Ecofluency x Lady of the Herbs: Fynbos Immersion Day Workshop

This spring, Ecofluency and Lady of the Herbs bring you a Fynbos Immersion Day Workshop, mixing Fynbos herbal wisdom with Nature communication.

This is for all levels of experience, and includes communication with animals, plants, insects, microbes, water, rocks, stars and any other non-human Nature - the principles are the same.

Reignite your ability to listen to all of Nature using an expanded spectrum of sensory awareness.

Why Fynbos?

Fynbos make up Earth's smallest but most biodiverse floral kingdom. Ancient and resilient, they require fire & a strong elemental interplay for an alchemical resurgence in the landscape. The sacred geometry in the burnt seed heads (shown below) is evidence that these plants are literally living the Flower of Life.

Phoenix-like, they rise from the ashes to fully express their abundance, and provide nourishment to the whole ecosystem. It’s no wonder that the Giant or King Protea is the National Flower of South Africa!

In this day immersion, Saskia and Roxanne will guide you in meeting this magical plant kingdom through a series of experiential activities. Roxanne will guide a medicinal foraging walk, introducing you to the intelligence and emotions of these plant allies, describing how they survive and connect with one another and what makes them medicine in their chemical diversity.

Saskia will also facilitate you in a journey to meet and be with the plant spirits of the Fynbos, and guide somatic practices to move with the plants and integrate their teachings in your nervous system. These will assist you in learning directly from these wise beings.

This is an opportunity to renew your creativity in the wide diversity of these plants for Spring Equinox, and immerse yourself in their deep elemental wisdom, to live a life fully expressed!

Why join this Ecofluency workshop?

Nature communication can dramatically change your life, like it has done for me and so many others.

Why? Because we are all born with the ability to deeply communicate with Nature - we are Nature - many of us have just forgotten how to use it. Reclaiming the power of this ancient birth right allows access to the deeper knowledge and wisdom of Nature that is not often available to our logical human minds.

As you cultivate your intuitive connection and conversation with Nature, this lets us make more holistic and efficient practical decisions in all aspects of our lives: growing food, choosing a place to live, understanding the behaviour of wild or domestic animals, creating rituals and ceremonies for inspiration and abundance, expanding your professional work in ecological alignment, or healing traumas to grow spiritually and become whole.

It is a critical skill for empowering physical, mental and emotional vitality, to grow beyond resilience into a dynamic state of thriving. It offers a key to unlock greater joy and harmony in our relationships with ourselves, other humans, and the rest of Nature.

It's easier than you'd expect, because this way of communicating exists beyond all languages. This is just a beginner workshop, but by expanding our range of our sensory awareness, we can remember how to dialogue with any aspect of the more-than-humans world in an everyday state of consciousness. And the principles are the same, whether you choose to converse with small plants or towering trees, tiny insects or large mammals, clods of compost or constellations of stars.

Most importantly, human existence with other species depends on dialogue with them, as they call on us to co-evolve and create our future in alignment with Nature.

The world is waiting - join the conversation!

Read what previous participants say about my courses and workshops here.

Nature communication workshop in Greece, 2018, photo by Michael Tsimperopoulos

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Your hosts

DR SASKIA VON DIEST

Saskia is the founder of Ecofluency, as well as consultant, educator, facilitator, researcher and activist in the field of Nature communication.

Attending an animal communication workshop 10 years ago, during my PhD in Plant Pathology, sparked my interest in investigating intuitive farming, i.e. how farmers use intuitive communication with nature to inform their practical management decisions. From 2014-2020, I held two postdoctoral fellowships, at Stellenbosch University, and at Coventry University in the UK, to pursue this research, and have presented my findings on international platforms.

Throughout my postdoctoral years, I attended numerous workshops and courses in different countries, to train and develop my own understanding and practice in communication with trees, animal, land, nature spirit and ancestors. I've trained as a facilitator in Family Constellations, and in the Way of the Warrior Healer.

In 2021, I founded Ecofluency, an organisation that offers consulting, teaching and facilitation in Nature communication, and promotes other voices in this field. With 14 years of experience in teaching and facilitating through various forms and in many countries, my passion is creating opportunities for others to have their own experience of communicating with non-human Nature, and develop that for their own and the collective benefit.

