Curriculum Vitae

Kami McBride, Herbalist

Professional Experience

Twenty years experience teaching herbology, women’s health, and holistic health

Founder and Director of the Living Awareness Institute

Providing quality education toward reviving the art of home herbal care and empowering women’s health awareness.

Cultivating the Herbal Medicine Woman Within, Core instructor and curriculum development of 125 hour foundational course in experiential herbal studies and earth awareness, 1995-present

UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco

Developed and taught herbal medicine curriculum in the Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco

Adjunct faculty in the Integral Health Department, 1997 to 1999

Instructor of herbal medicine and women's health, 1997 to present at:

University of California, Davis, Solano Community College, Napa Valley Junior College, American River College

Workshop and Conference Presentations: Bay Area Herbal Conference, Bioneers Conference, Breightenbush Herbal Conference, California Association of Midwives, California Head Start State Conference, California Women’s Health Summit, College of Marin, Ecological Farming Conference, North Bay Hospital, Bay Area Girls Center, Esalen Institute, Girl Scouts of America, Green Gulch Zen Center, North Bay Hospital, Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, Shallots Cooking School, Stanford Hospital, Women and Leadership Conference, Youth Environmental Education Association and more

Herbal Consultant

Consulting with clients about using herbs in their wellness care, 1993 to present

Writer and Public Speaker

-Author of Herbal Beginnings, Living Awareness Productions, 2000; 105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation, 2004; featured in Healing Tonics by Jeanine Pollak, Storey Books, 2000. Published articles on herbal medicine in: The Share Guide, The Morningsun herbfarm newsletter, The Psychic Reader, Bay Area BusinessWoman Magazine and The Meta Arts Magazine

-Cast and featured speaker in the film: Period the End of Menstruation, Directed by Giovanna Chesler, 2005

-Radio interviews: KPFA The Herbal Highway, Contact Radio, KVMR 89.5 FM, KRFC Colorado 88.9 FM and more

-Televison segments: ABC Channel 10 Sacramento and Company

Academic Training

Personal study and research of medicinal and edible plants since 1983

California School of Herbal Studies, Herbal studies with Rosemary Gladstar, 1986

Wise Woman Center, Herbal Apprenticeship with Herbalist, and Author, Susun Weed, 1988

Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, Certified Clinical Herbalist, 1992

Advanced herbal studies with Dr. Ladd of the Ayurvedic Institute, 1995

Advanced Clinical Applications in Herbal studies with Lois Johnson, MD, 1998

Evergreen School of Integrative Herbology and Ayurveda, Advanced Ayurvedic studies, 2001

The McKinnon Institute of Professional Massage and Bodywork, Certified Massage Therapist, 1987

Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Shamanic skills training, 1989, Advanced training in 2000

Motherpeace school of Shamanism for Women, Apprenticeship with Vicki Noble Shamanism and Women’s Mysteries, 1990

The Sivananda Yoga Center Yoga and Meditation Teacher Certification, 1993

Berkeley Psychic Institute 1000 hours training in the Clairvoyant Program, 1994

School of Lost Borders, Teacher training for Wilderness Rites of Passage with Steven Foster and Meredith Little, 1995

Over 2000 hours training in various massage and breathwork modalities

American River College, AA, Sacramento, CA 1983

San Francisco State University, BA in International Relations, San Francisco, CA 1986