{"id":327,"date":"2010-06-20T03:06:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T19:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturalpathremedies.com\/blog\/?p=327"},"modified":"2010-06-20T03:12:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T19:12:43","slug":"327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.NaturalPathRemedies.com\/blog\/327\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbal Intensive Course: Come, Learn, And Enjoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cowichan Valley supports a lush growth of plants that have been traditionally used for medicinal purposes, as well as for food.<\/p>\n<p>Each summer for the past 12 years people of North America have gathered here to take part in a Herbal Intensive of 3 to 4 days to really get in touch with these gifts from nature.<\/p>\n<p>We study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>indigenous, wild, and some cultivated botanicals<\/li>\n<li>the Doctrine of Signatures\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>plant identification<\/li>\n<li>harvesting ethically<\/li>\n<li>storing and preparing\u00a0the plants\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>using \u00a0them for medicinal purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Someone might get a poultice applied; another\u00a0a compress. Faces often\u00a0contort as we taste the various decoctions!<\/p>\n<p>We learn how to prepare and apply herbs in a practical and fun \u201chands on\u201d setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One trained practitioner from Calgary, Alberta wrote this in her evaluation: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201c<em>I learned to identify herbs out in the field, herbs which I have used with people for many years but never knew what they looked like.\u00a0 It was great to see them in their natural habitat.\u00a0\u00a0It helped me get to know them better as living beings<\/em>!\u00a0\u201d<br \/>\nMonica H.\u00a0 Calgary, AB.<\/p>\n<p>The Medicine Wheel, which is part of what is shared in the Annual Herbal Intensive, integrates four pillars of health:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>physical,<\/li>\n<li>spiritual,<\/li>\n<li>mental and<\/li>\n<li>emotional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tied into this are the active principles and actions of herbs, seasons, directions, animal guides, and\u00a0tastes.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we will be offering a special workshop just on the Medicine Wheel the afternoon before, <strong>July 9th, 2010 from\u00a0 1 \u2013 4 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People are welcome to take this on its own, and those attending the Intensive are encouraged to arrive early and participate in the Medicine Wheel workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Join us to experience the healing powers we have been provided with by getting in touch with herbs.<\/p>\n<p>Come to learn and to feel the peace of nature seep into your cells, guided by one of Canada\u2019s leading herbal experts,\u00a0 Master Herbalist and Healer of over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>On beautiful\u00a0Vancouver Island, British Columbia \u2013 build a holiday of your lifetime around this event! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalpathremedies.com\/contact_benoit_health.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Please contact our office<\/strong> <\/a>for posters with details.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMany traditional lifestyles embrace the significance of four\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The four directions, north, east, south and west,<br \/>\nBalance between these offers life at its best.<br \/>\nThe four seasons and winter, spring, summer and fall,<br \/>\nThe four elements, air, fire, water\u00a0and earth, represents all.<br \/>\nThe four races of man, represented in the colours red, yellow, black and white,<br \/>\nThe four changes in a day, sunrise, noon, sunset and night.<\/p>\n<p>Blended within these are the spirits of creation, life, love and light.<br \/>\nFollow a pathway of the heart to truth, peace and harmony.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalpathremedies.com\/contact_benoit_health.php\" target=\"_blank\">Lorene Benoit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>BEd, MHH, CHC, CRA, CI, Benoit and Associates Health Education 5175 Bills Road, Duncan, BC, V9L 6S7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cowichan Valley supports a lush growth of plants that have been traditionally used for medicinal purposes, as well as for food. 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