The Women’s Herbal Conference features a great variety of workshops for all levels of interest and experience. Workshops focus on women’s health, herbal crafts, medicine making, plant identification walks and many hands-on demonstrations. Included also is an amazing evening of women talent, a great barter faire, ceremonial mask making, the annual henna party, canoeing, and many other joyful, playful and inspiring events!
- Dr. Rosita Arvigo
Rosita is a naprapathic physician, herbalist, international lecturer, and author. She is the recipient of The Earth Aware award (2003) from Wings Trust. She has lived in Central America for the past thirty years where she studied with various traditional healers including the renowned Maya shaman of Belize, Don Elijio Panti. She is the author of several books including Sastun, Rainforest Remedies, and Spiritual Bathing.
Workshops: (1) Ixchel, The Maya Goddess of Medicine, Fertility & Childbirth; (2) Spiritual Bathing Practices from Around the World; (3) Women’s Health Care the Maya Way (Intensive)
- Robin Rose Bennett
Robin is an herbalist, educator, and counselor teaching Wisewoman Healing Ways since 1986. She has authored several meditation tapes, a booklet on Wild Carrot for Conscious, Natural Contraception, and her book, Healing Magic: A Green Witch Guidebook is available internationally.
Workshops: (1) Wild Carrot: A Plant for Conscious Contraception; (2) Moon Magic and Women’s Wisdom for Physical and Spiritual Healing; (3) Meditating and Writing with Plants
- Mary Bove, ND
Dr. Mary Louise Bove is an herbalist, naturopathic physician, and educator who maintains a busy family practice in Brattleboro, VT. She obtained her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and Midwifery Certification from Bastyr University, WA and a Diploma of Phytotherapy at the School of Phytotherapy in Great Britain. Mary is the author of the Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children and Infants and co-author of Herbs for Women’s Health.
Workshops: (1) Thyroid 101 for the Herbalists; (2) Natures Children: A Look at Botanical Remedies for Infants and Toddlers; (3) HPV, Cervical Dysplasia, and Politics
- Bevin Clare
Bevin Clare is a practicing herbalist, plant lover, nutritionist and world traveler. She is Chair of the Herbal Division of the Master of Science in Herbal Medicine at Tai Sophia, MD, where she teaches and has a clinical practice. Bevin holds a MS in Infectious Disease from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is on adjunct faculty as the Mas-sachusetts College of Pharmacy, and serves on the board of directors of United Plant Savers and the American Herbalists Guild.
Workshops: (1) Viruses, the Immune System, and Herbal Medicine; (2) Understanding Infection in Women’s Health; (3) Creating Your Education in Herbal Medicine
- Amanda McQuade Crawford
Amanda has studied healing with nature around the world, learning from plants, ayahuasqueros, and curanderas, as well as physicians at home and abroad. She earned her degree in Phytotherapy from Britain’s College of Phytotherapy and a BA in Medieval History from Vassar College. Amanda is the author of two popular books on women’s health, The Herbal Menopause Book and Herbal Remedies for Women. Her most recent adventure has been as the host of “What a Relief,” a TV series dedicated to holistic health.
Workshops; (1) Healthy Fertility; (2) Natural Therapies for Urinary Tract Infections; (3) Wholistic Therapies for Type II Diabetes (Intensive)
- Cascade Anderson Geller
For more than three decades Cascade Anderson Geller has been rooted to the goal of helping to unite people with the “green gown” of our Earth. Her herbal pathway has traversed a consulting practice; teaching in naturopathic and other institutions; running an herb shop and providing outdoor education for the public about native and naturalized plants in the U.S. and beyond.
Workshops: (1) Herbalists at a Crossroad; The Politics of Herbs; (2) Herb Walk for Herbal Instructors; (3) Herb Identification by Land and Water; A Canoe Ride and Plant Walk (Intensive)
- Kate Gilday
Kate is a long time lover of the wild; her greatest joy is to wander the forests and waterways of the northeast through the seasons. She is a practicing herbalist, flower essence practitioner and Ayurvedic lifestyle consultant in her community, weaving her life from the plants and people she cares for. Kate runs Woodland Essence Teaching Center along with a herb and flower essence product home based business and teaches throughout the Northeast.
Workshops: (1) Tree Medicine, an Introduction to the Trees of the Northeast; (2) The Importance of Nature for Children; (3) Natural Therapies in the Treatment of Fatigue, Anxiety and Depression
- Rosemary Gladstar
Rosemary has been practicing, living, learning, teaching and writing about herbs for over 30 years. She is the author of nine books including the immensely popular Herbal Healing for Women and The Family Herbal. She is the founder/direc-tor of Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, founder of United Plant Savers, The International Herb Symposium and director of The Women’s Herbal Conference.
Workshops: (1) Plants of Wonder ~ A Wild Weed Walk; (2) On Board with the Gypsies; Traveler’s First Aide at Home and Abroad
- Lilian Jackman
Lilian is the owner of Wilder Hill Gardens in Conway, MA. She became a R.N. in 1991 and studied horticulture at the University of CT. Lilian combines innovative techniques along with traditional farming practices gleaned from her travels to create vibrant, sustainable gardens and a growing business. She writes a gardening column, “The View from Wilder Hill” and is the author of “Holistic Protocol for Nervous System Health”.
