The following educational opportunities are available through Healing Heart Herbals at the Wabi Healing Center. Whether you are seeking information for your own personal well being or want to learn something new to enrich your life, you’re sure to find something of interest here .
Need an interesting and dynamic speaker for your next meeting, workshop or conference? Cindy Parker’s down home simplicity is both inspiring and entertaining. She is available for diverse speaking engagements. Click about for additional information on her education and experience. She can adapt presentations to meet the time frame and needs of any group. Check out topics for subjects that might interest your group and Cindy will custom design a presentation, class, or workshop to fit audience participants. Arrangements can be made for supplies if hands-on/take home sessions are preferred.
The following are general guidelines. Prices may vary according to distance traveled, funds available, supplies, and topic requested. Please contact Cindy personally for specific details. She tries her best to be flexible concerning affordability and social causes. Travel expense is 50 cents a mile, plus food and lodging when applicable.
Two hour presentation: lectures at conferences or programs for special interest groups like health care professionals or support groups Fee: $150-$250 per presentation
Short presentation: need of an inspiring, half hour to an hour talk for your garden club, church group, women’s organization, rotary club, etc. Fee: $50
Experiential workshop: participants make products Fee: same teaching fee as above plus per person fee for cost of materials
In-depth trainings: all day classes or weekend intensives Fee: $500/day (max. teaching time 6 hours)
Class series: series of classes taught one night a week for several weeks Click topics for series options. Fee: similar to above teaching fees
These educational sessions are designed to increase awareness of wellness options to more responsibly participate in one’s own health care. Emphasis is placed on plant medicines and their traditional healing forms– teas, tinctures, compresses, baths, essential oils, homeopathic remedies and flower essences. Other options may be discussed such as exercise, diet, supplements, pressure points, etc. Clients keep their own records as these are not clinical sessions but educational sharing of information. Call for appointment. Fee: $60 first 1.5 hours, $25/hour thereafter
Have 4 or more friends interested in learning something specific in a small group setting? Schedule a lecture session or include supplies for a more hands on experience. See topics for possible options. Check schedule for upcoming classes, workshops and retreats. Fee: $10/person/ hour + supply fee if applicable
The most frequently requested topics are Tea Time, Kitchen Cosmetics, The Herbal Bath, Green Cleaning, Gypsy Cold Care, Pregnancy and/or Children’s Herbs, Stress Management, and Graceful Aging but click on topics for complete listing.
Food & Cooking
Check schedule for upcoming classes or gather four or more friends to create delicious kitchen yummies to share with your own special loved ones. There are endless possibilities for topics related to food and diet. Sessions may focus on specific foods- soups, appetizers, or salads; specific diets- gluten free, paleo, vegan, or heart healthy; food choices- colors of the rainbow, local seasonal produce, or healthy snacks for kids; food preparation- baking, cooking, bread making; food preservation- salsas, jams and jellies; decadent desserts- chocolate, cookies, pies; afternoon tea- history, blending, traditional menu items. Options are endless, ask and we will do our best to accommodate your needs and desires.
Fee: $10/person/hr. plus supply fee
Women’s Retreats
Again, check schedule or gather 4 or more friends for your own private get away with other women for a few days of laughs and fun. All weekends include delicious food, pampering, exercise and learning with a special theme. This is a great adventure for renewing spirit, celebrating sisterhood, and loving the amazing female within each of us. Fee: $165/person includes activities, food, and camping. Some room, bed space and inside camping available as well as therapeutic massage. Call for details and additional fees.
What was previously taught as a six month apprenticeship program only, is now available as a correspondence course. This new format allows students to learn about the healing power of plants at their own pace. It provides an easily accessible reference source for both personal and professional use and serves as a basis for further studies.
This educational opportunity embraces domestic herbalism from the wise woman tradition of healing. Addressing common daily discomforts and restoring balance often slows or prevents other major diseases from manifesting. Many health care professionals committed to better serving their clients have chosen to study this tradition. Nurses, massage therapists, pharmacists, and social workers have elected this experience to increase their own understanding and implementation of a holistic approach to health care.
Assignments require critical thinking as well as doing. Each lesson focuses on a particular system with additional related topics. There are forms to fill out, observations and preparations to make, and papers to write. Students are encouraged to reflect on their own attitudes, experiences, and conditioning surrounding health care. Brief synopsis:
Lesson 1
Forms: System, Materia medica, Growing & Harvesting, Preparations
System: General Tonics- Alteratives, Blood Purifiers, Liver Tonics, Adaptogens
Additional Topics: Healing Theories; History of Medicine; Gardening
Lesson 2
Systems: Nervous and Muscular-Skeletal
Medicine Making and Formulation
Additional: First Aid Kits, Stress Management
Lesson 3
System: Reproductive
Women’s Health as Maiden, Mother and Crone;Men’s Herbal Health
Herbs and Children; Energetics of Healing; Earth Based Spirituality
Lesson 4
System: Digestive
Diet; Culinary Herbs and Kitchen Remedies
Tea- processing, history and rituals; Wild Foods
Lesson 5
Systems: Skin and Cardiac
Essential Oils; Aromatherapy; Spa and Bath Treatments
Kitchen Cosmetics; Flower Essences; Personal Health Care Plan
Lesson 6
Systems: Respiratory and Immune
Cold Care; Special Foods; Aging
Ethics and Business; Dreaming the Future
Foundations of Herbalism, Apprenticeship Program
The correspondence course is not only available by itself but also included in the six month apprenticeship program. These hands on training sessions meet one weekend a month, usually April through September and follow a similar lesson plan as above. Sessions are designed to enhance herbal studies through personal connections with plants and people. Critical thinking is encouraged as well as respectful communication. Class size is limited for more individualized attention so sign up early to reserve your space.
Price: correspondence course ($330 value) plus 6 weekends of training ($195 value per weekend, includes food and camping) for package price of $1250. Inquire about other overnight accommodations.