Transition Skills For Earth And Body

WillowWayWellness.com

Willow Way Wellness provides workshops, training, and private sessions in applied knowledge for healing the land and healing our bodies, and understanding the connection between them.

The common thread in all of these offerings is that they help us shift our way of being in the world so that we sense and are sensitive to the living world around us. Thus, enabling us to integrate the information coming to us-both from our bodies and the earth-and respond with contributions toward a healthy, harmonious balance with all beings.

We offer:
. sustainability education, including the Permaculture Design Course, workshops, internships and consultations.
. The Plant Communicator Training
. Holistic Body therapy including Aston-Patterning, Aston Fitness, Aqua Alma Aquatic Bodywork, and massage.

Enjoy our site. If you take the time to have a look, there is a lot of information here on these diverse offerings.

Sincerely, Zia Parker

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Cranesbill, Wild Geranium

Cranesbill, Wild Geranium

Wild Geranium (North American), Cranesbill, Alum root, stork’s bill Geranium maculatum

Brief

Styptic, astringent, tonic

Medicinal Properties

Geranium is used to treat piles and to stop internal bleeding. Taken internally it can calm diarrhea or dysentery. It is used to treat cholera in children and is useful for gargling. The English variety of geranium can be used in a similar manner.

Dosages are 15 to 30 grains of herb. To make an infusion steep 1 ounce of herb in one pint of water.

Geranium

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Holy Basil, Tulsi

Holy Basil, Tulsi

Holy basil, Tulsi Ocimum Sanctum

Brief

Kills intestinal parasites, heals acne and other skin infections, stimulates the immune system, digestive aid, appetite stimulant, promotes lactation in nursing mothers. Used in Chinese medicine for stomach, kidney and blood ailments.

Medicinal Properties

Holy Basil has been used to treat a wide range of ailments for thousands of years. It is effective in killing intestinal parasites and has long been used to soothe the stomach and treat a broad range of intestinal ailments.

One animal study

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Pleurisy Root

Pleurisy Root

Pleurisy root, Butterfly weed, Orange Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa

Brief

Antispasmodic, diaphoretic, expectorant, tonic carminative, diuretic, relaxant and mildly cathartic

Medicinal Properties

Pleurisy root is best known for its use in treating lung ailments such as colds, bronchitis and pleurisy. It acts as an expectorant helping to expel excess mucus from the lungs, it calms inflammation, mitigates pain and relieves breathing difficulties.

It is useful to treat scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, bilious fever, typhus, measles and all high fevers. It can also be used to

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Pennyroyal

Pennyroyal

Pennyroyal, fleabane, tickweed, mosquito plant, squawmint Mentha pulegium – European Hedeoma pulegoides – American

Brief

Insect repellent, decongestant, cough remedy, digestive aid, promotes menstruation, induces abortion

Medicinal Properties

To repel insects the pennyroyal plant can be crushed and rubbed onto the skin or pennyroyal tincture can be incorporated into skin lotions.

According to one source, to repel insects on pets, a garland of pennyroyal may be hung around the pets neck or a bag of pennyroyal can be hung on a regular collar. Another

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Lemon Blam

Melissa Melissa, Lemon Balm, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm Melissa Officinalis

Brief

Antispasmodic, calmative, sedative, encourages menstrual flow, helps release gas from the intestinal system, promotes perspiration, antiviral

Medicinal Properties

Melissa is helpful for depressive illness and restlessness. It can be used to relieve tension related migraine headaches, especially those with associated digestive upset. Melissa can be helpful to calm a nervous, acid stomach and with a wide variety of digestive upsets. It can help those with poor circulation by relieving the sensation of being too cold or too hot.

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Chamomile, Camomile

Chamomile or Camomile Matricicaria chamomilia – German Chamomile Anthemis nobilis – Roman Chamomile

Brief

Stress reliever, sleep aid, digestive aid, antibacterial, liver tonic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic

Medicinal Properties

Chamomile has a well established reputation at a remedy to strengthen digestion, it is useful to calm stress, relieve colic and promote restful sleep. It is safe for all ages and can be used as to prevent or as a remedy for children’s nightmares.

As a digestive aid, chamomile works to relax the smooth muscles lining the digestive tract and is useful

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Flower Essence Properties

The Willow Way Flower essences all come from the Colorado Rocky Mountain alpine country. The energy of these flowers is potent! The life force of an entire year is expressed in these exquisite blossoms, with their amazing morphology and color displaying for only a few weeks. All of these essences are flowers that I have developed relationship with over decades. The process I use to make the essences is an energy medicine, which is similar to homeopathy. The blossoms are not harmed or destroyed, yet the energy frequency of the flower is preserved in an alcohol matrix. These essences

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