Salve Making: A Creative Journey of Intention
Join Ariel Maloof for a unique and dynamic workshop where the art of salve-making meets the joyful expression of discovering your intentional process. This immersive experience invites you to craft healing salves while creating a harmonious blend of creativity and self-exploration. Bring a journal and pen if you’d like to take notes!
- Explore Salve-Making: We will begin by discussing the materials and processes involved in creating herbal salves. Together, we’ll clear the space and set our intentions, creating a calming atmosphere for crafting.
- Create Personalized Blends: Depending on the size of our group, you will have the opportunity to either collaborate on communal salve blends or create your own individual blend, choosing from a variety of natural ingredients.
- Ecstatic Dance: As the salve gently melts, we'll engage in ecstatic dance—an inviting space to move, shake off any stagnant energy, and realign ourselves. This energetic movement will facilitate clarity as you consider the ideal essential oils for your blend. If you do not feel called to dance, that is totally ok! Feel free to figure out what you might like your own process to be throughout the experience.
- Mixing and Infusing: Once the salve reaches the ideal temperature, we’ll add in our chosen essential oils - mixing with positive intentions to enhance the therapeutic properties of our creations.
- Soplay and Setting Intentions: Learn about the Shipibo tradition of soplay— an ancient practice of setting and sealing intentions through breath and energy. We’ll incorporate these sacred elements into our salves, infusing them with purpose and connection to the earth.
Leave the workshop not only with your handcrafted salves but also with a renewed spirit and a deeper understanding of the healing potential within natural materials. You may also have the opportunity to prepare a small bundle of materials to bring home. This is a unique opportunity to connect with your creativity, your body, intuition, and the sacredness of nature. Come ready to create and embrace the art of healing! Members of Celeste Farms who sign up will receive a $5 discount on the workshop!
$44/person - includes price of materials