Fall Update - a note from the Director
The Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine is now 10 years old, and growing bigger and better. Taking a summer sabbatical has allowed me the opportunity to travel across the country, working with plants and people from east to west and teaching along the way, from the International Herb Symposium in Massachusettes to the Montana Herb Gathering to the Midwest Herb Fest in Indiana.
And school is back in session! Now that Rebecca Vann has taken on the role of school administrator, I have more time to work directly with the students and teach my vision of holistic medicine, as well as bringing the teachers together behind that vision.
And ultimately that vision is this - Treat the person with the disease, not just the disease the person has. Simply said, but the knowledge, vision and intuition behind this paradigm shift take months to learn, and a lifetime of practice. That is our goal - to teach students how to see in a new way, and also the skills to be able to do all of it yourself, from identifying the plants to making the medicines to working with clients in a true holistic model.
Herbal medicine is not about substituting herbs for drugs. It is about a whole new way of connecting to our bodies and to the world outside of our houses; it is a way of seeing with new eyes. And so by learning to heal each other, we also learn how to heal ourselves.
If you need help on your journey of healing, I offer consultations at my office in West Asheville, blending Chinese and Western herbal traditions.
If you want to learn how to do this all yourself, take a look at the Herbalist Training Programs.
The next program at the school will be the Summer Weekly Program beginning May 4
and ending October 27, 2010
Also, Pine's Herbals offers tinctures and salves that are all hand-made, mostly from locally gathered plants. If you are interested in obtaining products, please contact us directly.
Be Well, and Good Medicine,
CoreyPine Shane
Holistic Clinical Herbalist
Director, Blue Ridge School of Herbal MedicineYou can also check out our blog at:
coreypine.wordpress.comUpdated December 5, 2009
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