Teacher & Officiant
In spite of, and possibly due to, the systemic disconnection & disbelonging inherent in our modern world, there continues to be a surge of desire for authentic connection, experiential directness, and basic human dignity. This longing is the inspiration and guidepost for the spaces of learning I create and facilitate.
My ‘classrooms’ offer a container in which to experience Natural Deep Belonging and Optimal Aliveness. My classrooms also offer an opportunity to experience ‘Heart Learning’, which engages our whole selves in the process of discovery: our minds, hearts, bodies, and especially our human hands, being wholly available to have a full and direct experience of learning beyond surface-level logic.
Working through Heart Learning in this way allows the teachings themselves to come Alive–including the teachings inherent in the students/participants–and we begin to experience the gifts of each person’s Ancestral Lineage as they are revealed spontaneously in our groups.
As a devoted scholar of global healing and medicine arts, I hold a myriad of lenses simultaneously. My teachings offer a multi-faceted forum which incorporating diverse systems of knowledge including: Western Herbalism, Five Element Taoist Medicine, Mayan Spiritual Medicine Systems, Vajrayana Buddhism, Open Human Heart work, Color as Medicine, Energy Medicine and Native American Indigenous Traditions. Because of my great love for each of these traditions, I respect each in its entirety, as well as in the ways that they complement one another.
I invite you to come experience the precious essence of these world wisdom traditions through mindful embodiment, choosing loving courageousness, unfolding our basic goodness & gentleness, and embracing our belonging with this Earth. In this way, we will together become more available to sense and listen to that which we love, or would long to know.
“The Elemental Wisdom Immersion connected me deeply to what is happening without: in the world around me throughout the seasons, to food, to the plants. I am more in tune with what I eat and why I eat it with the seasons, and have tools to understand what changes are happening within me–physiologically, psychologically, and spiritually–related to the external cycles. The immersion also connected me more deeply within: the rituals and meditations that you weave into this are profound and teach from a deeper level. My herbal knowledge and diagnostic skills grew because of this program, in a very experiential, astute and direct way.”
Event Bookings
As a teacher, workshop leader, ceremonial officiant, and public speaker for over 17 years, I have designed and presented an array of different kinds of events and experiences.
My capacities to facilitate group events emerged from a diverse background of development:
Growing up in the cutting-edge arts culture of the Naropa Institute
Deep study and training in the world of expressive arts therapy & somatic counseling centered around the Tamalpa Institute
A decade of intensive performance work with the Mystic Family Circus, who specialized in creating interactive theatrical pieces of “stories for our time” which integrated traditional and indigenous teachers’ stories from their people
Serving as a foundational presence in the early development of conscious festival culture
I bring this richly diverse and creative toolset to any event, whether small or large, solemn and/or celebratory, educational and/or experiential, and of diverse cultural backgrounds.
Some Examples of Events & Venues I Facilitate:
Wellness Conferences
Ancestral Skills Gatherings
Special Ceremonies: Birth, Death, Grief, Coming of Age, Marriage.
Retreat Centers, Spas
Ecology Events
Festivals
Community Gathering
Adrienne Leigh Moore Photography
Some of my Past Classes, Workshops and Ceremonies
Beginning & Advanced Clinical Herbal Medicine Training
Plant Spirit, Kinship, and Communication
Seasonal Slow Food and Nutrition
Mayan Ritual Herbal Bathing
Cultivating Fearlessness in an Age of Uncertainty
Eden Energy Medicine
Grief Gathering and Ritual
Coming of Age Ceremony
Marriage or Coupling Ceremonies
Elemental Herbal Wisdom Immersions
Herbal Medicine Making
Healing Ancestral Lineages
Mental Detox Series
Radical Self Care
Herbal Aphrodisiacs