Healthy Living with Nutritional Herbalism
Let thy kitchen be thy apothecary; and, let foods be your medicine. ~Hippocrates
Deepen your understanding of the earth’s most nutritionally dense plants on the planet to improve health and well-being.
Learn about the many common, renewable, edible and medicinal wild plants growing in your area. How to use them in food, for medicine and in teas. This training will help you to choose herbs, which are right for you and for those you may be supporting.
We will cover nutritional profiles of 50 herbs that are easy to find and are commonly used both as food and medicine.
Nutritional Herbalism is an indispensable training for the modern herbalist student, those studying nutritional medicine and for anyone who wants to better support the health of their body and their family.
Within your grasp is the knowledge, medicine and food needed to make a difference.
Nutrition is the root to physical wellness; every living cell depends on it!
Nutritional Herbalism - Deepen Your Connection
Bringing nutritionally rich plants into your life will deepen your connection to the earth and to yourself.
What happens during a Nutritional Herbalism Experience?
By the end of this training, you will be able to:
1. Identify a variety of nutritional wild plants.
2. Have a solid understanding of the nutritional facts of herbs
3. Know how the body systems work and which herbs are appropriate to use for each system.
4. Understand the energetic model of plants from an Ayurvedic approach.
5. Learn plant characteristics and their therapeutic uses.
6.
Create a three-step herb therapy program, with the ability to choose a
maintenance, acute illness or chronic illness approach.
7. Understanding of the Nature of Disease (not just the symptoms) and how to balance body
8. Harvest herbs in a way that supports the environment.
Herbalism theory content
• The Secret of Plant Life
• Optimal Use of Nutritionally-Dense Plants
• Nutritional Plant Alchemy
• The Essential Nutrients in Herbs & Foods
• Organic Soil for Organic Bodies
• Re-Mineralizing & Cleansing
• Essential Elements for Optimal Nutritional Health
• The Classification of Herbs
• Digestion & herbs
• Hybrid & GMO Foods Effects on our Body
Hands–on-Learning
Nutritional Herbalism Experience
• Wild Fruit ~ Wild Greens
• Stalking the Photochemical & Antioxidant-Rich Plants
• The Power of Wild Foods
• The Wild and Local SuperFoods
• Making Enzyme ~ Rich Tea
• Creating a Multi-Mineral Power Formula
• The High ~ Performance Superdrink
• Green Drinks: Nutritional Life Insurance
• Health Cocktails & Elixirs
• Herbal Juice Therapy & Organic Juice Feasting
• Optimal Nutrition through Fresh Herbal Juices
Who can benefit from Nutritional Herbalism?
If you want to take your health to the next level, Nutritional Herbalism guides you to:
• Improve your health and that of your families
• Help those who are suffering with an illness
• Expand your knowledge of how ancient cultures used nutritional plants
• Learn how to bring the common and wild edible herbs into your cuisine
• How to harvest and store herbs
• Support your own healing
• The Art of Wild Plant Foraging
Daily Flow
The workshop begins at 9am. to 5pm.
The morning will include hands-on training followed by an Ayurvedic Vegan Live-Food lunch designed by The Living Centre.
The afternoon includes lecture, interactive exchanges and concludes with a Sevenfold Path to Peace meditation. The session ends at 5pm.
Recommended Reading
• The Yoga of Herbs, An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine, ~Dr. David Frawley & Dr. Vasant Lad, Lotus Press
• Nutritional Herbology: A Reference Guide to Herbs, ~Mark Pederson, Wendell W. Whitman Company
• The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism: A Practical Guide to Practical Herbal Therapy, ~ Simon Y. Mills, M.A, MNIMH
• Conscious Living Manual: The Sevenfold Path to Peace, Walter 'Shantree' Kacera, D.N., Ph.D. & Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera, 2002
Facilitator: Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.
Shantree is an Permaculture Teacher, Ayurvedic Live-Food Nutritionist, Therapeutic & Shamanic Herbalist, and Constitutional Iridologist Educator with 35 years experience in the Natural Healing Arts. He is the founder and co-director of The Living Centre (1983), and Living Arts Institute.
Shantree received his doctorate in Nutritional Medicine and Herbalism in the 70's. Since then he has been
exploring the effect of food and herbs on one's physical, mental & emotional health. His passion and study has lead him to explore the benefits of a high energy Ayurvedic live-food approach to nutrition. He has had the honor to teach, counsel and empower thousands of individuals on their health and educational journey.
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Dates for Nutritional Herbalism
To accommodate individual needs a person can attend our teachings as a One-Day or Two-Day Workshop or as a Three-Day or Five-Day Training:
One-Day Workshop Dates
March 27
August 14
November 6
Two-Day Workshop Dates
March 27-28
August 14-15
November 6-7
Three-Day Training Dates
March 27-29
August 14-16
November 6-8
Five-Day Training Dates
August 14-18
Times: 9am - 5pm.
For information about the Visionary Herbalism Educator Course click here
Register for Nutritional Herbalism
Includes: workshop, educational material and organic vegan live-food lunches.
Transportation, tax and accommodation are not included in the pricing.
Companion Pricing: Bring a friend and save $25.
Payment can be made through 'PayPal' below or by certified check. Please make checks payable and send to:
The Living Centre, 5871 Bells Rd., London, ON. Canada, N6P 1P3
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