May 19 ~ 21, 2017
Presented by
Darcy Williamson, From the Forest, author of The Rocky Mountain Wild Foods Cookbook and Healing Plants of the Rocky Mountains
Rose Lochman, founder of The Yoga Difference
Fee: $395
Price includes meals, soap, salve and flute making supplies, and 3 night’s lodging in a sheep wagon, vintage trailer, bunk house, or guest room in the main house. Lodging preferences are on a first come request at registration. Guests may come Thursday night or stay over Sunday night – or both at no extra charge.
Back to our roots. Spend three days living as our ancestors did harvesting wild foods, making herbal medicines and soaps, and creating ceremonial items such as your own
personal courtship flute. We will start each day with yoga with Rose Lochmann, then head into the forests to do our harvesting against the backdrop of Idaho’s rugged Seven Devils mountain range and Snake River drainage. Our meals will include the wild foods gathered. Our activities will include salve and soap making from the medicinal plants we gathered. Evenings will be occupied making personal courtship flutes from the sacred Elder. The group will be led by herbalist and author, Darcy Williamson.
50% of the proceeds for this event are donated to The Yoga Difference, a non-profit, volunteer organization committed to offering the service of yoga to make a difference in lives of individuals, communities and the world.
May 20
Those who arrived Thursday night will be served breakfast at 8:30.
11:00 A.M. Arrival. ~ You will be taken to your assigned quarters to get settled in before lunch. Lunch will be at noon, so that we will be well nourished before we head off into the forest to identify and harvest foods for our evening meal.
1:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. ~ We will return at 5:30 to begin dinner preparation. Our harvested treasures will be carefully sorted (by me, to make certain all is edible!) and we will determine how best to prepare each for our meal. Elk or Buffalo burgers will be grilled on the barbeque to supplement our meal.
6:00 P.M. ~ Our group will have prepared our wild harvested feast. We must now sit and dine, sip wine or herbal beer and talk about the adventures of the day.
7:00 – 10:00 P.M. ~ We will make herbal soap from some of the medicinal plants harvested during the day. The sauna will be hot for those who wish to relax and steam away the miles of the day. There will also be time to relax and visit around the fire pit. Or perhaps one would prefer a fast game of pickleball on our regulation-size court?
May 21
8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. ~ Yoga with Rose (for those who wish to participate).
9:00 A.M. ~ Breakfast at Mavens’ Haven kitchen.
10:00 AM. ~ We head for the forest for a day of gathering and sampling of wild cuisine. A field kitchen will be set up for our wilderness lunch, so we’d better find something tasty! We will also be harvesting medicinal plants for salve and soap making later in the afternoon and Sunday morning.
3:30 P.M. ~ We return to the Haven with our bags of wild harvest. Again we will work together making batches of herbal soaps.
6:00 P.M. ~ It is time to enjoy our meal over wine or herbal beer and conversation. I am certain we will have much to talk about. Wild Salmon will have been grilled on the barbeque to supplement our meal.
7:00 – 10:00 P.M. ~ Those who wish to participate and take home a one-of-a-kind musical instrument, Elder flute making will begin. The sauna will be hot for those who wish to relax and steam away the miles of the day. There will also be time to relax and visit around the fire pit. Or perhaps one would prefer a fast game of pickleball on our regulation-size court?
May 23
8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. ~ Yoga with Rose (for those who wish to participate).
9:00 A. M. ~ Breakfast at Mavens’ Haven kitchen.
10:00 A.M. ~ After breakfast with will work together to make healing salves from our previous days’ harvest. We will also cut our herbal soap and complete our flute making projects.
4:00 P.M. ~ We will package up our gifts from the forest and say our farewells. Those who will be staying Sunday night will be provided a light evening meal and breakfast Monday morning.
To reserve your spot, please email Darcy at [email protected] with your room preference AND mail your $50 nonrefundable deposit to POB 4190 McCall, ID 83638.
The Yoga Difference is an all volunteer organization committed to offering the service of yoga to make a difference in lives of individuals, communities and the world. The belief that “when you make a positive difference in yourself, you make a positive difference in the world” is the underlying precept that governs all activities of the organization. To that end, all proceeds from the Yoga Difference are used to support organizations that are committed to helping oppressed and impoverished women in all countries. These philanthropic efforts will be directed to organizations that promote education, increase access to health care for women and children to decrease morbidity and/or offer micro loans to the poorest of the poor.