EARTHWISE MOTHER: AUTUMN
THE ROOTED MAGE
Join us for this potent three-month journey through Autumn, held in a sacred circle of mothers around our virtual hearth. Together sharing our wisdom and ways, while following the earth as teacher and healer and the threads of our ancestors, for healing, deep nourishment, guidance and remembrance.
Part Guided Course and Circle, together we will explore the archetypes, energies and plant medicines being invoked in this season, weave in fun and healing herbal recipes for the family, invite thoughtful reflections, somatics and festive rituals, and nature-based whimsical crafts, that help us to ground and reconnect with the earth and her cycles, and in doing so, mother ourselves as we mother our children.
Circle runs from September - thru November 2026
Registration opens soon!
“It’s animist, heartfelt, and rooted in the rhythms of the land and cycles of matrescence to nourish and inspire your journey as mother, your family, and your lineage.”
“As Autumn whispers her invitation inward, the Rooted Mage takes her place by the hearth.
She gathers the harvest of lived experience, tending the fire with steady hands, deeper knowing, and a heart made fuller by the humbling seasons of mothering and becoming. She reminds us to slow down, listen beneath the noise, practice discernment, and trust the wisdom carried within our bones.
Together, we'll remember what the earth has always taught and our ancestors once knew: that in this season of letting go is also the time of gathering, composting the old, and brewing medicine for healing and rooted growth.”
In This Season, We Will…
Gather from September through November, with 2 live calls per month to circle around the hearth, journey and share.
Seep into the landscape of Autumn, tend our roots, and connect with the wisdom here through story, reflection, and embodied practices.
Explore seasonal herbal allies, such as Cinnamon, Hawthorn berry, Rose hips, and Willow.
Prepare nourishing and herbal recipes to support our family’s nourishment, nervous system tending and gut-sensing and strengthening.
Create whimsical nature-based crafts for the season, to work with our hands, our creativity, and to share with our loved ones.
Weave ancestral ways and rituals through exploring the holidays we’ve grown up celebrating in our cultures and those of our ancestors, and weave in new ways of honoring for our family culture.
This is for the Mother who….
Feels a longing for deeper rhythm and nourishment connected to the earth and her garden
Desires creativity and inspiration for nature-based crafts and beautiful rituals that shape meaningful memories for your children
Is craving mother-centered community that honors our full spectrum experience, and the alchemy found within gathering
Is curious about herbalism and folk wisdom, and ways to support your family’s health and healing with natural remedies
Wants to tend your mama heart and nervous system with gentle, grounded practices, plants and ritual
Longs to remember a time when the seasons shaped, held and healed us and to reclaim this connection
A 3-month guided journey from September through November through the Autumn season of our landscape and of matrescence
An intimate circle of wise mothers
6 live virtual circles (with recordings if you miss) to be guided, connect in circle, weave and share together.
A beautiful and richly woven Seasonal PDF Guide with all of the practices, journaling prompts, recipes, crafts, seasonal festive celebrations, and further resources to keep and journey deeper with every Autumn!
Folk Herbalism wisdom with introductory medicine-making and crafting recipes.
Ancestral ritual invitations and explorations during the holidays of this season, how to make your family’s culture feel more reverent and woven with your ancestry and modernity.
Journal prompts and self-inquiry into your deeper longings and internal wisdom.
Whimsical crafts & nature-based projects for the season to share with your children and enjoy each Autumn to come.
What’s Included:
“More than a course, this is a warm hearth of remembering. A circle of mothers gathering at the thresholds of seasonal change to remember our deep and ancient wisdom and ways. Join us, to weave a life and family culture of beauty.”
Three Pricing Tiers:
The Seed: $355
For Single-Mothers and those in need of extra financial assistance this season.
The Flower: $399
The Regular priced exchange for this container and bountiful basket of evergreen offerings.
The Fruit: $444
This offers a little extra to support a mother in need of financial assistance. Thank you for your generosity in tending the mother village.
Seats are limited for this intimate container.
I look forward to gathering with you.
About your guides
Colleen Baxter Gerson.
Mother, Herbalist, Board Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach, Founder and Guide for Earthwise Mother Seasonal Circles.
I’ve spent almost two decades weaving a tapestry of Functional Medicine, Herbalism, and Ecosomatics to support clients in tending the deeper roots of dis-ease, healing and grounding in today’s world. As I journeyed into pregnancy and motherhood, in those beautiful, messy, and transformative years, I allowed my medicine to steep and deepen.
Earthwise Mother weaves the threads of my work and wisdom, with earth based mothering, ancestral ways, ritual, crafting, recipes and resources. My prayers is that it is a great re-membering of rooted, nourished, and intuitive wise mothers for ourselves, our families and our communities. I am deeply honored to hold these potent and truly beautiful seasonal journeys together around the hearth with you and fellow wise mothers.
My husband and I live in Northern California with our daughter Willow, and you’ll often find us in the garden, mountains, or backpacking. We host a waldorf-forest learning pod on our land with a wonderful teacher. I’m forever deepening my knowledge and connection with plant kin, my Celtic ancestral roots and ways, homesteading, earth tending and ancestral honoring, and the slow crafts with wool felt, yarn, and clay.
What Earthwise Mothers share:
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This experience of journeying through the season with a circle of fellow mothers and the guidance and wisdom of Colleen, was SO deeply nourishing, inspiring, grounding and just what my heart was deeply yearning for. The guidebook is incredible and I'll return to this every season to help guide our family's rhythms, culture, and focus. Thank you!
— Earthwise mother
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I loved all of it, and I left each call feeling amazing. I was most inspired by the idea of slowing down in the winter time like we are meant to. To actually slow down, enjoy life, craft with the family, and focus on delicious teas, foods and herbs for the season. I get so caught up in the doing of life that I forget to actually slow down and enjoy it.
— Cherise Baxter
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I feel like I was able to take a lot of meaningful threads it and apply them to my life to bring more beauty and ease into our family's rhythms. I plan on going back to watch the recordings again since there is so much useful material to use in daily life, each season.
— Earthwise mother
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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All live gatherings are recorded, and you’ll still have access to the practices, rituals, and teachings. Many mothers find deep connection simply through the materials and sharing space online.
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This course is designed to feel like nourishment, not another task. The practices are gentle, grounding, and can be woven into your daily life. Think of it as creating space to be held, supported, and inspired, rather than something you “have to do.”
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This is more than a course, it’s a village. It blends functional nourishment, folk herbalism, ancestral traditions, and seasonal rhythms, all within the sacred container of mothers circling together. It’s about remembering and re-weaving what was once part of daily life.
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The Winter Course blends self-paced content with live circle gatherings. You’ll receive guided practices, herbal recipes, and seasonal teachings, along with opportunities for reflection, journaling, and sharing in community.
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About 1–2 hours per week is plenty to engage with the materials and practices. All circles are recorded, and you can move at the pace that fits your busy mom life.
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Just yourself, some wifi and your computer to download material and join calls as desired. A journal would be great, a few basic kitchen and herbal supplies (we’ll guide you on what to gather), a cup of tea, and an open heart. Everything else is optional, and you can adapt practices with what you have at home.