​Sept 12th    Lymph Flow for Self Care (Saturday 10:30 am Angela) $25

Lymph Flow For Self Care is an educational workshop on the lymphatic system and how to support its function through self-massage techniques, movement, and botanicals. Perfect for beginners, self-care enthusiasts, and anyone curious about lymphatic wellness. (Please wear comfortable, loose-fittimg clothes.)
This class will be taught by Angela, who is a licensed massage therapist and who you may recognize as one of the super helpful ladies from the shop!

 

Sept 18th    Herbalism for Beginners (Friday 6 pm) $25

This is a great class to start you on your journey of understanding herbalism at a deeper level- not just cookie cutter list of herbs to memorize. 
This is a class about laying the foundation for understanding western herbalism and how to categorize herbs and how to use them. In this class we will talk about how to choose herbs based on their energetics- cooling, warming, moistening, drying. We'll learn about many of the categories of herbs based on their properties and get a feel for some of the vocabulary you might come across in books. We will meet a few of our best allies and learn the basics of how to use them.

 

Sept 19th    Elderberry Syrup Making Workshop (Saturday 10:30 am) $35

We know how amazing elderberry syrup is to combat the first signs of viral infection or exposure. However, commercially made stuff in the stores is not only expensive, it leaves something to be desired in the taste department (with the exception of our small batch syrup of course!) 
I'll show you how easily elderberry syrup can be made at home and how delicious it can be. We'll make a batch while I'm teaching and bottle it up so everyone can bring one home.
You'll also learn about the mechanisms by which elderberry is thought to work in the body, and learn about some other herbs that are helpful allies to add to your syrup.

 

Sept 25th    Herbs for Women’s Health- Periods, Hormones,  Menopause & More  (Friday 6:00 pm) $25

This is a class to become more familiar with herbs that are beneficial for many areas specific to women's health in the different phases of our lives. We'll talk about herbs that are useful for menstration issues including cramps and PMS, fertility, libido, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, menopause and more.

 

Sept 26th    Gut Health and its Role in Healing Allergies,  Inflammation & Autoimmune Issues (Saturday 10:30 am) $25

The root of all disease begins in the gut. We'll talk about why gut health is so important for reducing your hay fever symptoms, you aches and pains, your mental health outlook, as well as the impact on autoimmune conditions. 
We'll focus on the importance of gut integrity, what weakens it, and how to strengthen it. We'll look at the ways modern life is so disruptive to gut health and talk about strategies for countering this. Gut health goes way beyond just taking probiotics and we'll talk about what else can be done.

 

Oct 3rd        Einkorn Sourdough Workshop (Saturday 10:30 am) $70

Einkorn is an heirloom variety of wheat, and it is very low in gluten, so working with it is quite different than working with other wheat flours you might be used to working with.  It doesn't have the same elasticity, which makes it a little trickier to work with, but it makes up for it in gentleness on the gut, higher protein levels and a flavor that makes you think all other wheat flavor is more akin to cardboard.  

In this class, you'll make a loaf of einkorn sourdough bread, that you will bring home, let rise, and bake.  We will provide you with the ingredients you need, a starter to bring home so you can keep it going, a round banneton basket for rising, a razor for slashing the dough, and a dough scraper. 

 

You do need a couple items of your own however. To class, be sure and bring a medium-large sized mixing bowl- you will use this to rest the dough between stretch and folds and in which to bring your dough home.  A digital scale and dish towel for drying your hands repeatedly is also helpful .  If you don't have a scale, thats ok- we can share.  You'll also need some sort of cutting board or tray to provide you with a work surface that is not the plastic table we'll be using. At home, you'll need a Dutch oven with a lid that is oven safe up to 500 degrees

 

Oct 9th        Herbs for Pain and Discomfort (Friday 6:00 pm)

There are lots of herbal allies that are helpful to know about for different types of pains, and we'll tease those apart to help you come up with the best strategies for different circumstances. 

What herbs are might be helpful for a headache? Which ones for nerve pain? Which ones for toothaches? Menstrual cramps? Arthritis? What is the type of pain? We're not talking of course about a silver bullet for intense chronic pain, but some herbs with which it is useful to become familiar.

Willowbark, feverfew, raspberry leaf, cramp bark, wood betony, St Johns Wort,. You have to know where they are most effectively applied, and that's exactly where we'll go in this class.

 

Oct 10th        Herbal Medicine Making (Saturday 10:30-1:00) $35

This class will be a demonstration of how to make your herbs into medicine, with many opportunities to get up and help with the medicine making if you like to be a little more hands on!. We will learn about how to make infusions, decoctions, tinctures, poultices, steams, salves, syrups and more. This class tends to run about 2.5 hours- and may run slightly over that.

 

Oct 16th        Herbs for Digestion: Reducing Bloating, Reflux & Digestive Sluggishness with a Flavor- Herbal Bitters  (Friday 6:00 pm)

Heartburn, gas, bloating and difficulty with digesting fats and proteins is really common in our modern day lives.
Find out how the bitter flavor nips this right in the bud and how to get it into your diet so you don't have to resort to medications that might actually be making the problem worse at it's root.

I know, I know, you just can't stand the taste of bitter. That might just change when you learn more about them! America has gotten really good at breeding the bitter out of our food supply, but that has been to our detriment because we just aren't used to that flavor anymore. But we are truly meant to consume bitters. We are living through a time of bitters deficiency in most peoples diets, which is manifested as the myriad digestive problems we face. 

