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Featured Speaker Class Descriptions
7Song Adventures in Wildcrafting -Tales of gathering plants around the United States. This will be a combination storytelling class as well as practicalities of gathering plants. Tales include run-ins, injured body parts, and the exultation of finally finding a gatherable amount of the plant one seeks How Herbalists can Integrate with Integrity - Herbalists are one of the last health care modalities that remains unlicensed. This has both positive and negative attributes associated with it. This class explores some of our options as herbalists to bring our unique set of skills and medicines to a wider audience. It will draw heavily from my 5 years working at a mixed modality (conventional and holistic) free clinic in my hometown as well as other places I have volunteered. A large piece of this class will be devoted to answering attendee’s practical questions about their personal situations and how they can bring their skills forward. Plant Walk -On this walk we would meet local plants and discuss the importance of botanical characteristics (an examination of their individual parts), the plants’ relationships with other plants, ethical and practical ways of wildcrafting species we see, plants from other areas that have similar uses, and real-life clinical applications. Plus any good story that comes to mind.
Paul Bergner Vitalist Principles of Herbal Medicine The Vitalist Actions of Herbs
Howie Brounstein Skullcap, A Tonic Nervine - A discussion of nervines in general will begin this class. This will lead into Skullcap's specific indications and contra-indications illustrated with colorful case histories, as well as the ecology and specifics of a number of western Scutellaria spp. GI Tract Protocol - The GI tract protocol can be used for normalizing varied types of chronic digestive problems. Many clients have compromised GI tracts from a fast food vegan or other extended elimination diets, protein deficiencies, or multiple nutritional deficiencies. Symptom pictures range from full-blown chronic fatigue symptoms to multiple food sensitivities and brain fog. I will discuss the details of the protocol sprinkled liberally with case histories.
Charles Garcia Hispanic Herbalism - The Hispanic healing traditions of California, incorporating the herbal use of other cultures within the Latino experience. California Hispanic herbalism differs from the Mexican or Tejano, or Southwest traditions due to the various native and foreign cultures which helped form it. It is unique in herbal use and in some spiritual concepts of healing. Guerilla Herbalism - Street herbalism through helping the homeless, impoverished, and under insured, often under dangerous conditions. Can you devise a small but comprehensive herbal kit? Learn how. Do you know what conditions the homeless generally suffer from? Learn how to stabilize and treat it. Afraid of the street? Learn what time of month is the safest. Can you make allies? Who are they. Are you too idealistic? Find out. Street herbalism. It is not romantic, but it can be a rush.
Rosemary Gladstar Foundations of Women's Health Giving Back - Rosemary Gladstar, renowned herbalist and founder of United Plant Savers, talks at length about the importance of giving back to the natural world that provides the plants we use for medicine, and that imparts the wisdom needed now more than ever in these trying times. Recounting the very personal story of her own life and work, experiences and revelations, this fairy godmother of herbalism encourages us to ever more sweetly love what we do, as well as to act powerfully on behalf of the people, plants and planet that we love
Jesse Wolf Hardin The Calling - with Jesse Wolf Hardin and Carlos Lomas- A brief tribute to the diverse western healing traditions, to the many generations of empowered community healers, and to all of us who any way heed the heart’s call to help and to heal... Into the Green -Jesse Wolf Hardin will be joined by Rising Appalachia in weaving a special evocation of our heartful and biological connection to the wondrous plant world, telling the tale of this amazing relationship while musically delivering us to our personal place of wonderment and purpose. An Ecology of Healing: Health as Wholeness and Balance - Taught by Kiva Rose and Jesse Wolf Hardin, this class will be an in-depth exploration of healing as the body’s natural effort to be whole and in balance. Special focus will be placed on of the body as a dynamic ecosystem instead of a battlefield. Included are foundational elements of working with the whole person and the whole plant rather than isolating or compartmentalizing either human or herb. Tips and practical information will be provided on how to integrate the ecological perspective into an herbal practice and how to work towards healing based primarily on nourishment rather than intervention or conflict.
