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Workshops at the Wise Woman Center in Woodstock, NYApril 30: Spring Tonics, Spring Treasures - Join Susun for a wild ramble as we encounter and learn how to use the special green allies of spring.May 1: Hands-on Herbal Medicine Spring - Ready to get your hands dirty harvesting herbs, drying them, and preparing vinegars, tinctures, a salad and more? May 21: Happy Knees - If your knees, or wrists, or hips, or back hurt, you're in good company. Most of us hurt in one or more joints, often daily. May 22: Hands-on Herbal First-Aid - What do you do when you, or the ones you love, get cut, burned, scraped, stung, bitten, or bruised? How do you handle rashes, poison ivy, tick bites, snake bites and other nasties? June 11: Hands-on Herbal Medicine: Great Remedies - Right now is the time to harvest the great remedies, the ones I rely on routinely, year after year, the mainstay allies, the ones who do so much. Time to make herbal tinctures, vinegars, honeys, and oils. June 12: More Great Remedies - The only difference between Saturday and Sunday is the plants that we will spend time with. Which of the great remedies will we play with today? July 23: A Day with the Trees - I love trees. Don't you? Wander with me in the forest, learning from and about the Standing People, the trees, and their allies, the mushrooms and their mycelia. July 24: Hands-on Chronic problems - Asthma and allergies, arthritis and dermatitis, digestive upsets and depression, dementia and auto-immune diseases, heart problems and gum disease – there are so many ways to have a chronic problem. Sept 17: Hands-on Magical plants - Some herbs are medicine, and some are food. And some change our minds. Throughout the world, magical and mind-altering plants are the first plants studied by those who wish to be healers and helpers. Sept 18: Holy Ferment - Before there were tinctures, there were herbal wines and beers. Before there were refrigerators, there were lacto-fermented foods of all kinds. Oct 15: Hands-on Herbal Medicine: Digging Roots - Come get your hands dirty as we dig burdock, yellow dock, teasel, dandelion, and/or chicory and make herbal medicines. Oct 16: Winter Readiness - Here come colds, the flu, coughs, congestion, sore throats, and all the ways that winter can whomp you. Whomp back with simple, safe, effective herbs. More info on Workshops and other events |
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of Herbalism
Susun Weed, author of the Wise Woman Herbal series, is an extraordinary teacher with a joyous spirit,
a powerful presence, and an extensive knowledge of herbs and health. Ms. Weed is the voice of the Wise Woman Tradition,
empowering women worldwide to reclaim their health and wellbeing through knowledge, simply and safely.
