Holistic Health and Herbal Education Festival Saturday, September 17, 12011 8:30 am-6 pm Cannon Falls, Minnesota Nine Teachers Di verse Healing Traditions A Dozen Classes to Choose From... Wild Herbs. Food, Friends and Fellowship... Lise Wolff Western Herbalism Deborah Savran Intuitive Healing Artist Elizabeth Heck Western Herbalism Erin Piorier Western Herbalism Jodi Baglien Aromatherapy, Shiatsu Martin Bulgerin Flower Essences Anita Teigan Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Herbalism 1
We look forward to seeing you on September 17th... for a special day of herbal and holistic health education. We ll gather at a plant-filled farm in the beautiful Cannon Valley, just 40 minutes south of the Metro area. Twelve classes will be offered by a variety of accomplished practitioners from diverse traditions including Western Herbalism,, TCM, Flower Essences, Aromatherapy and more. There will be something for everyone from beginning to advanced students, including opportunities for hands-on medicine making and plant id. Relax on the farm between classes and join us for herbal teas a delicious dessert buffet. Experienced medicine makers are welcome to wildcraft independently. See you there! 8:30-9 Welcome 9-10:30 Session One Schedule of Events Subject to Change 1. The Cardiovascular System Reveals the Mind-Body Connection and Offers Insight Into Treating Emotions with Anita Teigen 2. The Art of Case Taking and Communication for Herbalists with Erin Piorier 3. Flower Essences Chakras and the Energetic Body with Martin Bulgerin 10:30-11 break 11-12:30 session two 1. Let s Go Out Botanizing with Elizabeth Heck 2. Moving Qi with Essential Oils with Jodi Baglien 12:30-2 Lunch, Free Wildcrafting Time, Honey/Beeswax for Sale 2-3:30 Session Three 1. Minnesota Herbs for the Musculo-Skeletal System with Lise Wolff 2. Luscious Lotions: Handmade and Herbal with Erin Piorier 3. Plant Identification and Tincture Making Instructor to be announced 3:30-4 Break 4-5:30 Session Four 1. One Song - The Healing Power of Sound, Voice and Plants, with Deborah Savran 2. Herbs for Winter Health with Lise Wolff 3. Herbal Basics: Salves and Plant Identification instructor to be announced Back for 2011! The beekeepers from local Homestead Apiaries will be on hand over the lunch break. They will have their local, raw, wildflower honey and beeswax for sale. These products are great for your herbal creations. Bring your checkbook or cash. no credit cards 2
Instructors Jodi Baglien, CA, CST Jodi s combines her expertise as a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist, Shiatsu Therapist, Wellness Educator, consultant, and business owner, with her 25 year background in spiritual practices, wholeness in living, and eastern healing traditions. Her life s work is expressed through her hands on, integrative approach to teaching practical and accessible information. Martin Bulgerin, Flower Essences Martin Bulgerin has been active in the natural healing community since 1990. He specializes in the area of flower essences and other vibrational remedies. This includes marketing his own line of remedies, many of them based on local medicinal plants and his ever popular Chakra Cocktail. He also has been teaching classes in flower essence therapy and related topics since the mid 90's. In addition, Martin practices a form of gentle bodywork called Ortho-Bionomy and is also known as an astrologer of many decades experience. Elizabeth Heck, Herbalist, Naturalist Elizabeth is a naturalist with the country s oldest wildflower garden, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, and is also a Minnesota Master Naturalist. She has lectured and given plant walks for park districts, organizations, garden clubs, schools, Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center and the New England Woman's Herbal Conference. Elizabeth is a Board member of the Minnesota Native Plant Society where she sits on the Conservation Committee, addressing plant related environmental concerns. Her herbal training has spanned over many years from some of the country s finest herbal teachers and botanists and her hardy northern gardens are planted extensively with medicinal plants. Erin Piorier, Herbalist Erin Piorier is a professional herbalist who has been studying and working with plants for over ten years. Her education includes study with Minnesota s most prominent herbalists and clinical training through an 18 month apprenticeship. Erin is available for private consultation and provides her clients with handmade wildcrafted herbal products. She is committed to safe, collaborative, respectful natural health care that treats the whole person. Erin lives in St. Paul with her husband and two children and is active in the natural birth and family health communities. You can find Erin on the web at www.minnesotaherbalist.com and www.holisticbirthmn.com. Instructor Biographies Continued on Page Four 3
