Intuitive Indigo: A Ritual Journey with the Indigo Plant
In this online course, Babs Behan, natural dyer (Botanical Inks) and intuitive indigo guide, shares a unique indigo dye practice that combines practical vat-making with somatic awareness, embodied ritual, and deep plant connection, allowing you to create meaningful ceremonial textiles and garments through the transformative alchemy of indigo.
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Who is this course for:
This course is for those who feel called to work with indigo not only as a dye, but as a living plant ally and a creative, meditative practice. It is for people who long to slow down, reconnect with their hands, senses, and intuition, and create textiles or garments that carry meaning, presence, and personal transformation.
It is especially suited to those who:
- Are drawn to natural dyes, plant wisdom, and slow craft
- Want to learn indigo dyeing in a way that is both practical and deeply embodied
- Feel inspired by ritual, somatic awareness, and creative self-development
- Long for a calmer, more intentional relationship with making
- Want to transform a garment or textile into something symbolic and ceremonial
- Are seeking grounding, presence, and a deeper connection with nature through creative practice
- Value mindfulness, beauty, and meaningful handmade processes
- Want to explore colour, cloth, and transformation as a personal ritual
- Are ready to move beyond fast, outcome-driven creativity into a slower, more intuitive way of working
The audience may be broad, but this course will especially resonate with women aged around 30–55 who are interested in natural living, conscious creativity, ritual practice, and embodied self-development. It may appeal to artists, makers, mothers, therapists, yoga practitioners, space holders, and anyone moving through a period of change who wants to create something tangible to hold intention, transformation, and beauty.
What will you learn
In this course, participants will learn the essential skills of working with indigo through a combination of practical instruction and embodied ritual practice. They will explore how to prepare and use an indigo vat, how to dye cloth with care and awareness, and how to engage with indigo through somatic presence, tea ritual, and plant connection.
As a result of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the core stages of the indigo dyeing process
- Prepare and work with an indigo vat in a clear, guided way
- Dye a symbolic garment or textile using mindful step-by-step techniques
- Practice dipping, oxidation, rinsing, and layering colour with more confidence
- Bring greater presence, intention, and sensory awareness into the act of dyeing
- Experience indigo dyeing as a meditative and creative ritual
- Create textiles or garments that carry personal meaning and ceremonial value
Why choose this course?
I created this course to share indigo not only as a natural dye technique, but as a slower, more intuitive and meaningful way of creating. In many learning spaces, indigo is taught mainly as a technical process: how to make a vat, how to dip cloth, how to achieve colour. These practical foundations are essential, and they are included in the course, but my own experience of working with indigo has always been much deeper than technique alone. Indigo invites presence, patience, sensory awareness, and relationship with a living plant. I wanted to create a course that reflects this fuller experience and gives participants a way to approach indigo as both craft and embodied practice.
What is unique about my approach is that it combines clear, step-by-step indigo vat making and dyeing instruction with somatic awareness, embodiment, ritual, and plant connection. In this course, participants do not simply learn how to achieve a beautiful blue colour. They are also invited to slow down, work with breath and full-body presence, and experience the scent, warmth, texture, and alchemical transformation of indigo through direct sensory practice. The tea ritual and the guided dye ritual make this course different from standard natural dye classes, because they introduce indigo as a living presence and a meditative process, not only as a material.
The course material was chosen to create a complete and carefully structured journey. The introductory video opens the space and presents the philosophy of the course. The indigo tea ritual allows participants to meet the plant through the senses and the body before beginning the practical work. The vat-making and use tutorial provides the essential technical knowledge needed to work with indigo with clarity and confidence. The guided dye ritual then brings these elements together in a focused ceremonial practice, where a garment or textile is dyed with intention, presence, and care. The outro video offers reflection and closure, helping participants integrate what they have learned.
I selected this material on the basis of my own practice and understanding of what makes indigo so powerful: not only the dye result itself, but the quality of attention it asks of us. The course is designed to be both grounded and elevated — practical enough to teach real skills, and spacious enough to offer a meaningful creative experience. As a result, participants gain not only knowledge of the indigo process, but also a more personal relationship with plant dyeing, ritual making, and the creation of textiles and garments that carry intention and significance.
Academic plan
5 video lessons
An introduction to the course philosophy, approach, and the deeper intention behind working with indigo. Participants are invited to see indigo not only as a dye, but as a slower and more embodied creative process.
A guided ritual for connecting with indigo through taste, scent, breath, and bodily awareness. This lesson establishes a more direct and personal relationship with the plant before practical dyeing begins.
A practical tutorial covering the essential stages of preparing and working with an indigo vat. Participants gain the foundational understanding needed to begin the dyeing process with more confidence.
A guided indigo dye ritual that combines practical dyeing with breath, sensory awareness, and ceremonial attention. Participants transform a symbolic textile or garment through repeated dipping, oxidation, and rinsing.
A short closing lesson offering reflection, gratitude, and completion. Participants are encouraged to carry forward what they have learned into future creative and dyeing practices.
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