Empowered Womyn’s Health Workshop
1 to 5 p.m.
Sat. March 19.
The Bloom Collective
671 Davis NW
(Steepletown Center)
Corner of 5th & Davis, Grand Rapids

The Bloom Collective invites women of all ages for a free workshop, Empowered Womyn’s Health, 1 to 5 p.m. Sat. March 19. The workshop is a skill-share with all women attending encouraged to share their health wisdom with each other.

The workshop is intentionally free because access to health information, or healthcare for that matter, should not be based on one’s ability to pay. Volunteers from the community are facilitating the following sessions.

• 1 – 2 p.m. Foods for the Feminine: how healthy real foods relate to women in various life stages of life. The workshop starts with a potluck lunch and healthy foods cooking demo with GRCC Dining Services Chef Nancy Rutledge. Enjoy samples of Nancy’s healthy creations and bring a dish to pass! The Bloom will provide vegan options.
• 2 – 2:45 p.m. The Childbearing Year: natural pregnancy, homebirth, breastfeeding. Midwife Shannon Pawson facilitates this session. Whether or not you plan on motherhood, our world needs all women as sisters in the cause of organic birth.
• 2:45 – 3:30 Bitches Brew: hands-on herbal decoction in the kitchen with women’s needs in mind. Take some home to try. Bloom intern, Bethany Scheffer, facilitates. Steepletown volunteer coordinator, Claire AK, will share advice on vitamins and supplements.
• 3:30 – 4:30 Shared Wisdom: How to pee standing up, sew your own pads, talk back to cat-callers… bring your best sister tips. Farmer Kelsie Hakeem will facilitate.
• 4:30 – 5 p.m. Yoga Nidra Session for Deep Rest. End the workshop by experiencing a session of yoga nidra, a meditative technique that provides opportunity for deep rest, renewed energy and setting intentions.

Materials will be available for those who want to sew their own woman-healthy menstrual pads.  Participants are encouraged to bring jars with lids to bring home their herbal tea and a blanket and pillow for the meditation session, if desired.

The Bloom Collective invites you to join us for two exciting upcoming events.

Tue. March 15

The Beehive Design Collective- a non-profit, volunteer driven, political arts organization is headed to Grand Rapids Tuesday March 15 for two events!

11a.m.- 3 p.m. GRAPHICS FOR THE COMMONS
Collaborative Graphic Design for Movement Building
A hands-on collaborative image making workshop with the Bees 

Limited to 50 participants.

Location: Red Hydrant Press 314 Straight St. SW Door M

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. DISMANTLING MONOCULTURE

Tales of Ants & Economies in the Americas!
The Bees present their larger than life banners.
Kendall College Student Commons, 17 Fountain St. NW
On street parking or pay for parking at Ionia/Pearl ramp

Location: Kendall College Student Commons, 17 Fountain St. NW On street parking or pay for parking at Ionia/Pearl ramp

More Information: http://www.beehivecollective.org

Sat. March 19

Womyn’s Empowered Health Workshop

Time: 1:00 pm

The Bloom Collective hosts its third annual free workshop to share information on alternative practices and philosophies around the issues of women’s healthcare as well as provide a safe space for women to share health wisdom with each other. Such wisdom was the basis for good health in times past, before healthcare became a commodity on the stock market and a product on the pharmacy shelf. The workshop is intentionally free because access to health information, or healthcare for that matter, should not be based on one’s ability to pay. This year’s topics:

 

* Foods for the Feminine: how healthy real foods relate to women in various life stages of life. Presenter Chef Nancy Rutledge, GRCC Dining Services

* Bitches Brew: hands-on herbal decoction in the kitchen. Vitamins and herbal formulas with women’s needs in mind. Take some home to try. Facilitator: Bethany Scheffer

* The Childbearing Year: natural pregnancy, homebirth, breastfeeding. Whether or not you plan on motherhood, our world needs all women as sisters in the cause of organic birth. Presenter: Shannon Pawson, Midwife. 

* Shared Wisdom: How to pee standing up, sew your own pads, talk back to cat-callers — bring your best sister tips. Presenter: Kelsey Hakeem, farmer.

* Yoga Nidra Session for Deep Rest. End the workshop by experiencing a session of yoga nidra, a meditative technique that provides opportunity for deep rest, renewed energy and setting intentions. Facilitator: Stelle, The Bloom Collective  

We will open with a potluck lunch. The Bloom will provide vegan options. Babes in arms and children are welcome to come with their mothers.

Sponsored by The Bloom Collective and Our Kitchen Table.

Location: The Bloom Collective | 671 Davis NW | Grand Rapids, MI 49504

We’ve got some great titles to share with you over the upcoming months. On Thu, 10 Feb. ’11 The Bloom will show “Scarred Justice:The Orangeburg Massacre 1968″ at 6:30 pm. at The Bloom Collective, 671 Davis NW. This film brings to light one of the bloodiest Civil Rights era tragedies after four decades of denial. The killing of four white students at Kent State University in 1970 left an indelible stain on our national consciousness. But most Americans know nothing of the three black students killed at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg two years earlier.

It raises disturbing questions about how our country acknowledges its tortured racial past in order to make sense of its challenging
present.

WATCH THE TRAILER

The Bloom will serve a light supper with vegan options.
$3-$5 suggested donation.

We will be hosting a potluck, the new film about Daniel Ellsberg, “The Most Dangerous Man in America” and a discussion about Wiki Leaks on Saturday Jan. 15.  See you soon!