Instructors continued.. Deborah Savran, Naturopath, Vocalist and Sound Yogi For the past 20 years, Deborah Savran has travelled around the world as a student of natural medicine, vocal arts, bodywork, consciousness, yoga and dance. Deborah moved from Australia back to her home town of Minneapolis with her husband and two children 6 years ago. She has since then been offering her work with the transformative energies of voice, breath, movement, and natural therapies to the local community. Her intention is to guide her clients and students to more fully embody and enchant their lives, and reconnect with true nature. Her work is a gestalt of many modalities, including naturopathy, vocal meditation, sound healing, maya abdominal therapy, and intuitive bodywork. Deborah works at Blooma, where she specializes in pre-natal, post-natal, fertility, and women's health care. She is available for private sessions, vocal performance, and workshops. For more information about Deborah, and links to her published articles, please visit www.deborahsavran.com Anita Teigen, L.Ac. Anita Teigen is a Licensed Acupuncturist, a Board-Certified Herbalist, and a Licensed Massage Therapist. She is the owner of Red Clover Clinic in Roseville, MN, where she uses a unique blend of acupuncture, botanical medicine, and bodywork to decrease pain, increase energy and restore health and balance to the body, mind and spirit. In addition to her Master's studies in Oriental Medicine at the American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Roseville, MN, Anita has studied western herbalism with a variety of teachers, including Lise Wolff, Erin Piorier and Matthew Wood. You can find out more about Anita and Red Clover Clinic at www.redcloverclinic.com. Lise Wolff, Registered Herbalist, AHG Lise Wolff has studied herbalism for twenty-two years, with herbalists from Susun Weed to Matthew Wood with whom she apprenticed in 1995. She is a professional member of The American Herbalist Guild and received her MSc in Scotland. An active practitioner, Lise supplies her apothecary primarily with herbs she gathers and prepares. She maintains a private practice in South Minneapolis and is available for private consultations. For the past fourteen years she has taught beginning and advanced herb classes in the Midwest based on actual case histories. Lise s primary focus is on the most prolific plants available commonly called weeds, that insistently volunteer their nutrition and healing powers everywhere we walk. In 2010 and 2011 Lise taught at the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing as a part of the School of Nursing curriculum for the Doctor of Nursing Practice. Fall 2010 Lise was appointed to the academic faculty of St. Katherine University. As adjunct professor, she teaches the Herbology course for the Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies. 4
Workshops The Art of Case Taking and Communication for Herbalists with Erin Piorier Working well with clients or friends and family is much more than knowing the herbal materia medica. This workshop will cover the elements of a consultation and effective, artful interview skills. We ll discuss everything from the forms and paperwork to how to how to maintain your boundaries as a practitioner. We ll pay particular attention to strategies for effective, directed questioning and eliciting useful information about symptoms, organ systems and history from your client. We will wrap up with an fun exercise analyzing cases taken from Erin s practice. The Cardiovascular System Reveals The Mind-Body Connection and Offers Insight Into Treating Emotions with Anita Teigen The cardiovascular system has a language all its own, and it provides us with insight and understanding into the mind-body connection. Through the pulse we can see if an individual has suffered shock or trauma at some point in their lives, and recognize if there are lasting physical and/or emotional effects. We can also find out if the person experiences anxiety, worry, circular thinking, or insomnia. Through the blood pressure, heart rate and circulation we can determine the basic terrain of the body and gain clues as to how to restore balance. From my point of view, the two greatest gifts that Chinese medicine offers us are a comprehensive diagnostic system, and the primary rule of treatment: "treat the pattern, not the disease." Our western herbal tissue states model, fleshed out by Matthew Wood, is based on similar concepts, but is expressed and applied slightly differently. In this class we will learn about the relationship between these two systems, get a brief introduction to Chinese pulse diagnosis, and find out about blood pressure diagnosis all within the context of understanding and assessing the emotions. In the final portion of the class, we will briefly discuss how to select herbs (western) to treat emotional conditions based on our diagnosis, and how to create an appropriate formula. Note: The concepts of this class may be a little overwhelming to the newer herbalist, however, the handouts and the skills that will be introduced will be practical and helpful to anyone who is or hopes to be prescribing herbs. Flower Essences, Chakras and the Energetic Body with Martin Bulgerin Because flower essences work primarily on psychological and energetic levels instead of simply on the level of the physical body, a different perspective is needed here compared to traditional herbalism. Instead of looking mainly at organ systems and physical symptoms, a language of emotions and subtle energy is needed to supplement the physical. In particular, the human energy systems of the aura and the chakras form a useful backdrop for talking about how remedies work, the healing effects they bring, etc. We will look at a number of essences from this energetic and emotional background, learning how to differentiate between closely related remedies based on this perspective. Herbal Basics: Salves and Plant Identification instructor TBA Herbal Medicine is accessible to everyone! Join us for a walk around the farm and learn to identify some of the many edible and medicinal plants that grow around us. Then learn the simple techniques to turn fresh herbs into oils and ointments. Participants will make their own infused herbal oil. $5 supply fee payable to instructor. Herbs for Winter Health with Lise Wolff Help your body heal winter's woes. Learn a variety of simple remedies and recipes to strengthen your body and work with colds, coughs, sinus infections, fevers and SAD. Let s Go Out Botanizing with Elizabeth Heck On this plant walk we will be looking for patterns in plant s flowers, stems and leaves to help us learn how to identify and group them. Related plants often have similar uses and their patterns can guide us to a broader understanding of plant actions. This class will include a brief introduction/review of basic botany and progress to an exploration of various plant properties. Focus will be on the most common plant families used in herbal medicine. Workshop descriptions continued on page 6 5