Bitters have helped so many people get their digestion back on track, and I'd love to teach you how.

We'll meet a range of bitters and learn about subclasses of bitter flavors so you can really play around with experimenting with them if you'd like!

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Oct 17th        B Vitamins, Genetics, MTHFR & Beyond  (Saturday 10:30 am)

A lot of the focus in this class will be on the B vitamins - we'll go through them all, what they do, as well genes that impact the ability to use certain forms of the vitamins.

We'll be doing a deep dive on MTHFR, the gene that impacts the ability to use folic acid. So many of us have some form of the variant, and I want to help flesh out what that means, and also how to show you how to find your own genetic variations if you've ever done ancestry.com or 23andme.

We'll also look at some of the lesser known genetic variations that can help you know which foods can be helpful to emphasize and also to help pick the best forms of vitamins for your genotype.

    

Oct 23rd        Aromatherapy Essentials:  A Guide to Blending and Using Essential Oils Safely (Friday 6:00 pm) $25 (Angela)    

Aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of essential oils (EOs) to support physical and emotional wellness. In this class, you’ll learn the foundations of aromatherapy, including how essential oils are extracted, their key properties, and how scents may influence the body and mind. We will be focusing on safe, evidence-informed use of EOs, covering proper dilution, application methods, contraindications, and quality selection. By the end, you’ll have gained some practical tools to incorporate aromatherapy into your daily routines for relaxation, stress management, and overall wellness.

 

Oct 24th        Incense Rolling Workshop (Saturday 10:30 am) $45 (Jamie)

Back by popular demand! Taught by Jamie of Black River Moon.
In this make & take class you’ll get your hands dirty working directly with a wide variety of aromatics, from common and locally growing herbs to imported resins that have been used for centuries, creating your very own unique blend that we will then roll into incense cones. 
No synthetics, no fragrance oils, no essential oils, just herbs, resins and water. 
Each participant will leave with about 20 cones to burn at home, as well as the basic foundation of incense making.
Class fee is $45, which includes the materials fee. 

 

Oct 30th        Introduction to Parasitology (Friday 6:00 pm) $25

We will talk about some of the myriad of parasites that can affect people right here in Michigan and more importantly, what to DO about them! We'll go over herbs that are effective, when parasite cleanses should be done, and other strategies.

 

Nov 6th        Herbs for Colds, Coughs and Fevers (Friday 6:00 pm$25

(Formerly known as Winter Wellness)
This class is one of the basics for knowing how to deal with seasonal illness, and if you ever get sick, or take care of people who get sick, you'll want to take this class.
We'll talk about how to use herbs when you or your family members get sick with acute viruses, as well as how to try to boost the immune system to prevent it to begin with. What should we take for a dry cough? What should we do about a wet sounding cough? How about sniffles, and sneezes and fevers? What helps a sore throat? We'll cover how to choose which ones to work best depending on how someone is presenting.
We will discuss herbs, foods, supplements and other tools to do this. We will also discuss what herbs and foods will help us recover wellness if we do fall ill this winter, including addressing specific symptoms.​

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Nov 7th        Herbalism for Beginners (Saturday 10:30 am) $25

This is a great class to start you on your journey of understanding herbalism at a deeper level- not just cookie cutter list of herbs to memorize. This is a class about laying the foundation for understanding western herbalism and how to categorize herbs and how to use them. In this class we will talk about how to choose herbs based on their energetics- cooling, warming, moistening, drying. We'll learn about many of the categories of herbs based on their properties and get a feel for some of the vocabulary you might come across in books. We will meet a few of our best allies and learn the basics of how to use them.

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Nov 13th    Gut Health and its Role in Healing Allergies,  Inflammation & Autoimmune Issues (Friday 6:00 pm) $25

The root of all disease begins in the gut. We'll talk about why gut health is so important for reducing your hay fever symptoms, you aches and pains, your mental health outlook, as well as the impact on autoimmune conditions. We'll focus on the importance of gut integrity, what weakens it, and how to strengthen it. We'll look at the ways modern life is so disruptive to gut health and talk about strategies for countering this. Gut health goes way beyond just taking probiotics and we'll talk about what else can be done.

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Nov 14th    Herbal and Other Natural Approaches to Balancing  Blood Sugar  (new!) (Saturday 10:30 am) $25

Blood sugar is something that we expect our body to just take care of without us having to think about it.  It usually starts out this way, but over time, with continued spikes and life changes, many of us are looking at an A1c number that is starting to look a little uncomfortable.  In this class, I'll share with you some of the herbal approaches, as well as other tools I've personally found to be very helpful in balancing blood sugar.  A happy result may be releasing a few pounds without going hungry.  Managing blood sugar with food order, strategic timing, herbal assistance and most importantly, information and feedback makes more difference than you can believe!

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Nov 21st        Herbs for Stress & Anxiety (Saturday 10:30 am)

You may have heard about herbs like St. Johns wort for depression and Chamomile for soothing stressed nerves, but let me take you a little deeper into the world of herbs we can use to help balance our energy patterns, that will help alleviate stress, fatigue and other emotional states. We will look at several different adaptogenic and nervine herbs and discuss the types of imbalances they best address.​