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HERBAL APPRENTICESHIP WITH MATTHEW WOOD!
Forgotten Energetics of Traditional Western Herbalism:
The Six Tissue States in Relation to the Organ Systems
A Six Weekend Intensive for Intermediate and Advanced
Students
with Matthew Wood MSc (Herbal Medicine), Registered Herbalist (AHG)
This series has already begun - however, each weekend class can be taken individually.
Register below, or call for details. 415-524-8693.
In this class we will learn to understand the 'personality' and specific uses of herbal remedies. Every plant has a central, unifying intelligence which expresses through it's chemistry, uses, appearance, and taste. The Six Tissue States, an energetic system of Western Herbalism was largely forgotten by the late twentieth century. It is eminently useful and provides the logic behind so much that we do in modern herbal medicine. Matthew will be teaching specific indications for herbal application, the energetics of Greek medicine and nineteenth century botanical physicians, in relationship to the major organ systems. He will discuss this method and system over six weekends, giving plants, cases, and diagnostic tips for illustrations. A basic knowledge of western herbalism is recommended as this class will be geared toward intermediate and advanced students.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn from an internationally known teacher of herbalism and is the first time the class will be taught in the immediate Bay Area.
Matthew Wood has been a practicing herbalist since 1982 and is a renowned inspirational lecturer and author of several herb books including The Book of Herbal Wisdom and The Earthwise Herbal. He is a member of the American Herbalists Guild and has earned his Masters of Science degree from the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine. Matthew lives in Wisconsin and we are so delighted and honored to have him teach here at Gathering Thyme. For more information about Matthew, visit his website: www.matthewwoodherbs.com
COST: $250 per weekend. A $100 deposit is required to hold your space with the remainder due prior to the event.
DATES: Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm: June 8-9, June 22-23,
CONTACT: For more information about this event, contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme info@gatheringthyme.com or 415-524-8693.
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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Click the sign up button to pre-register. Pre-registration with a $100 deposit is required to hold your space as it is limited.
Thursday Evening Pulse and Tongue Evaluation Practice Group
with Matthew Wood MSc (Herbal Medicine), Registered Herbalist (AHG)
This will be an ongoing class to practice the skills of tongue and pulse diagnosis for those who have a basic background. It is intended as a continuation from our March 16-17 class where we learn the basics and begin practice, or as an aid for those who are already using the pulse and tongue but want more guidance and practice. Anyone with an interest in learning or furthering their skills are invited to attend.
Students can bring in friends who are interested in having holistic evaluation with these methods; otherwise we will be practicing on ourselves. We will arrange more classes as these are popular and will also consider finding alternative teachers in order to maximize diversity of student experience. Like our earlier class, this is slanted towards Western herbalism, but is highly compatible with TCM diagnosis.
Matthew Wood has been a practicing herbalist since 1982 and is a renowned inspirational lecturer and author of several herb books including The Book of Herbal Wisdom and The Earthwise Herbal. He is a member of the American Herbalists Guild and has earned his Masters of Science degree from the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine. Matthew lives in Wisconsin and we are so delighted and honored to have him teach here at Gathering Thyme. For more information about Matthew, visit his website: www.matthewwoodherbs.com
Matthew is also offering an Advanced Apprenticeship Class here at Gathering Thyme. Click here for details.
COST: $25 per evening. Pre-registration is highly recommended as space is limited.
DATES: Thursday evenings from 7-9:30pm: June 20 and October 3
CONTACT: For more information about this event, contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme info@gatheringthyme.com or 415-524-8693.
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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Click the sign up button to pre-register. Pre-registration is highly recommended to hold your space.
Herbal Medicine Making Series
with Gathering Thyme Proprietress & Clinical Herbalist, Cheryl Fromholzer
Reclaim your ability to care for your health with herbal medicine. In this series of classes you’ll create your own herbal medicine chest including salves, liniments, syrups, tinctures, glycerites, and cosmetics. It’s easy… and requires no more than such common kitchen tools such as measuring cups, strainers and mason jars. We’ll discuss both “folk” methods as well as the methods used by clinical herbalists and product manufacturers.
Take one class, or sign-up for the entire series and receive the Herbal Waters class for free!
Herbal Waters
Tea-making is the oldest form of herbal medicine, going back thousands of years. In this workshop we’ll explore which herbs are best steeped (infusions) and which herbs should be simmered (decoctions) – and how to do both for the greatest medicinal benefit. We’ll also create poultices, compresses, fomentations, eye washes, herbal steams and end the day with a soothing foot bath. This “hands-on” class will be held in a beautiful garden, and we’ll slip in some essential herbal material medica as we go along. Participants will receive an Herbal Waters Manual with instructions and recipes for further exploration.DATE: Sunday, July 21st from 10am-4pm.