Workshops continued. Luscious Lotions: Handmade and Herbal with Erin Piorier You can make rich, fragrant handmade herbal products for your skin that aren t greasy or strong smelling from ingredients readily available from the local co-op. These luscious lotions can be for beauty and delight or they can be profoundly healing with the addition of herbal infusions formulated by you from dried herbs, infused oils or tinctures. We ll sample a variety of creams, share recipes and make a batch of cream together. Participants should bring a very small dry, extra clean jar or salve container to this class for their sample. Minnesota Herbs for the Musculo-Skeletal System with Lise Wolff Many local and available plants are incredibly effective remedies for healing and easing the pain of arthritis, sprains, strains, tight muscles, whiplash, bone breaks, repetitive stress injuries and so much more. Come learn what, where and how to use these effective and simple remedies. Plant Identification and Tincture Making This class will cover the ethical gathering and preparation of herbal medicinals. Class will begin with a plant walk, identifying edible and medicinal local plants and gathering material for making a tincture to take home. $5.00 supply fee payable to the instructor. Moving Qi with Essential Oils with Jodi Baglien Let your inner healer come out and play! Tension, beliefs, past trauma are just a few things that block our energy pathways and keep us stuck in old patterns that no longer serve us. We will explore how we can move energy in our energetic pathways (meridians) with essential oils, by exploring the eastern therapeutic concepts of essential oils. Choosing oils from their energetic qualities is a fascinating way to approach oil selection. Class includes making your own energetic essential oil blend and a intention setting meditation to program your blend. $6 supply fee payable to the instructor Plant Identification and Tincture Making Instructor TBA This class will cover the gathering and preparation of herbal medicinals. Ethical wildcrafting techniques will be emphasized as students prepare a tincture to take home for use in their own herbal repertoire. $5.00 supply fee payable to the instructor. 6
Please allow ample time for driving 45 minutes from St. Paul, 55 minutes from Minneapolis. Classes will begin promptly at scheduled times. Feel free to arrive early for wildcrafting or just to enjoy the farm! Directions to the Holistic Health and Herbal Education Festival Address: 35200 Cty 24 Blvd, Cannon Falls, MN 55009 (Check Map Point or Map Quest for a map) Coming from Minneapolis: Take Hwy 55 east, until it connects with 52 south around Inver Grove Heights. Continue past the Cannon Falls exit for one mile. At the stoplight, turn right on Cty 24. There is a Country Kitchen and McDonalds on the left and a Best Western on the right. Continue for 5 ½ miles. At 4 ½ miles you will pass Wangen Prairie Church (a small white church at the bottom of the hill.) Pass the church, go up the hill, down the hill, up a second hill around the curve to the right and the driveway is on the left a long driveway down a hill. Mailbox (on the right) will be marked with balloons. Coming from St. Paul: Take 94 West and Exit 52 south (just on the outside of downtown St. Paul) Continue on 52 for approximately 34 miles. Then follow the remaining directions (listed above) to take you to the farm. Please park at the end of the driveway near the garage. Lost??? Call Erin at 612-508-0584 or call the farm at 507-721-2731 Registration form on page eight 7
Registration Cost for the Holistic Health and Herbal Education Festival is $95 Early Bird Registration is $85 (Payment postmarked by Thursday, August 25th ) Fee includes dessert buffet during lunch break. Please bring your own lunch. Tea, coffee and water and light snacks will be served throughout the day. Handouts are included. Hands-on Workshops several workshops involve making a product for home use. Additional fees may apply. Additional $5 supply fee payable to instructor at time of class for Tincture and Oil Making Classes. Additional $6 supply fee payable to instructor at the time of class for Moving Qi with Essential Oils No additional fee for Luscious Lotions but participants should bring a clean, dry salve container or jar under 2 oz. No pets please Children are welcome to attend with a parent provided the adult attendee is responsible at all times for the safety of the children and respectful behavior during workshops. There is plenty of space to play outdoors. There is no cost for children and babysitters to attend. Let us know if your child/ren are attending for our planning purposes. Questions about the festival can be directed to Lise at 612-819-9946 or Erin at 612-508-0584 email: epiorier@mninter.net Registration Form Please fill out registration form and send with payment to: Lise Wolff 4626 18th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407 Name Address Phone Number Email Address How did you hear about the Holistic and Herbal Education Festival? $85 Early Bird Registration, postmarked by Thursday, August 25th $95 General Registration 8