On Día de los Muertos, learn all about the flor de muerto, cempasúchil. We'll delve into its history, the wide range of medicinal and spiritual uses, do a tea meditation and create a cempasúchil tincture together. Tinctures will be made with charanda, a type of Mexican rum from Michoacán. This is a special day to commemorate this flower that helps bring our ancestors home briefly.

Supplies for tea and tincture making can be picked up at Saratoga Park (Bedstuy) or Mayday Space, 176 St Nicholas Ave (Bushwick). Coordinate with @cocina.medicina via instagram or at diana.arellano1@gmail.com for pick-up.

Monday, November 2nd 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET via Zoom.

Fee: $15 - $20 sliding scale to cover materials and NOTA. Any surplus of money will be donated to a migrant justice organization. Please only RSVP if you can attend the workshop. RSVP first and then reach out to Diana to coordinate material pick-up. You can take the workshop if you're not able to pick them up in time. Please contact Diana right after RSVP'ing.

Bio:
Diana Arellano Gonzalez is a budding yerbera whose ancestry is rooted in plant medicine. She draws on the wisdom of her great grandmother, Maria de la Luz, who was a healer and had a medicine garden in Durango, Mexico. Cempasúchil is a very sacred flower to her because of how healing it has been to her personally over the years. She wishes to share everything cempasúchil has to offer since it is not commonly regarded as a medicine. She also loves to explore the intersections of how herbs and food play with each other via @cocina.medicina.