Come and learn the ancient art of soap making. We will focus on the specific steps for making goat milk soap, an exciting process different from soap making with other ingredients. Watch the demonstration of kitchen chemistry reveal techniques for creating beautiful and successful soap. The workshop will cover the benefits of a variety of ingredients, molds, recipes and tools. All participants will leave with a sample of soap made that day.

Herbs can help reduce anxiety and stress, relieve depression and alleviate insomnia, without the side effects often associated with medication. You will find out about herbal sedatives, mood elevators and tonics and how to use them to feel more vital and resilient. We will also discuss the strengths and limitations of a biochemical model of depression. You will leave the class with information about herbal protocols to soothe and nourish the nervous system and enhance well being.

Tommy will introduce an exciting new approach that integrates powerful shamanic techniques with modern psychological understanding. Working within a shamanic framework, with the help of personally formulated flower essences, he helps guide people to reconnect with lost or alienated parts of themselves. The process empowers us to love and integrate these alienated aspects into our true (soul/spirit) essence.

Mushrooms are now classified as an intermediate life form between plants and animals. They have been used for thousands of years as food and medicine and are known to enhance vitality, strengthen immunity and support healthy aging. Their healing energies have been extensively researched in modern times. In this class, Melanie will discuss how to use medicinal mushrooms to address a variety of challenging dis-ease states. You will learn how to identify and make medicine from some of the most researched and powerfully healing mushrooms used today.

Pain gets our attention. For relief, sufferers often take pharmaceutical medications, which can have unwanted side effects. In this intensive, we will discuss how to alleviate the sensation of pain and reduce inflammation and stagnation. We will look at the underlying causes of pain in the muscular-skeletal, digestive and female reproductive systems. You will leave with an understanding of how to use herbs to relieve pain. For dental pain, see Healthy Gums and Teeth.

Find out how to respond to everyday ailments and injuries in a simple, natural way. The plants that heal us are often found in our environment and even in our own kitchens. You will learn how to deal with bites, stings, cuts, bruises and injuries with herbal sprays, salves, tinctures and oils. You will also receive information about how to create your own herbal first-aid kit.

This intensive instructs students on the art and science of Reiki in combination with the healing energy of plants. Students will receive Reiki one and Reiki two attunements and will learn how to transmit herbal healing energy to themselves, each other and to those at a distance. At the end of this class, students will be certified as Reiki two practitioners. No previous Reiki experience is needed. Those practicing Reiki can receive attunements to further enhance their channeling capabilities. Students will learn how to:

• give a Reiki treatment in person and at a distance;
• scan a client for dis-ease;
• send herbal healing to a distant client;
• enhance communication with plants through Reiki;
• test and increase the potency of herbs with Reiki;
• sense where Reiki and herbal energies are flowing in the body (with clients who are near and at a distance).

Experience a powerful new way to heal emotionally, physically, and spiritually with chakra balancing, medicinal plants and flower essences. Participants will learn how to perceive the different chakras and, if needed, bring them back into alignment. You will also learn which herbs and flower essences correspond with each chakra. This class will provide you with the tools to do chakra work on yourself and to connect with the deeper spiritual energies of the plants.

It is hard to be happy when you have pain or serious discomfort in your mouth. Learn natural ways to prevent and address dental problems without painful and costly procedures. In this workshop, we will discuss herbal approaches to preventing cavities, reducing plaque and preventing gingivitis and periodontal disease. You will also learn how to minimize periodontal problems if they have already appeared.

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.