BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Boise X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Boise BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2723460:Event:109767 DTSTAMP:20260712T215516Z SUMMARY:Aromatherapy & Medicine of the Soul: The Wounded Healer, The A lchemical Journey and the Sacred Union DESCRIPTION:Aromatherapy & Medicine of the Soul: “The Wounded Healer , The Alchemical Journey and the Sacred Union”\nCathy Skipper and Fl orian Birkmayer MD\nApril 29 & 30 Sat-Sun\nA practical workshop experi menting with essential oils and ways they can guide and assist the alc hemical process of soul transformation. The group journey through the seven alchemical stages will include: Looking at how each alchemical s tage relates to a different part of the healing cycle. Identifying the different emotional/energetic states that arise in each stage and the essential oils that may help work through them. Exercises and experie ntial work to deepen the understanding of each stage and the action of certain essential oils. Looking at ways this work can be used with cl ients in an aromatherapy or psychotherapy practice. This workshop is i ntended to: Help develop a deeper and more personal relationship to es sential oils. Offer a model that can be used to assist healers on thei r own journeys and those of their clients. Highlight the importance of soul healing in achieving a state of ‘vitality’ and optimum healt h. Dr. Florian will be bringing his views on the Jungian view of Alche my as a model for soul transformation, his experience of using essenti al oils to treat people with PTSD and other issues in his psychiatry p ractice in New Mexico as well as his deep sensitivity and knowledge of aromatic molecules and olfactory receptors to this work. Cathy will b ring her experience of French clinical aromatherapy and kinesiology. B oth Cathy and Florian have a personal and professional background in healing the healer’, which will be a central theme of this worksho p. This class is for aromatherapists, psychotherapists, herbalists, bo dyworkers and anyone in the healing arts who wants to deepen their rel ationship with aromatic molecules, is committing to their own healing journeys and is interesting in deep soul healing and personal growth. BIOS Cathy Skipper Cathy, is English by birth and spent her adult life in rural France, where she farmed, trained and worked as a herbalist and aromatherapist and taught practical herbalism, botany and aromathe rapy at the L’Ecole Lyonnaise de Plantes Medicinales’ in Lyon. She also participated for four years in an experimental approach to energ etic healing called 'Life cell' under French Kinesiologist, Caroline G upta. Her plant training in France included a two year course with Cla ude Lefebvre on Plant Communication. She left France last year to live and work in New Mexico with her partner Florian Birkmayer. Cathy’s own work involves building bridges between aromatic medicine and herba lism as well as recognizing the importance of healing the healer and r econnecting with nature. In her teaching she marries, theory, practica l work and energetics with an underlying intention of helping students develop an intuitive relationship between themselves, the plant/essen tial oil and the patient as an impetus for healing. Her work with Flor ian is centralized around the work of Carl Jung and the psyche, aromat ic molecules and the mind. Florian Birkmayer Florian Birkmayer, MD is a Wounded Healer and the co-developer with Cathy Skipper of AromaGnosi s, which synthesizes Jungian Depth Psychology and aromatherapy. A holi stic psychiatrist, he has an extensive background in trauma and addict ion as well as Equine Assisted Therapy. He views himself as a bridge-b uilder between different medical worlds and works closely and respectf ully with a wide range of healers. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons o f Columbia University. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Un iversity of New Mexico. He has previously served as the director of th e Dual Diagnosis Clinic at University of New Mexico Psychiatric Center and as the director of the Substance Use Disorders program at the Vet erans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM.\n\nFor more informati on visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/aromatherapy-medici ne-of-the-soul-the-wounded-healer-the DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20170429T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20170430T170000 CATEGORIES:workshop LOCATION:Bellingham, WA WEBSITE:http://www.wildrootbotanicals.com/html/cathy_skipper.html URL:http://www.wildrootbotanicals.com/html/cathy_skipper.html CONTACT:360 724 7668 ORGANIZER;CN="Leslie Lekos":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile /LeslieWilliams ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2270134969?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Leslie L ekos":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/LeslieWilliams END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR