Herbal RESEARCH for the Discerning Herbalist
With Mimi Hernandez – Online class with Recording
Scientific research can be a critical component of the herbalist’s wisdom base. Learn the relevance and irrelevance of research in the study of herbal medicine. Learn to engage with research in a meaningful way to uncover the intricacies of healing plants while practicing discernment, respecting the role of tradition, and understanding the potential of placebo. Discover the vocabulary used to refer to various types of study. Walk through a literature search and receive tips on reading scientific studies. Through this experience, Mimi demystifies the process of accessing and understanding studies.
Herbal Support for VIBRANT BRAIN HEALTH: Including post-COVID cognitive challenges
With Mimi Hernandez – Online class with Recording
Cognitive decline, lack of focus, and loss of memory are concerns that affect many folks, young and old. Whether from a storied background of tradition or based on clinically relevant scientific inquiry, several herbs are considered to support clarity of thought. Herbs can be allies for those facing experiences associated with brain fog, dementia, and Alzheimer’s. Learn about the underlying causes of cognitive loss and how healthy oils, foods, and herbs can positively impact brain health. Mimi also shares a personal story about her journey toward vibrant brain health in her recovery from Covid-associated brain fog.
Our WONDROUS HEART and its Endocrine Function
With Phyllis Light – Online class with Recording
Join Phyllis D. Light as she delves into both the ancestral traditions and the latest mind-blowing research on the Heart as an Endocrine Gland. This is a groundbreaking view of the heart that has been researched for several years by independent scholars, such as Stephen Buhner, and research institutes, such as the Heart Math Institute, as well as major universities. In addition, we will also discuss the more common view of the heart as a pump and the blood it moves.
Exploration of THYROID HEALTH & its Relationship to HPA
With Phyllis Light – Online class with Recording
With so many viruses, medications and environmental toxicants, the very sensitive endocrine system is becoming more vulnerable. Join us for a rare day of exploring the endocrine system with herbalist Phyllis Light. The morning session will cover an overview of the HPA-axis (hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis) and how it is being tasked at this time.
In the afternoon, we will do an in-depth look at thyroid function, test assessment, as well as nutritional and herbal treatment protocols. Phyllis has been working with thyroid health for decades and brings a wealth of scientific knowledge as well as tried and true traditional remedies.
HERB and PRESCRIPTION DRUG INTERACTIONS
With Mimi Hernandez – Online class with Recording
Mimi Hernandez, clinical herbalist and Director of American Herbalists Guild will take us through a perfect day of presenting these vital topics of herbal medicine with a clear and accessible power point that makes this necessary science for herbalism very understandable…
SACRED and SPECIAL HERBS – Rues, Resins, and Roses
With Mimi Hernandez – Online class with Recording
Rue, Resins, and Roses: Sacred on Mimi’s healing altar are the old world protections of Rue, the medicinal resins of Sangre de Drago and Copal, and the healing enchantments of Rose. Receive the offering of these healing plants…
NAVIGATING DEPRESSION as a Tool for Transformation
Online class with Recording – with Kat Maier
The causes of depression are almost as varied as those who present with this heartbreaking challenge. While hormones and neurotransmitters are a definite part of the puzzle, Chinese Medicine provides us with an amazing way to view our mental health through the seasons. This class will travel through the five seasons and look to how different organ systems and emotions related to each other, can play a significant role in anxiety as well as depression…
VITALISM and WESTERN ENERGETICS HERBALISM
– Our Natural Landscape
Online class with Recording – with Kat Maier
An introduction to Vitalism, tissue states and an energetic framework for our plant medicines. This is a four part series with the last evening being clinical/practical applications…
PREVIOUS CLASSES
CORONAVIRUS and BUILDING our IMMUNITY
March 12, 2020 @ 6:30 – 8:30pm Audio recording available to purchase.
There is a tremendous amount of dialogue happening now in the herbal community about possible prevention as well as remedies for working with Coronavirus. The beauty of plant medicine, which is different than allopathic or conventional medicine, is that there are specific ways plants have for slowing viral replication and other issues….
A Day of CLINICAL and Truly SUSTAINABLE ESSENTIAL OILS
with Tim Blakely
March 14, 2020 @ 9:00am – 5:00pm.
Please join me with my dear friend Tim Blakely as we look at clinical uses of essential oils and the integration of them into herbal medicine practice. Tim has worked for Fronteir Herbs for over 40 years and travels the world ensuring that Aura Cacia oils are truly following parctices of sustainability…
KITCHEN APOTHECARY
July 11, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
With Heather Wetzel. This class can stand-alone or be a wonderful conclusion to the garden class taught the day before. In this class, participants will make herbal preparations harvested from the day before. These are safe and time-honored recipes to be used for the family. We will learn the art of making salves, tinctures, oils and teas as…
WINTER SERIES
Attend a class on it’s own or as a series of three for a discounted price of $160. Classes taught by Kat and all materials included.
This series will benefit Botanica Mobile Clinic.
WINTER ALLIES
January 18, 2020 @ 10:00am – 3:00pm
Preparing for Immune and Respiratory Health:
This will be the same class offered in the fall but there was a wait list so we want to open it up again. Herbal allies for preventing flus, clearing coughs and recuperating with greater ease and strength are indispensable for staying healthy all winter long….
NAVIGATING DEPRESSION as a Tool of Transformation
March 19, 2020 @ 6:30 – 9:30pm. Recording available to purchase. see above.
The causes of depression are almost as varied as those who present with this heartbreaking challenge. While hormones and neurotransmitters are a definite part of the puzzle, Chinese Medicine provides us with an amazing way to view our mental health through the seasons. This class will travel through the five seasons and look to how different organ systems and emotions related to each other….
MATTERS OF THE HEART – Cardiovascular health and Cholesterol Myths
February 8, 2020 @ 10:00am – 2:00pm
Many people today are faced with challenging questions about their cardiovascular health. The medicalization of our hearts is taking away our confidence in our ability to sustain our own health. This class looks at the myths surrounding hypertension, high cholesterol and statin drugs. We will talk about cholesterol as our primary anti-oxidant for dealing with stress and look at the deep reaches stress plays in our world today….
