Class Descriptions:
Plant Walk with Valerie Segrest
As we walk outside we are surrounded by the humblest of teachers, revolutionaries and allies. We call them the little people or plant people, and in Coast Salish teachings it is the small, seemingly insignificant things that brings the biggest change in our world. The plant people teach us powerful lessons by simply being who they are. During this plant walk we will reflect on those teachings, sharing only what feels appropriate and keeping other revelations to ourselves as we witness the beauty and wonder of the plant people.
Herbalism as the Medicine(s) of Place with Orna Izakson
Part of the appeal of plant medicines are their complexity--constituents, energetics, species differences, even regional differences within species. And while we talk about plants showing up with the medicines needed for a particular place, how does place show up to support the power of the medicine? In this session, we will discuss the medicines of place; how the plants around us both bring nature into us and bring us back to nature; and the practical application of these concepts in clinical practice.
The Magical Lore and Medicine of the Elder Tree with Corinne Boyer
In this class, you will learn about some of the incredible history of the elder tree, a tree long thought to have a spirit of its own for many generations of people, in Europe particularly. We will look at the folklore surrounding the elder and ask the important questions: Why is this important? What does it tell us about this tree? Elder has been used for protection and magic for hundreds of years. We will also look at the many medicinal uses of elder, called by some ‘The Medicine Chest of the Country People’. Harvesting and medicine making will be covered. Samples of elder flower tea and elderberry elixir will be shared. Join us for a more in depth look into this household simple, sure to be inspiring and engaging to the imagination. Handouts with recipes will be provided. _
Free Fire Cider! with Tracy Heron-Moore
The western herbal community has been freely teaching and sharing and making and giving recipes and bottles of Fire Cider for decades now. This traditional formula belongs to all of us. Yet recently, a company has filed to own the trademark rights to Fire Cider, and has been shutting down anyone else trying to sell their version. Let’s look at the implications of this together. Let’s come together to defend our common treasury. We will be hearing updates on the legal case, and making and tasting samples of this pungent, spicy tonic. May the Fire blaze strong and true in our hearts!
Adaptogens: Two-edged Swords with Paul Bergner
Adaptogens are herbs with anti-stress and anti-fatigue effects. Used in a context of an appropriate lifestyle, they may assist with the stages of recovery from chronic disease in a patient with burnout. Used inappropriately as stimulants, they may facilitate deeper burnout of the endocrine system. We will discuss the right and wrong use of a dozen adaptogenic herbs, including their energetic indications and contraindications from traditional Chinese medicine. With case studies of both the helpful and the injurious effects of these herbs.
30 Herbs to Heal Your Village: Understanding What You Really Need with Erico Schleicher
What do you really need to be an effective herbalist? A deep understanding of locally accessible herbs and how to combine them, along with basic knowledge of typical health complaints and therapeutic principles, and a close connection to the particular needs of your community - all of these intersect at the conceptual nodes represented by a relatively small materia medica of plant medicines whose energetics you know thoroughly and intimately. In this "demystified approach to being extraordinarily helpful," we can develop into herbal medicine workers for our people... while avoiding all the psychic stresses that accompany limited access to esoteric arts and secret knowledge. We will share simple steps to improve the post-capitalist resilience of our whole "village."
"When an old man dies, it's a library burning" - the Herbal Revival in Nicaragua with Tania Neubauer
In 2007-8, I practiced naturopathic medicine in a rural public hospital in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan community organizations devoted to herbal medicine inspired me tremendously with their ability to reach and involve thousands of people with little money involved. In the interest of journeying outside the North American bubble and seeing what is truly possible in the field of community herbal medicine, I will discuss two Nicaraguan herbal foundations, Isnaya and Cecalli. These organizations have trained a network of twenty thousand community herbalists, interviewed community members and published books on indigenous medicinal plants, created their own farms and laboratories to produce their own teas and tinctures, and hosted gatherings of herbalists from across Latin America. The history of the suppression of indigenous medicine, the revival of herbal medicine during the US embargo in the 1980s, and the current exciting developments in nationwide legal recognition of indigenous medicine and integration into the national health system will also be covered.
