Online Class Offerings from Brighid's Well Herbs

Darcey and I will be offering several online intensives over the coming months.

We are also accepting new clients. We currently offer consultations in Keene, NH, Brookline, Lawrence, and Beverly, MA, and Richmond, VT. We also consider working with long distance clients on a case by case basis.

To arrange for a consultation, register for one of our classes, or inquire about having us offer a workshop or plant walk in your community, e-mail herbalists@brighidswellherbs.com

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HERBS FOR THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: An Online Seminar, May 23 – July 13
 
Sean Donahue’s journey herbalist began when he was introduced to plants that could help his body recover from asthma and from the repeated bouts of bronchitis he would endure each winter.

In this eight week course, Sean will draw from his own experience as an asthmatic and as a clinical herbalist to talk about strategies for helping the body recover from both acute and chronic respiratory conditions.

The approach we will use will be grounded in Traditional Western Herbalism, working with an energetic system that looks at the role of heat and cold, moisture and dryness, tension and relaxation in illness, and a therapeutic system that works with the body’s own vital healing response. We will also explore dietary issues, ways of supporting host immunity, and the emotional and spiritual aspects of respiratory illnesses.

For those not familiar with these systems, this will be an excellent opportunity to learn them in the context of understanding respiratory illnesses.

For those with some background in Traditional Western Herbalism, this will be a chance to learn more about specific therapeutic approaches to respiratory illness.

While the plants discussed will primarily be the plants of New England, ample attention will be given to ways of finding similar plants that grow in other bioregions.

The course work will mostly involve discussion of the material presented via an e-mail list.

The course is offered on a sliding scale of $75-100. Those who can regularly afford “extras” like vacations or concert tickets or eating out should place themselves at the higher end of the sliding scale.

None of the information offered is intended for use in the treatment, diagnosis, or cure of any medical condition. As an herbalist. Sean works instead to help people support their bodies’ own healing processes.

To register, or if you have any questions, e-mail seandonahuepoet@gmail.com

GREEN MAN RISING: Recovering the Wild Masculine
An Online Intensive with Sean Donahue
June 21 – August 1
$150-200

The face of the Green Man, leaf-bearded god of regeneration, appeared etched in stone churches throughout Europe well into the early modern period. The stories surrounding him have largely vanished, but he is widely understood to represent the irrepressible virility of the wild — its rebirth in spring from the seeds that fall from dying plants in the fall, and its survival in the face of attempts to contain it and push it back. And he represents the vital force of the wild masculine — before patriarchy bound ideas of masculinity to ideas of violence and domination.

Any attempt to transform our culture has to take into account the need to redefine and reshape masculinity, to provide channels for masculine energy to flow that meet and match and dance with the incredible strength of the feminine rather than seeing to subjugate it.

In this intensive, we will work with myth, magic, poetry, and direct experience of the living world to re-imagine masculinity and reclaim our own relationship to the wild masculine within us and within the people around us.

This class is open to people of all genders, sexes, sexualities, and gender expressions. We will strive to create an environment of respect and openness where it is safe to take risks and to try on new ideas and identities.

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