“By using herbs to heal, the very plants we walk alongside on the earth, we not only create empowerment within ourselves, but also identify and connect with dis-ease, allow it a swifter passage for greater healing to be made".
Niki Senior - Master Herbalist
This course is designed to introduce children to the world of herbal medicine and to the long
and magical relationship that people have with plants over the ages.
This course will be an interactive exploration of where plants have been an important part of our
lives and to learn ways that we can explore this relationship even further.
So exciting, right?!
We may not even know it, but we are already herbalists to some degree by helping out in the kitchen or picking plants in the garden.
Herbal Magic for Children
Guided By Daphne
MS in Clinical Herbalism
We Begin April 6th, 2024!
Have you even been stung by a bee? Did you know that a common plant likely growing in your yard can help remove the sting?
Does your teenaged brother or sister have trouble falling asleep? There are plant-based teas that you can make to help!
Did you know that spices in your kitchen may help with a stuffy nose or sore throat?
We eat plants to live, and we can work with plants to make us feel better. Medicinal herbs grow all around us, and we can harness their practical magic!
Children are the future stewards of our earth. It is an empowering opportunity for them to learn about their environment and to discover that they have answers right at their fingertips. Many plants that we consider weeds like plantain, dandelion and calendula can be used to help with bee stings, splinters, cuts, and blisters.
Many other common plants are filled with bone building minerals and other supportive elements. In a world where it feels that so much is out of our control, a deeper knowledge of our immediate environment can help us feel safe and enrich our health.
Naturally curious, kids are ideal candidates to explore and discover the medicine in their surroundings, be it the lawn, forest, garden or kitchen. Sharing that knowledge with their families and friends is truly empowering. There was a time when this knowledge was readily available; sharing this earthly information with the children seems all the more important today.
Our Wonderful Curriculum
We will meet on Saturdays: April 6th, April 13th, April 20th, and April 27th
10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern / 6 pm UK / 7 pm CET
We will meet via Zoom video conferencing.
Classes will be 60 to 90 minutes in length.
Recordings will be provided to all registered students, so even if you cannot attend at the scheduled time, you will still be able to receive the full class materials.
Class 1: April 6th, 1 pm Eastern
Medicinal Herbs In Our Kitchen
You will discover in this class:
What is herbal medicine?
A little about the history – how many people know or have known about this?
Aromatics: spices are medicine
Flavors – sweet, sour, bitter, salty
What are some flavors, smells that you like? What do they remind you of?
Class 2: April 13th, 1 pm Eastern
Nature As Medicine
You will discover in this class:
What do herbal medicines look like? Some discussion of botanical identification, herbal families
What are some ways to identify herbal medicine? How do I know if it it medicinal?
Some things to look for in our environment (plantain, mustard, chick weed, dandelion)
Class 3: April 20th, 1 pm Eastern
Medicinal Herbs In Our Front/Back Yards, Community Gardens, Local Parks, And Markets
You will discover in this class:
Where do herbs grow? They are everywhere!
How do you grow plants (inside and outside)? How do you harvest plants?
Growing onions, garlic, ginger, horseradish
Designing your very own garden
Class 4: April 27th, 1 pm Eastern
Things We Can Make With Medicinal Herbs: Ways To Bring Herbal Medicine Into Our Daily Lives
You will discover in this class:
Teas (sleepy tea, immune tea, focus tea, stress tea, energy support tea)
Treats (ways to put herbs in cookies and baked goods)
Food (ways to add herbs to stews and soups – spices are herbs)
Investment
The full value of this program is USD $333.
All classes in the Global School for Star Children are offered in alignment with Sacred Economics.
We are delighted to offer this program on a donation basis!
To register, simply click the button below to donate the amount that feels aligned for your heart & soul.
Please keep in mind that Daphne is putting lots of time & energy into creating this course for your children, so be sure to donate generously!
Registration Is Closed.
Questions? Please write to us at hello@wearesacredplanet.com
Please note: We can accept a maximum of 20 students in the class, and we do expect it to fill quickly. Be sure to register soon, to secure your child’s space in the class.
Your Amazing Instructor
Daphne has been studying, playing, and practicing in the world of herbal medicine for more than 25 years. She has studied with herbalists across the United States and graduated with an MS in Clinical Herbalism from the Maryland University of Integrative Health. In addition to seeing clients and leading group facilitation, she loves to share her knowledge about plants and plant medicine with a diverse range people throughout the community. Plants are here to help us if we are willing to listen and learn.
Daphne is the mother of three creative and curious boys and has encouraged them to be lifelong learners and seek the wonder and sanctuary that nature provides. She has worked with children and mothers in Philadelphia homeless shelters, worked as a service-learning advocate at non-profit Need in Deed, and taught extra-curricular science classes in elementary schools in Maine.
She is especially excited to introduce children to the wonders of plant allies through the spices that we have in our kitchen, edible plants we can grow in our garden, and to the amazing foods and teas we can make in our kitchens that nourish, sooth, support, and strengthen us.