Energetic Diagnostics: Reading the Face, Tongue and Pulse with Erin Adams
As an herbalist we are required to assess and understand what is going on inside a person's body and within their organs without the use of high tech medical equipment and tests. But, that's okay! It is how medicine worked for the majority of human history. And, there are reliable and consistent ways to assess what you cannot see deep with in the body tissues by using markers expressed where we CAN see. This class is based on 6 years of clinical experience, as well as, my work with herbalist and author Matthew Wood. Students will get a basic overview of how to "see" stress, disease, organ weakness, and energetic imbalances as they manifest on the face, tongue, body and in the pulse. A basic understanding of energetics and tissue states is recommended; as this short intro class will focus on how to read the maps of the body but will not cover an in-depth lesson on what tissue states are or mean for treatment.
Body image: a holistic approach with Traci Picard
Wellness and illness do not occur in a vacuum. How can we view our own body image in a context of the greater culture? Where do our somatic ideas come from? Exploring body image leadership, setting examples and asking questions with ourselves/students/ clients/community. We will discuss ways to examine pre-conceptions and the way we feel about out own bodies, how it affects the healing process. Including emotional, physical, spiritual and political angles and radical self-love and acceptance as a practice.
Medicine and nourishment lessons about colonization, addictions, death and rebirth with Ga Ching Kong
Food. Plants. Needles. I will tell some good stories about working with my own people’s medicine as a border-crossing acupuncturist working on reserves and in urban settings to suture the many wounds of colonization. In the last two years, my practice braids Chinese medicine with lessons about receiving nourishment from the land; what we eat, how we grow our food and how we cleanse is intrinsically linked to how we build relationships with plants, and with the spirit world around and inside of us. This deep relationship with food and medicine and self begins to close the cracks and fissures that colonization opened through which addictions and trauma and other unhappy stuff grows. Honestly folks, I am very excited to share about this work. If all goes really well, then this workshop will be a circle, a song and a collective ethical response (and possibly some plant medicine discussion) about the big topics of colonization and addictions that is useful to our life practices and thinking about plants and people.
Top 5 Herbs from the Olympia Free Herbal Clinic with Renee Davis and Thea Schnase
In this workshop, Renee & Thea will highlight & discuss commonly encountered conditions clinic setting--especially those relating to mental health and digestion. We will discuss botanical treatment strategies and outline uses for our top five botanicals at the Olympia Free Herbal Clinic.
Dream Talk with June O'Brien
In this workshop we explore what dreams are telling us about the soul’s journey. The dream maker, the one who creates our dreams, chooses the language and images, orchestrates the action – it is she who artfully initiates a conversation, gives us feedback, makes suggestions. Or, she may tell us how the universe is made, describe the configuration of DNA, or ancestors arrive to reorganize the past. Gods appear. From the leading edge of the psyche the dream maker reports. Most of all, however, the dream maker tries to show you what you are, your magnitude.
Between the Worlds: Autism from an Autistic Perspective with Sean Donahue
William Blake famously wrote of the doors of perception which, when cleansed, opened into the infinite. Contemporary neurobiology calls these doors sensory gating channels. To be Autistic is to live in the world with those doors wide open.In this workshop, led by an Autistic herbalist, we will explore and de-pathologize Autism, look at how concepts of "neurotypicality" and "high function" and "low function" arise from and serve a capitalist culture and do violence to Autistic people, and explore the ways in which plant relationships and plant medicines can help Autistic people deal with the sensory overwhelm that comes from living in this culture.
Herbal Alchemy and Spagyrics with Sean Croke
Spagyrics are a form of herbal products that have been created and used since the time of Paracelsus. They are very technically advanced to create, often taking months or years to come to completion.This class will cover some alchemical theory and history, but will primarily focus on practical lab techniques to create these unique medicines.
