Class Description

An Overview and Introduction to Herbal Medicine
Learn the history of herbal medicine and how you can discover the joy of using herbs for yourself. Is it safe? Is it effective? How is it done?

Adaptogenic Herbs for Vitality
These special plants offer us their medicine to enhance our well-being and quality of life. Learn how to use these green gifts from the plant “kindom.”

An Herbal Good Night
Make your own dream pillow, room spray and herbal tea blend to help give you a good night’s sleep.

Find Your Menopausal Zest!
“There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.” (Margaret Mead). Let’s learn what herbs enhance that zest! Herbal medicine offers a wide range of help for hot flashes, maintaining strong bones, a good night’s sleep and more.

Find Your Menopausal Zest - Part 2
More healthy suggestions to cultivate and nurture that zest. Learn more about healthy nutrition, foods (including using sea vegetables in delicious ways), additional herbs, and flower essences that will support us during this potent and challenging transition.

Five Easy Herbs for Health
Learn five herbs you can easily use in your daily life for health and wellness. Herbs for heart health, healthy hair and bones, a whole body tonic and more.

Growing, Harvesting and Drying Herbs
Practical tips for creating an herb garden; learn how to grow specific herbs, how and when to harvest and techniques for drying herbs for use all year long.

Herb Walks
Field and woods excursions, seasonally determined, to learn how to identify a variety of wild plants.

Herbal Remedies for Depression
Learn how herbal medicine can help treat depression effectively. We will explore the use of various plants to help with this common ailment.

Herbal First Aid
Learn what herbs can be used safely and easily to treat ailments and injuries; Find out what herbs can make an effective home first aid kit.

Herbal Spring Tonics for Vitality
Learn what herbs you can use to wake up your body this spring after a long winter. Sample some healthy and delicious teas and tonic drinks to cleanse and energize you for the season ahead.

Herbal Stress Relief
Stressed out? Learn a gentle way to use herbs for anxiety relief and find out which herbs offer a path to wellness and calm.

Herbal Teatime
Learn how to make teas, infusions, decoctions, and tinctures to improve and maintan your good health.

Herbal Treatments for Lyme Disease
There are many herbs that can be helpful in treating this debilitating disease. Learn some powerful plant-based strategies to treat the disease and its co-infections.

Herbal Salves and Syrups
Learn how to make your own herbal salves and syrups for a variety of applications.

Love Your Liver
The liver is the largest solid organ in the body and has a wide range of vital effects. Its healthy functioning is essential for the well-being of one’s entire body and mind. Learn what herbs facilitate maintaining a healthy liver and vibrant health.

Numen, the Movie
Numen is about the healing power of plants and the natural world. Featuring stunning footage of medicinal plants and moving interviews with leading herbalists, doctors, ecologists and others, Numen provides a vision of healthcare rooted in the traditions of herbal medicine, and offers concrete steps to improve individual and environmental health. (Taken from www.imdb.com)

Winter Health Head Start
Try something different this winter season! Find out which specific herbs to use to boost immunity and to treat common winter ailments. Receive recipes to take home.

Herbs for Women’s Health
Rediscover your wise woman self and uncover which herbs can be used to care for our unique bodies. Herbs to use for PMS, infections, breast health, fertility and other female issues will be discussed. From Dandelion to Motherwort to Black Cohosh to Rhodiola, learn some effective herbs to include in your daily life.

Using Herbs for Wellness and Longevity
Come learn the way to use these herbal allies in attaining good health for yourself and loved ones. We’ll discuss many herbs that can help us on the road to joy and health, recharging our bodies and spirit.