A live-in apprenticeship with Susun
Weed may be one of the most challenging things you will
ever do. It may turn you upside down, shake your tree
and release seeds that will take root, and continue
to grow, flower, and nourish you for the rest of your
life.
Truth - Your apprenticeship places
you in a circle of beings committed to nourishing truth
and beauty and following their bliss. Co-dependent behaviors,
which are condoned and solicited in the "real world"
don't work here. We gather every day for a talking stick
council where you are invited to express your concerns,
gripes, revelations, needs, fears, resentments, visions,
dreams, and joys.
Change - Shamanic herbal apprentices
engage their muscles, their psyches, and their deepest
Selves. With Susun's help, they melt themselves down
so they may engage greater truth and deeper wisdom.
But melting and changing is not always comfortable or
graceful, from the inside or the outside. Both shamanic
herbal and simple herbal apprentices will encounter
intense emotions. These experiences are an important
part of your apprenticeship in the Wise Woman Tradition.
Work - Maintaining Laughing Rock Farm
and tending to the students, plants, and animals that
live and visit here requires a lot of heavy physical
work, fierce attention, and stamina. It may be challenging
to you in unexpected ways and may bring up strong emotions.
Never fear! Yoga, herbal remedies, and group energy
miraculously carry us through long shifts and late nights,
and the attention required will enhance and complement
your studies.
Starting Dates and Fees for 2009
Wise
Woman Apprentices* pay $1300 for eight weekends,
April 18 thru November 1 2009.
Green
Goddess Week Apprentices* pay $1300 for one live-in
week (August 3-9, 2009) *Detailed information available.
Simple
Herbal Apprentices begin any Tuesday, April through
Oct. The cost of $1100 for the first two weeks, plus
$550 per week for further weeks, includes food and housing.
Shamanic
Herbal Apprentices begin April 14, May 19, June 23, August 11, Sept 8 2009. The fee includes everything: six
weeks is $3300; eight weeks is $4400; ten weeks is $5500;
thirteen- weeks is $6600. Work-exchange credits generate
refunds for Shamanic Herbal Apprentices.
Simple and shamanic apprentices arrive Monday evening
and begin at 10 am Tuesday. Live-in apprentices take
part in Susun's classes, workshops with visiting teachers,
field trips, talking stick ceremony, and our weekly
yoga practice.
Simple herbal
apprentices aren't called upon to work as deeply as
the shamanic apprentices do.
As a shamanic
herbal apprentice at the Wise Woman Center you will
engage your dark side as well as your Goddess archetype,
use scientific botanical names as well as commune with
the devas, and be actively engaged in learning and working
for ten or more hours per day in a community with strict
rules and high expectations.
Still want to apprentice?
Good! Send me a letter with your name, address, phone
number, choice of starting date and best estimate of
how long you will stay. Enclose your non-refundable
application fee of $100 . Then, using at least one entire
sheet of paper, write and draw your vision of yourself
as my apprentice.
Refunds of Apprentice Payments
Due to the nature of the committment required of apprentices,
no refunds are offered. You may transfer your apprentice
fees to another starting date, with no time limit.
Read
the apprentice letter from Susun Weed
Pre-approved
for Apprenticeship? go to the registration page
Send a testimonial
about your apprenticeship...
Unsure about committing? Check it out! Interact with
me at home: come to classes, do a work- exchange weekend,
take an intensive, become a live-out apprentice. Consult
your dreams. The universe and I take your committment
seriously and we trust you do too.
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|  "After
I left Laughing Rock Farm, I felt your presence greatly
in my life. At first you spoke to me through the plants,
and now you speak to me in my dreams. My work with women
has taken on a whole new dimension. The Wise Woman tradition
has enabled me to see and understand many things in
a different way." Greenheart ~ May '97 (Greenheart
apprenticed in '96)
"The days I spent apprenticing
are unforgettable. Memories, daily tasks, objects, songs
-- so many things remind me of those few weeks. Thanks
for every word, thought, and hand you shared with me.
And thanks to all the sisters I met during my stay.
I think often of you and the generous energy that surrounds
your house." Suzanne ~ January 2000 (Suzanne apprenticed
in '99) |
