GAIA: The Body As Alchemical Journey
WITH CRYSTAL WOODLING
A lineage Appalachian witch, clinical herbalist, Hellenistic astrologer, yogini, poet, and former literature professor
A 7-month training in herbal and stone medicine and myth, combining meditation and ritual with the alchemical science of our wise woman ancestors.
Deepen your connection with the Earth’s intelligence and develop the embodied wisdom to heal yourself and others.
You will leave GAIA with…
- A deeper capacity to sit with plant and stone allies through meditation and ritual, listen through your senses, and experience their intelligence directly
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An embodied and mythological understanding of the four classical elements, the humors, tissue states, and organ systems
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Knowledge of how to skillfully manipulate the elements and humors for healing and balance
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Tools for reading patterns of imbalance in the body’s tissues and organs as a part of our alchemical journeys
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The ability to work with plant and stone allies to increase your innate psychic abilities in clinical work as well as magical ritual
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Practical skills in alchemical medicine-making, compounding, and formulation
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Ways of identifying plant and stone qualities through taste, smell, color, texture, energetics, and the Doctrine of Signatures
COURSE DETAILS
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28 CLASSES ON WEDNESDAYS BEGINNING
OCTOBER 22, 2026 -
5:00–7:00 PM PACIFIC TIME |
8:00–10:00 PM EASTERN TIME
Course Schedule
(all classes are from 5:00pm - 7:00pm Pacific Time on Thursdays with lifetime access to replays.)
October 2026
- Thursday, October 22
- Thursday, October 29
November 2026
- Thursday, November 5
- Thursday, November 12
- Thursday, November 19
- November 26: No class, Thanksgiving
December 2026
- Thursday, December 3
- Thursday, December 10
- Thursday, December 17
- December 24: No class, Christmas Eve
- December 31: No class, New Year’s Eve
January 2027
- Thursday, January 7
- Thursday, January 14
- Thursday, January 21
- Thursday, January 28
February 2027
- Thursday, February 4
- Thursday, February 11
- Thursday, February 18
- Thursday, February 25
March 2027
- Thursday, March 4
- Thursday, March 11
- Thursday, March 18
- Thursday, March 25
April 2027
- Thursday, April 1
- Thursday, April 8
- Thursday, April 15
- April 22: No class, first day of Passover
- April 29: No class, final day of Passover
May 2027
- Thursday, May 6
- Thursday, May 13
- Thursday, May 20
- Thursday, May 27
June 2027
- Thursday, June 3