COST: $50.00 if registered by July 1. $75 thereafter. Pre-registration required to hold your space. Click the Sign-Up button below to register or contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme: 415-524-8693 or info@gatheringthyme.com
WHERE: Location to be announced upon registration.
The Topicals: Herbal Oils, Salves, Balms and Liniments
Infusing herbs in organic vegetable oils can be used for a wide range of applications, depending on the herbs – from healing scars and fighting wrinkles to fighting infections, clearing up rashes, and healing bumps, bruises and scrapes. Add some solid oils or waxes and you’ve got a salve! In this class we’ll learn to make an herbal oil using fresh and dried herbs and two different methods: solar-infusion and the crock-pot. We’ll then create a healing lip balm, and an all-purpose boo-boo salve using herbal oils, essential oils, flower essences and beeswax (or a vegan substitute). Next on the agenda is an herbal liniment for muscle aches and pains or the pain of arthritis. Participants will take home their own jar of boo-boo salve and the aches and pains liniment as well as a Topicals Manual with instructions and recipes for further exploration.DATE: Sunday, July 28th from 10am-4pm.
COST: $75 if registered by July 1st. $100 thereafter. Pre-registration required to hold your space. Click the Sign-Up button below to register or contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme: 415-524-8693 or info@gatheringthyme.com
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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Herbal Extracts & Glycerites
In this class we’ll learn to make fresh-plant as well as dried-plant extracts (tinctures) using a variety of solvents including organic alcohol and glycerin. Cheryl Fromholzer is a practicing Clinical Herbalist and medicine maker who has been formulating for her clients for over 10 years. She’ll teach the basics of making extracts using the “folk” method as well as “weighed and measured” methods used in clinical practice. We’ll begin the day in an organic herb garden with a short, informal herb walk followed by harvesting herbs to be brought back to the shop for processing. Participants will bring home a choice of two herbal extracts made in class along with the Herbal Extracts Manual with instructions and recipes for further exploration.DATE: Sunday, August 4th from 10am-4pm.
COST: $75 if registered by July 1st. $100 thereafter. Pre-registration required to hold your space. Click the Sign-Up button below to register or contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme: 415-524-8693 or info@gatheringthyme.com
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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Sweet Herbal Medicine: Herbal Honey, Syrups and Cordials
Mary Poppins was right – a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down! In this class we’ll focus on honey as a vehicle for herbal medicines. We’ll learn about the healing properties of local honey and how to create tasty medicines for the whole family (and some just for grown-ups). We’ll focus on herbs that can help keep us healthy through the upcoming cold and flu season and for the grand finale, we’ll make a sexy damiana-chocolate-brandy cordial to warm our hearts and bring us closer to those we love. Participants will bring home an Immunity-Chai Spiced Honey, Elderberry Syrup, and Damiana Cordial.DATE: Sunday, August 18th from 10am-4pm.
COST: $75 if registered by July 1st. $100 thereafter. Pre-registration required to hold your space. Click the Sign-Up button below to register or contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme: 415-524-8693 or info@gatheringthyme.com
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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The Herbal Spa – Exfoliating Masks, Tonics & Serums
Create your own spa products tailored to your particular skintype. In this wildly popular hands-on workshop, you'll learn about the beneficial properties of a wide variety of natural ingredients... and put that knowledge to use making an exfoliating facial mask, nurturing skin tonic and rejuvenating facial serum. To set the mood, we'll begin class with an aromatic herbal facial steam! Participants will bring home their own spa treatments with The Herbal Spa manual with instructions and recipes for further exploration. Cheryl Fromholzer is the creator of the pure, vegan skincare line, North Rose Botanicals which can be found locally at Gathering Thyme, Good Earth Natural Foods and Whole Foods.DATE: Sunday, August 25th from 10am-4pm.
COST: $75 if registered by July 1st. $100 thereafter. Pre-registration required to hold your space. Click the Sign-Up button below to register or contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme: 415-524-8693 or info@gatheringthyme.com
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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Click the sign up button to pre-register. Pre-registration is required to hold your space.
Ayurveda Living
with Simone de Winter, M.A. Certified Ayurvedic Specialist
This six week class is offered every Monday evening beginning Sept. 18 from 6:30-9:00pm
Ayurveda, “the Science of Life”, a holistic medical system from ancient India, offers a very profound understanding of health and disease that is based in the theory of the five elements. It has great value as a system for preventive health and to improve the quality of life for everyone and especially those who are ill and suffering from all kinds of symptoms. It is especially acute in understanding food as medicine and offers a tasty, but simple way of eating that greatly supports health.
