Classes
A variety of healthy living and medicinal herbs classes are offered:
- Nutrition Classes
- Herb & Botanical Medicine Classes
- Herb Walks and Workshops
- Traditional Cooking Classes
- Shopping Tips and Label Reading
- Kitchen Pantry Makeovers
- Fermentation Classes
- Health and Wellness Workshops
Upcoming Nutrition & Healthy Living Classes Classes:
Nutrition & Healthy Living Classes with Dates to be Determined
Make Over Your Pantry and Give Your Health & Immunity a Boost
Do you want to eat healthier, but not sure where to start? Learn what basic foods you need in your pantry to make wholesome meals for your family. Learn what you likely have in your cupboard or refrigerator that are literally making you sick and how to replace them with better choices to become healthier.
Make Your Own Savory Salad Dressings
You may never buy another bottle of salad dressing from the store again! Not only will you save money, but you have the added benefit of eating healthier by increasing "heart healthy" Omega 3 fatty acids. There will be demos, recipes and taste samples. Also we will simplify what you need to know about selecting healthy fats and talk about key ingredients that boost health and taste great.
You Are What You Eat... Achieving Optimal Health by Wiser Food Choices
With modern food processing, depleted nutrients in the soil, and the high chemical and toxin loads, many of our foods have left us nutritionally bankrupt and resulted in scores of health problems we commonly find today. Learn wiser food choices to reduce your risk factors for chronic diseases and to renew and maintain your best health. Discover which fats are our friends and are healing to the body, find new ways to conquer the sugar habit, and learn how to incorporate nourishing traditional forgotten foods into your daily routine.
Nutrition for Healthy Living
Confused about eating healthy? We will help you sort out the facts. Learn the truth about soy products, learn the nutritional difference between grass-fed and grain-fed meats, learn about good fats and bad fats and what they do for your body, and learn how to improve your health by eating right. Principles of Dr. Weston A. Price will be discussed and information will be revealed on the "X" factor that he discovered as the key to radiant health. This informative class will give you simple techniques that you can incorporate in your daily life to renew and maintain your best health.
Upcoming Herbal Medicine Classes Classes:
Herbal Medicine Classes with Dates to be Determined
Herb Walk & Herbal Medicine Workshop
Join us for a pleasant afternoon herb walk where you will learn to identify and to familiarize yourself with some helpful common local plants. Although we will learn about which wild plants are edible and simple preparation techniques, we will mainly focus on the medicinal healing properties of the local herbs. This is a hands-on workshop and a time to get to know the plants.
Herbal First Aid
This class is designed to help learn more about basic principles of herbal medicine. Information discussed will help you become more familiar with herbs and natural healing. We will discuss safety concerns, types of herbal preparations, herbal terminology and how to choose herbs for various conditions. Learn about several phenomenal, but common, plants that can be beneficial for many first aid situations. You will be amazed with the healing properties of herbs. Using plants for life's ordinary mishaps is easy, safe, gentle and effective.
Age Gracefully with a Cup of Tea
Imagine strengthening bones, cleansing the body, building immunity and becoming healthier as you age... all by nourishing herbal infusions. We will have an in-depth discussion on the many health benefits of red clover, nettle and oat straw teas. Plus we will learn how to make infusions and have samples too.
Healing Plants for Muscular Skeletal Ailments
Have you ever had a sore back, sprained ankle, stiff muscle or just had your body a little out of sorts? By using local plants made into remedies, you may find soothing relief. It's great to be prepared and learn what simple techniques you can use to treat minor injuries.
