Tuesday, December 6, 2011

HERBAL WORKSHOPS ON MY FORUM IN EARLY 2012

HERBAL WORKSHOPS BY DISTANCE 
ON THE FORUM IN THE NEW YEAR

These workshops are for anyone who has experience with herbs or has completed an herbal course with me.  Feel free to pass this along to anyone who already has herbal experience.

For those with no herbal background I have the 2012 Herbal Apprenticeship March – Oct. 2012, offered both locally at my home & by distance on the forum.  More info on my website.
The way this works is that you email me for a paypal link to pay (you don’t need an account with them, its really easy, I’ve used paypal for years). Or you can mail me a check if you want.

Once I have received payment from you, you can get onto the forum & make sure you know how to use it. You will get a password to access any sections/courses you have paid for. You can register with the forum at any time, here: http://dragonflyherbals.proboards.com/index.cgi

I will post the information in sections a few weeks apart on the forum.

The advantage to doing a course this way, is that you can get on the forum when you have time.

The forum will remain open for a month or 2 depending on which course, for discussions & questions, with me actively taking part in answering your questions & posting information.
After that time, the forum will remain there for you to access for another month or so.

Early JANUARY: HERBS FOR PAIN RELIEF  $20

A totally new way to look at this, some new herbs I hadn’t worked with before.

How to determine the right plants for your constitution. And with a specific formula you only need to take a couple drops of tincture at a time. You go through waaay less tinctures this way.

FEBRUARY & MARCH: UNDERSTANDING TISSUES STATES & CONSTITUTION   $60 

A totally new way (for me) to look at determining the right herb for the right person. We’ll discuss how to evaluate your own constitution & how to pick the right herbs for the person, NOT matching herb & ailment. Again, only several drops of a tincture are needed, and you are not using the bullet approach of tossing a whole bunch of herbs into a formula & hoping some of them work. This uses herbs to work with the body, no suppression.

MARCH: ‘NEW’ LOCAL PLANTS & TREES $20
6 locally found trees & some assorted plants we didn’t cover in my classes. I’ll cover medicinal uses, parts used, and we’ll do tinctures, oil, vinegars, and a syrup. The trees have been amazing for my immune system!

Monday, December 5, 2011

Dairy Free not quite raw Artichoke & Spinach Dip

I want to make some Artichoke Dip for Christmas, so I tried my own semi-raw dairy free recipe tonight, it tastes great!

Mashed avocado
minced garlic
lime (or lemon) juice
chopped marinated artichoke hearts
minced spinach or swiss chard

Scoop it up with raw crackers or raw veggies.

Raw crackers:

I make this all kinds of ways, today's was:

ground flax (about 2 cups)
then I blended a couple of tomatoes, & a few cloves of garlic
Mix it all together with a bit of water until its thick but spreadable.

Spread on a teflex sheet until its very thin. Dehydrate until you can flip it, then flip & dehydrate until its crispy.

My raw recipe book has more non-gluten carb type recipes.