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The Comfrey Conference

The Comfrey Conference - Time to End the Fear.
Virtual Event May 9-15, 2022.
A free online event that showcases comfrey lovers and herbal teachers who share their personal experiences, thoughts, and research.
Premieres May 9th with a keynote on joy by Patch Adams MD.
There will be new presentations and live question and answer zoom meetings every day of the entire week, Monday through Sunday.
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Register here:
www.wisewomanschool.com/p/the-comfrey-conference
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Once you are registered, you have free lifetime access to The Comfrey Conference.
After midnight Tuesday May 10, lifetime access will be $89.
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Naturalist Cat Pantaleo

Naturalist Cat Pantaleo

Susun interviews Cat Pantaleo.
Cat is a Holistic Health Practitioner with over 20 years of professional experience as a consultant, instructor and nature guide. A core belief of hers is that health is a journey in which the goal is not perfection, but a life infused with meaning and purpose through self-exploration and growth, connection and joy. She is trained as an Herbalist, Naturalist, Nutritionist and Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. Additionally, Cat is a Youth Nature Connection Mentor, a practitioner of Non-violent Communication, and most recently received her Master's degree in Ecopsychology from Naropa University. She skillfully weaves these aspects into her work creating opportunities to cultivate resilience, restoration, deep nourishment and a re-connection to one's authentic, wild self. Her work is ultimately informed by Nature Beings and guided by an impassioned desire to restore respect and reciprocity between humans and the natural world, re-awakening our innate human capacity for caring and cooperation in order to re-establish an Earth-honoring way of being so that all life may flourish.



Q & A topics in this episode include:
* edible tree blossoms
* eating for energy before and after exercise
* hyberaric therapy
* white pine
* oxidized tincture
* mucilage in linden infusion
* white vs red clover
* dead nettle
* bulging veins/bruising on shoulder
* identifying stinging nettle
* water filtration
* using comfrey, plantain, & yarrow
* cooking vegetables
* getting rid of meal moths in the pantry

Herbalist Linda Conroy

Herbalist Linda Conroy

Susun interviews Linda Conroy.
Linda Conroy, MSS, MLSP is a Wise Woman, Bioregional Herbalist, A Wild and Whole Food Afficinado and a Community Organizer. She is the founder of Moonwise Herbs, The Midwest Women's Herbal Conference and Mycelium Mysteries, a Women's Mushroom Gathering. She lives at her homestead in southern Wisconsin with the plants, mushrooms, ducks, chickens, rabbits, honey bees, great pyreness and familiar felines. She teaches classes and runs apprenticeship programs based on the wise woman tradition.
She can be reached at www.moonwiseherbs.com or midwestwomensherbal.com



Q & A topics in this episode include:
* caller follow-up: dog with pressure sore
* visual disturbances following physical exertion
* scalp infection
* facial acne
* willow bark
* brahmi
* brain fog/improving sleep quality
* corneal abrasion

Nurse Herbalist Martha Libster

Nurse Herbalist Martha Libster

Susun interviews Dr. Martha Libster.
Dr. Martha Libster is an international expert in the practice of nurse-herbalism, integrative nursing, and botanical self-care. Her work advances the art and science of nurse-herbalism and has been disseminated through publications, presentations, and community events on five continents. Her practice models on integrative nursing, health culture diplomacy, and precision botanical self-care have contributed to global health transformation, policy reforms, and wellness innovations. Dr. Martha is the author of 9 books. Her award-winning history, Herbal Diplomats (2004), documents the lost history of 19th century American nurses’ leadership during a nationwide healthcare reform movement focused on botanical self-care. Dr. Martha is now expanding her nurse-herbalist work to the public through her Self-care Institute and Self-care League. Her latest book, Gentle Medicine for Balance in Body and Peace of Mind, was released in 2020. It introduces her Elements of Care® program, a self-care program that builds on nursing’s centuries-old practice of precision self-care with plants as partners.
www.GoldenAppleHealingArts.com
www.DrMarthaLibster.com



Q & A topics in this episode include:
caller follow-up: UTI
lidocaine
cataracts
prednisone
beech saplings and fiddlehead ferns
tick bites
cannabis tincture
fragrance sensitivities
tinnitus
heart health issues
infusions vs tinctures

Herbalist Sarah Ellen

Herbalist Sarah Ellen.

Susun interviews Sarah Ellen.
Sarah Ellen is a student of life. She cherishes the opportunity to live with awareness and experience the wholeness of being alive. Sarah Ellen lives at her home, Heartsong, in Barrington Hills, Illinois with her husband Jay, and their dogs, cats, goats and chickens. She intends each day to know and remember her inherent connection with the Earth and all the magic that surrounds her. What gifts could be received from a poison ally? During a 2015 three season herbalism class with herbalist Linda Conroy, Sarah Ellen found out. Asked to choose a plant ally Sarah asked that the plant choose her. Though not who she expected, when Poison Ivy appeared it was an invitation too curious to pass up.



