A Year of Herbal Medicine
An online course for those wanting to explore more about herbs.
This course is a series of 12 masterclasses all about healing with herbs. Learn more about working with plants for healing. This course takes you through working with herbs over the different seasons covering science, foraging, folklore, essences and much more.
Herbal medicine is not just finding a plant to deal with a symptom. Of course, you can do that, in fact most pharmaceutical drugs are derived from plants. But that does not bring sustainable health. I believe you can achieve that by taking a holistic approach to working the plants. This might mean adding wild foods to your meals, being out in nature, learning the stories of the plants, making herbal remedies or simply adding in a herbal tea. Whatever you are called to do A Year of Herbal Medicine will you be there to help you on this journey.
What you will learn
March:Â Welcome in the spring by learning about traditional cleansing herbs and holistic approaches to detoxification.
April:Â Learn about the qualities and the elements of herbs and food from Chinese Medicine to Ayurveda so we can balance our health throughout the seasons.
May:Â Magical May is nature's fertile time exploring how this relates to us and the myths and rituals of the plants at this time of year.
June:Â Discover the connections between the plants and the planets focusing on the sun for summer solstice.
July: Build your medicine chest and finding your green allies plus summer holiday remedies with a focus on first aid herbal medicine.
August: As temperature's rise, learn about the power of bitter herbs to keep us cool as a cucumber and how to manage digestive and liver health.
September: After a summer of fun, learn about herbs to keep us calm and collected by exploring the emotional uses of plants and flower essences.
October: Shorter days and longer nights means story-telling time! Have some fun with herbal recipes and remedies for the end of the harvest and Halloween.
November:Â Explore another kingdom with this medicinal mushroom special as well as a focus on immune health and staying well during winter.
December:Â A festive season for fun with folklore and the traditions of this time and of course winter remedies and recipes!
January: We will be working with adaptogens and how to use them to help us start the New Year in health and provide us with energy for January.
February:Â We will bring together our time of learning and end with herbs for heart-opening and our intentions for the seeds we have planted on this journey.