Plant Walk: Nervines/Adaptogens with Sean Croke
We will look at a group of plants that are beneficial to the nervous sytem and bring about a sense of ease. Most of these plants prefer to grow in damp and shady places, so you probably want some rubber boots. We will discuss harvest tips and medicinal uses and personality traits for each plant.
The Herbalist's role as Gatekeepers to the world of plants with Yarrow Willard
Throughout history the path of our species has been intimately woven into the world of plants, as both food and medicine. Now though more than ever we have lost our kin-ection with these life sustaining companions. In this intensive, we will explore how the re-emergence of the modern day herbalists in their many shapes and forms hold a key role in our collective integration of the lost science of plant spirit connection. Through deciphering and integrating the codes that plants carry in their chemistry and essence, we herbalists act as gatekeepers in assisting the restoration of humanities role in protecting and caring for the natural world.
Pedicularis: Elephant's Head, Parrot's Beak, Indian Warrior and Friends with Howie Brounstein
Pedicularis has risen in popularity over the last few years. This valuable local plant is difficult to purchase on the market, and shrouded in misconceptions on the internet. I will discuss its uses as well as its history, ecology, wildcrafting techniques, and analogs. Drawing from 30 years experience with this plant, I will use case histories, illustrative stories, blood work, and humor.
Our Friend the Dandelion with Elise Krohn and Elizabeth Campbell
Sometimes powerful medicine hides right beneath our feet. In this interactive workshop, Elise and Elizabeth will share how to use dandelion as a nutritious food, a topical remedy, and an internal medicine. We will sample dandelion bud pickles, roasted dandelion root tea, dandelion vinegar, dandelion flower cream, and other creations. Come celebrate the many gifts of America’s most common weed.
Northwest Analogs to Common Trade Herbs: With Nome McBride
Part of learning to heal ourselves is learning to heal the land all around us. Even as herbalists and doctors we are commonly directed to herbs from far and exotic places. While in a global social economy and a global health “crisis” we may need some of these far-off medicines for very specific pathologies, there are many times when a locally abundant, native or exotic botanical is equal to or even more efficacious than one of these far off imports. By learning what these bioregional plants are and how they can be used, our apothecaries gain resilience and as practitioners we are given a chance to educate about our localforests, while instilling pride and a mindset of respect and conservation for local landscapes into our patients. Specifically, we will explore Angelica spp., Valerian spp., Arnica spp., Ligusticum spp., Lysichiton americanum, Anemone occidentalis, Pedicularis spp., and others time permitting. We will use various examples and organoleptic tasting to help us understand how to incorporate these herbs into a practice and replace their common trade herb counterparts with these often more potent, bioregionally local botanicals. Harvest methods, sustainability, and a brief materia medica highlighting differences amongst species within each genus will be given for each botanical.
Deep Sea Secrets of a Mermaid’s Vibrant Health with Angela Willard
Seaweeds are a miracle food that have been a key component in coastal peoples diet since at least 12,000 BCE. Bringing seaweed into our daily lives is advantageous to our well being for many reasons. Come learn about some of the phenomenal nutritive and medicinal benefits of these water world wonders! In this class we will look at the unique properties of the 3 categories of macro algae; reds, browns, and greens. Our main focus will be on local seaweeds and how to incorporate them into your practice.
Making Herbal Medicine: Exploring Herbal Vinegars, Oxymels, and Honeys with Erin Vicha
Tinctures are a very popular form of preparing and administering herbs, but this class will explore some less common and sometimes more accessible herbal preparations. Using the simple ingredients of vinegar and honey we will do some hands on medicine making. We will also discuss which herbs are best suited for these preparations and do some taste testing.
