We have been taught to look at the body through symptoms and disease. Find what is wrong. Name it. Treat it. We have been doing this for so long that it can be difficult to imagine another way.
Learn how to prepare dried blood samples, work with the microscope, recognize developing patterns and understand how those patterns connect within the larger terrain of the body.
Terrain Theory is a very different way of understanding health, and it is a big part of what I teach. Terrain Theory turns that thinking around.
What are the conditions within the body? What is happening with digestion and assimilation, circulation and oxygenation, elimination, stress, immune function, microbial balance, hormones and metabolism? How are these things influencing each other? And what happens when we stop separating everything and start looking at the whole person?
This is where Dried Blood Analysis becomes such a powerful tool.
I am going to teach you how to prepare dried blood, work with the microscope, recognize the patterns you are seeing and, importantly, begin understanding what they mean together. You will learn to look beyond an individual marker and begin seeing the relationships within the terrain.
Much of our time will be spent at the microscope, looking at blood and learning what you are actually seeing. You will also be looking at your own blood, which brings an entirely different dimension to learning. As you begin recognizing patterns, you can ask questions about what you are seeing in yourself and follow those questions through the workshop.
We will explore the different systems and pathways of the body and how they can show themselves in dried blood. We will look at digestion, circulation, elimination, stress, immune and microbial balance, hormones, metabolism, minerals, connective tissue and the organs and systems that help us put the larger picture together.
If the blood is giving us information about the terrain, what can we actually do with that information?
We will work with herbs, food, nutrition and practical protocols. I will teach you how I put the pieces together, how I decide what deserves attention, why I choose particular herbs and supports, and how to use what we are seeing to make sensible decisions without trying to address every marker separately.
This is a small workshop because I want to be able to work with you. There will be time at the microscope, time to ask questions, time to go back and look again, and time to work through something when you do not understand what you are seeing. I want you involved, looking, questioning and learning through doing.
You will be examining and photographing your own blood throughout the workshop, and you will receive a personalized Dried Blood Analysis report bringing together what we are seeing in your own terrain. You will not just leave knowing more about Dried Blood Analysis. You will leave knowing more about yourself.
This workshop is for anyone who wants a practical tool for understanding health more deeply, whether for themselves, their family and loved ones, or as part of the work they already do.
You may already work in natural health, herbalism, nutrition or another healing field and want to add Dried Blood Analysis to the tools you use. You may be beginning a completely new direction. Or you may simply want to understand your own health and the health of the people you care about with greater depth and awareness.
You do not need previous Dried Blood Analysis or microscopy experience. I will teach you from the beginning and give you a framework you can continue using after you leave.
The purpose is not simply to teach you a collection of markers. I want you to understand what you are looking at, why it matters, how different observations connect, what questions to ask next, and how food, herbs and practical protocols can be brought into the picture.
You will leave knowing how to look at blood differently, and you will also leave looking at health differently.
reference materials and a deeper understanding of how to look at dried blood
and the terrain it reflects.
Workshop Pricing
The Dried Blood Analysis Workshop Tuition is $2,000. A limited number of scholarships and reduced-rate places are available for local Ecuadorian residents. Please contact us for details.
For those staying offsite, lunch, snacks and drinks during workshop days are $15 per day.
If you would like to stay with us at Living Ground during the workshop, you can make it a complete experience with your accommodation and meals included.
Workshop + Shared Room + All Meals
$2,525
Workshop + Private Room + All Meals
$2,630
The onsite packages include your accommodation at Living Ground, along with breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Gratitude Café throughout the Dried Blood Analysis Workshop. You will also have access to the gardens, spa, sauna, yoga space and the property itself.
A Special Collaboration with Elizabeth Wysen
There is another reason you may want to come a little earlier.
Elizabeth Wysen will be holding her retreat here at Living Ground immediately before my Dried Blood Analysis Workshop. We have purposefully put these two experiences together, with a day between them to rest, integrate and enjoy Living Ground.
Elizabeth’s work focuses on the spiritual and emotional aspects of healing, while my workshop takes you into Terrain Theory, the blood, the microbiome, herbs, food and the physical terrain. Bringing the two together gives you the opportunity to explore health from very different directions within one experience.
You do not have to attend both. You are very welcome to come only for Dried Blood Analysis.
If you would like to experience the complete program with both Elizabeth and me, the full package pricing is:
Offsite + Lunches, Snacks and Drinks
$4,150
Both Workshops + Shared Room + All Meals
$4,825
Both Workshops + Private Room + All Meals
$4,990
You can learn more about Elizabeth’s retreat and register for her portion directly with her.
Ready to Join Us?
If you are ready to participate, you can apply for one of the upcoming Dried Blood Analysis workshops. If you have questions or would like more information first, please get in touch.
Reserve Your Place
A $500 deposit is required to reserve your place. The deposit is the same for all workshop and accommodation packages and is applied toward your total fee.
Wire Transfer
Wire transfer is our preferred method for making your deposit.
Banco de Loja
Beneficiary Bank Address
Rocafuerte and Bolívar, corner
City and Country
Loja, Ecuador
Telephone
073701600
SWIFT Code
LOJBECEL
Beneficiary Name
Leisha Maria Giddings
Account Number
2901369219
Identification / Cédula
1151734553
PayPal
PayPal is also available. A 5% processing fee is added when using PayPal.
Contact me if you would like to make your deposit through PayPal and I will send you the payment information.
The remainder of your workshop and accommodation fee can be paid by wire transfer before you arrive or in cash when you are here. We prefer wire transfer and cash whenever possible.
Need information or have questions about your deposit?
EMAIL LEISHA