Why We Love Echinacea
Echinacea has long been adored for its ability to boost the immune system. Recent studies prove that it can relieve anxiety and enhance mood.
Essential Oils for Seasonal Depression
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.…
The Hormonal Wave & Romance
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…
Herbs for Digestive Health
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.
Herbal Support for Blood Sugar Management
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.
Backyard Herbs: Medicine Making
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.
Damiana Plant Meditation
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…
New Moon Medicine Making: Honey, Lavender, & Gemini
Set your intentions for the new moon in Gemini and transmute those intentions into herbal medicine-making and self-care techniques!
New Moon Medicine Making: Marshmallow & Taurus
Set your intentions for the new moon in Taurus and transmute those intentions into herbal medicine-making and self-care techniques!
Fundamentals of Digestive Care
A well-functioning digestive system is in many ways the key to good health in general.
Backyard Herbs: Medicine Making
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.
Spring Cleansing Workshop
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.
Bilingual Herb Walk
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…
Foundations of Herbalism – Respiratory System & Ears, Eyes, Nose, & Throat
Herbal medicine is the art and science of using medicinal plants. Get your start on a powerful herbal practice!
Elder Medicine: Herbal Support for Cold & Flu Season
Get ready for cold and flu season with some elder medicine! Elderberry syrup demonstration included!
Goldenrod Medicine: Sinus, Kidney, & Pain Support
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…
Salves & Infused Oils Workshop: Comfrey & Calendula
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 Foundations: Herbal History, Global Traditions, & Medicine Making
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…
Herbal Foundations: Herbs & Nutrition for the Cardiovascular System
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 Foundations: Herbal Botany, Plant ID, Harvesting, & Medicine Making
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…