Empowerment from the Roots; Stories of Indigenous Midwifery and Community-Centered Health Care with Rhonda Lee Grantham
With ancestral wisdom, knowledge of plant medicines, and unspoken cultural understanding, midwives & healers have offered their hands in service throughout the journey of pregnancy and childbirth. Generations of women share in this universal, triumphant experience. And yet, the burdens of disease, poverty, and access to emergency care result in health disparities that are both unacceptable and heartbreaking. Every day, nearly 1,000 women die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, with almost all maternal deaths (99%) occurring in the “developing” world. In an obstetric-minded attempt to improve maternal-child health, “traditional birth attendants” continue to be systematically oppressed in a government-funded move towards institutionalized birth. In this workshop, we will ask the question, “Is it possible to bridge the gifts of Indigenous midwifery (shared culture, language, and community), with the gems of modern medicine (such as family planning resources and access to life-saving care)?” Through her lens as a Native American woman, with an interest in Anthropology and Global Health, Rhonda Grantham will share stories of her travels and experience as an International Midwife. Rhonda has worked side-by-side with Indigenous Midwives in a variety of birth settings around the world, from overcrowded public hospitals & midwifery-ran birth centers, to home births in mud huts and wooden jungle shacks. By presenting different models of care, we will explore issues such as “Who holds the position of power”, “What is the overall impact on the community” and of particular interest, “What is the role, throughout the past, present, and future, of the traditional healers and midwives?”
Drinking and Pissing with Maryann Abbs.
An overview of the urinary tract and the health benefits of water and water-based medicines.
Plant Walk with Valerie Segrest
As we walk outside we are surrounded by the humblest of teachers, revolutionaries and allies. We call them the little people or plant people, and in Coast Salish teachings it is the small, seemingly insignificant things that brings the biggest change in our world. The plant people teach us powerful lessons by simply being who they are. During this plant walk we will reflect on those teachings, sharing only what feels appropriate and keeping other revelations to ourselves as we witness the beauty and wonder of the plant people.
Herbalism as the Medicine(s) of Place with Orna Izakson
Part of the appeal of plant medicines are their complexity--constituents, energetics, species differences, even regional differences within species. And while we talk about plants showing up with the medicines needed for a particular place, how does place show up to support the power of the medicine? In this session, we will discuss the medicines of place; how the plants around us both bring nature into us and bring us back to nature; and the practical application of these concepts in clinical practice.
The Magical Lore and Medicine of the Elder Tree with Corinne Boyer
In this class, you will learn about some of the incredible history of the elder tree, a tree long thought to have a spirit of its own for many generations of people, in Europe particularly. We will look at the folklore surrounding the elder and ask the important questions: Why is this important? What does it tell us about this tree? Elder has been used for protection and magic for hundreds of years. We will also look at the many medicinal uses of elder, called by some ‘The Medicine Chest of the Country People’. Harvesting and medicine making will be covered. Samples of elder flower tea and elderberry elixir will be shared. Join us for a more in depth look into this household simple, sure to be inspiring and engaging to the imagination. Handouts with recipes will be provided. _
Free Fire Cider! with Tracy Heron-Moore
The western herbal community has been freely teaching and sharing and making and giving recipes and bottles of Fire Cider for decades now. This traditional formula belongs to all of us. Yet recently, a company has filed to own the trademark rights to Fire Cider, and has been shutting down anyone else trying to sell their version. Let’s look at the implications of this together. Let’s come together to defend our common treasury. We will be hearing updates on the legal case, and making and tasting samples of this pungent, spicy tonic. May the Fire blaze strong and true in our hearts!
Adaptogens: Two-edged Swords with Paul Bergner
Adaptogens are herbs with anti-stress and anti-fatigue effects. Used in a context of an appropriate lifestyle, they may assist with the stages of recovery from chronic disease in a patient with burnout. Used inappropriately as stimulants, they may facilitate deeper burnout of the endocrine system. We will discuss the right and wrong use of a dozen adaptogenic herbs, including their energetic indications and contraindications from traditional Chinese medicine. With case studies of both the helpful and the injurious effects of these herbs.
