*Program is subject to change
Program Ancient Roots Israel: January 22-24, 2023
Sunday Jan. 22th
15:00-17:00 Hotel Check-In
17:15-17:30 Welcome and tour of meeting locations: J. Rivkah Asoulin
17:30-17:50 Opening Circle: Eva Ariela Lindberg
Guided Meditation & Visualization ~ Anchoring into Mother Earth
18:00-19:25 Dinner
19:30-20:30 Lecture: Ancient Roots Mothering; Roots, Nettles and Sage
Rosh Chodesh: Wise Woman Medicine
Monday Jan. 23th
7:30-8:00 Morning Yoga: Kate Breslaw
Begin the day with some mind-body-soul connection. (*OPTIONAL: Bring your own mat)
7:00-8:55 Breakfast
9:00-9:55 Lecture: Sara Chana Silverstein
Case Taking: How to Understand the Needs of the Patient/How a patient should communicate his/her needs to the practitioner
10:00-10:55 Lecture: Nir Avraham
The Amazing Mint Family: Sage, Marjoram, Oregano, Motherwort, Holy Basil, and other common kitchen herbs with healing power.
11:00-11:25 Tea Break
11:30-13:30 Workshops 2 hr. (*choose ONE)
Matthew Wood The Blood Indicator
American Folk Medicine: Understanding the blood as a tool of evaluation and treatment, especially in chronic processes associated with aging and stress. “High & low blood,” thick & thin blood, fast & slow blood. Remedies for the blood- yarrow, cherry (wild or domestic), rose, hawthorn, angelica, rosemary, lemon balm, cayenne, etc…
2. Shayna Judelman How to Keep our Calm
In a time where there is so much noise and development, living in a fast-paced culture, with lives that demand so much, how do we stay calm?
In this fun and interactive workshop, we will tap into our nervous systems and discover the huge and exciting world of herbal nervous system care.
13:35-14:40 Lunch
14:45-15:45 Herb Walks (*choose ONE)
Explore nature around the conference site and learn about herbs and wildcrafting.
- Nir Avraham Take a jam-packed tour with an expert clinical herbalist.
- Peretz Gan Learn about plants in the field, with an emphasis on agriculture and plant cultivation.
16:00-16:55 Lecture: Peretz Gan Zingiberaceae; The Ginger Family and its culinary and healing powers
17:00-18:00 Workshops 1hr. (*choose ONE)
1. Chava Dagan Herbs for Veterinary Medicine
Learn to take care of your pets (and beyond) in this hands on workshop.
2. Gilla Weiss Reclaiming Your Birth-Right: Herbal Care for Pregnancy and Postpartum
Nourish the new mother with your own herbal creations, for “freebirth” and beyond.
3. Miri Newcome Bee the Light: Botanical Beeswax Candles
Creating a beautiful, pure beeswax candle to take home.
18:05-20:00 Dinner
20:00-21:30 Evening gathering with musical guest: Tzuf Family Ensemble
Tuesday Jan. 24
7:00-8:45 Breakfast and Room Key Return
9:00-10:00 Lecture: Matthew Wood Plant Energetics
The principle of energetics is based on an intuitive analysis, starting with the whole and moving to the major physiological functions or organs and systems. Tridosha (vata, pitta, kapha): is a good place to start for the constitution. For the disease: the 8 parameters (hot/cold, excess/deficiency, internal/external, yin/yang). This can be applied to every organ, system, or function. Yin and yang (water and fire) can be further subdivided: fire, air, water, and earth (four elements). The fifth element wood or wind (China), ether or space (India), amounts to tension (not enough space, too much space; wind–sudden change, wood–slow change). My favorite system is “Animal Medicine.” We’ll give some examples of people and plants.
10:05-10:25 Tea Break and Room Key Return
*KEYS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE HOTEL.
10:30-12:25 Workshops 2hr (*choose ONE)
- Boaz Tzur: Crafting Herbal Creams
Crafting herbal cream from its bare ingredients feels like practicing alchemy. We will learn how to formulate an herbal cream, using the age-old alchemy of ingredient proportions, order of actions and mixing of oil and water to create a new, solid preparation. This cream will deliver the power of healing herbs to the body, via the skin. Creams will also be available for purchase.
2. Matthew Wood: The Blood Indicator
American Folk Medicine: Understanding the blood as a tool of evaluation and treatment, especially in chronic processes associated with aging and stress. “High & low blood,” thick & thin blood, fast & slow blood. Remedies for the blood- yarrow, cherry (wild or domestic), rose, hawthorn, angelica, rosemary, lemon balm, cayenne, etc…
12:30-13:30 Plantwalks 1hr. (*choose ONE)
Explore the lovely nature around the conference site and learn about herbs and wildcrafting.
- Nir Avraham Take a jam packed tour with an expert clinical herbalist.
- Kate Breslaw What’s growing around us? Can we eat it? Can we drink it? What are the medicinal properties? Let’s discover the natural delights surrounding us.
13:35-14:40 Lunch
14:45-15:45 Workshop 1hr. (*choose ONE)
1. Chava Dagan Herbs for Veterinary Medicine
Learn to take care of your pets (and beyond) in this hands on workshop.
2. Gilla Weiss Reclaiming Your Birth-Right: Herbal Care for Pregnancy and Postpartum
Nourish the new mother with your own herbal creations, for “freebirth” and beyond.
3. Miri Newcome Bee the Light: Botanical Beeswax Candles
Creating a beautiful, pure beeswax candle to take home.
15:50-16:45 Panel: Materia Medica Fun!
Our Master Herbalists dive into various herbs of your choosing and share knowledge, experiences, stories and understanding.
16:55-17:15 Closing Circle and Goodbye Until We Meet Again