Returning to Our Roots: Fall Medicine Circle
About this Event
Kongo Cafe Spring Medicine Circle
Earthseed Land Collective
Sunday, November 22nd from 1:30pm-4:30pm.
The fall season is a powerful time around the world for reconnecting with our ancestral lineages and traditions. Join Kongo Cafe for an afternoon herbal immersion that explores the medicine of the fall season through ceremony, guided reflection, and medicine making within the AfroCarolina Rootwork tradition.
Attendees of the Returning to Our Roots: Fall Medicine Circle will experience:
Herbal Medicine Talk
- Learn how to stay nourished and grounded during the fall season with native & ancestral herbal allies such as dandelion and hibiscus
Tea Ceremony:
- Experience the medicine of native NC plant ally, dandelion root, with a guided tea ceremony
Community Medicine Making
- Create your own nourishing herbal tea blend
- Learn how to make a root tincture for immune support during the cold/flu season
- Reflect & take a self guided walk with your ancestors on the land
Additional Goodies...
- Kongo Cafe's signature hibiscus swirl poundcake, hibiscus tea & other light snacks
- Take home a copy of the Returning to Our Roots: Fall Herbal Guide mini zine
**Masks will be required + provided indoors to ensure covid safety for immunocompromised community members.
About Kongo Cafe:
Kongo Cafe is a mobile apothecary and cultural arts organization based in Durham, NC. We offer locally sourced herbal teas, workshops, and cultural events through a lens of solidarity and African indigenous wisdom.
learn more about Kongo Cafe
About Earthseed Land Collective:
Earthseed is a center for community resilience; stewarding 48 acres of land in north Durham for collective healing, cultural arts, food justice, food sovereignty, and cooperative learning for and by people of the global majority.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 45.00
