Community Self-Care Class Calendar
Summer 2008

All classes are $10 for members, students, elders / $12 non-members (plus materials fee if applicable). Pre-registration is required.

To register or for more information, contact us at 802-224-7100 or info@vtherbcenter.org.

JUNE

Introduction to Herbal Medicine
Saturday, June 14th, 10 am~2 pm
special price: $25 total, includes materials
with Betzy Bancroft, Co-Director and Faculty, VCIH

We’ll begin the day with a lively discussion of uses of common herbs for home remedies, then go out for an herb walk. Along the way we’ll harvest some plants and demonstrate basic medicine making. A great hands-on class for anyone who is curious about herbs.

 

Plant Connection, Spirit Connection Walk
Tuesday, June 17th, 6~8 pm
with George Lisi of Wisdom of the Herbs School

Deep connection with the wild Nature around us and within us is the natural foundation for our lives. The plant people can be superb allies and teachers as we shed acculturated notions and reawaken to our true nature. Join George for a plant walk and talk exploring the conceptual and experiential basis of Earth knowledge as a path of Oneness.

The Art of Flower Essence Therapy
Saturday, June 21st, 1~2:30 pm
with Lupo Connell, Herbalist & Flower Essence Practitioner

Join Lupo for an introductory class on Flower Essence Therapy. Lupo will offer a deep understanding of how to work with flower essences and share the important role the flowers can play in holistic healing. She will discuss the history of flower essences, the original 38 Bach remedies as well as North American essences, including those which grow in the Vermont area. Class time will also be spent making custom formula for participants to take home.

Lupo Connell is a Clinical Herbalist, a Flower Essence Practitioner and an Herbal Educator. She had spent the past decade studying medicinal plants and flower essences in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. She has lectured extensively on herbalism, flower essence therapy and holistic health throughout the North and Southeast. Lupo recently became the New England Flower Essence Representative and Educator for Flower Essence Services (FES). Lupo lives with her family in New Milford, CT, where she is available for consultations and offers a variety of classes and workshops. She may be reached at plantessence@aol.com.

 

JULY

Eat the Weeds: Introduction to Common Dandelion with Erin Ingram.
Monday, July 7th, 6pm
Learn to identify, harvest and prepare delicious dandelion foods. Samples available. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism; $10 members, students, elders / $12 non-members. Pre-registration required: 224-7100.

 

Montpelier Herb Walk
Tuesday July 8th (raindate Wed 7/9), 6~8 pm
with Annie McCleary, Director, Wisdom of the Herbs School

We’ll meet at VCIH, and then travel by car to a ‘juicy’ area in Montpelier to meet our plant-neighbors and identify edibles and medicinals.

 

Make Your Own Herbal Medicine: Calendula! (part 2 of series)
Monday, July 14th, 6~8 pm
$7 materials fee
with Guido Masé, Co-Director and Faculty, VCIH

Come prepare medicine from fresh, local, organic calendula flowers. Learn the basics of herbal extraction by preparing a tincture or oil to take home with you, while exploring the history, lore, and modern science behind this common yet incredibly useful plant. This is the second in a series of workshops that follows some of Vermont's medicinal herbs through the growing season and provide participants with a basic apothecary of home herbal remedies. Additional materials cost includes herbs, mason jar(s), certified organic grain alcohol or oil.

 

Fall in Love with Rose: Medicine & Beauty
Tuesday, July 22nd, 6~8 pm
$10 materials fee
with Larken Bunce, Co-Director and Faculty, VCIH

Take a journey of the senses straight to the heart! Roses are deep medicine for our soul and have many practical applications for our bodies. Learn about the many uses of this plant, sample rose preparations and treats, and make and take home some summer rose medicine. Additional materials cost includes herbs, jar(s), and supplies.

 

Flower Essences for Healing: The Art of Co-creation, Selection & Attunement
Sunday, July 27th, 10 am~12 pm
$10 materials fee
with Fearn Lickfield of Essential Nature

Participants will learn what Flower Essences are, how to attune to the spirit of a plant or flower, how to make a Flower Essence. How, why and when they are used for emotional, mental and spiritual healing and how to select the appropriate essence(s) using intuitive and deductive methods will be covered. Participants will receive a bottle of the Flower Essence we make together.

Fearn Lickfield is a certified Flower Essence Practitioner, Geomancer and facilitator. She offers a variety of wholistic healing practices for the support of your inner and outer worlds; Flower essence consultations and personalized formulas for your emotional well being; shamanic healing for your soul; and geomantic assessments for maximizing the harmony of your home, land and office. Fearn Lickfield is a skilled facilitator and spiritual counselor who is committed to healing the world one person and place at a time.

 

AUGUST

Herbal Incense
Monday, August 11th, 6~8 pm
$10 materials fee
with Joann Darling, Gardens of Seven Gables Nursery, Barre, VT

Explore your "Scent-uality" and celebrate your connection to the Goddess in the smoke. Humans are blessed with five senses, and our sense of smell can intimately engage us in our physical and emotional perceptions. In this workshop participants will learn the basics to blending natural, locally available ingredients. We will create cones and loose blends to share and take home. Together we will explore the power of the Earth Spirits. (Participants need to bring a mortar & pestle, mortar capacity minimum of 8 oz.)