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The Chicago Botanic Garden’s online class about herbs is a virtual experience you can take anywhere!  Pollen-rich air can irritate the eyes, sinuses, and throat for many. Discover delicious ways to support the immune system with botanical herbs and foods.  Learn the tools that can build your body’s resistance to environmental irritants...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Take a deep dive into herbal medicine in this engaging, interactive series. Through live demonstrations and hands-on activities, Herbalist Karine Gordineer will show you how to properly infuse, blend, and decoct as you create your own herbal apothecary that will...

Emotions have a dramatic influence on the gut and can influence everything from digestion to absorption. Thousands of years ago, Ayurveda professed the philosophy of gut-brain connection. Attain optimal health through a deeper understanding of yourself mentally and physically, based on natural healing by strengthening your body, mind, and spirit....

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Explore the cooking methods and medicinal benefits of six different kinds of mushrooms: black wood ear, tremella, lady's veil, enoki, lion's mane, and king oyster. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) food therapist Zoey Gong will touch on the nutritional aspects...

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s online class about herbs is a virtual experience you can take anywhere!  Learn the traditional ways that herbalists have used plants to strengthen the immune system and the body. You will learn about the herbs, fungi, and nutrient-dense foods that herbalists use for colds, flu, and viruses, including creative ways...

Medicine-Making with Cannabis Hemp Plants: CBD, Moon Cycles & Spiritual Practices Sister Kate is the founder of the Sisters of The Valley (non-Catholic nuns), an activist organization whose mission and servitude is dedicated to healing the world through plant-based medicine. And very much like their Beguine ancestors of the Middle Ages, they...

Medicinal Mushrooms: Fungi for a Healthy Body, Mind, and Planet This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Emerging research suggests that mushrooms may be beneficial for brain and nerve health. Discover the properties of different species and learn where medicinal mushrooms occur locally. Study how select...

Learn how to create medicinal herbal honeys to soothe sore throats and coughs, heal skin wounds, and fight off infection using a variety of plants and flowers. You'll make several custom honeys suited to your unique needs. See website for materials list.

Herbal medicine has been in use for thousands of years, each culture having its own unique system based on the herbs of its bioregion. This course is taught with an ecological and bioregional perspective, focusing primarily on the herbs that grow in our region here in the Northeast. This is a comprehensive four-month certificate training that explores...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Herbs are a perennial favorite for backyard, container, rooftop, and apartment gardeners. Medicinal, dye, ornamental, and culinary herbs offer benefits to you as a gardener and to your garden ecosystem. In this introductory course, learn how to set up a successful...

Discover the beneficial properties of some of our favorite culinary herbs and spices including sage, basil, thyme, cayenne, and cinnamon. Learn the ways herbalists have used these in both food and traditional remedies through demonstration, practical tips, and recipes.  This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted...

Treating Depression and Anxiety with Herbal Medicine and Herbal Synergy The deep, underlying physiological causes of depression and anxiety Wisdom from the world’s great herbal traditions How to help address depression and anxiety with the right botanical medicine What cutting-edge scientific research is revealing about herbal synergy Herbal...

SHODEN (First Teachings & Hidden Teachings) ~ Reiki Ryoho Level I You may be wondering… …IS SHODEN CERTIFICATION FOR ME? The answer is “if you want to discover traditional REIKI as it was taught before any Western influence, then SHODEN IS YOUR CLASS! Also, you will become part of the lineage shown to the right. THE SHODEN CERTIFICATION...

Herbs for Intuitive Wisdom & A Winter Solstice Ritual Celebration Herbs for Intuitive Wisdom Herbs and plants can awaken us to the magic available in every moment and help reconnect us to the natural world and our true selves. Used wisely, with respect, gratitude, and intention, they help us to deepen our sense of connectedness to Spirit and...

This class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions. Are you interested in bringing the natural benefits of herbs and herbal remedies into your life?  Discover the differences between herbal medicine and homeopathy, the three major branches of herbalism, and the fascinating history of herbal medicine. Learn...