Phyllis Hogan Secrets of the Sisterhood For women only! We want to feel comfortable and uninhibited in this sharing circle so we can fully embrace our femaleness: from maiden, mother, to crone. We will discuss changes we experience as we journey through this life, and the plants that assist us along the way. We will learn about women's traditions in Southwest cultures, and the important roles they play. We'll talk about spirit plants and how they relate to feminine healing, and burn aromatic smudges and smokes, discovering how their daily use can empower us. We will learn and use herbs for everything from luscious skin, to lustrous hair, to yoni health. We'll discuss herbal bathing and experience facial steams, fruit and honey face-masks, hair care vinegars and oils. Join us for laughter, prayer, frivolity and especially flowers, roots, seeds and stems at this full on experience for women healers from all tribes and walks of life. Sending Your Voice Singing "The Original Divine Sound, which originated from the Supreme Sovereign, continuously without break reverberates throughout the hearts of the entire macrocosm and microcosm." -- Maharishi Mehi Paramahansa Ji All of life is energy, vibration, light and sound. Let's send our voice singing so the plant spirits hear us! Bring your favorite instruments, songs, offerings, prayer satchels, and voices to this interactive workshop where we will share with each other our Sacred Songs. We will start off talking about how to approach collecting our own plant medicines- with a clear heart and good intentions. We will learn about how different native tribes collect plants in respectful and honorable ways, with songs and prayer. We'll look at plants the way traditional elders do- as living spirit entities who are eager to communicate with us. We'll conclude with group sharing of our favorite songs that honor Mother Earth and Father Sky, the rivers, mountains, and plants. Aho!
Phyllis Light Principles of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine – Southern blood types (sweet, sour, bitter, salty), seasoning to the land, the directions (high, low, inward, outward), diagnostic, etc. and a brief history of the origins. The Power of One: Simples – Once upon a time, Simples were used for all our physical, psychological and magical health needs. Our elders knew the power and wonder of knowing an herb intimately and using it in-depth. Two herbs will be brewed and tasted during this class as we explore several herbs in depth and two in extreme depth. We will also discuss the process of making a Southern decoction; a little different than the Eastern ones.
Jim McDonald Foundational Herbcraft & Talking With Plants (with Kiva Rose) - A common sense look at how plants speak to use through our senses, and what they’re communicating. Jim and Kiva will explore the underlying elements of traditional western herbalism, including sense-based herbal energetics, primary herbal actions and ways of integrating these essential components into an effective healing practice. Differentiating Diaphoretics - While people commonly think of diaphoretics as "herbs to use during fevers to make you sweat", this is a limited understanding of an immensely important class of herbs that is as, if not possibly more, important than other classes of immune herbs that boost while blood cell production or kill microbes. Join Jim McDonald in an exploration of the fundamental role of diaphoretics in immunity, and how they can be used to support and enhance the body's vital response to infections from influenza to the common cold. Special attention will be paid to the differentiation and use of diaphoretics that stimulate, relax or do both at once.
Kiva Rose Foundational Herbcraft & Talking With Plants (with Jim McDonald) - A common sense look at how plants speak to use through our senses, and what they’re communicating. Jim and Kiva will explore the underlying elements of traditional western herbalism, including sense-based herbal energetics, primary herbal actions and ways of integrating these essential components into an effective healing practice. An Ecology of Healing: Health as Wholeness and Balance - Taught by Kiva Rose and Jesse Wolf Hardin, this class will be an in-depth exploration of healing as the body’s natural effort to be whole and in balance. Special focus will be placed on of the body as a dynamic ecosystem instead of a battlefield. Included are foundational elements of working with the whole person and the whole plant rather than isolating or compartmentalizing either human or herb. Tips and practical information will be provided on how to integrate the ecological perspective into an herbal practice and how to work towards healing based primarily on nourishment rather than intervention or conflict.
Matthew Wood Clinical Skills - Learn to evaluate energetic conditions (hot, cold, damp, dry, tense, relaxed etc.,) by complexion, tongue and pulse examination and simple questions. How to take a case, where to begin, what to treat. The four pillars of evaluation and treatment - 1) energetics, 2) organ systems, 3) action and 4) specific indications. Herbs for the Muscular & Skeletal Systems - Herbal treatment of locomotor injuries, problems of aging, arthritis, gout, lyme disease and more.
Featured Speaker Panel The Future of Grassroots Herbalism.... and what we can each do to help maintain the integrity of, conserve, deepen, spread and grow our earth-based healing traditions on into an uncertain – and certain to be challenging – future.
Guest Speaker Class Descriptions
Margi Flint Reading the Body - Before us we see a person whose face, nails, and tongue share the wondrous message of their path on Earth, so far. Let us sit together to read and share parts of the health stories we all wear, rewrite and sometimes have a page removed from! It is impossible to teach organ correspondences without mentioning our plant friends; they may jump in at any time to speak.
