By: Meredith Morckel Wintertime means less daylight, colder temperatures, and holiday celebrations. It’s a time of joy for many. For others, it’s a season of stress and sadness. If you feel “down” sometimes and sleep and eat a little more than usual, you may be experiencing the “winter blues.” This is common, and not alarming.…
By: Yah-elle (Yaya) Every once in a while, a beautiful woman comes into the store, approaches me and leans in to whisper, “I need something for libido.” Sex is a wonderful way to bond with our partners, explore self expression, and de-stress. But with the heavy pressure to “perform” or look a certain way, sex…
Are you one of the many folks who live with some type of digestive issue? Well, whether you’ve got tummy trouble or not, you’re not going to want to miss this opportunity to learn about and taste herbs for digestion.
Are you interested in learning how to work with plant medicine to support healthy blood sugar? In this class, we will explore the many ways herbs can support healthy blood sugar.
In this class, we’ll be highlighting some common herbs that grow in our backyards, their properties and medicinal benefits, and various herbal remedies that can be created with them.
We will be sitting with damiana (Turnera diffusa) in different forms (tea, tincture, body butter) to connect with the plant and with our bodies. We will be noticing how we feel, listening to our bodies and observing any sensations or impulses that we feel to help us gain an embodied understanding of this plant. I…
Set your intentions for the new moon in Gemini and transmute those intentions into herbal medicine-making and self-care techniques!
Set your intentions for the new moon in Taurus and transmute those intentions into herbal medicine-making and self-care techniques!
A well-functioning digestive system is in many ways the key to good health in general.
In this class, we’ll be highlighting some common herbs that grow in our backyards, their properties and medicinal benefits, and various herbal remedies that can be created with them.
Join us for this 6-week Sensible Spring Cleanse class where we will gently cleanse and restore our minds and bodies. During this slow-paced cleanse, we will focus on specific systems of the body to cleanse, learn the function of each system through the lens of natural healing therapies, and review herbs and foods to support each system.
Smile Herb Shop is excited to offer our first bi-lingual medicinal herb walk! Come join us for this guided medicinal herb walk in English with live translation in Spanish! Learn to visually identify a wide variety of medicinal herbs, both common and rare. Touch, feel, taste, and connect with healing plants, and discover the medicine…
Herbal medicine is the art and science of using medicinal plants. Get your start on a powerful herbal practice!
Get ready for cold and flu season with some elder medicine! Elderberry syrup demonstration included!
As the light of Summer grows softer, the blooming flower heads of goldenrod are a beacon in Nature indicating that Autumn is on its way. The botanical name for goldenrod, Solidago, means ‘to make whole’. Come join me in learning how to incorporate this gorgeous plant into your home apothecary. In Western herbalism, goldenrod is…
Discover the skin-healing properties of Calendula (Calendula officinalis) and Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)! Calendula and Comfrey are time-honored herbs for soothing, nourishing, and healing the skin. They are an important part of any herbalist’s first-aid kit. Students will learn techniques to grow these herbs at home, as well as their wide-ranging herbal & first aid applications.…
Herbal History, Global Traditions, & Medicine Making Herbal Foundations Certification Course September 10th-11th, 10am-3pm Students can join for the weekend or sign up for a single day. Please email your questions to: MidAtlanticSchoolofHerbalism@gmail.com ___ Saturday, Sept. 10th: 10 am-12pm: ‘What is Herbalism?’ Join the MASH herbalists online for this weekend as they lead you on…
A healthy heart and circulatory system is said to be the secret of a long life. It is a fact that cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity & mortality in the US, and thus we would consider the saying is absolutely true!
Herbal Botany, Plant ID, Sustainable Harvesting and Medicine Making Herbal Foundations Certificate Course Students can join for the weekend or sign up for a single day. Please email your questions to: MidAtlanticSchoolofHerbalism@gmail.com May 7th-8th, 10am-3pm We at MASH believe that budding herbalists should be able to identify plants, particularly medicinal ones, in the wild or…
Herbal Support for the Endocrine System: Herbs & Actions for Self-Care Herbal Foundations Certificate Course Students can join for the weekend or sign up for a single day. Please email your questions to: MidAtlanticSchoolofHerbalism@gmail.com April 2nd-3rd, 10am-3pm The endocrine system is made up of the endocrine organs, which include the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal…