Herbalism Through the Seasons Course
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Join Anima Mundi herbalists Marisa Clementi and Sophie Cozine at our Brooklyn Apothecary for one evening per month; we will gather to learn and share herbal wisdom. Each class can be taken as a stand alone or build your herbal knowledge by attending all 5!
In this monthly gathering we will follow the growing season from Spring to Fall and dive into the world of herbalism. We’ll begin with the history and origins of various herbal traditions from Traditional Chinese Medicine, Western Herbalism, Ayurveda, to Folk Herbalism; then explore botany and plant identification, herbal energetics, herbs to forage for each season, medicine making, and more!
This class is designed for anyone and everyone who wants to learn! No prior knowledge or experience is necessary. Come discover with us!
Classes Include:
- Supplemental reading materials and handouts
- Custom medicines for you to make and take home using fresh herbs from Sawmill Herb Farm
- Herbal recipes
Curriculum:
- MAY 15 Intro to Herbal Medicine, Botany + Plant Identification
- JUNE 27 Medicine Making: Ingestibles
- JULY 25 Medicine Making: Topicals
- SEPTEMBER 12 Honoring the Changing of the Seasons
- OCTOBER 10 Harvest Gathering + Celebration!
Class Descriptions:
Intro to Herbal Medicine, Botany + Plant Identification
We will discuss the foundations of herbal medicine from various cultures worldwide, noting their similarities and differences and how ecologies lend themselves to certain types of medicine. We will particularly focus on the concept of herbal energetics. We will learn about basic botany and plant identification knowledge, focusing on a few important plant families within herbalism: Rose, Mint, and Aster. We will also make customized tea blends to take home!
Medicine Making: Ingestibles
We will learn about the various methods for extracting herbs to take internally - infusions, tinctures, oxymels, glycerites, cordials and honeys - what the unique benefits are of each and why you might choose one method over another. We will also be making a glycerite to take home using fresh herbs from Sawmill Herb Farm!
Medicine Making: Topicals
We will discuss methods for extracting herbs in oils and how to use them in recipes for making topical medicines - balms, creams, oils, and serums. We will also discuss which herbs are particularly nourishing to the skin! You will get to make a cooling after-sun balm to take home using herbs from Sawmill Herb Farm!
Honoring the Changing of the Seasons
In this class we will discuss the seasonal transition from Summer to Fall, diving deeper into herbal energetics and discussing ways to preserve fresh herbs so that they last through the Fall and Winter. We will make a nourishing potion to take home using late summer bounty from Sawmill Herb Farm.
Harvest Gathering + Celebration
We will gather and honor the Fall season by sharing and tasting medicines made over the year's growing season and preparing for the colder months ahead with community and ritual. We will learn about mystical plants traditionally used in dreamwork and honoring our ancestors. We will make medicinal sweets to enjoy with friends and family, and to offer on our altar spaces and tables for those who have come before us.
Teachers:
Marisa Clementi is a dancer, musician, and maker interested in mixing the medicine practices of her Latvian and Italian heritage with the brilliance of Ayurveda. She's an AADP certified Holistic Health and Ayurvedic Nutrition Coach who lives for creative practice: gardening, foraging, dancing, singing, cooking, feasting, and mothering. Marisa brings her artistry as a performer to her clients through her deep knowledge of functional anatomy and somatic inquiry, as well as her inherited ancestral understanding of food and friendship as medicine. She wholly believes in the pleasure and freedom that come from cultivating a relationship with one's being: where form and function meet imagination as a path to abundant health.
Sophie Cozine is a forever student of the healing arts with a deep passion for plant medicine. As a certified Clinical Herbalist, Sophie aims to teach people from all different walks of life the power of plants. She is inspired to learn, preserve, and practice the tradition of herbal medicine descending to us from herbalists past. She first trained under the guidance of Herbalist Brigitte Mars and earned her degree from the Arborvitae School of Clinical Herbalism. Sophie emphasizes compassion in all her work and focuses on mind, body, and spirit with all her clients. She is an herbalist at Anima Mundi Apothecary in Brooklyn, NY where the focus is on bringing ancient medicine to the modern world.
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