30 Herbs to Heal Your Village: Understanding What You Really Need with Erico Schleicher
What do you really need to be an effective herbalist? A deep understanding of locally accessible herbs and how to combine them, along with basic knowledge of typical health complaints and therapeutic principles, and a close connection to the particular needs of your community - all of these intersect at the conceptual nodes represented by a relatively small materia medica of plant medicines whose energetics you know thoroughly and intimately. In this "demystified approach to being extraordinarily helpful," we can develop into herbal medicine workers for our people... while avoiding all the psychic stresses that accompany limited access to esoteric arts and secret knowledge. We will share simple steps to improve the post-capitalist resilience of our whole "village."
"When an old man dies, it's a library burning" - the Herbal Revival in Nicaragua with Tania Neubauer
In 2007-8, I practiced naturopathic medicine in a rural public hospital in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan community organizations devoted to herbal medicine inspired me tremendously with their ability to reach and involve thousands of people with little money involved. In the interest of journeying outside the North American bubble and seeing what is truly possible in the field of community herbal medicine, I will discuss two Nicaraguan herbal foundations, Isnaya and Cecalli. These organizations have trained a network of twenty thousand community herbalists, interviewed community members and published books on indigenous medicinal plants, created their own farms and laboratories to produce their own teas and tinctures, and hosted gatherings of herbalists from across Latin America. The history of the suppression of indigenous medicine, the revival of herbal medicine during the US embargo in the 1980s, and the current exciting developments in nationwide legal recognition of indigenous medicine and integration into the national health system will also be covered.
Energetic Diagnostics: Reading the Face, Tongue and Pulse with Erin Adams
As an herbalist we are required to assess and understand what is going on inside a person's body and within their organs without the use of high tech medical equipment and tests. But, that's okay! It is how medicine worked for the majority of human history. And, there are reliable and consistent ways to assess what you cannot see deep with in the body tissues by using markers expressed where we CAN see. This class is based on 6 years of clinical experience, as well as, my work with herbalist and author Matthew Wood. Students will get a basic overview of how to "see" stress, disease, organ weakness, and energetic imbalances as they manifest on the face, tongue, body and in the pulse. A basic understanding of energetics and tissue states is recommended; as this short intro class will focus on how to read the maps of the body but will not cover an in-depth lesson on what tissue states are or mean for treatment.
Body image: a holistic approach with Traci Picard
Wellness and illness do not occur in a vacuum. How can we view our own body image in a context of the greater culture? Where do our somatic ideas come from? Exploring body image leadership, setting examples and asking questions with ourselves/students/ clients/community. We will discuss ways to examine pre-conceptions and the way we feel about out own bodies, how it affects the healing process. Including emotional, physical, spiritual and political angles and radical self-love and acceptance as a practice.
Medicine and nourishment lessons about colonization, addictions, death and rebirth with Ga Ching Kong
Food. Plants. Needles. I will tell some good stories about working with my own people’s medicine as a border-crossing acupuncturist working on reserves and in urban settings to suture the many wounds of colonization. In the last two years, my practice braids Chinese medicine with lessons about receiving nourishment from the land; what we eat, how we grow our food and how we cleanse is intrinsically linked to how we build relationships with plants, and with the spirit world around and inside of us. This deep relationship with food and medicine and self begins to close the cracks and fissures that colonization opened through which addictions and trauma and other unhappy stuff grows. Honestly folks, I am very excited to share about this work. If all goes really well, then this workshop will be a circle, a song and a collective ethical response (and possibly some plant medicine discussion) about the big topics of colonization and addictions that is useful to our life practices and thinking about plants and people.
Top 5 Herbs from the Olympia Free Herbal Clinic with Renee Davis and Thea Schnase
In this workshop, Renee & Thea will highlight & discuss commonly encountered conditions clinic setting--especially those relating to mental health and digestion. We will discuss botanical treatment strategies and outline uses for our top five botanicals at the Olympia Free Herbal Clinic.
Dream Talk with June O'Brien
In this workshop we explore what dreams are telling us about the soul’s journey. The dream maker, the one who creates our dreams, chooses the language and images, orchestrates the action – it is she who artfully initiates a conversation, gives us feedback, makes suggestions. Or, she may tell us how the universe is made, describe the configuration of DNA, or ancestors arrive to reorganize the past. Gods appear. From the leading edge of the psyche the dream maker reports. Most of all, however, the dream maker tries to show you what you are, your magnitude.
