There are 2 options for taking my Folk Herbalism course this year...
Option 1:
You may take this class as a completely online course from the comfort of your home.
If you choose this option, we will meet one Thursday evening a month, from 6 to 8 pm in a live class. The classes will also be recorded for you to watch on your own time. Through these classes, I will be giving you all the information, medicine-making instructions, and stories that I normally give in my live classes. I will also be available between classes both through email and on our class Facebook page to answer your questions and give you feedback on your own medicine-making trials. I've taught this course totally online twice already and have become comfortable with this format of sharing this way.
Option 2:
If you are local to the southern Chester County area and are comfortable with meeting with a small group of people outside (with masks for time being) for a couple of hours a month, you may take this course as a hybrid course.
For this option, we will meet one Saturday a month, from March through to November in addition to the online classes mentioned above. In-person classes will be 2 to 3 hours long, with a short break. These classes will include some discussion, some sharing, and some hands-on working with the plants in the garden, with possibly a couple of field trips thrown in. This hybrid option allows me to give you all the information I usually give in my live classes, plus the hands-on experience as well.
This option is limited to 8 people this year so that we can maintain safe social distancing while being together in the garden. (There are only 4 spaces left for the hybrid course.)
Whichever option you choose, we will be covering the following throughout the course…
herbal medicine making, including teas, tinctures, infused oils, vinegars, salves, creams, and more
developing your own materia medica (the herbs you know and work with intimately)
begin growing a medicinal herb garden to harvest from throughout the season
herbal energetics and how taste gives us clues to the medicinal actions of herbs
making and using flower essences
creating an herbal first aid bag
plant communication--the art of opening yourself to the plant spirits
herbal formulation--begin to develop your own recipes by combining plants that work together in combination
topical uses of herbs
My goal for this course is to take you to a place where you are comfortable using the medicinal herbs for the daily needs of yourself and your family. Folk herbalism was once commonplace among all cultures. People were empowered to work with the healing plants growing all around us for their daily health challenges. We can reclaim that knowledge and that power, and begin once again to cultivate relationship with the healing plants.
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To register, and reserve your spot in this year's course, send me an email to nettlejuice@gmail.com
Classes start on March18th!