Workshops; (1) Holistic Protocol for Nervous System Health; (2) Spiritual Gardening is Practical Gardening; (3) So You Want To Be a Grower / Farmer?
- Phyllis Light
Phyllis D. Light is an herbalist and healer with over 25 years of clinical experience. She is traditionally trained in Appalachian Folk Medicine and began her studies with her Creek\Cree grandmother in the deep woods of North Alabama. Phyllis is an herbal consultant to allied health professionals throughout the region and supports an integrative approach to well-being and a preventive health model based on healthy lifestyle choices.
Workshops: (1) The Power of One: Simples, Energetics and Lore; (2) Living on the Edge: Stress and the Endocrine System; (3) Creating a Healthy Pregnancy
- Kathleen Maier AHG, PA
Kathleen has been a practicing herbalist for over twenty years, and is Director of Sacred Plant Traditions in Charlottesville, VA. Her training as a Physician’s Assistant allows her to translate the language of medicine we know today and ground it in the wisdom of earth-centered practices known for millennia. She is active with United Plant Savers and the restora-tion of native plants and preservation of ecosystems.
Workshops: (1) Cholesterol ~ Getting to the Heart of the Matter; (2) Better with Bitters; (3) The Heart as an Organ of Perception (Intensive)
- Anne McIntyre (United Kingdom)
A practicing medical herbalist for over 20 years, Anne is the author of 10 popular books on herbal medicine including The Complete Women’s Herbal and The Herbal for Mother and Child. She was the director of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in England for four years and maintains a busy practice in Cotswolds.
Workshops; (1) Ayurvedic Herbs for Cancer; (2) Rasayana, the Ayurvedic Science of Rejuvenation (3) Ayurveda for Women (Intensive)
- Julie McIntyre
Julie is an Earth ceremonialist and Metis of Norwegian and Mohawk/Blackfeet descent. She works with the Sacred Pipe, Medicine Wheel, and Vision Quests in facilitating closer human bonding with the Earth. Julie is a practitioner of Sa-cred Plant medicine, medical herbalism and the healing of human disease through the use of Earth Medicine. She has a private practice in New Mexico.
Workshops: (1) Intimacy and Sacred Sex; (2) Sacred Earth Ceremonies for Healing; (3) Healing Eating Disorders & Reclamation of the Soul
- Kuumba Piazza
For Kuumba, dance is an expression of her love for life, people, and all creation. Gardening, traveling, African dance, herbology and aromatherapy are Kuumba Piazza’s passion. Her company, Kuumba Made, had humble beginnings in 1980 when she was inspired to make hand-made coconut oils. Today, Kuumba Made is a highly respected and successful aro-matherapy business with a commitment to sustainability and quality.
Workshops: (1) African Dance; (2) Aromatherapy Oils of Madagascar; (3) Dance Your Prayers
- Nancy Phillips
Nancy is a community herbalist, teacher and farmer. She and her family run Heartsong Healing Herbs, an herb farm and educational center in the northern mountains of NH. Nancy’s great joy is sharing with others about herbs, health and healing. She and her husband Michael are co-authors of “The Village Herbalist: Sharing Plant Medicines with Family and Community”.
Workshops: (1) Herbs for Children’s Health; (2) Herbal Preparations 101; (3) Leaning Wild and Edible Plants of the Countryside
- Dr. Lorilee Schoenbeck, N.D.
Lorilee is the co-author of Menopause: Bridging the Gap Between Natural and Conventional Medicine. She practices in Shelburne, VT, and also at Vermont Women’s Choice Gynecological Associates in Burlington, VT, where she is the first practitioner nationwide to offer herbal and other natural health care services in a Planned Parenthood owned clinic.
Workshops: (1) The Miracle of Vitex; (2) Menopause from A to Z; (3) Natural Therapies for Adrenal Stress Response
- Mz Imani
A visionary and spiritual alchemist, Mz Imani expresses her belief in alchemy, intuition and magic through the myriad of artistic and spiritual endeavors she is involved with. Her unique style of facilitation instigates a playful and shamanic feel to her teaching sessions. Mz Imani is dedicated to the collective healing of the planet, to playfully evolve and to collaborate consciously.
Workshops: (1) Drumming from Your Soul; (2) Spirit Drum Circle
- Dinah Veeris (Curacao)
Dinah is a traditional herbal healer from the Netherlands Antilles and has been conducting research in the field of medicinal herbs since 1982. A
former teacher in Curacao and Holland, Dinah is the founder and manager of the renowned Botanic and Historic Garden Den Paradera in Curacao, which were established to preserve the traditional healing practices of the islands. She is the author of Green Remedies and Golden Customs of Our Ancestors.
Workshops: (1) Green Remedies and Golden Customs from Curacao; (2) The Use of Spiritual Herbs
