A RITUAL WITH ROSEMARY
Join us in the Valley of the Moon, for a day long ritual evoking the spirit of Rosemary through the alchemical processes of distillation and sacred garment dyeing with Emilee of Gara. We’ll be sharing a practice refined over 20 years of devotion and experience, honoring and working with the whole plant in deep reverence.
This is a master class in plant alchemy.
Together, we’ll explore the ancient arts of distillation, aromatherapy, and natural perfume. We will journey through the seven stages of plant spirit invocation as an alchemical mirror of the psyche, using all of your senses during a live hydrosol distillation. You will be guided through the full natural dye process, from preparing fibers to extracting color and infusing intention. You will learn how to integrate Rosemary into daily life, awakening her subtle, spiritual intelligence as a lifelong guide for clarity, protection, sensuality, and healing.
We will honorably harvest and explore the energetics of growing Rosemary, and invoke sacred aromatic sensuality and vibrational color work through the dyeing of intimate garments and a freshly distilled hydrosol that you will take home with you.
Rosemary is a goddess linked to Aphrodite, Mary, and Hekate. She opens the heart, sharpens the mind, and protects the soul. She walks with us through thresholds of transformation, bringing clarity, circulation, and sacred memory.
This is a deep and powerful invocation, an immersion into the ancient arts of distillation and color extraction, with Rosemary as our guide.
WHAT TO EXPECT
• Explore the transformative art of distillation, aromatherapy, and natural perfume
• Experience and be a part of a live hydrosol distillation
• Learn how to honorably harvest plants with reverence for their spirit
• You’ll be guided through the full natural dye process, from preparing fibers to extracting color and infusing intention
• Take home a bottle of the Rosemary hydrosol we distill together + a Rosemary dyed piece designed and crafted by Emily of Per Le Mer
• Lunch and refreshments will be served
WHEN + WHERE
11am-5pm
Ojai, California
The address will be emailed to you in the week leading up to the event.
WHAT TO BRING
- A notebook and pen
- Comfortable layers, we will be on the land enjoying the abundant spring beauty
- We will be serving lunch, please feel free to bring whatever you need to nourish yourself throughout the day
- If you feel called, please bring something as an offering for the alter. We will set a collective intention for the day and if you would like to set a personal intention to share, we welcome your contribution
Please keep in mind that this is an indoor/outdoor setting, and spaces are limited. Secure your place promptly to ensure you are part of this seasonal offering.
