The Green Wheel
Autumn: The Lung Season
This year, our seasonal course is called The Green Wheel, a full year of Daoist plant wisdom & Western herbalism, moving through all four seasons with you. Each season brings its own five-module course, built around specific plants, mushrooms, and food traditions matched to what that season is actually doing in the natural world around you.
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Module 1: Foundations
Foundations: Two Ways of Knowing a Plant
A grounded introduction to Western herbalism and Daoist and TCM plant wisdom side by side, plus the safety and sourcing basics that carry through the whole year.Foundations: Two Ways of Knowing a Plant
A grounded introduction to Western herbalism and Daoist and TCM plant wisdom side by side, plus the safety and sourcing basics that carry through the whole year. -
Module 2: Herbs and Plants
Herbs and Plants: The Lung Season's Materia Medica
Eight real plants for Autumn, each one profiled through both traditions and given an actual, practical way to work with it.Herbs and Plants: The Lung Season's Materia Medica
Eight real plants for Autumn, each one profiled through both traditions and given an actual, practical way to work with it. -
Module 3: Mushrooms and Superfoods
Mushrooms and Superfoods: Reishi, Tremella, and the Autumn Table
The season's medicinal mushrooms and its own food-as-medicine wisdom, treating a bowl of congee with the same seriousness as a tincture.Mushrooms and Superfoods: Reishi, Tremella, and the Autumn Table
The season's medicinal mushrooms and its own food-as-medicine wisdom, treating a bowl of congee with the same seriousness as a tincture. -
Module 4: Plant Wisdom, Energy, and Folklore
Plant Wisdom, Energy, and Folklore: What the Plants Are Actually Saying
The mythic and energetic layer underneath the physical plant, folklore, doctrine of signatures, and flower essences for the season.Plant Wisdom, Energy, and Folklore: What the Plants Are Actually Saying
The mythic and energetic layer underneath the physical plant, folklore, doctrine of signatures, and flower essences for the season. -
Module 5: Practical Integration
Practical Integration: Living the Lung Season
Bringing everything together into a working home apothecary and a daily Daoist practice for actually living through the season.Practical Integration: Living the Lung Season
Bringing everything together into a working home apothecary and a daily Daoist practice for actually living through the season.