All Scheduled Dates
None scheduled at this time
Course Type
Multi-Session
Course Length
4.5 hours
QUESTIONS?
If you are having trouble opening the application link or have any other questions regarding this course, please email us at [email protected].
ATTENDANCE POLICY
To complete a course in this series, learners are expected to attend both live sessions (4.5 hours total), practice wellness strategies between sessions, and complete a weekly journal entry (at least 4 entries total).
Learners who complete at least 80% of course activities may receive a certificate of completion at the Academy’s discretion.
Wellness Mapping with the Seasons
DESCRIPTION
This series equips NYC non-profit care providers to deepen your awareness of how seasonal shifts affect your health. You will develop a personal, seasonal practice that supports physical, emotional, and communal wellbeing. Each 4.5-hour, 2-session course explores how specific seasonal and life patterns intersect, and how aligning with natural rhythms can foster greater health and resilience. Learners may choose to take one or more courses in this series: Winter, Spring, or Summer Wellness Mapping.
Through guided lectures, reflective exercises, and personalized wellness planning, participants will gain insight into how astronomy, biophysical shifts, and the elements affect health. Each attendee will receive a personalized natal chart analysis and elemental breakdown. You will also develop a customized Wellness Mapping Journal to track shifts that you notice in your mental, emotional, and physical states and behaviors; try new care strategies to restore balance; and reflect on personal growth.
By the end of each course, participants will be equipped to apply holistic tools that support personal and community wellness through each season.
Capacity in this course is limited to 20 learners. Those who are admitted to courses in this series will be provided with a package of materials by the Academy.
This series is led by Johanna Guevara, an Ayurvedic Holistic Health Coach certified under Dr. Naida Marballi, whose mission is to empower individuals to take control of their wellbeing and cultivate lasting, positive transformation in their lives. Each course blends ancient wisdom with modern wellness practices. Johanna holds certifications in Reiki Levels 1 & 2 and Advanced Integrated Energy Technique from MinkaBrooklyn. A WasteskunMeztli Canada Moon Dancer, NanixiTemikiMetzli New York Moon Dancer, and Vision Quester in Atlantida, Colombia, Johanna brings a rich tapestry of cultural and spiritual traditions to her teaching.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Participants will:
- Identify and explain the relationship between seasonal cycles and personal wellness, including how seasonal changes affect physical, emotional, and energetic states.
- Understand the historical context connecting astrology, medicine, and healing traditions.
- Use Ayurvedic principles to apply insights from your personalized natal chart and individual elemental composition to daily wellness practices.
- Develop a personal Wellness Mapping Journal to track and adjust seasonal self-care routines.
- Learn and apply element-based wellness practices to regulate and process intense emotions. Through seasonal wellness rituals and breathwork, participants will gain practical strategies to manage shifting emotional states.
- Integrate seasonal herbal tools to support wellness. Participants will receive a seasonal herbal kit with teas, spices, aromatherapy, bath soak, and accessories, each customized to balance fire, earth, water, or wind excess.
- Plan to implement ongoing care practices.
COURSE TIMELINE
- March 3, 2026: applications open
- March 24, 2026: applications close
- Week of March 30, 2026: applicants are notified of their status
- April 3, 2026: confirm acceptance
- Early April: materials mailed to participants
- April 21, 2026: Session I
- April 26, 2026-May 18, 2026: independent practice and weekly reflection logs between sessions
- May 19, 2026: Session II
LEARNING PATH
This course is part of a series: Wellness Mapping with the Seasons. Learners may take a single season course or the full series.
Future courses in this series (dates to be announced):
- None scheduled at this time
WHAT TO EXPECT
This course is structured to help you integrate healing practices into your daily routines.
Session 1 will introduce seasonal wellness frameworks, culturally rooted healing practices, and a seasonal herbal kit for elemental balance. Through a mix of instruction, guided self-inquiry, group dialogue, and embodied practice, participants will deepen knowledge and tools to work with the rhythms of nature and the five elements in a particular season. Each participant will receive an individualized natal chart rooted in Ayurveda to better understand your elemental constitution and create a personalized wellness strategy for the season.
