In Celebration of Herbs!!!

We honor the glorious, long days and sweet, soulful nights of summer in a special event to celebrate the wisdom of this season and the bounty of local herbs.

Join us around the circle to create your own unique blend of herbal tea with Cleveland Tea Revival, sip on a delightful, botanical non-alcoholic beverage from Verbena Free-Spirited Shoppe, and experience the transformational power of ceremony through a meditation and mandala creation with Caressa Joy-Centered Life.

Align your body and soul with the energy of the Summer season! Share this time with a friend or family member.

Take home your own special blend of tea, a potted lemon balm plant to add to your herb garden, and a blessing stone to activate the memory of your extraordinary experience.

Participants receive a 10% discount on all products and services from:

Amber Pompeii, Cleveland Tea Revival

http://www.clevelandtearevival.com

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Amber Pompeii is the owner of Cleveland Tea Revival, an online tea store and catering company. She blends her own teas and herbs, and is working toward the goal of incorporating home grown medicinal and culinary herbs. Using Cleveland Tea Revival as a vehicle, Amber weaves her passions for education, community, and tea! In addition to online retail, CTR teas can be purchased at select cafes and restaurants in the Cleveland area. CTR caters private events, and Amber also teaches tea blending, brewing, and kombucha workshops.

Amber has been active in community and home gardening for ten years, including a community garden in 2015 that she started to supply her former CTR storefront with fresh veggies, herbs, and flowers. She is currently gardening and tea blending with Solidarity Urban Farms, a non-profit in Lorain, Ohio.

Molly Cheraso, Verbena Free-Spirited Shoppe

http://www.verbenafreespirited.com

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Molly Cheraso is the Founder and Owner of Verbena Shoppe, Cafe & Dry Bar: Cleveland’s first café, retail, and gathering space to be completely non-alcoholic (NA).

During the pandemic, Molly found herself reevaluating her relationship with society's daily rituals around alcohol and looking to explore alternatives for both her and her husband. She quickly discovered a world of new and interesting non-alcoholic products available online but noticed a lack of in-store availability in Cleveland. Realizing this was to be the next evolution of her career, she spent the remainder of 2022 facilitating various focus groups, hosting pop-up events, and conducting extensive market research to determine how and where best to bring Verbena to life. Verbena Free Spirited opened in Cleveland’s Hingetown neighborhood in July 2023 and has quickly become a thriving hub for NA community events.

Prior to founding Verbena, Molly worked for over 17 years in accounting and banking, most recently as a Lead Manager of Business Risk & Controls at KeyBank. Molly is a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Wharton. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Ohio and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from John Carroll University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business from Miami University.

The busy mother of eight year-old twins has always loved to cook and entertain. She enjoys fashion, music, travel and social media (most notably TikTok). The self-proclaimed Real Housewives lover also enjoys meditation, yoga, and reading.

Caressa Joyce, LMT, e-RYT 500

Caressa Joy-Centered Life~Holistic Healing Therapy: http://www.caressajoycenteredlife.com

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I am a Yoga/Massage/Energy Therapist and a Life Cycles Celebrant. I started practicing yoga in 1996, and the style that I practice and teach is a combination of Integrative Yoga Therapy, Viniyoga, and Chi Gung, which are slow, mindful and therapeutic approaches that adapt to the unique needs of each individual.

I received my 200 hr level of Yoga Teacher certification through the Brahmrishi School in Kent in 2006 and my 500 hr level and Yoga Therapy certification through the Purusha School in San Francisco in 2010.

I am a Licensed Massage Therapist, practicing since 2010, and offering a variety of massage styles, which include Traditional Table Massage, Pre/Post Natal, and Traditional Thai Yoga Massage, which I learned in Thailand in 2010.

I am a Certified Energywork Practitioner, Reiki Master, and since 2006, I have been offering the healing modalities of Intuitive Reiki and Jin Shin Jyutsu.

I am a certified Life Celebrant as of 2007, and while creating ceremonies started as a way to unite the folks in my community around the cycles of the seasons, it continues to evolve into an offering of guidance through many of life’s rites of passage.

Celebration of Herbs Tea Ceremony

By The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Celebration of Herbs Tea Ceremony

as part of our Summer Wednesday series!