Kauai Work Retreat, Spring Break 2017 (Part Two)
Kauai Work Retreat Day-by-Day Summary Day One of the Kauai Work Retreat we spent at good friends on the North Shore, who have a very special site on their land that needs constant attention. The North Shore of Kauai is among the rainiest, most lush places on...
Kauai Work Retreat, Spring Break 2017 (Part One)
Local Harmony and Kauai Work Retreat I’m heading home from Kauai after spending three weeks in the sweet, soft Hawaiian air, rejuvenating from a usual, atypical western MA winter. The second week of my stay was spent facilitating – along with Owen Wormser – our second...
Underrated Herbal Medicine Superstar: Spilanthes Creates a Sensation
Tomorrow begins the Foundations of Western Herbal Medicine, where we learn not only about the medicinal wonders of herbs like spilanthes, but also about human health from the lenses of traditional and modern Western medicine as well as Native American, with...
Herbal Holistic Medicine, Allopathic Medicine, and Language
Throughout Foundations of Western Herbal Medicine, I stress the importance of language. Words can tell us a lot. Let’s take a closer look at a couple that define two prevalent views of human health and medicine: allopathy (conventional medicine = allopathic medicine)...
Herbal Holistic Medicine and Allopathic Medicine: A Comparison
Every autumn Clearpath School of Herbal Medicine offers a course called ‘Foundations of Western Herbal Medicine’, meeting ten Wednesdays from 5:30-9:30, part of the level one herbal holistic medicine program – ‘Cultivating the Healer Within’. First class I compare two...
Cilantro Vs. Coriander: An Herb Steeped in Controversy
Last Wednesday I began the last unit of Materia Medica for 2016. Over the course of three Wednesdays I share in-depth herbal information on fifteen herbs, five each evening. On September 7 we started the first five herbs/mushrooms: chaga, cilantro-coriander, figwort,...
Plant Attunement: Skunk Cabbage
Plant Attunement at Clearpath Herbals The first outdoor meeting of Clearpath School of Herbals Medicine’s Plant Attunement Immersion was back in late April. We meet once Sunday afternoon a month, and during the winter the class happens inside. We were psyched to be...
Mints for the Mind: Anti-Anxiety Herbs
Did you know that the mint family includes a variety of anti-anxiety herbs? I make an herbal formula called Calm Focus, which is designed to help people do and feel exactly as the name suggests. I am not sure what is happening in the minds and hearts of people these...
Opening to the Wisdom of the Plant World: The Physical Language of Plants
An Indigenous Language of Plants This Saturday, July 16, I will be leading a workshop that is foundational to having a deeper connection to the plant world. It opens up the plant world like an encyclopedia of Sign for those looking to glean information directly from...
Plant Attunement: Summer Blues, Summer Yellows
Plant Attunement Immersion class this Sunday This Sunday from 1-4 PM Clearpath Herbals hosts the July edition of Plant Attunemment Immersion. We will be meeting at our usual place -- Clearpath Medicine Gardens located at 119 Old Sunderland Road in Montague, MA....