Darcey Blue French Nourishing the Wild Self: Body, Mind, and Heart - Exploring the importance and ways of nourishing the wildness and whole health of the body, mind, heart of the human being through food, herbs and and likewise our connection with the wilderness and its health, and how our choices in food and nourishing ourselves can nourish the wild heath of Gaia.
John Gallagher Grassroots Web Marketing for Herbalists - Do you have a herbal blog, website or sell a product online? Thinking about it? Want to build a grassroots community of loyal subscribers and customers? John Gallagher of LearningHerbs.com and HerbMentor.com shares his core secrets on website, traffic, email list and community building. These are essential to building a business or simply getting more readers. John will cover the four pillars of site building that 97% of herbal websites never pay attention to. The more effective we are with our websites, the more we help people form relationships with the healing gifts of the herbs. You'll learn how web marketing is not about "selling," but about giving, kindness, and the greater grassroots mission of connection people with plants.
Mimi Hernendez Mountain Roots - Discover the lore, tradition, and science behind Appalachia's most popular and native medicinal roots, from the well known and economically exalted roots of the culture like Ginseng and Black Cohosh to the local secret favorites like Yellowroot and Stoneroot and many more! Come away with tidbits on Appalachian culture past, present, and future and its contribution to our herbal materia medica. Bridging the Gap: Scientific and Traditional Uses of Plants – What is the difference between scientific and traditional evidence and how can we learn to speak the same language? Visit some examples of traditional applications as well as novel scientific uses of plant medicine. What can we learn from each model? Perhaps we’ll find the differences aren’t as great as we may have thought!.
Julie McIntyre Foundations of Community Herbalism - What makes a good Community Herbalist? We'll cover establishing rapport, the role of invisibles, attentive noticing, integrity. We'll discuss the importance of giving up preconceptions, developing and trusing our intuition and learning to see a thing as if for the first time. We'll cover the importantce of communication and relationship over techniques. From Herbalism To Earth Medicine: Deep Ecology And The Reclamation Of The Soul – Human beings have been in relationship with plants and the green world since before time began. In ancient and indigenous cultures there was no separation, all was sacred, alive, intelligent, caring and aware. Plants, trees, stones and the elements were part of daily relationship with food, medicine and wisdom. In modern times we’ve created a split, taking us further from living in community with all our relations. To mend that split we must return to working with and keeping the spirit of the plants alive in our work; to use relationship to transform herbal tinctures in to the livingness of earth medicine.
Rosalee de la Foret The Gift of Plants: Medicine, Food, Shelter and Clothing - As herbalists we often use plants for food and medicine but there are a myriad of ways we can bring the gifts of plants into our lives. This class will look at plants all over the US to learn out how our favorite medicinal and edible plants were used by natives for tools, shelter and clothing and how we can still use these practically in our lives today. This class will include a demonstration of how to make cordage as well as how to make fire from plants.
Monica Rude Grow Your Own Stress Relief - This talk will include a brief review of the many sources of stress in modern day life & the impact of stress on our natural stress response. To counteract this, Ms. Rude proposes growing a garden of flowers, herbs, & food to reduce physical, mental & spiritual stress, & to increase time spent in the parasympathetic mode. Herbs grown could include adaptogens & nervines to reduce the body's physical response to stress. Additionally, the act of gardening keeps us in touch with natural rhythms, demands physical exercise & provides an opportunity to observe interactions among insects, butterflies, birds & plants. Specifics will be given on plants to grow & how, including real live plants to see, smell & touch, suggestions on how to "be" in the garden, how to mingle your own healing energy with that of the plants for self-healing, self-empowerment & choosing of independence from mainstream "thinking".
CoreyPine Shane Refining our Tonics - Tonics are the cornerstone of traditional western herbalism and our "secret weapon" that mainstream medicine can't compare to. We will discuss how to choose effective remedies to address different conditions and constitutions. Blood Movers in Tradition and Practice - Refining the specifics of using circulatory stimulants and lymphatics for conditions as diverse as physical trauma and pain, menstrual cramps, and lumps and "accumulations" (This is a deeper exploration of some of the topics I explored in my last blog.)
Deborah Brandt Therapeutics for Mood Disorders: Allopathic to Herbal - This class will cover useful herbs in the treatment of depression, bipolar and anxiety disorders. Including considerations for combining herbs with conventional medication,using herbs alone, weaning off pharmaceuticals, and any potential dangers. . . |
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