Workshops & Classes
Chrysalis
Chrysalis: A 4-month group mentorship for ages 10-14 navigating puberty and menstruation
Growing up, many of us were not taught how to be in an empowered relationship with our body and menstrual cycle. So much of the narrative around menstruating’ bodies is restrictive, controlling, disconnected, and fearful. The ways in which we try to care for ourselves is often misguided by misinformation. Media and schools often miss the mark when it comes to teaching how to properly nourish the body, failing to teach about the beauty and power in taking ownership of our cycles, intuition, and magic. When I started studying herbal medicine, I learned how to work with my body and menstrual cycle to care for my mental and emotional health and be more deeply in touch with my intuition.
This is why I created Chysalis! Chysalis is a 4-month group mentorship to empower and support young people (ages 10-14) and navigating their menstrual cycle and puberty.
Together we will:
Learn about the basics of the menstrual cycle as the “6th vital sign” and its role in all aspects of mental, emotional, and physical health.
Explore herbs to balance the endocrine and nervous systems to support painful periods, acne, and anxiety.
Work with herbs for navigating insecurities and untying shame around our changing bodies.
We will explore the different archetypes and phases of the cycle, and how the physical hormonal cycles influences our social, creative, athletic, and imaginative selves.
What is included:
2x monthly gatherings, which will be a combination of classes, herb walks, medicine making, and workshops including yoga and somatic voice.
A different herb each month to work with in different forms
A journal
Journal prompts
A supportive community where we can learn together
Investment:
900$ or 4 payments of 250$
Sept-Dec, 1rst and 3rd Mondays of the month. 5-6:30pm
Oakland, CA
10 spaces available!
Email me at mercyalexandratyne@gmail.com with any questions
Herbs & Sensuality: A 2 Part Series with Mercy Tyne
Sensuality is the art and practice of connecting with the senses. In this hands-on class, we’ll explore how the physical and energetic nature of plants connects us to taste, touch, smell, sight, and sound. Sip and mix aphrodisiac elixirs, learn about different medicinal preparations, and practice anchoring into place through the magic of the plants. Awaken your senses and root into the beauty of the season!
The Herbal Reset
The Herbal Reset: Stepping into Summer
The exuberance of spring has settled and we expand towards the solstice and start of summer. Are you wanting to cleanse out the last dregs of winter heaviness? Join us for a month-long herbal reset cleanse and accountability group. We will learn the what, why, when and how to cleansing, how to support organs of elimination, some of our best cleansing herbs, and how to intentionally approach a reset. Support and be supported with an accountability group, weekly journal prompts, and an herb of the week to take home, as we move through this process together.
Week 1: Cleansing Detox 101
Week 2: Loving our liver
Week 3: The waters of the body
Week 4: What needs to go: the art and science of elimination
June 9, 16, 23, 30
6:00-7:30pm
Period. (And Then Some)
This program is designed for tweens and teens learning to care for their body through puberty and adolescent changes. Join us for this special event with herbalist Mercy Tyne. We will discuss menstruation and bodily changes, share information about hormonal shifts, personal hygiene, and how to fully embrace your developing body. Together we will create tea blends to bring comfort as you navigate this exciting time. Learn about different herbal medicine preparations and tips for embracing the significant hormonal changes in the young menstruating body.
Herbalism for Awakening Sensuality
Sensuality is the art and practice of connecting with the senses; a sinking into presence. Join us for a workshop on herbalism and sensuality, exploring the subtle and sensual nature of plants. Sip and mix aphrodisiac elixirs, and allow your sensual and creative energy to flow!
Movement and Medicinal Plants: Befriend Your Anger
Description
Anger is not the enemy, it is a totally normal response that deserves to be recognized and respected just like our joy or sorrow. Herbalist Mercy, and Banana Yoga owner Marlo, will share how to befriend and move your anger through your body using plant medicine, and different movement practices. Marlo will guide you through movements that will help create space for the emotion of anger and help you move energy through your body so anger doesn't stagnate. Mercy will share how plant medicine can create the space, and tenderness for anger to move and be cooled. Your anger is like a mud from which a lotus of compassion can bloom, if only we give it the container it needs so it does not spread. Mercy Tyne, a clinical herbalist, currently practicing out of Berkeley Herbal Center. She is passionate about educating and empowering people through herbalism to live a more connected, energized, expansive life, full of wonder, passion, and creativity. Drawing on experience in herbal education and community liaising, she uses herbalism to connect people back to nature and to themselves, showing them how to heal and live more vibrantly.