Inflammation is a key player in many health struggles, from chronic pain to immune system issues. In this class, we’ll dive into the science behind inflammation, exploring its impact on the lymphatic system, gut health, and the musculoskeletal system. Learn how herbs can be your allies in reducing inflammation, soothing pain, and restoring balance. We’ll guide you through herbal remedies, nutritional tips, and lifestyle shifts that help bring the body back to harmony. Plus, you’ll create multiple herbal projects that you can take home to support your journey toward inflammation relief.
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.