Length

1 hour 28 minutes

Class Description

Many herb folk are first drawn to plants to heal their own wounds and many develop profound ability to use plants to help others with similar wounds. Their experiences and the calling to work with herbs plant them in the paradigm of the wounded healer. Delve into the wounded healer archetype to understand and separate the potential insight or blindness that comes with transferring knowledge from personal wounds to caring for others. Wounds, whether by injury or disease, often cut through the physical into the emotional and spiritual being. In this context, explore the wisdom imparted by wound healing herbs. Herbs covered include yarrow, marshmallow, heal all, St. John’s wort, comfrey, and calendula.

About the Teacher

Leah Wolfe is an archetypal herbalist. You know the one, living at the edge of town with all the weird plants. A childhood in a village sandwiched between two national forests led to a lifetime study of the wild. Leah travels all over the U.S. to forage and learn about healing plants. In 2013, Leah started the Trillium Center in NE Ohio, an educational project for natural arts offering hands-on and online experiences in herbalism, foraging, homesteading, folk arts, and disaster preparedness. Leah's background is in literary and health research, public health, and disaster response. Her obsession with herbs, art, and culture compels her to explore and cultivate folk art and folklore.