Participants will explore how Earth + Water energies, dominant in spring, impacts physical vitality, emotional tone, motivation, digestion, and mental clarity. Spring focuses on lightening, activation, and renewal—supporting the body and mind as energy begins to rise after months of inward focus.
Through a mix of instruction, guided self-inquiry, group dialogue, and hands-on practices, participants will:
- Identify signs of Earth + Water excess or imbalance (sluggishness, heaviness, congestion, emotional stagnation)
- Learn how to gently stimulate agni (digestive, mental, and creative fire)
- Continue mapping personalized strategies for clearing, movement, and sustainable growth
Between sessions, participants will have 4 weeks to practice care strategies that support balance and wellbeing. You will receive a structured Wellness Mapping Journal to track the ways seasonal shifts impact your health and wellbeing, along with the care rituals that you try and insights that arise. Participants will submit at least one weekly reflection on their process, including any questions that emerge during your practice.
These four weeks of practice emphasizes:
- Gentle consistency
- Observing momentum vs. resistance
- Tracking how clearing and activation affect energy, mood, digestion, and focus
Session 2 allows participants to deepen your understanding of the practices you’ve undertaken for the past month; share with and learn from peers; and plan for wellness practices you can sustain beyond the course.
This session focuses on maintaining balance as energy continues to rise, helping participants avoid common spring pitfalls such as burnout, over-commitment, or uneven routines.
Participants will leave with:
- A refined, sustainable Spring wellness strategy
- Greater awareness of how to adjust care practices as the season progresses
- Practical tools to maintain physical, emotional, and energetic equilibrium
Through practice, review, and deepened reflection, participants will leave with a greater understanding of how to support your physical and emotional wellbeing through seasonal shifts and changing stress levels.
We ask that participants join and stay on-camera during the live sessions. We recommend attending from a private, quiet space.
This course is structured to help you integrate healing practices into your daily routines.
Session 1 will introduce seasonal wellness frameworks, culturally rooted healing practices, and a seasonal herbal kit for elemental balance. Through a mix of instruction, guided self-inquiry, group dialogue, and embodied practice, participants will deepen knowledge and tools to work with the rhythms of nature and the five elements in a particular season. Each participant will receive an individualized natal chart rooted in Ayurveda to better understand your elemental constitution and create a personalized wellness strategy for the season.
Between sessions, participants will have 4 weeks to practice care strategies that support balance and wellbeing. You will receive a structured Wellness Mapping Journal to track the ways seasonal shifts impact your health and wellbeing, along with the care rituals that you try and insights that arise. Participants will submit at least one weekly reflection on their process, including any questions that emerge during your practice.
Session 2 allows participants to deepen your understanding of the practices you’ve undertaken for the past month; share with and learn from peers; and plan for wellness practices you can sustain beyond the course.
Through practice, review, and deepened reflection, participants will leave with a greater understanding of how to support your physical and emotional wellbeing through seasonal shifts and changing stress levels.
We ask that participants join and stay on-camera during the live sessions. We recommend attending from a private, quiet space.
ELIGIBILITY
Academy courses are open to non-profit care providers who deliver social services or behavioral health care in New York City.
This includes, but is not limited to, staff of: community-based organizations, government agencies, and public hospitals, along with members of mutual aid groups, community gardens, NYCHA resident committees, and more.
This course is especially recommended for those eager to deepen their understanding of holistic health through the lens of seasonal rhythms and the five elements. This training offers practical, culturally rooted tools drawn from Ayurveda, astrology, and herbalism to foster lasting physical and emotional wellness. It is designed for care providers who are passionate about nurturing resilient, healthy communities through nature-aligned self-care practices.
HOW TO APPLY
No cohorts are currently scheduled. Future cohort dates will be announced through our mailing list.
Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.
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