Q & A topics in this episode include:
caller follow-up: allergens
healthy environment
caller follow-up: dairy & meat digestion
support for healing a compression fracture
violets
liver support
caller follow-up: improved eye health and other benefits from diet changes
caller follow-up: post-menopausal support
veganism

Herbalists without Borders coordinator Olatokunboh Obasi

Herbalists without Borders coordinator Olatokunboh Obasi

Susun interviews Olatokunboh Obasi.
Olatokunboh Obasi is owner of Omaroti, an apothecary and wellness space located in Mayaguez, PuertoRico. Olatokunboh has been working in the wellness field for over 15 years. Sheis a yoga and dance instructor, clinical herbalist, nutritionist and birth doula. Committed to community holistic health, social justice, and education, she works heavily in community service and African Traditional Medicine. Presently, coordinates Herbalists without Borders International on the island providing community service to people in need. A guest presenter and teacher of many conferences she’s originally from Africa, her travels around the world are extensive as she integrates traditional knowledge of herbs, with her western education. She received her Master’s of Science from Maryland University of Integrative Health. Olatokunboh is a mother of 3 young adults. She continues to learn from her children through challenge and tribulation as she shares her journey of life with them and the human family.
www.wellofindigenouswisdom.com



Q &A topics include:
vaginal contractions and pain
pinched nerve
injured toenail
antibiotic herbs
effect of spearmint on estradioal production
using asters medicinally
hemorrhoids
heart & blood pressure medications
geographic tongue
shedding skin

Permaculture Herbalist Sarah Wu

Permaculture Herbalist Sarah Wu

Susun interviews Sarah Wu.
A passionate educational curator, facilitator and mentor dedicated to adult learners of all backgrounds. A representative for Mother Nature as a writer and teacher of Deep Ecology, Therapeutic Ecology and whole systems design through the lens of Herbalism and Permaculture. Sarah Wu has 18 years studying the science, art and craft of Planetary Eclectic Herbal Medicine, with a foundation in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Wise Woman Tradition.
Sarah is the co-founder of Envision Festival, an annual arts, music, education and movement festival in Uvita, Costa Rica where she curates the educational experiences as well as the Village Witches: Herbal Elixir Bar, Sacred Spaces, Healing Sanctuary, Herbal First Aid Clinic. She is the founder and producer of Medicines from the Edge: A Tropical Herbal Convergence, dedicated to bridging the eclectic healing traditions of Latin America, and the educational curator at the Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design & Botanical Studies, Manzanillo, Limon, Costa Rica.


this episode Q&A includes:
• hashimoto's, fucus seaweed, virus's...
• wild rose leaf buds in glycerine for any problems with the reproductive organs..
• alcohol tincture vs glycerine extracts..

Herbalism & Permaculture - Sarah Wu

Herbalism + Permaculture = Regenerative, Integrated Wellness and Lifestyle.

Permaculture for the Herbalist's Path is a unique 150-hour, 4 week immersive experience that melds two broad interdisciplinary studies for a truly holistic perspective on the human dynamic as a part of the living Earth.

Can't take four weeks? Sarah also offers a 6 part, 12 hour online webinar series, Introduction to Permaculture for the Herbalist's Path, a review of the course and it's most thought provoking units.

If you have a bit more time and would like hands on experiences, check out the Medicine Making Apprenticeship and the Herbal First Aid Clinic training at Envision Festival.

Sarah Wu is an herbalist of near 20 years, practicing what she has termed Therapeutic Deep Ecology, with a foundation in Wise Woman Traditions, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Permaculture Philosophy. Sarah lives year round, off-the-grid in the jungles of Costa Rica. Sarah cofounded and produces Envision Festival, an annual arts, education, music and movement gathering. She is a botanizer, philosophizer and poet, Sarah loves books, cats and soup.

IG: @_village.witch_
IG: @pagan.poetic
IG: @envisionfestival
FB: @sarahmwu
FB: @village witch: medicines from the edge

Sarah Wu - herbalist

Herbalism + Permaculture = Regenerative, Integrated Wellness and Lifestyle.

Permaculture for the Herbalist's Path is a unique 150-hour, 4 week immersive experience that melds two broad interdisciplinary studies for a truly holistic perspective on the human dynamic as a part of the living Earth.

Can't take four weeks? Sarah also offers a 6 part, 12 hour online webinar series, Introduction to Permaculture for the Herbalist's Path, a review of the course and it's most thought provoking units.

If you have a bit more time and would like hands on experiences, check out the Medicine Making Apprenticeship and the Herbal First Aid Clinic training at Envision Festival.

Sarah Wu is an herbalist of near 20 years, practicing what she has termed Therapeutic Deep Ecology, with a foundation in Wise Woman Traditions, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Permaculture Philosophy. Sarah lives year round, off-the-grid in the jungles of Costa Rica. Sarah cofounded and produces Envision Festival, an annual arts, education, music and movement gathering. She is a botanizer, philosophizer and poet, Sarah loves books, cats and soup.

Website: www.villagewitch.org
IG: _village.witch_
IG: pagan.prose
IG: envisionfestival

 

Alchemitrix Cristina Trujillo

Alchemitrix Cristina Trujillo

Susun interviews Cristina Trujillo.
Cristina is an Alchemitrix, which signifies the ways she distills various lineages into her own platform (Phoenix House). These especially include the solar priestess lineage, sacred medicine work, and healing work with herbs and food. Responding to the needs of current times, she emphasizes the importance of integration, embodiment, and impeccability.
She is an adopted member of the Native American Church and is legally approved and protected by this ministry as a medicine woman and Sacrament carrier.
Cristina offers an impeccable container for ceremonial gatherings that honors authentic relationship, cultivates sacredness, and supports the restructuring of the cellular and light body matrix. Here, soul-family connection reignites. She also demystifies traditional practices that hold overlays unnecessary to our current times, bringing essential skills and inner navigation tools to help us all reconnect to our planet and embody our capacities as conscious co-creative beings.
In her individual session work with people, Cristina serves as an oracle, open and receptive to higher aspects of consciousness delivering what is transmitted. The specifics of this intimate and intuitive work is unknown until the precise moment arrives when questions, curiosities, and/or concerns lead us forward. Through this process, what no longer serves can be released and restored to greater Divine alignment.