Click on these links to go directly to your area of interest, or scroll down. Testimonials Current Class and Retreat Schedule "Women gather together because they must. The core spirit and soul of woman is— connection." — Joan Clark I love to teach. There is something so ancient and powerful about gathering together to share and remember teachings that awaken our heart memories. I believe that when a “temple” is activated— the akashic records within— a sacred contract is revealed and a remembering of ancient wisdom and truth is released into consciousness for the purpose of transformation, understanding and healing. In the inspiration between the giving and receiving of knowledge, each person is transformed. It is the most blessed of gifts we offer to each other on our journey to authentic self realization and oneness. “I would rather teach a person how to find their joy, passion, creativity than anything else.” Joan Clark is considered one of the foremost aromatherapists/natural perfumers in the world and a renowned speaker and teacher in what she calls the “subtle arts” of awakening the divine feminine. She has traveled the country and abroad teaching the art and science of aromatherapy, healing, creativity and beauty… all intertwined as equal aspects of the divine working through us in (evolving) human form. Her specialty, as plant-spirit wise-woman following the Path of of the Goddess, is the sacred and ritual use of plant spirit medicine. For the past 20 years she has been involved in creating, educating and designing aromatherapy programs and natural healing products for body, mind and spirit. Joan now lives in Lawrence, Kansas where she is planting herbs, writing, painting, offering apprentice programs and creating sacred land altars with her husband David and her 4 pets. Joan's holistic background includes: Certified aromatherapist/natural perfumer, certified reflexologist, kundalini yoga practitioner/dance therapist ,Reiki Master, Intuitive energy/emotional release/esoteric healing practitioner, shamanic healing practitioner, and more. For more on Joan's healing treatments please visit the Consultations/Healing Treatments page. She is the originator of: Aroma*Fitness (tm), Present Moment Yoga (tm), The Pet*Alchemist (tm) Natural Pet Care Line, Joan Clark's Palais Aromaetica (tm)— complete line of Aromatic Products, Joan of Art— Intuitive Art Work & Sacred Altars, founder of the Powerful Passionate Woman for Peace (tm) snf Women of Essence women's groups, and co-creator/publisher of DoingIt! (tm)— a journal of positive living. Testimonials "She has an infectious, joyful energy that I just want to bottle up and take with me wherever I go. I feel her love, caring and sincere commitment to help us discover who we are— why we are here and how we can help others. She opened me up to an understanding of who I truly am and a sense of my journey greater than I could have ever imagined. She showed me my issues and taught me to focus on my inner goddess, to trust my intuition, get help, make positive changes and move on. I left the retreat empowered, having faith, hope and belief that anything is possible." --M.D. "Joan has the ability to look into your heart as she grabs you by the hands and says, "you can do what ever your heart desires! You are a powerful woman capable of changing the world!" Every time I am with Joan I walk away feeling like I can move the stars! She has an amazing gift! And she makes every woman in the room feel that way." --M.H. "She is an incredible medicine woman with many years of knowledge from working with the plant medicine. In her teaching she shares willingly all her knowledge from a place within her heart. Joan encourages me that, "What I dream for myself I can achieve, and I am supported in all I do." Thank you Joan for showing me how to continue to do my work from a place of creativity and commitment. "Anything we want.....We shall have...." --S.H. "Many other classes I have taken were all about mind information. Joan puts that information into the body, into the place of feelings and soul. Instead of just talking about it she encourages us to create from that place— to create art, create aromatherapy, create poetry and most importantly, create our lives to serve our soul's desire. " Everything she touches becomes magical. --T.B. photos courtesy of Tanja Bochnig Joan's Current Class Schedule— 2008 (tentative, please continue to check back for updates). Please continue to check back for updates. 5th Annual Moon Goddess Retreat Myth, Magic, Ritual... Awakenings, Initiations & Moon Sacred Mysteries Sedona, Arizona. October 24th - 27th, 2008 Angel Valley Retreat Center (www.angelvalley.org) You are invited to join facilitator Joan Clark for the 5th Annual Moon Goddess Retreat, to be held this year at the beautiful Angel Valley Retreat Center in Sedona Arizona. Our work this year is to go deeper into the sacred moon mysteries of our own Divine Feminine essence and to allow our creative, spiritual potential and essence to come forth more through gathering together in ceremony, ritual and sacred moon celebrations. This week-end will include but not be limited to: * Moon Sacred Mysteries of the Divine Feminine * Plant Spirit Alchemy (working with essential oils and plant based therapies) * Creating Sacred Rituals (group and individual) * Movement Therapy & Sound Therapy for alignment and attunement * Creative Expressions through Art & Insight * Meditation, Journal Writing & Visualization * Healing & Attunement Sessions * Sharing of Stories & Sacred Teachings * Intuitive & Energy Sessions Cost: $750. Includes: * Shared Lodging (dorm style) * Vegetarian Meals during the retreat * $350 retreat cost (incl. all materials) The retreat will begin on Friday at 4pm and end on Sunday at 5pm. Room reservations for the retreat are through Monday morining, which includes a light breakfast. A $300 non-refundable deposit is required to hold space. Click here for full-color pdf flyer (340kb). The sacred ones are holding us-- calling us forth. If you feel called, we invite you to join us for a weekend of magic, alchemy, myth, mystery and sacred connections with the Goddess within and without. ~~Joan Clark As some of my available classes may not always show up on a particular schedule, I make available an informational page with a sample of past offerings. Here you may get an even better idea of all that is available, the progression of this work, something that may be more to your liking and specific classes you may wish to sponsor in your area. Also included in some cases are copies of the flyers from some of those past classes, to allow you to capture an even greater sense of the essence of this work. Please Click Here to visit the Past Classes page. *New* Joan Clark's Palais Aromaetica Gift Certificates Purchase for any $ amount. Good on all of my products, classes, readings, etc. Call or E-Mail me to order.