This class is part of a 2 part series - Moving Through Hard Times: Herbs for Stress and Emotional Well-being
February 4th: Plant Allies for Emotional Well-Being with Ember Peters
February 18th: Herbs for Stressful Times with Oren Hercz
Both classes will be live on Zoom at 6:30-8:30 PM Atlantic Time (5:30-7:30 PM Eastern Time)
Each class is $30 +hst or $50 for both (scroll down to register)
The classes can be taken stand-alone or together (and recordings will be sent out afterwards).
We often face demands that push us beyond our stress tolerance and prevent us from feeling well. The effects of disconnection, trauma, emotional suffering and long term stress often cause serious impacts on our mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being. In this two class series, we want to share with you holistic herbal strategies for managing difficulties and rebuilding our nervous system resilience, so we can move through hard times with more ease and show up in our lives more fully, authentically, and with more satisfaction.
Class 1: Plant Allies for Emotional Well-Being
Tuesday February 4th at 6:30-8:30 pm Atlantic Time
Live on Zoom
We are not alone in holding and moving through difficult experiences. While painful emotional experiences are part of being human, isolation and disconnection can make it much more difficult to face. We exist in an ecosystem and our healing therefore must also be collective, relational, connected. Our plant allies are here to help us move through grief, anger, anxiety, depression, and other painful emotions with more ease and resource.
In this workshop, we will explore:
Barriers and obstacles to our mental health to better understand our experiences
Expanding our healing process beyond self care towards connected collective care
Herbal strategies for nervous system support
Herb profiles on rose, linden, hawthorn, St John’s Wort, skullcap, motherwort, lavender, and lemon balm
Bios:
Ember Peters (they/them)
Ember Peters (they/them) is a clinical herbalist and educator living on the North Mountain of the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Unceded Mi'kmaq Territory. Ember has over a decade of clinical experience focusing on accessible trans inclusive care and supporting people with complex chronic illness. They teach through the Maritime School of Holistic Herbalism Intermediate Program, the Wild Current Advanced Clinical Programs and the Holistic Herbalism Beginner Program. Ember recognizes community based holistic health and decolonial land stewardship as a tangible step towards collective liberation and resilience. Ember is a Registered Herbal Practitioner with the Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia (HANS) Ember’s website: https://wildcurrentherbalism.com.
Oren Hercz (he/him)
Oren Hercz RHP (HANS) has been in practice as a Clinical Herbalist since 2010, working in holistic health clinics, a family medicine office, and in private practice online. He teaches a year long beginner’s herbal medicine program, empowering people to become their own home herbalists and be proactive about their health. Oren loves to teach and can often be found giving an herb walk, speaking at a local garden club, or even on TV where has been featured on the show Wild Nova Scotia. He is a Registered Herbal Practitioner (RHP) with the Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia, where he currently sits on the board of directors. Oren cares deeply about bringing this traditional wisdom to today’s world, where we need it more than ever. He lives in Chester Basin with his 3 kids and gardens. Oren’s website: www.orenhercz.ca