Vedic Infusions Workshop: Healing and protecting the nervous system with herbal dairy products
Date: Saturday, Feb 15, 2025
Time: 1:00-5:00
Instructor: Rachel Warnock
Fee: $75 (includes a $10 material fee)
Location: Lincoln, MA (lucia’s house)
Infusing herbs in dairy products is a common practice in herbal medicine, with herbal ghees (clarified butters) providing deep healing for the nervous system, and herbal milk decoctions being the preferred way to give herbs to young children. In this 4-hour workshop you’;ll learn how to make herbal ghees and milks, and when this method of administration should be considered. We’ll be making 3 different types of ghee with Ayurvedic herbs; one recipe to enhance memory, and a 2nd recipe typically used to recover from burnout and protect the nervous system from more serious degenerative diseases. We’ll also be making a special kind of milk decoction called bhang, a milk decoction with cannabis, traditionally used to enhance meditation. We’ll cover non-cannabis milk decoctions, which are used for children and nursing mothers. You’ll learn about milk, the medicinal applications of herbal ghees, and hear some fun stories from Hindu mythology while we all cook together.
Recommended for people who enjoy working with the nervous system, those who work with cannabis, meditation and yoga enthusiasts, and parents with young children.
Herbs and Oils for Beauty
Date: March 1, 2025
Time: 1 -5pm
Instructor: Rachel Warnock
Fee: $70
Location: 22 Baker Farm Rd Lincoln, MA
Ready to take your skin care routine to the next level and make new herbal friends?!
Join us for this 4-hour workshop learning about the best herbs for skin and your face. Learn which herbs are best for acne, which ones boost collagen production, and which ones brighten skin tone and help with age spots. Spoiler alert: licorice, echinacea, and sarsaparilla, are as good on your face as they are in your body! We will dive deep into different herbal carrier oils – sampling each of them along the way- including which ones contain vitamins E and C, and which one was used by Egyptian queens to preserve their youthful visage. You will mix your own face serum and learn how to make a silky face cream, all while deepening your knowledge of herbs from both Eastern and Western materia medica.
Recommended for beauty and cosmetic enthusiasts, those who enjoy working with herbal oils, and want to learn more uses for infused oils. It’s strongly recommended that students also take the Ayurvedic oils workshop in addition to this one, as the learning is enhanced when the two are taken together.
Ayurvedic Oils and an Introduction to the 3 Doshas, the Vedic Paradigm of herbal medicine
Date: April 19, 2025
Time: 1- 5pm
Instructor: Rachel Warnock
Fee: $55
Location: 168 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA
Explore the Vedic system of herbs, health, and wellness! Learn the basics of the 3 doshas (elemental body types) in Ayurveda and the Vedic method of creating an infused oil via double decoction. In this 4-hour workshop you’ll explore how the 5 elements manifest as the 3 doshas in the human body, which dosha is your primary, and what that means for creating balance in your life. You’ll gain an understanding of how the elements weave and work together in your body, and an increased ability to detect imbalance. You leave with a better understanding of your physiology, tips and tricks on creating balance for yourself, and a bottle of the oil that we make during the workshop.
Recommended for people who enjoy working with herbal oils (and want to work with them more!), cosmetics, and those who want to better understand the role of the elements in herbal medicine.