Grassroots Herbal & Holistic Wellness Program ~ Relocalizing Our Medicine

Centro Ashé is excited to offer our six month Grassroots Herbal and Holistic Wellness Program, DC's first community based herbal program - we're dedicated to putting herbal medicine in the hands of the people!  This program offers our community a chance to explore folk herbalism, the medicine of the people, and to understand natures ability to support our health, strength, and vitality.  The series is an introduction and includes herbal fundamentals, North American and Mid-Atlantic medicinal plants (and others), practical and therapeutic applications of herbs,  body system therapeutics, nutritional healing, herbal preparations and medicine making, creating sacred space using herbs, guided meditation, harvesting and wild crafting plants, permaculture and herbal gardening, herbal energetics and more. You will receive expert instruction from the abundance of local, expert knowledge.  The series ends with the Mid-Atlantic Women's Herbal Conference. 

Saturday May 26, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - Mimi Hernandez
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 1620 Chester Ave, Bryans Road Maryland 20616
Topics: Herbalism overview, herbal traditions, what is herbalism, intro to Appalacian folk medicine, medicinal plants basics,  ethical sourcing/growing your herbs. 

Saturday June 23, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor -  Ashley Sky Litecky 
Location - Sky House Yoga -  903 Gist Avenue and Fenton Street, Silver Spring, Maryland
Topics: Body System Therapuetics and Anatomy and Physiology - Western and Energetic
 
Saturday July 14, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - Mimi Hernandez 
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 1620 Chester Ave, Bryans Road Maryland 20616
Topics - Herbal Medicine Making and Herbal Body Care

Saturday August 25, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - Rabiah Al Nur & Ashley Sky Litecky
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 1620 Chester Ave, Bryans Road Maryland 20616
Topics - Plant Spirit Medicine, Plant Allies, Creating Sacred Space using Herbs, Herbal Rituals
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Saturday September 29, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - Tambra Raye
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 1620 Chester Ave, Bryans Road Maryland 20616
Topics - Nutritional Healing

Saturday October 6, 2012 Mid-Atlantic Women's Herbal Conference 
Location -  Red Earth Farm - 1025 Red Dale Road Orwigsburg, PA 17961