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Press Release – Susun in Mendocino

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Philo School of Herbal Energetics is Proud to Host Renowned Herbalist and best-selling Author Susun Weed

Mendocino County, CA (PRWEB) October 21, 2005 -

The Philo School of Herbal Energetics in Mendocino County, CA, is proud to host renowned Herbalist and best-selling author of New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, Breast Cancer? Breast Health!, Healing Wise and Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Susun Weed. The weekend of October 21-23, 2005, will begin with an evening lecture by Susun on Friday night, then be followed by two all-day classes with her on Saturday and Sunday.

Friday evening’s talk on “Menopause From Three Directions” runs from 7-9pm in the Caspar Community Center, and costs only $10. As you approach, or find yourself in, your menopausal years, who can you trust to tell you how to weather the symptoms of the Change and remain hale-hearted, strong boned, vital and sexy as you grow older? Are there any safe hormones to use? Is soy a help or a horror? What is the mystery behind hot flashes? Susun will highlight three views of menopause: the Scientific belief that menopause is ovarian failure and lack of estrogen; the Heroic or Alternative view that menopause is an imbalance, or an estrogen dominance; and the Wise Woman perspective that menopause is puberty prime", a metamorphosis that initiates women into the most powerful stage of their lives.

“Seven Medicines” is the talk for Saturday, 10am – 4pm; $100, again in the Caspar Community Center. Herbal medicine is but one piece in the big picture of health care. It is one of the Seven Medicines: story medicine, energy medicine, lifestyle medicine, herbal medicine, pharmaceutical medicine, and high-tech medicine. Teasing out the differences between these medicines, and being clear about the differences between nourishing, tonifying, and stimulating herbs, can make our practices safer, easier, more successful, and more fun.

The weekend will conclude Sunday with “Green Blessings, Earth Magic.” Again, this runs from 10am-4pm and costs $100. It will be held at Philo Pharm and is limited to 20 people. Join Susun for a day focused on your personal health needs. We will choose from a basket brimming with possibilities: weed walks, earth attunement meditation, herbal and Wise Woman help for specific problems, trance journeys, talking stick ceremony, and - of course - songs and stories. Bring your curiosity and your sense of adventure. Your life and your health will never be the same.

For more information, contact Mary Pat at 707-895-3007 or mpatpalm@earthlink.net with "Susun Weed" in the subject line. Preregister - the classes are filling up already. For details of the classes, visit http://www.herbalenergetics.com/index.html.
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Medicinal herbs thrive in the Philo Pharm garden. Located on 16 acres of mixed farmland and redwoods in beautiful Anderson Valley, CA, the Philo School offers classes, internships and apprenticeships to beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Check out the Philo Pharm website too: http://www.philopharm.com/!

Susun S. Weed is the author of four highly-acclaimed books on herbs and women’s health - Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year, Healing Wise, New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, and Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way. Ms. Weed lectures world-wide on women’s health and herbal medicine.


From her home in New York State’s Catskill Mountains, she directs the activities of the Wise Women Centre, acts as editor-in-chief of Ash Tree Publishing, personally oversees the work of 400 correspondence students, and trains shamanic apprentices. Susun has lived the simple life for more than 35 years as an herbalist, goatkeeper, homesteader and feminist. She has been called “a true radical – deeply rooted,” “a modern pioneer,” and “one of the founding mothers of herbal medicine in the United States.”