Anima Botanica -A series of workshops to remember our place in the web of life
with Amy Mermaid Isakov
Dates: April 20, April 27, May 4, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: 7 Stars Sanctuary, Valley Forge Mountain, Phoenixville, PA
🌿 What to Expect
Anima Botanica consists of 3 full-day workshops. Join us for one or come to all! Each day is an immersive journey into the living intelligence of the natural world. Rooted in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, these workshops offer a deep dive into the shamanic worldview, plant spirit communication, and sacred relationship with place.
Through experiential practices, storytelling, and ritual, we’ll explore what it means to belong to the land, and how to remember ourselves as part of the great web of life.
Each day includes guided teachings, outdoor connection, creative expression, and a shared potluck meal in community.
🌱 Workshop Themes & Schedule
Each of our three gatherings follows a similar rhythm—offering plant study, guided drawing, shamanic journeying, and earth-honoring rituals. What shifts each time is the plant spirit we commune with. Through this deep and repeated structure, we cultivate relationship, trust, and connection with the more-than-human world.
🌸 Why Join?
Deepen your connection to the land and its living spirits
Learn foundational practices of plant spirit communication
Explore animist and shamanic wisdom rooted in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition
Participate in community rituals of offering, gratitude, and belonging
Nourish your creativity and sensory relationship with nature
Share meals, reflections, and beauty in a sacred circle
📚 Recommended Reading
The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand
Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot Cowan
The Secret Language of Plants by Stephen Harrod Buhner
🌾 Details
Format: Three in-person daylong workshops
Next Class: April 20th
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuition: $105 per day or $100 each with a friend. (use the code: Buddy) .
Location: 7 Stars Sanctuary – a peaceful, private space on Valley Forge Mountain in Phoenixville. Directions will be provided upon registration.
🧺 What to Bring:
Journal & pen
Refillable water bottle
An object that connects you to the sacred or natural world
Blanket or pillow to sit on
Dish to share for community potluck (optional but encouraged)
Space is limited and will fill quickly.
Reserve your spot below. If the registration says “no times available,” the class is full. To join the waitlist, please email Amy at teachheart@me.com
Credit to Village Wellness will be given for emergency cancellations.
