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 Events: June- October 2013

 

Botanical Spa Party:  Tuesdays June 25, July 23, August 20, September 24 and October 22 from 6-7:30 PM 

$12 per party

De-stress your mind and nourish your skin with a five+ step (self-applied) facial including a seasonal fresh mask for the face and a guided meditation.  Learn ways to keep your skin naturally vibrant and enjoy the serenity of pampering yourself.  Includes champagne and chocolate.

Contact us to schedule your own private spa party- choose from Fresh Fabulous Face or Foot Pampering.  Perfect for a girl’s night out, a birthday party or to celebrate the joy of being!  We will host your group (minimum of 4 and maximum of 13) including wine, cheese, champagne, chocolate and  pampering!  Enjoy exclusive 20% off shopping after your party.  $15 per person.

  Urban Foraging: Saturday June 15 from 11 AM- 12:30 PM  $25

Come and learn to identify the bounty of nutritious and delicious foods in our alleyways and backyards.  You will look at our wild luscious weeds with new eyes and a new appreciation for why they are here!  We will forage throughout class and end with a wild foods feast!

 

Fresh Flower Foot Pampering: Thursday June 20 from 6-7:30 PM: FREE!

 

Hula Hoop Crafting:  Wed July 10 from 6-7:30 PM $30

Get your groove on!  Start from scratch and create your own hip, colorful hoop.  We will provide all materials and we will end class by learning some moves on your new super awesome hoop!

 

Gifts from the Hive: Wednesday July 17 from 6-7:30 PM $25

Learn about the fascinating world of the honey bee and the many gifts that we receive from these incredible workers!  Honey is considered one of the 3 great Celtic healers.  Join us and discover the amazing healing properties of honey for inside the body and out!  Create a honey face mask and an herbal infused honey.  Taught by Candice McClay who, with her husband Dan, tends to a bustling hive of 80,000 bees just down the street from MoonDance!

 

Teen Herb Camp: Monday August 5- Thursday August 8 from 1-4 PM $150

Join us for a week of herbal learning and creating.  We will take herb walks, pamper our skin, learn how to make our own skincare products and create delicious treats to eat like wild foods pesto and honey rootbeer.  We will connect to each other, the Earth and the moon and blend special potions including anointing oils and incense!  .

 

Luscious Natural Soap Making!  Choose Tuesday Aug 6 or Monday September 16th from 6-7:30 PM $25
Learn the art of creating luscious, herbal soaps!  You will leave class with samples and recipes, ready to blend your own creations!

 

Natural Liquid Soap Making:  Thursday September 5 from 6-7:30 PM $25

Come and learn the tricks of the trade to create a hydrating and luscious liquid soaps using all-natural ingredients and aromatherapy.  Includes recipes and a take-home sample.

 

Herbcraft:  5 week course includes five Wednesdays October 16- November 13 from 6-9 PM $160

Join us for a 5-week course to delve into the ancient healing art of herbs!  We will learn how to embrace botanical medicine as a way to live a more connected and vibrant life.  Each week we will focus on a different body system and learn ways to treat the dis-eases of that system through botanical medicines, aromatherapy, nutrition, flower essences and more.  We will learn how to create tinctures, salves, infused herbal oils, tea blends and anointing oils.

  

Please RSVP FOR ALL Events by calling 303-263-7275 or email moondancebotanicals@gmail.com

 

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Journeys to Ireland

Herbcraft: September 1-8, 2013

Make your home for 7 nights in the mystical Burren in County Clare!  We will spiral outward from there to experience Celtic and pre-Celtic sacred sites, seashores of County Galway, Connemara and the stunning beauty that the West has to offer.   We will connect to the land and the wild plants that flourish so abundantly there.  Each day we will create medicines, teas, salves and potions plus create our own mortar and pestle.   $1,850. 

 

Pilgrimage: Healing Herbs and Sacred Sites- September 18-28, 2013

Join us on a pilgrimage to this sacred land- a journey of connection: connecting to ourselves by opening up to the mysteries of the sacred sites of the Burren, Sligo and Bru na Boinne, connecting to spirit through meditation, journaling and ritual, and connecting to nature by pampering ourselves with pure products and learning about the bountiful and wild herbs.  $2,400.

 

NEW for 2013! Self-Guided Pilgrimage

Stay in Tonja's cottage in the West of Ireland and guide yourself through the sacred sites of this land including meditations, rituals and other ways to deepen your connection to the land, the Divine and your truest self. A daily guide will include dining recommendations, side trips and local information as well as directions to often-elusive holy sites. Includes lodging and self-guided pilgrimage manual created by Tonja for you. On your own for meals and transportation.  One week/ 7 nights: $850

 

See website www.moondancebotanicals.com for additional information and daily itineraries.

 

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Botanical Spa Parties

Perfect for a  unique girl’s night out, a birthday get together and to celebrate a bride or mama to-be,  join us for a funky, inspiring party to nuture yourself and your friends!   We host yoru private group in our boutique and the party includes wine, champagne, cheese and organic chocolate plus 20% off exclusive shopping after the party.  $15 per person (4 person minimum).  Choose Fresh Fabulous Face or Foot Pampering.

