Cooking for Winter Health
February 4, 2008 6:30pm – 9:00pm
The World Health Organization has stated that the knowledge and sustainable use of medicinal plants is vital to providing sustainable health care to the worlds' citizens. This class will teach you how to use herbs for winter wellness and how to incorporate the use of medicinal plants into your family's lifestyle. Avoid the unhealthy side effects of antibiotics and over the counter cold medication. Together we will make herbal syrups, teas and honeys that everyone in the family will enjoy. Learn how to make restorative healing soups and foods that actually rid the body of colds. We will cover recipes to help with coughs, colds, sinus problems, sore throats and many other winter ailments.
Bring: 3 wide mouth glass jars to class (about 4 oz in size)
Location: Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, 200 N. San Pedro Rd. San Rafael
Cost: $49.00
To Register: 415-485-9305 or College of Marin
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Spring Skin Revival
February 26, 2008 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Along with your digestive organs, your skin is an organ of assimilation, digesting into your bloodstream whatever you put on it. Commercial skin care products are loaded with chemicals that can increase the toxic burden in your body. Spring is the perfect time to cleanse and revitalize your skin. Come cook up luscious herbal oil, botanical facial cream, lip balms, body butter and more that will make your skin glow. Learn about foods, herbs, supplements and diet tips that help keep your skin young and beautiful. Discover how simple it is to make your own high quality natural skin care products and learn how to care for your body naturally!
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Cost: $35 plus $7 supply fee paid to instructor
Location: Napa Valley College
To Register: 707-967-2901
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Food for your Skin: Making Your Own Herbal Skin Care and Spa Products
March 5, 2008 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Along with your digestive organs, your skin is an organ of assimilation, digesting into your bloodstream whatever you put on it. Learn about foods, herbs, supplements and diet tips that help keep your skin healthy and beautiful and discover how simple it is to make your own high quality natural skin care products. Come cook up healing herbal oils, botanical facial cream, silky lip balm, luscious body butter and many more products that will make your skin glow. Beautiful bottles and packaging turn your beauty care creations into the perfect gift. Bring a towel and five wide mouth, glass jars to class. You will take home lots of recipes and samples of various organic, herbal body care and spa products that we prepare together. Enhance your Health; come learn how to care for your body naturally!
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Cost: $35 plus $5 supply fee paid to instructor
Location: Solano Community College
To Register: 707-864-7115
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Medicinal Plant Walk
April 5, 2008 9:00am – 12:00pm
We are surrounded by medicine! Come explore natures' pharmacy and learn about the many wonderful healing plants that grow in abundance in beautiful Stebbins Cold Canyon.
Saturday April 5
Time: 9:00am -noon
Cost: free (early pre-registration required)
Location: Stebbins Cold Canyon
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April 19, 2008 9:30am – 5:00pm
Begins April 19
We will travel to beautiful herb gardens, herb schools and places where the wild plants grow. Once a month we meet in a different location to identify, gather and learn about the plants in their own environment. This is a course where we journey to beautiful places to celebrate the plants and learn how to use them in our lives. We meet on the third Saturday of each month, April through October. Come Experience: Learning medicinal and edible uses of regional plants, field processing and preparation of herbs, the art of wild crafting, herbal gardening, wild and fresh herbal foods, plant identification and harvesting, Earth healing meditations, herbal medicine making
Time: 9:30am-5:00pm each day
Cost: $795
Location: We meet at a different location each class
To Register: 707-446-1290
Dates: Saturdays: April 19, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18
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May 11, 2008 10:00am – 5:00pm
Dates: Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 13, 2008
Knowledge of the female cycles was once passed from woman to woman within the family. Today there is no place that a woman really learns about the complexities of her cycles and how to connect with the core of her female nature. Learn to love and care for your body beyond what you imagined possible. Using herbs, foods and lifestyle approaches, we nourish and support menarche, menstruation, peri-menopause and post menopause.
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm each day
Cost: $395 for entire three day workshop
Location: Living Awareness Institute
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Beat the Heat with Cooling Herbal Drinks
June 25, 2008 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Learn how to make delicious herbal iced teas, herbal sodas cooling herbal punch and juices. Making your own drinks is easy and saves you lots of money. Come and sample lots of tasty drinks and take home recipes that will be easily incorporated into your every day life. Drink your way to health!