Between the Worlds: Autism from an Autistic Perspective with Sean Donahue
William Blake famously wrote of the doors of perception which, when cleansed, opened into the infinite. Contemporary neurobiology calls these doors sensory gating channels. To be Autistic is to live in the world with those doors wide open.In this workshop, led by an Autistic herbalist, we will explore and de-pathologize Autism, look at how concepts of "neurotypicality" and "high function" and "low function" arise from and serve a capitalist culture and do violence to Autistic people, and explore the ways in which plant relationships and plant medicines can help Autistic people deal with the sensory overwhelm that comes from living in this culture.
Herbal Alchemy and Spagyrics with Sean Croke
Spagyrics are a form of herbal products that have been created and used since the time of Paracelsus. They are very technically advanced to create, often taking months or years to come to completion.This class will cover some alchemical theory and history, but will primarily focus on practical lab techniques to create these unique medicines.
Plant Walk: Nervines/Adaptogens with Sean Croke
We will look at a group of plants that are beneficial to the nervous sytem and bring about a sense of ease. Most of these plants prefer to grow in damp and shady places, so you probably want some rubber boots. We will discuss harvest tips and medicinal uses and personality traits for each plant.
The Herbalist's role as Gatekeepers to the world of plants with Yarrow Willard
Throughout history the path of our species has been intimately woven into the world of plants, as both food and medicine. Now though more than ever we have lost our kin-ection with these life sustaining companions. In this intensive, we will explore how the re-emergence of the modern day herbalists in their many shapes and forms hold a key role in our collective integration of the lost science of plant spirit connection. Through deciphering and integrating the codes that plants carry in their chemistry and essence, we herbalists act as gatekeepers in assisting the restoration of humanities role in protecting and caring for the natural world.
Pedicularis: Elephant's Head, Parrot's Beak, Indian Warrior and Friends with Howie Brounstein
Pedicularis has risen in popularity over the last few years. This valuable local plant is difficult to purchase on the market, and shrouded in misconceptions on the internet. I will discuss its uses as well as its history, ecology, wildcrafting techniques, and analogs. Drawing from 30 years experience with this plant, I will use case histories, illustrative stories, blood work, and humor.
Our Friend the Dandelion with Elise Krohn and Elizabeth Campbell
Sometimes powerful medicine hides right beneath our feet. In this interactive workshop, Elise and Elizabeth will share how to use dandelion as a nutritious food, a topical remedy, and an internal medicine. We will sample dandelion bud pickles, roasted dandelion root tea, dandelion vinegar, dandelion flower cream, and other creations. Come celebrate the many gifts of America’s most common weed.
Northwest Analogs to Common Trade Herbs: With Nome McBride
Part of learning to heal ourselves is learning to heal the land all around us. Even as herbalists and doctors we are commonly directed to herbs from far and exotic places. While in a global social economy and a global health “crisis” we may need some of these far-off medicines for very specific pathologies, there are many times when a locally abundant, native or exotic botanical is equal to or even more efficacious than one of these far off imports. By learning what these bioregional plants are and how they can be used, our apothecaries gain resilience and as practitioners we are given a chance to educate about our localforests, while instilling pride and a mindset of respect and conservation for local landscapes into our patients. Specifically, we will explore Angelica spp., Valerian spp., Arnica spp., Ligusticum spp., Lysichiton americanum, Anemone occidentalis, Pedicularis spp., and others time permitting. We will use various examples and organoleptic tasting to help us understand how to incorporate these herbs into a practice and replace their common trade herb counterparts with these often more potent, bioregionally local botanicals. Harvest methods, sustainability, and a brief materia medica highlighting differences amongst species within each genus will be given for each botanical.