 

Fresh Fabulous Face: De-stress your mind and nourish your skin with a five+ step (self- applied) facial including a seasonal fresh mask and a luscious botanical steam.

 

Foot Pampering: Indulge your tootsies in a five step pampering including an exfoliating herbal scrub, a customized foot mask and a guided self- massage.

 

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Warrior Woman Herbal Apprenticeship

October 2013- June 2014 (one weekend a month: Friday night 6-9PM and Saturday 10AM-4PM plus at-home study and projects and 4 field trips).  Please email Tonja at moondancebotanicals@gmail.com for specific dates.

Pre-requisite: Herbcraft, Spiral Path or equivalent and approved herbal study.

$995 for 9 month training includes all materials (Assigned books may need to be purchased).  Non refundable $200 deposit holds your spot (and is applied to tuition due in 3 installments). 

The Warrior Woman Herbal Apprenticeship offers an in-depth herbal intensive to take the budding herbalist to the next level of training and practice.  We will meet once a month (plus occasional field trips) to delve into medicine-making, herbal and holistic remedies to address life stages and dis-ease, connect with herbal plant spirits and integrate aromatherapy and flower remedies into our practice.  Each month you will have 3-4+ hours of at-home study to include case studies, assigned book reading and development of monographs.  By the end of the program you will be monitoring and assisting in our low-cost herbal clinic.  The intention of the Warrior Woman Herbal Apprenticeship is to create community herbalists who confidently can take their practice into their own circle of influence and vocation.

 

  

Community Supported Herbalism: The MoonDance CSH

Community, connectedness to the Earth and a culture of self-care are cornerstones of our philosophy. To create a deeper and intentional space to honor this and you, we are excited to introduce our community-supported herbalistm (CSH).  Just as you support your local farm and commitment to eating well through a CSA, now you can support your local herbalist and your own radiant wellbeing by being a member of our CSH.

As a CSH member you will receive a package of  at least 4 herbal goodies each month to seasonally nourish boday and soul (ranging from tinctures and teas to facial products and aromatherapy colognes and spritzers).

In addition to receiving luscious goods, as a member of our CSH you will receive:

10% off all classes, 10% off MoonDance products everyday, invitation to CSH-only events and specials throughout the year

$40 per month.  Save 10% if you prepay for 6 months or a year.  $10 per month for shipping if you are unable to pick up at the shop.

 

 

Community Clinic Days

 

Learn ways to use herbs to enhance your overall well-being of body and spirit.  We will spend an hour with you, learning about your lifestyle, issues of dis-ease and stress.  You will leave with a custom blended herb tea, a flower remedy and an essential oil blend- all created with love and intention just for you, plus additional recommendations including nutrition, tinctures, rituals and more.  $25

 

Community Clinic Days are: Sunday August 18 and Sunday September 22.  Spaces are limited.  Call to reserve your spot.

 

 

Facials at MoonDance

 

We are delighted to offer luscious facials using our holistic skincare line!  Each facial experience includes an aromatherapy ritual, two customized fresh masks, a rejuvenating facial, scalp and upper body massage.  Offered by Stefanie Baldo, herbalist and esthetician, exclusively at MoonDance Botanicals.

 

$70 for one hour.  To schedule an appointment, please call Stefanie at 303-246-3167.

 

Fairy Parties

We are passionate about infusing love, light and magic into our lives.  All parties are customized to the specific age group (no one is too old to be swept away by the mystery and magic!).  For ages 5+.

 

Choose four of the following potions to create:

Sparkly Lip Balm

Magic wand

Flower Bath Soak

Fairy Spritzer

Aromatherapy Perfume

Wish box

 

$140 per party for up to 10 kids (or adults!).   $12 for each additional person.  Maximum 14.

 

We serve sparkly drinks, cheese and crackers. You are welcome to bring any additional treats.  Allow 1.5 to 2 hours. 

 

 

New!  Brighid’s Circle

There is a yearning to be in circle, to create medicines, practice ritual, to connect with each other and the ancestral energies held in sacred space.  Join Brighid’s Circle and meet one Friday a month for nine months.  We will celebrate the seasons and the wheel of the year, we will create a medicine or two and we will give and receive the grace of circle, held in the embrace of Brighid, Irish goddess of healing.  This is an experiential journey (vs the certification classes of Spiral Path and Warrior Woman).  $350.

Prerequisites: Herbcraft, Spiral Path or Warrior Woman Herbal Apprenticeship

Dates: Fridays from 6-9 PM: Oct 18, Nov 22, Dec 13, Jan 17, Feb 21, March 14, April 18, May 16 and June 6.

 

 

Shop Information:

Email: moondancebotanicals@gmail.com

Website: www.moondancebotanicals.com

Phone: 303-263-7275

Hours: Monday- Saturday 11am- 6 pm.  Sunday Noon- 4pm

All classes must be paid for at time of booking.

 

 

   

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