This year, we've implemented a new system: we've divided the year into trimesters. The first three months of each trimester are filled with lots of live events, and the fourth month is "fallow".
The word "fallow" usually applies to agriculture - allowing a field to rest every three years or so. This way, they weren't forcing the land to be over-productive: they were allowing the soil to regenerate, so that it would stay fertile.
Our culture is so focused on "productivity" that sometimes we forget that rest is required in order for us to keep learning!
So we're building a one-month "fallow period" into every trimester, so that all students have the chance to rest from the live schedule and to let the mind integrate what you've learned. It's important to take time to just let things percolate - and if you're engaged in sessions with no break, you never get that integration time.
The "fallow period" allows students to stay on target with their goals without getting burnt out.
If you're enrolled in one of our mentorship programs, this fallow period gives you the chance to take a break from the weekly live sessions so that you can rest, maybe do some review, or maybe just drink a lot of tea!
And if you're enrolled in any of our programs, the one month "fallow" concept can still apply in your life: you can set up your study schedule to follow our trimester schedule. You could say that in the fallow month, you don't try to learn new material, but instead take the time to go back and clean up your notes, maybe take stock of your apothecary, press out tinctures that need attending to, etc. There won't be live Q&A sessions during the "fallow" months, so it's also a time when you can check back into some of the abundance of archived Q&A recordings to find things of interest to you.
Plus: the fallow months are April, August, and December - so in April you can do spring cleanup in your garden, in August you can be preserving your harvest, and in December you can be planning for next year! Time in the garden (even if your garden is just a few buckets on the porch!) is a great way to let your mind wander through what you're learning, and make new connections!