Deep Sea Secrets of a Mermaid’s Vibrant Health with Angela Willard
Seaweeds are a miracle food that have been a key component in coastal peoples diet since at least 12,000 BCE. Bringing seaweed into our daily lives is advantageous to our well being for many reasons. Come learn about some of the phenomenal nutritive and medicinal benefits of these water world wonders! In this class we will look at the unique properties of the 3 categories of macro algae; reds, browns, and greens. Our main focus will be on local seaweeds and how to incorporate them into your practice.
Making Herbal Medicine: Exploring Herbal Vinegars, Oxymels, and Honeys with Erin Vicha
Tinctures are a very popular form of preparing and administering herbs, but this class will explore some less common and sometimes more accessible herbal preparations. Using the simple ingredients of vinegar and honey we will do some hands on medicine making. We will also discuss which herbs are best suited for these preparations and do some taste testing.
Empowerment from the Roots; Stories of Indigenous Midwifery and Community-Centered Health Care with Rhonda Lee Grantham
With ancestral wisdom, knowledge of plant medicines, and unspoken cultural understanding, midwives & healers have offered their hands in service throughout the journey of pregnancy and childbirth. Generations of women share in this universal, triumphant experience. And yet, the burdens of disease, poverty, and access to emergency care result in health disparities that are both unacceptable and heartbreaking. Every day, nearly 1,000 women die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, with almost all maternal deaths (99%) occurring in the “developing” world. In an obstetric-minded attempt to improve maternal-child health, “traditional birth attendants” continue to be systematically oppressed in a government-funded move towards institutionalized birth. In this workshop, we will ask the question, “Is it possible to bridge the gifts of Indigenous midwifery (shared culture, language, and community), with the gems of modern medicine (such as family planning resources and access to life-saving care)?” Through her lens as a Native American woman, with an interest in Anthropology and Global Health, Rhonda Grantham will share stories of her travels and experience as an International Midwife. Rhonda has worked side-by-side with Indigenous Midwives in a variety of birth settings around the world, from overcrowded public hospitals & midwifery-ran birth centers, to home births in mud huts and wooden jungle shacks. By presenting different models of care, we will explore issues such as “Who holds the position of power”, “What is the overall impact on the community” and of particular interest, “What is the role, throughout the past, present, and future, of the traditional healers and midwives?”
Drinking and Pissing with Maryann Abbs.
An overview of the urinary tract and the health benefits of water and water-based medicines.
FRIDAY:
3:30-4:30 REGISTRATION
4:30-5:00 OPENING CEREMONY with Ga Ching Kong
5-7 KEYNOTE with Sean Donahue: "Stories of the Living World: Cosmology and Herbal Praxis"
SATURDAY:
8:00-9:00 Registration
9-9:30 Introduction and orientation
9:30-11:00 CLASS
1. The Magical Lore and Medicine of the Elder Tree with Corinne Boyer
2. Free Fire Cider with Tracy Heron Moore
3. Embracing Invasive Species with Meg Cur
4. Dream Talk with June O'Brien
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 CLASS
1. Plant walk with Valerie Segrest
2. The Top 5 Herbs at The Olympia Free Herbal Clinic with Renee Davis and Thea Schnase
3. Deep Sea Secrets of a Mermaid's Vibrant Health with Angela Willard
4. Energetic Diagnostics: Reading the Face, Tongue and Pulse with Erin Adams
