STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Home
Being part of Ariella's online beekeeping apprenticeship will forever be a treasured experience. Through times of change, uncertainty and joy, this course was a constant companion. The generosity of Ariella's teaching is full of deeply rich material on bee centered beekeeping that she beautifully weaves together with myth, story and ritual, helping us to remember--beekeeper or not-- how much healing can take place from tending to a relationship with the honeybee and the natural world. The women I met on this course will forever be close to my heart, and I will be eternally grateful for Ariella's gift of holding us all with so much care and tenderness.
- Sandra, Mexico
I've learnt so much about bees in this program, and through this knowledge my love for them grew even more. I had a strongly established bee spirituality, and all the practices we've done deepened the connection and opened me more to myself, my inertial garden and the spirit world. I'm truly grateful for all those experiences.
- Agnieszka Drabek-Prime, England
I’m just beginning the program again for a third go round, and each time I deepen my understanding of the wisdom Ariella has shared.
This program opened so many doors for me. I am now at the Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary, and i’m currently the caretaker, which is so lovely. Although i’ve learned so much here, I still refer back to Ariella's work as it was the foundation of my learning!
- Savannah Ducote, Virgina
The beekeeping mentorship has profoundly altered my relationship with nature, particularly with bees, and has sparked a deep personal transformation. I've moved from observing nature to actively participating in its balance.
- Naraayani, Texas
I was fearful about being in a woman-centric space, to be honest. My relationship with my gender is complex (as a somewhat nonbinary leaning feminine person, assigned female at birth) with a very, very poor relationship with my own mother. I am childfree by choice. I anticipated the discussions of wombs/childbearing/motherhood would be difficult. That said, I found this was not much of an issue. My initial discomfort was allayed by an inclusive-feeling space (meaning, inclusive of many feminine experiences) and my relationship to mothering/womb showed up as nurturing and listening. I am glad to have gone through that evolution
- Lex (Sydney) LeFay, OREGON
As an herbalist I've come to believe that the root of disharmonies in the physical body manifest first as a disharmony in the subtle body at the spiritual and emotional level. What I find special about Ariella's work is that she guides you towards the ability to further tap into your own intuition so you can gain tools to continue to connect with your own spirit, your deep self, all while connecting very deeply with the beautiful and mystical subtleties of the natural world.
- Katie B.
My experience with the online beekeeping apprenticeship can be best described as a beautiful mixing of the magical and the mundane. The time I have spent participating in this experience has helped me deepen in my ability to not only trust what I am hearing, perceiving and dreaming with the bees but to bring these more etheric threads into the everyday, weaving a web of the quotidian mystery.
The space that Ariella holds is potent and her knowledge and wisdom is deep. My connection with the land in which I reside has developed as well given the practices taught and experienced. I have slowed down to feel, taste, see and perceive the lands voice and interconnection to all.