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Press Release – 18th Annual Women’s Herbal Conference

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18th Annual Women’s Herbal Conference to Honor the Wisdom of our Ancestors and Respected Herbalists

Peterborough, NH (PRWEB) August 26, 2005 -

This year’s 18th annual Women’s Herbal Conference, honoring the wisdom of our ancestors, will be held August 26-28, 2005. This conference on women’s health, herbs, and healing has been held each year for the past seventeen years, and has brought together leading women herbalists and healers from throughout the country to share their wisdom of the plants and natural healing methods. Join us in this special celebration of our radiance, our bodies, and our work as wise women and healers.

The Women’s Herbal Conference features a great variety of workshops for all levels of interest and experience. Workshops focus on Womens health, herbal crafts, medicine making, plant identification walks and many hands-on demonstrations. Included also is an amazing evening of women talent, a great barter faire, ceremonial mask making, the annual henna party, canoeing, and many other joyful, playful and inspiring events! Among the many noted teachers will be world-renowned herbalist and author of four best-selling books, Susun S. Weed.

Susun will be leading an intensive on Saturday afternoon called “The Heart of Herbalism.” She acknowledges, “The Heart of Herbalism is easy to feel, but may be difficult to put into practice.” This intensive will look at some of the nitty-gritty problems that healing with heart brings up - Should I charge for consultations? Does it matter what herbs I use? How can we be powerful in our health care? Can the Seven Rivers of Healing help us make the safest health care choices? Participants will also be sure to sing, laugh, and share their individual responses to the common problem of being green in a grey world.

Ms. Weed will also offer two other shorter classes during the conference. “Walk in Beauty” will help participants learn to use the Wise Woman tradition in all the work they do with plants. While in her “Using Herbs Simply and Safely” class, women will ask and find answers to the following questions: “Are herbs natural and therefore safe? Or drugs in green guise and therefore dangerous? Are standardized extracts better? Are combinations of herbs necessary? What about homeopathy and flower essences? What's the difference between a tincture and a medicinal vinegar, between an infusion and a tea? Should herbs be fresh or dried for best effect? How much is a safe and effective dose?” Whether one’s interest in herbs is new or well-seasoned, this talk will help one get the most out of herbal medicine -- with the least risk.

These wonderful three days will be held at a beautiful retreat center in New Hampshire that provides excellent facilities with comfortable indoor accommodations. Surrounded by lovely woods and meadows, the camp borders a large lake where women can swim, canoe, and relax between workshops. The cost for the conference is $285 for women; age 13-18 and 65+ is $185. Those under 12 will have the option of Kid’s Camp and cost $85. . The fee includes all workshops and activities, vegetarian meals, and camping. The intensives are an additional $35 each. Indoor lodging – cabin or yurt – is an additional $55 per person.

For further information and registration, please call (802)888-3736 (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday 6-9pm) or email Katie Pickens at irishherbs@aol.com.
You can register by mailing your registration and check made to “Women’s Herbal Conference” to WHC, c/o Katie Pickens, 2984 Elmore Pond Rd, Wolcott, VT 05680.
This year there will be continuing Education Credits available for nurses.

Vibrant, passionate, and involved, Susun Weed has garnered an international reputation for her groundbreaking lectures, teachings, and writings on health and nutrition. She challenges conventional medical approaches with humor, insight, and her vast encyclopedic knowledge of herbal medicine. Unabashedly pro-woman, her animated and enthusiastic lectures are engaging and often profoundly provocative. Susun is one of America's best-known authorities on herbal medicine and natural approaches to women's health. Her four best-selling books are recommended by expert herbalists and well-known physicians and are used and cherished by millions of women around the world. Learn more at www.susunweed.com or contact the Wise Woman Center at PO Box 64, Woodstock, NY 12498.