Ayurveda also is known worldwide as the science of rejuvenation, and offers a lifestyle that continually renews body, mind and spirit.
The curriculum of this class will cover the history and philosophy of Ayurveda, basic theory, diet and digestion, herbal application, and will be full of practical, applicable tips and suggestions.
Sept. 18 The Background - What is Ayurveda and where does it come from?
Sept. 25 Vata – the energy of air - how does it apply to me and my life?
Oct. 2 Pitta - the energy of fire - how does it apply to me and my life?
Oct. 16 Kapha - the energy of water - how does it apply to me and my life?
Oct. 23 Rejuvenation – on a daily basis, seasonal cleansing, panchakarma.
Oct. 30 Diet and digestion. How to keep your belly happy.
Simone de Winter, M.A. Certified Ayurvedic Specialist has been practicing Ayurveda in Marin County for almost ten years. She is the founder and owner of Marin Ayurveda since 2007. Before that she was the co-owner of Sammasati Ayurveda in Mill Valley and Pt. Reyes Station. In 2005 - 2006 she was closely involved with the development of Safronya Retreat in San Rafael. She has taught in the long distance learning program from the California College of Ayurveda, teaches in the Yoga Therapy Teachers Training at Stress Management Center, Marin County, has been a guest teacher at JFK University, teaches Ayurvedic body therapy trainings, and enjoys teaching on Ayurveda whenever she can.
Simone is a graduate from the California College of Ayurveda, and studied with Dr. Vasant Lad, Robert Svoboda, Jaisri Lambert, and in the private practices of doctors in India. Her training includes panchakarma (cleansing) therapy, Ayurvedic massage and rejuvenation therapies, pulse assessment and herbology.
COST: $350. A $100 deposit is required to hold your space with the remainder due at the first class. Payment plans are available for those in need.
WHEN: Six Mondays beginning September 18th from 6:30 to 9:00pm
CONTACT: For more information about this event, contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme info@gatheringthyme.com or 415-524-8693.
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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Click the sign up button to pre-register. Pre-registration with a $100 deposit is required to hold your space.
Sacred Scents
with David Crow of Floracopeia and MedicineCrow.com
Join us for a day of studying and sampling rare fragrant woods such as sandalwood, agarwood, cedar, and juniper; purifying resins such as frankincenses, myrrh and copal; intoxicating flowers such as roses, jasmines and saffron; and perfumed roots such as vetiver and jatamansi. We will learn the history, spiritual benefits and medicinal uses of some of the most powerful, exotic and renowned aromatic plants and sacred oils, including their applications for increasing concentration and memory, relaxation and meditation.
Participants will have the opportunity to sample and purchase Floracopeia essential oils.
In addition, Sara Crow L.Ac. will introduce the profound benefits of flower essence use including Floracopeia's new flower essence line, FlorAlchemy.
David Crow is an acupuncturist and herbalist with over thirty years experience. He is the author of “In Search of the Medicine Buddha,” a book about his studies of Tibetan and Ayurvedic medicine in the Himalayas. He is the founder of Floracopeia, Inc., a company that supports ecologically sustainable agriculture through the production of essential oils and aromatic treasures, and Medicinecrow.com, an online botanical community dedicated to sharing the knowledge and wisdom of plant-based medicine. He is the founder of The Learning Garden, one of the country’s largest school gardens, which has helped bring cultivation of organic food and medicinal plants into the Los Angeles public school system. Through writing, teaching, and activism, he is promoting the creation of a grassroots healthcare system. He can be contacted at: www.floracopeia.com and www.medicinecrow.com
COST: $85 if registered before September 1st, $100 thereafter. Register early! David's last event here sold out well in advance!
DATES: Sunday, September 29th from 10am to 6pm
CONTACT: For more information about this event, contact Cheryl at Gathering Thyme info@gatheringthyme.com or 415-524-8693.
WHERE: Gathering Thyme • 226 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. • San Anselmo, CA
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Click the sign up button to pre-register. Pre-registration is highly recommended to ensure your space.
Expert Supplement Advice Every Tuesday from 3:30-6:30pm
Swimming in a sea of supplements and not sure what you really should be taking, if anything? Confused about nutrients and the latest internet advertising craze? Clinical Nutritionist Kia Sanford will be available for drop-in mini-consults in the store on Tuesday afternoons from 4:00 to 7:00pm. She is also available by appointment for more in-depth individual consultations in the clinic.
For More Information on Kia and other clinic practitioners, click here: Gathering Thyme Integrative Health Clinic
