This 4-part class is for beginners who want to bring herbs into their everyday life. We will explore the many facets of herbs and herbal medicine. Class will cover basic human physiology and common herbal remedies for each body system. Students will learn to prepare a number of herbal products, including herbal extracts, salves, lotions, syrups and teas. This class includes an herb walk to a local natural area.

This class is to help herbalists develop a deeper understanding of the heart and vascular systems in both health and disease.

Topics to be covered include:

• Physiology and pathophysiology of the cardiovascular system
• Physical examination for the cardiovascular system
• Clinical signs of heart disease including red flags
• Strategies for managing and referring clients for further evaluation and treatment

The class is designed for practicing professionals as well as students of the healing arts and is the first in a series covering the entire subject of pathology.

Tim Dymond, ND has been practicing naturopathic medicine in San Francisco since 2002 with a focus on herbal medicine, homeopathy, and bodywork. Tim is also a professor of western diagnosis at American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco.

An intensive class focusing on a woman’s life from puberty through menopause. In different phases of life women are challenged with a variety of discomforts and diseases. Women have unique issues to contend with, from menstrual irregularity to PMS, pregnancy, and childbirth to menopause. In this class, we will explain herbal strategies that can help with each phase of life. We will discuss how to make medicine for toning the reproductive system, improving fertility, and dealing with common menstrual and menopausal issues.

March 17th: Menses, PMS, and Women’s Health

March 24th: Pregnancy and Childbirth

March 31st: Menopause and the Wisdom Years

In this four-part workshop series, students will learn holistic ways in which herbs, food ingredients, and self-care practices can support healthy, vibrant skin. We’ll explore different forms of herbal preparations and their numerous benefits to the skin, both internally and externally. Discover which natural ingredients are best suited for your skin type, and use them to create your own custom blended face and body care products. Together we’ll make a variety of beauty products and herbal remedies, including facial steams, cleansers, toners, masks, scrubs, salves, teas, vinegars, and bath salts. You will leave with an assortment of products and simple do-it-yourself (DIY) recipes to share with family and friends. We’ll wrap up the series with a spa night, pampering ourselves with luxurious facial treatments.

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Become familiar with natural ingredients that are used in common skincare products
Learn how diet, lifestyle, and self-care practices can support skin health and beauty
Select ingredients best suited to their skin type
Make their own custom blends of face and body care products

Come join us for an evening of delicious exploration and celebration of the magic, power and beauty of our hearts. We’ll discuss ways to connect with the medicine of our love and passion to heal ourselves and our lives. We’ll learn about some beloved herbal companions that can nourish, inspire, strengthen, and support the wellness of our hearts. We’ll also dive into self-care practices for a “heart led/ heart healthy” lifestyle as well as make luscious potions for love, healing and connection.

In this class, we will be exploring the nature of a healthy relationship and the fundamental ideals that are critical in maintaining an embodied willful relationship. Incorporating the sacred plant of Tobacco as a potent plant teacher can offer us much in learning about listening, respect, attachment, consent, praise, healthy boundaries, gratitude, and sacred reciprocity. All these will be discussed as functional tools for sustaining a fruitful reciprocal connection with Tobacco and beyond with all our relationships.

The nervous system is an electrical system that works within our body. Chronic stress, anxiety, exhaustion, and depression are some of the ways that the nervous system becomes taxed. With the demands of family life, school, career and personal time, we must take the time to support ourselves so we are able to meet the world and show up as our best. How can we best combat these stressors? Plants! In this class we will break down the different parts of the nervous system, common pathologies and triggers of the nervous system, medicinal plants and their actions, flower essences, self-care practices, and how & when to use these plants.

In this 2 part class we will dive into traditional and contemporary methods to support a clear energetic container for spiritual practice and mental clarity, granting us connection to our higher selves and our truth. We will focus on folk therapies working with tools and herbs to add to our practice for clearing our bodies and field.

This 4-part class is for beginners who want to bring herbs into their everyday life. We will explore the many facets of herbs and herbal medicine. Class will cover basic human physiology and common herbal remedies for each body system. Students will learn to prepare a number of herbal products, including herbal extracts, salves, lotions, syrups and teas. This class includes an herb walk to a local natural area.

This 4-part class is for beginners who want to bring herbs into their everyday life. We will explore the many facets of herbs and herbal medicine. Class will cover basic human physiology and common herbal remedies for each body system. Students will learn to prepare a number of herbal products, including herbal extracts, salves, lotions, syrups and teas. This class includes an herb walk to a local natural area.

This 4-part class is for beginners who want to bring herbs into their everyday life. We will explore the many facets of herbs and herbal medicine. Class will cover basic human physiology and common herbal remedies for each body system. Students will learn to prepare a number of herbal products, including herbal extracts, salves, lotions, syrups and teas. This class includes an herb walk to a local natural area.