Pre-Symposium Intensive: Health Protocols Inspired by Our Ancestors

Our ancestors and healers in Indigenous cultures consider body, mind, and spirit to co-create multi-dimensional protocols for people who came to them for help. As herbalists, we often know what herbal formulas are needed to restore balance, but when we look deeper at ourselves and our clients, we bring more synergy into our practice. 

 

We’ll explore the ancestral heritage of African-American herbalism, learn the importance of granny midwife folk recipes in history and for safer BIPOC births in the future, and how to use your ancestor’s recipes/folk preparations to add more beneficial herbs to your diet. Discussion will include herbs to support grief and other emotions. We will dive into botanical skincare, creating personal ceremonies of self-care using herb infused face oils, spiritual bathing, and more.