish online. I think I never got the chance to answer because I was too busy... and more than a month after I found she died... At least I know she read my feedback on how it was for me to be live with her online and experience it. What she never knew was that the first tree through which Mother Nature shared wisdom with me was... an Oak... a very old one in a park in Toronto area... I am not a herbalist. I am a Soul learning to reconnect with the divinity below our feet and above the ground, all through our body and heart. I am grateful I was guided and others were guided to guide me to find Matthew and Jolie and widen my awareness and live more fully in the NOW.
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Kathleen Krueger
I have had the same experiences with plants. It is helpful to talk about the connection and response of both the plant and humans. Great program, Thank you!!!
Read MoreI have had the same experiences with plants. It is helpful to talk about the connection and response of both the plant and humans. Great program, Thank you!!!
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Sandra Kalla
fantastic course. I wish there was more.
fantastic course. I wish there was more.
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Nicola Renovich
Power of an acorn in this small beginning to understanding the language of nature.
Power of an acorn in this small beginning to understanding the language of nature.
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The Language of Nature - Free Preview - Video
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Welcome Message
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The Language of Nature - Webinar Text Chat and Resources
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Sit Spot Ritual
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The Language of Nature - Video
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The Language of Nature - Audio
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Please share your thoughts
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About Jolie Elan
Jolie Elan, M.S. is the founding director of Go Wild Institute, which offers educational and mentoring programs that weave science, myth, and spirit to awaken our nature and find balance in the great web of life. Jolie is a deep ecologist, herbalist, consulting botanist, and educator. She has inspired thousands of people to deepen their relationship with nature. Jolie has worked with ethnobotanical projects on four continents including developing the herbal medicine sector in war torn Kosovo and restoring sacred forest groves in India.
Jolie has studied both herbalism and botany for twenty-five years and has taught botany to herbalists for almost a decade. She also acts as a spiritual companion for those who wish to increase their intimacy with the divine, especially through the natural world.
Jolie received her B.A. from the Evergreen State College in Environmental Studies, her Master’s degree in Natural Resources from Humboldt State University, and her certification in Spiritual Direction from the Chaplaincy Institute.
Check out Jolie's fascinating "Intelligence of Nature" that inspired this class.
UPDATE
Dear Friends,
It’s with great sadness that we inform you that our dear teacher, Jolie passed from complications from cancer. In late November 2020 she was diagnosed with very advanced cancer and on Monday, November 30th, she passed.
This news came as a shock to so many. Our sincere condolences go to her friends and family.
As far as we know right now, Jolie’s family and friends wish that her work continue and we are more than happy to help fulfill that wish.
We are relieved to inform you that Susan Leopold of United Plant Savers will be helping answer Botany for Herbalists course questions.
No one can replace the whit, spark, and character of Jolie. For those participating in her Language of Nature and Intelligence of Nature classes, we will leave the Discussion function open for you to chat with one-another and to relish in the responses and interactions you had with Jolie before she left this world.
Very warm regards,
Tara Baklund
Operating Director
Matthew Wood Institute of Herbalism