Flower Medicine:

Communion with the Spirit of Nature Retreat

July 27th- 31st

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

Have you ever felt the call to know the message nature has for you?  Are you in awe of the beauty of flowers, and how they resonate in your heart?

Come and join Lindsay Fauntleroy and Aki Hirata Wuetzalyolotzin as you learn how to attune your sensitivities with the rhythms of the natural world.  This nature-immersion retreat is geared towards beginning and experienced flower essence enthusiasts, we will dive into the world of flower essence, ecological psychology and communicating with the rich world of subtle nature medicine.

  • Experience and learn about the benefits and the uses of flower essence remedies for mental and emotional wellness

  • Deepen your practice of connecting to and learning from nature as potent medicine

  • Embody flower medicine as a decolonial practice by re-centering within the Earth’s living matrix (rather than consuming a commercial product)

  • Engage ancestral perspectives of working with flower medicine as an African Diasporic and Indigenous practice

  • Practice safely and effectively creating flower essence remedies in ceremony

  • Connect with a community of flower essence practitioners, healers, and lovers of nature-based healing

In order to best meet the needs of participants, this retreat is sectioned into to tracks that will follow slightly modified workshop schedules:

  • Track 1 - Beginners and those that are new to flower essence work

  • Track 2 - Intermediate practitioners who have experience using flower medicine personally or professionally

  • Track 3- Advanced practitioners on the path to Flower Essence Practitioner Certification through The Spirit Seed School or the Flower Essence Society. This retreat offers 15 credits towards Practitioner Certification

  • When the Earth is sacred to us, our bodies can also be sacred to us.

    Touching the Earth by bell hooks

  • And into the woods I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.

    John Muir

  • Rebellious Living. Against the Elemental Crush. A Song of Color Blooming for Deserving Eyes. Blooming Gloriously For its self. Revolutionary Petunia.

    Alice Walker

  • My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

    Langston Hughes

Retreat Details

This retreat takes place on the beautiful campus of Kripalu Yoga & Health Center in the Berkshires, MA.

Sunday, July 27th

2pm -6pm Check-In and Optional Yoga class

5:30- 7pm Dinner

7-9pm Opening Session

Monday, July 28th- Wednesday, July 30th

6:30am-9am Breakfast, Optional Yoga/Meditation Class

9-11:30am Flower Medicine Workshop

11:30- 1:30pm Lunch + Free Time

1:30- 4pm Flower Medicine Workshop

4pm- 7pm Dinner + Integration Break

7pm- 8:30 Flower Medicine Workshop

Thursday, July 31st

6am -9pm Breakfast, Optional Yoga/Meditation Class

9am- 12pm Flower Medicine workshop + Closing Ceremony

12-1:30 Lunch and departure

Registration includes access to all that Kripalu has to offer, including:

  • On-campus residential housing

  • 3 healthy meals per day

  • Daily yoga and meditation classes

  • Nature immersion activities such as hiking and kayaking

Your Facilitators

Lindsay Fauntleroy

Lindsay Fauntleroy is the founder and director of the Spirit Seed, ans the author of In Our Element: Soul Medicine to Unleash your Personal Power. She was drawn to the healing arts after her own journey to fertility introduced her to the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit. Her extensive training includes a Master of Arts from New York University,  a Master of Science from Tri-State College of Acupuncture, and clinical training in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Lindsay is currently a student at Pacifica Graduate Institute, where is is pursuing a PhD in Depth Psychology and Integrative Healing Practices.

 Lindsay firmly believes that the power to heal should rest in the hands and hearts of all communities.   Her approach to soul medicine emerges from over 15 years of clinical practice, her doctoral research of Indigenous and African Diasporic psychology, and her commitment to community wellness. One of her greatest joys is supervising advanced students in the Spirit Seed clinical residency, as emerging practitioners bring the soulful work of Flower Essence Therapy to diverse communities around the world.

Lindsay has been featured in ESSENCE magazine, the Shift Network, Sirius XM’s Urban View, and is a thought-leader on many wellness podcasts. Learn more about Lindsay’s work HERE

Aki Hirata Wuetzalyolotzin

Aki Hirata Baker is an Empress with a spirit of the Magician and the heart of the High Priestess.  Just as her natal chart suggests, she is a Phoenix who constantly re-invent herself of who she is, who she thinks she is, and who she aspires to be.  Her love for mysticism and forces unseen was evident in her second grade essay, in which she proclaimed she wanted to be a Witch when she grew up.  Driven by her passion for understanding powers in all things, and her struggle with depression and chronic physical ailments, Aki had studied various healing modalities such as Ayurvedic Medicine, Integral Hatha Yoga, meditation, Essential Oils, Bach & FES flower essences, Energy Healing (Reiki, IET, 13th Octave LaHoChi and more), Indigenous healing & medicine practices of the Americas taught by Nana Irma StarSpirit Turtle Woman, Maestra Rita Navarette Prez & Tonita Gonzalez, Maestro Sergio Magaña Ocelotcoyotl and Maestro Akaxe Gomez. .Her body, mind and soul have been very happy with one another for several years though these practices.

Aki is the founder of MINKA Constellations, a center for wellness & holistic living, which she co-founded with her business partners; creating inclusive communities that are self-sustaining and empowering individuals to evolve to their best possible versions of themselves.  Aki was born and raised in Japan, and spend several years in Americas and Atlanta, Georgia en route to Brooklyn.  She blames her Southern living for her strange accent.