New Class @ NourishingDestiny.com: Listening to Plants: A Gathering of Friends

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

 

I'm pleased to announce a new course at Nourishingdestiny.com with

acupuncturist and herbalist Dave Leonard:

 

Listening to Plants: A Gathering of Friends, 8 PDA Points NCCAOM, California.

 

Materials are available now online and Dave will be available on the discussion

group until 4/6 at which time we will have a conference call with him. I'm

excited to be able to bring such a diverse selection of classes together in one

place. Dave's a very thoughtful and skilled herbalist and has spent many years

studying with native healers in Hawaii.

 

 

Listening to Plants: A Gathering of Friends

 

This course examines non-linear indigenous approaches to plant human

interactions. We will explore our relationship to plants and the subtleties that

may be missed in our TCM, Naturopathic, or Western Herbal styles of medicine.

 

 

•To educate herbalists in the non-linear practices of gathering plant medicines.

 

•To engender respect for native ecosystems.

 

• To recognize the relationship between prehistoric practices and modern

medicine

 

• To present possible benefits for herbalist to gather their own medicines.

 

• To present a context for possible gathering practices

 

• To give an example of a traditional gathering practice

 

• To examine the possibility of gathering information directly from plants

 

 

Where: Nourishingdestiny.com

 

Begins: Tuesday 3/30/10

 

Conference call with Dave 4/6/10, 9pm EST