Date: Wednesday June 25
Time: 6:30-7:30
Cost: Free
Location: Sacramento Natural Foods Coop
To Register: 916-455-2667 or 707-446-1290
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June 28, 2008 10:00am – 4:00pm
In this unique workshop we make and use rich herbal lotion, creams, massage oils, herbal masks, salt glows, facial scrubs and more. Learn secrets of youthful skin and body detoxification with ancient herbal spa recipes. You will leave with lots of recipes, samples and ideas for creating your own home spa beauty treatments.
Date: Saturday June 28
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $79 (includes delicious catered lunch)
Location: Living Awareness Institute
To Register: 707-446-1290 or online
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Medicinal Uses of Flowers
July 16, 2008 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Besides being beautiful, flowers have been used for centuries as natural medicine. Come and learn which ones do what for you from an industry leader in botanical education
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Cost: $20
Location: Arden Hills Resort,1200 Arden Hills Lane Sacramento, CA 95864
To Register: 916-482-6111
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Using Herbs for Stress Reduction
August 27, 2008 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Many herbs can be used to naturally calm nervous tension and insomnia without harmful neurotoxic effects or being addictive.
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Cost: $20
Location: Arden Hills Resort,1200 Arden Hills Lane Sacramento, CA 95864
To Register: 916-482-6111
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Herbal Remedies for Women’s Health
September 17, 2008 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Learn to love and care for your body using herbs and natural therapies. We will discuss the beautifying and nourishing aspects of herbs and how you can start applying them safely and effectively.
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Cost: $20
Location: Arden Hills Resort,1200 Arden Hills Lane Sacramento, CA 95864
To Register: 916-482-6111
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The Medicinal & Edible Garden: Planting your Herbal Pharmacy
September 24, 2008 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Did you know that Solano County is one of the bread baskets of the world for growing edible and medicinal herbs? You can save money and easily grow herbs for preventive medicine, cosmetic uses, cooking and increasing your nutritional health. Join me for a fun evening where you learn to grow plants that are not only beautiful but can be used to make nutritious foods and to stock your home medicine cabinet and cooking pantry.
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $35
Location: Solano Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley Road Suisun CA 94585
To Register: 707-864-7115
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No More Colds and Flu: Herbal Remedies for Winter Health
October 1, 2008 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Learn how to use cold and flu herbs to keep your family healthy during the winter season! Avoid the unhealthy side effects of anti-biotics and over the counter cold medications. We will cover recipes to help with coughs, colds, sinus problems, sore throats and many other winter ailments. Lots of recipes and samples.
Time: 6:30-9:00 pm
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The Herbal Spa and Natural Beauty Care
October 8, 2008 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Learn how simple it is to make your own high quality natural body care products. Using flowers, herbs, and all natural ingredients these healthy, aromatic skin remedies can be made for a fraction of the cost of store bought products. This is a hands-on class in which we make and use rich herbal lotion, massage oils, herbal masks, salt glows, lip gloss, and more. Learn how your current body care products may be making you sick. The cosmetic industry is a self regulated industry using many known carcinogens in common beauty care products. Enhance your Health; come learn how to care for your body naturally!
Bring a towel and five wide mouth, glass jars to class. Students will leave with lots of recipes and samples of various organic, herbal body care products that we prepare together.
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $40
Location: Napa College
To Register: 707-967-2901
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October 11, 2008 10:00am – 5:00pm
Dates: Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 13, 2008
Knowledge of the female cycles was once passed from woman to woman within the family. Today there is no place that a woman really learns about the complexities of her cycles and how to connect with the core of her female nature. Learn to love and care for your body beyond what you imagined possible. Using herbs, foods and lifestyle approaches, we nourish and support menarche, menstruation, peri-menopause and post menopause.
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm each day
Cost: $395 for entire three day workshop
Location: Living Awareness Institute
To Register: online or call 707-446-1290
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November 2, 2008 10:00am – 5:00pm
Dates: Nov 2, Dec 7, 2008 and Jan 11, 2009
Winter is a great time to nourish your body, stock the medicine chest and focus on your personal healing. As we keep the hearth warm and the medicinal teas brewing, we journey into many of my favorite healing winter modalities. You will learn to care for yourself and your loved ones and experience preparing many different kinds of healing herbal medicines. Herbal teas, healing infusions, medicinal syrups, antibacterial honeys, cold and flu remedies and tonic winter foods are some of the projects we make together
This is a hands-on class in which you learn herbs, foods and Ayurvedic lifestyle approaches to make this a healing time of year for you. We will also discuss herbal prevention and treatment for many common, winter sicknesses.
Time: 10:00am-5:00pm each day
Cost: $395 for 3 days, includes medicine making supplies
Location: Living Awareness Institute, Vacaville
To Register: online or call 707-446-1290
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