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Upcoming Classes & Workshops
Spring 2010 This year is the tenth anniversary of the Boston School of Herbal Studies and we are very grateful to all those we have met over the past year and previous years and who have become part of our extended herbal community. We also hope to meet new friends in the coming year. We have a full program of monthly Medicinal Plant Walks this spring and summer and an Herbal Spa Day. Please see below for more information. Green Blessings, Madelon Hope To Register for our workshops, please send check to: The Boston School of Herbal Studies 12 Pelham Terrace Arlington, MA 02476 We also accept credit card payments. For further information call 781.646.6319. |
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Medicinal Plant Walk
1-3 p.m. Adults $15, Children: Free Location7358; Rock Meadow, Belmont Sunday, April 18, May 16, July 18, August 22, September 18, October 10 Learn to identify healing plants in our area. Medicinal plants are everywhere - in our backyards, along the streets we walk, and in open spaces all around us. We will look at plants ranging from the familiar: dandelion and plantain, to the less well known: motherwort, burdock, Solomon’s seal, ground ivy and elder. You will learn which parts of the plants are used medicinally and how they nourish us and support health. Directions to Rock Meadow From Rt. 2, get off at the Rt. 60 exit (Arlington & Belmont Centers). Turn onto Rt. 60 (Pleasant St.) headed toward Belmont center. Continue until you come to the third traffic light at Concord Avenue. Turn right on Concord Ave. and go up and down a large hill. At the bottom of the hill, bear left at the Colony gas station and turn left onto Mill St. You will go less than a quarter of a mile and will see a sign on the right. Turn onto the road and park in a small parking lot by the entrance to Rock Meadow. |
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Saturday, Sunday, June 12, 13, 10:00-5:00 p.m. $250 12 Pelham Terrace, Arlington, MA Mary Moffet, RN, Madelon Hope, M.Ed, Director of the Boston School of Herbal Studies This weekend will provide an introduction to herbal traditions and approaches with a focus on the digestive system. Nurses will learn about the tastes, qualities and actions of herbs as well as the primary modes of delivery such as teas, tinctures, capsules, oils, salves etc. They will learn about herbal approaches to common digestive disorders such as acid reflux, gastritis, nausea, indigestion, and IBS and will gain an understanding of the actions of herbs specific to the digestive system: carminatives, bitters, anti-inflammatories, demulcents etc. They will also learn about some herb-drug interactions. Nurses will be able to analyze risks and benefits of herbal approaches and make informed recommendations to their clients. In sum, nurses will be able to apply a useful set of skills to help patients navigate the worlds of allopathic and complementary medicine. |
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Saturday, June 19, 10:00-4:00 p.m. $75 (including materials) 12 Pelham Terrace, Arlington, MA Pat Harpell, Clinical Herbalist Most of us take so much time to care for others that we may neglect ourselves. In this day of Herbal Pleasure, we'll pamper our feet, hands, shoulders and head, while the rest of the body melts into the sensations. In the process, we will also learn how to make herbal beauty products. Here is what we will do:
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Shamanic Plant Journeying
Monday, April 12 6:30-9:30 p.m. $25 22 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown, MA Tommy Priester, Clinical Herbalist Experience how the physical and spiritual energies of a plant affect all levels of being. Participants meet the physical plant, experience the tincture and open to the energies of the flower essence. Through drumming and guided meditation, we make contact with plant wisdom for our own personal healing and the healing of the earth. This is a workshop for beginning and intermediate herbalists as well for those who want to learn more about shamanic journeying. |