The People’s Medicine -
Green Medicine and Traditional Herbal Wisdom

Upcoming classes:

Several day classes are listed in the schedule

The Magic and Meaning of Herbs
nine-month intensive training

Read all about The Magic and Meaning of Herbs training.

Traditional Herbal Medicine Making

These classes are an introduction to herbal medicine making. We will focus on making tinctures and herbal infused oils. Spend a day playing and listening to the plants – and come home with a treasure chest full of awesome green medicine.

We will start off the day with a hands on plant walk . I will take you around the Center on a magical plant tour revealing to you everyday herbs that are probably growing right around you.

We will play some plant games. Get to know the plants through multi-sensory connections. And you will receive direct intuitive input on the medicines for you to make.

In addition, we will go over all the basics of Traditional Herbal Medicine Making and you will make your own tinctures and herbal infused oils.

Next Class: See Schedule

Flexible Sliding Fee Scale – $90 - $25. To honor the real economic difficulties now manifesting in so many lives, if you are not able to pay the regular fee choose to pay any fee between the highest and lowest fee that most reflects your economic resources. No questions asked – the choice is entirely yours. What is important is that we find a way to honor everyone’s needs. Sliding Scale/ Blue Pot/ Exchanges/Barter/Donations

To Register: Call Mary Ann Copson at 434-263-4996.

• Payment is due at registration.
• Space is Limited. Pre-registration is required.
• No refunds are given but payment is transferable to another person or you can apply your payment to any of my other classes.

Location: Refer to schedule.

More Information: This is a sample list of stuff to bring to class with you (will vary from class to class - you'll get details at registration).

• 1 quart of 100 proof vodka (inexpensive brands are fine)
• 1 quart of organic olive oil
• 1 quart of pasteurized apple cider vinegar (organic is better, but not required)
• 2-3 pint glass jars with lids (jelly jars work well)
• 2-3 quart glass jar with lids (canning jars work well)
• Scotch tape
• Marker
• Stick on labels (they need to adhere to the glass jars)
• Scissors
• We will be outside much of the day so bring whatever you need to feel comfortable, e.g. water, sunscreen, sunhat, etc.

Lunch: This is an all-day class and we will be taking a lunch break. You are welcome to bring your lunch to eat at The CTL Center (either inside or outside as weather permits). You will have access to a refrigerator, hot plate, toaster, toaster oven, crock pot, and coffee maker to keep your food cold and reheat it. There are a few local restaurants. Classes at other venues have other options.

Rain: This is a class where we will need to be outside. If it is raining and we need to reschedule class, I will call you by 9:30 AM to notify you. If it is raining and looks like it will clear up we will go ahead and have class – so if I don’t call you we will be having class. If you are unsure – call me at 434-263-4996.

Join us in Herbal Medicine Making -- You will come away with a deeper appreciation of herbal medicine as the Medicine of the People.

For thousands of years Herbal Medicine has been called The People's Medicine - medicine accessible to all people. Wild plants growing freely - best suited to the local climate, geography and needs of the local people. The plants right outside your front door - or maybe your back door - hold the secret to the healing you need.

Herbal Medicine is not a high tech medicine full of complex and mysterious secrets. But recently it has been made to appear as such. What with the artificially created need for standardization of ingredients and complicated assays for active herbal ingredients, we have been cajoled into thinking that in order for herbs to best used our only recourse is to go the "real experts" and buy herbs from the big high tech processing companies.

Sometimes you do need the experts - and the high tech processing also has its place - but before your situation takes that turn, you may find that the local herbs in your backyard are still staunch allies and your greatest medicine.

For the vast majority of your everyday health and wellness needs you can find the herbs growing right around you that are useful to resolve these problems.

And not only is it easy to learn what these herbs are, but you can also learn how to make them into useable medicines. There are simple and easy ways that you can use to make fine high-quality potent healing herbal medicines. It doesn't require a lot of high-tech machinery and you don't have to get an advanced degree to do it.

It is a simple three step process:

1. Find the medicinal herbs growing around you.

2. Transform them into potent and powerful herbal medicines using simple every day materials.

3. Become empowered as you add vibrant living medicines to your health and wellness repertoire.

What people are saying...

I am so amazed at these herbs. They are all over the place. I never noticed them before but now that I have been introduced to them and shown what they are and where they are I see them all over the place and it is magical. I am so excited by it.
-- GW, Shipman, VA

I hadn’t noticed it until today – as  I am having these allergy symptoms – that while I was eating chickweed I didn’t have any allergy symptoms at all and today since I stopped eating chickweed – because it is all gone for now – I see I now have allergy symptoms again.

I am so excited about these medicines we are making. It is like I am a kid at Christmas. I can’t wait to open up and use these exciting gifts. Waiting 6 weeks is just too long for me. Everyday I am saying, “Oh come on isn’t it ready yet?”
-- HCK, Waynesboro, Va.

Join us in Herbal Medicine Making -- Call Mary Ann Copson at 434-263-4996 or email to register.

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