12:45-2:15 Lunch break
2:15-4:15 CLASS
1. Between The Worlds: Autism from an Autistic Perspective with Sean Donahue
2. When an old man dies, it's a library burning: The Herbal Revival in Nicaragua with Tania Neubauer
3. Beginning Medicine Making with Erin Vicha
4. Herbalism as The Medicine(s) of Place with Orna Izakson
5. Plant Walk: Nervines and Adaptogens with Sean Croke
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-6:30 KEYNOTE with Jasmyn Clift
6:30-7:30 Dinner Break
7:30-10pm Gala Celebration
SUNDAY:
9:30-11:30 CLASS
1. Advanced Medicine Making: Spagyrics and Alchemy with Sean Croke
2. Drinking and Pissing with Maryann Abbs
3. Pedicularis: Elephant's Head, Parrot's Beak, Indian Warrior and Friends with Howie Brounstein
4. Our Friend the Dandelion with Elise Krohn and Elizabeth Campbell
11:30-1:00 Lunch/Herb Swap
1:00-3:00 CLASS
1. Empowerment from the Roots; Stories of Indigenous Midwifery & Community-Centered Health Care with Rhonda Grantham
2. Body Image: A Holistic Approach with Traci Picard
3. Northwest Analogs to Common Trade Herbs with Nome McBride
4. 30 Herbs to Heal Your Village: Understanding What You Really Need with Erico Schleicher
3:00-3:15: Break
3:15-5:15: CLASS
1. The Herbalist's Role as Gatekeeper to the World of Plants with Yarrow Willard
2. Medicine and Nourishment: Lessons about Colonization, Addictions, Death and Rebirth with Ga Ching Kong
3. Adaptogens: Two-edged Swords with Paul Bergner
5:15-5:30: Break
5:30-6:00: CLOSING CEREMONY with Ga Ching Kong
3:30-4:30 REGISTRATION
4:30-5:00 OPENING CEREMONY with Ga Ching Kong
5-7 KEYNOTE with Sean Donahue: "Stories of the Living World: Cosmology and Herbal Praxis"
SATURDAY:
8:00-9:00 Registration
9-9:30 Introduction and orientation
9:30-11:00 CLASS
1. The Magical Lore and Medicine of the Elder Tree with Corinne Boyer
2. Free Fire Cider with Tracy Heron Moore
3. Embracing Invasive Species with Meg Cur
4. Dream Talk with June O'Brien
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 CLASS
1. Plant walk with Valerie Segrest
2. The Top 5 Herbs at The Olympia Free Herbal Clinic with Renee Davis and Thea Schnase
3. Deep Sea Secrets of a Mermaid's Vibrant Health with Angela Willard
4. Energetic Diagnostics: Reading the Face, Tongue and Pulse with Erin Adams
12:45-2:15 Lunch break
2:15-4:15 CLASS
1. Between The Worlds: Autism from an Autistic Perspective with Sean Donahue
2. When an old man dies, it's a library burning: The Herbal Revival in Nicaragua with Tania Neubauer
3. Beginning Medicine Making with Erin Vicha
4. Herbalism as The Medicine(s) of Place with Orna Izakson
5. Plant Walk: Nervines and Adaptogens with Sean Croke
4:15-4:30 Break
4:30-6:30 KEYNOTE with Jasmyn Clift
6:30-7:30 Dinner Break
7:30-10pm Gala Celebration
SUNDAY:
9:30-11:30 CLASS
1. Advanced Medicine Making: Spagyrics and Alchemy with Sean Croke
2. Drinking and Pissing with Maryann Abbs
3. Pedicularis: Elephant's Head, Parrot's Beak, Indian Warrior and Friends with Howie Brounstein
4. Our Friend the Dandelion with Elise Krohn and Elizabeth Campbell
11:30-1:00 Lunch/Herb Swap
1:00-3:00 CLASS
1. Empowerment from the Roots; Stories of Indigenous Midwifery & Community-Centered Health Care with Rhonda Grantham
2. Body Image: A Holistic Approach with Traci Picard
3. Northwest Analogs to Common Trade Herbs with Nome McBride
4. 30 Herbs to Heal Your Village: Understanding What You Really Need with Erico Schleicher
3:00-3:15: Break
3:15-5:15: CLASS
1. The Herbalist's Role as Gatekeeper to the World of Plants with Yarrow Willard
2. Medicine and Nourishment: Lessons about Colonization, Addictions, Death and Rebirth with Ga Ching Kong
3. Adaptogens: Two-edged Swords with Paul Bergner
5:15-5:30: Break
5:30-6:00: CLOSING CEREMONY with Ga Ching Kong