EarthCraft Sessions

                                           

EarthCraft Sessions

Presented by Off Gridish Herbs and Arts (see About Us below)

EarthCraft Sessions is a traveling workshop series offered by Off Gridish Herbs and Arts, weaving together herbal knowledge, intuitive art-making, and ancestral remembrance. These sessions invite people of all ages to ground in nature, explore creative expression, and reconnect with the healing power of plants, place, and presence.

Workshops are offered on a sliding scale and can be hosted in homes, gardens, studios, community centers, or outdoor spaces. Each session is rooted in earth-honoring practices and shaped by the energy of the moment.

Workshop Themes

🌿 Honoring the Mother Root

A reflective session where we craft prayer flags to honor a female ancestor—known or unknown—using recycled cloth and found materials. A gentle, heart-centered way to reconnect with lineage through creativity and intention.

🌿 Everyday Plant Medicine

Learn to make simple, seasonal remedies like teas, salves, and honeys using fresh and dried herbs—some gathered from the local land. A down-to-earth way to integrate herbal care into daily life.

🌿 Nourishing Herbal Infusions

Participants sip and explore deeply nourishing infusions like nettle, oatstraw, and linden, deepening their relationship to mineral-rich herbs that support rest and vitality. Includes silent reflection and group sharing.

🌿 Sacred Smoke: Crafting Ritual Incense

In this session, we explore our deep human connection to fire and scent. Through breath, story, and touch, we get to know the resins, roots, leaves, and flowers that make up sacred smoke—focusing on local and seasonal ingredients whenever possible. We take time with each plant, learning its story and listening for our own. Blending becomes ritual as we craft a loose incense or cone with care and intention.

✨ Each participant leaves with a handcrafted incense blend and a renewed relationship to the land, fire, and the plants that speak through smoke.

🎨 Creating the Moment

A meditative painting session guided by breath, music, and intuitive exercises. Participants paint from emotion and energy—no art experience needed. May include a short spotlight on a Black abstract artist for collective inspiration.

🎨 Painting the Moment

A live performance where Khalid paints in real time in response to the energy of the space. Accompanied by a live band, solo musician, DJ, or curated playlist, this session offers a shared meditative and visual journey. The finished piece is available for purchase.

🌸 Blooms and Brushstrokes

Participants focus on one plant at a time through breath, observation, herbal crafting, and intuitive painting. Includes making a small take-home remedy and space for creative exploration.

About Us: 

Off Gridish is a family of three living their homestead life in southern Virginia. We grow herbs, harvest rain, homeschool our son, and live close to the land, in deep relationship with nature and community.

Why "Off-Grid(ish)"?

We’re fully off-grid—and the "ish" honors our connection to others. Off-grid doesn’t  mean off-everything. It means choosing resilience, relationship, and a rooted life.

Off Gridish Herbs and Arts

Through Off Gridish Herbs and Arts, we share our lifestyle through workshops, live art, and herbal remedies that reflect our values of ancestral connection, intuitive expression, and practical self-reliance.