Your gut is more than just a digestive powerhouse—it’s a key player in your overall health. In this class, we’ll explore the intricate pathways of the digestive system and how imbalances can lead to discomfort, inflammation, and more. From the microbiome to the enteric nervous system, learn how herbs can support healthy digestion, restore gut balance, and alleviate digestive issues. You’ll also create personalized herbal remedies to take home, designed to soothe and nourish your digestive system from the inside out.
Instructor: Holly Hawthorn
Clinical Herbalist- Cascadia Rooted Wellness LLC
After working a number of years in public health, both within the states and abroad, Holly landed in Southern Oregon. She has had a medical massage practice here for 15+years, in which she also sees her clinical herbalism clients and teaches herbalism for several teaching faculties.
Holly’s herbal journey began with Rosemary Gladstar and Sage Mountain in Vermont, a field studies program through the Hawthorn Institute, and with other herbal elders and mentors. Later, she dove deeper with a 3-year clinical training through the Vermont Center of Integrated Herbalism. That program emphasized the contemporary scientific approaches to herbal medicine, that of a trauma-informed practice, addressing social justice, community access, and the significance of the connection between people and place.
Holly loves to share her passion for the beautiful mountains of Southern Oregon, using herbalism as a bridge for her community to root into space, building a relationship with each other and with their medicine, their bodies, and ultimately nature itself. When not in practice, Holly can often be found wandering deep in the woods, tending to her bees and garden, making art, or just relaxing with a book in hand, sipping a cup of tea.