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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Vervain, Verbena, Wild Hyssop
Vervain, Verbena, blue hyssop, wild hyssop Verbena hastata
Brief
Many herbalists consider vervain to be one of the most useful of medicinal plants to keep on hand. It is recommended for treating over thirty complaints. It is astringent, diaphoretic, antispasmodic. It is useful for treating fevers, ulcers, pleurisy, colds, respiratory inflammation. It is sedative and promotes a feeling of well being. It can calm nausea & vomiting. Used externally it helps heal deep sprains and bruises.
Medicinal Properties
Native Americans used vervain to treat
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Echinacea Purpurea
Purple Coneflower Echinacea Purpurea, Echinacea Angustifolia
Brief
Antibacterial, antiviral, immunostimulating, antiseptic, antifungal, antinflammatory
Medicinal Properties
Several species of Echinacea are native to the American Great Plains. They were the most widely used medicinal plants used by Native Americans. Scientific studies have shown that Echinacea boosts immunity by increasing the body’s production of T-cells and by boosting white blood cells’ abilities to destroy germs. Echinacea is useful for use in treating infections of the respiratory and urinary tract systems. It is commonly used to prevent
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Blackberry, leaves
Blackberry Rubus, many varieties from around the world Rubus fruticosus (a common European variety) Rubus villosus (a common American variety)
Brief
Astringent, tonic, helps treat wounds, burns, mouth sores, sore throat, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, menstrual cramps
Medicinal Properties
There are said to be at least 40 European varieties of Rubus and numerous American varieties. These include many species of blackberry, raspberries, dew berries, cloud berries and thimble berries. Most people are familiar with many of these berries for their eaten fruit which may also be useful in
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Summer Savory Satureja hortensis (Summer)
Winter Savory Satureja montana (Winter)
Brief
The two varieties of savory are cooking herbs with a spicy flavor and smell that is similar to that of thyme. In addition to their use in cooking, they may be used medicinally as a cough remedy and to sooth stomach complaints. Because savory is mild and easily tolerated, it is especially useful for treating these complaints in children. The two varieties of Savory can be used interchangeably
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Thyme, Garden Thyme Thymus vulgaris, Thyme
Mother of Thyme, Wild Thyme Thymus Serpyllum, mother of thyme
Brief
The well known cooking herb, thyme is also a very valuable medicinal herb. Thyme is antiseptic, antifungal, antispasmodic, expectorant, decongestant, astringent, antiparasitic, tonic and carminative.
Medicinal/Culinary Properties
Thyme is one of the most commonly used cooking herbs. It is used fresh or dried in soups, stews, stuffing, sauces, pickles and to flavor meats, cheeses and vegetables. It also has long been used
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