Read more about me on the Ecofluency website,  https://www.ecofluency.org

ROXANNE JOUBERT

Roxanne is an accredited herbalist and the soul behind Lady of the Herbs. She believes that, by nurturing and respecting the natural world, we, in turn, nourish our own existence. She has dedicated herself to indigenous medicinal plants with a profound commitment to nature.

Roxanne crafts medicinal botanical products on a boutique scale and creates educational experiences in and around Wilderness, her home in the Garden Route. She also extends her impact through the conservation of medicinal plants, recognising the delicate balance between human consumption and the preservation of natural ecosystems.

With a deep-rooted belief in the interconnectedness of all living things, Roxanne views the human body as an ecosystem, intricately linked to the broader natural world. This holistic perspective fuels her advocacy for working with nature and promoting biodiversity as a cornerstone of well-being.

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When and where

The workshop will be held on Sat. 27 September from 09:00 until 17:00 on private land in Wilderness Heights, Wilderness, South Africa. Directions and a Google Maps pin to the exact location of the private home will be sent after payment is made.

Please arrive 15min before the start of the workshop to park and settle in, so that we can begin on time.

Teas and coffees will be provided. Please wear comfortable outdoor clothing and bring:

1. water bottle to stay hydrated,
2. warm, waterproof and comfortable outdoor clothing and sturdy walking shoes
3. an outdoor cushion or sheepskin to sit on (please not plastic - too noisy!)
4. writing or drawing materials
5. an open mind and open heart!

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The cave at the Fynbos Immersion venue, where part of our day will be spent next to a fire.

Tree communication workshop at Wild Spirit, Nature's Valley, South Africa, 2019

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Tickets

Spaces are limited due to venue size. My mission is to make this work accessible, so three types of tickets are available, and we cover Quicket's fees and commission:

Normal tickets: R1250 pp

Early bird: R1050 pp

As always, one free farmer ticket available (application only)

Ecofluency is not registered as a charity, and therefore receives no tax benefits, as I still operate as a sole trader. However, up to half my work is pro bono, so that more people are able to reawaken their Nature communication ability. Therefore, any donations made with your ticket are deeply appreciated, and will help to cover my time in offering this work to lower income individuals and organisations.

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Contact

For any queries, please contact Saskia at saskia (at) ecofluency.org (the @ sign is typed like this to avoid some bots who trawl the web for information from obtaining my email address for spam).

To find out more about Ecofluency, please visit https://www.ecofluency.org

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NB: Service policy

Cancellation and refund:

1. If I cancel or postpone the event for any reason, ticket(s) will be refunded in full.
2. Bookings are made on a first come, first served basis. Full payment is required to secure your booking, and is only refundable until 29 August 2025.
3. If you wish to cancel your booking, I offer a partial refund or a ticket transfer:
4. A valid medical reason up to a week before the event, with proof of hospitalisation, entitles you to a refund of your ticket amount minus 10% admin fee.
5. You may transfer your ticket(s) to a friend. To do this, please contact me to provide contact details of the new ticket holder(s) at least 3 working days before the event so that I can give them any necessary details about the workshop.
6. No-shows are not entitled to refunds, exchanges or transfers.
7. Any travel, or other arrangements, made for your participation are entirely made at your own risk.
8. We reserve the right to limit bookings, or reject a booking, without explanation.
9. Indemnity forms will be signed by all participants.
10. Our duty is to the highest and deepest well-being of the group attending the event. We will do our best to facilitate and/or mediate any difficulty that may arise, but reserve the right to require a participant to leave during the event if their continuing attendance is not in the best interests of the other participants, without a refund.
11. Printed notes will be provided during the workshop. These are strictly for your own use, and may not be copied, edited or distributed in any form. All workshop content are copyright of Saskia von Diest and the other facilitators, all rights reserved.
12. We respect your privacy. We do not, and will never, sell your personal information. We will only collect, store and use your personal information for defined purposes. We use your information to support and enhance our working relationship with you, to process your booking, provide services and support, and share workshop, product, service, news and offerings with you. Please see more under the Ecofluency privacy policy.