In today’s episode, herbalist Lindsay Kolasa goes in depth on alteratives. She also covers a few of her favorites. Thanks to Lindsay for coming back on the podcast and sharing her expertise with all of us! Enjoy. Reach out to Lindsay: Website Email Previous episodes with Lindsay: Postpartum Care Using Herbs with Lindsay Kolasa | 70 Mastitis: A Case Study with Lindsay Kolasa | 93 Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com...
Nov 30, 2018•40 min
Today’s episode is with herbalists Howie Brounstein and Alex Queathem from the Columbines School of Botanical Studies. This audio is from a Facebook Live that they recorded in September of 2017 in response to the wildfire smoke and extremely poor air quality in Oregon. Most of the content starts at about minute 2:30. Thanks to Howie and Alex for sharing this with us! CLICK HERE for the original video. For more from the Columbines School of Botanical Studies visit: botanicalstudies.net The Columb...
Nov 19, 2018•27 min
The Science & Art of Herbalism course with Rosemary Gladstar is on sale this week so I wanted to run a replay of this episode! Enjoy. Rosemary Gladstar shares her insights with Helen Ward, Educational Director, from Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center about how she started working with the plants and what inspired her to write The Science & Art of Herbalism Online and Home Study Course . THEY'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING A SALE FOR $75 OFF! LEARN MORE HerbRally www.herbrally.com...
Nov 14, 2018•10 min
Listen in as Anna Claire Lotti and Marc Williams discuss their upcoming botanical journey to Peru ! Learn how you can join them on this memorable and educational immersion into the mountains and valleys, forests and jungles of Peru, to discover and reconnect to the plants and the healers of this remarkable region. LEARN MORE Connect with Plants and Healers online! Website Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com...
Nov 01, 2018•5 min
In today’s episode, herbalist Lindsay Kolasa gives us her personal protocol in helping out with mastitis. She covers several herbs and formulas, as well as supplements and more. There are a lot of takeaways in this one! Thanks to Lindsay for sharing this personal account with all of us. Reach out to Lindsay! Website Email RESOURCES NutriBiotic Vitamin C Poke Oil Episode 70 | Postpartum Care Using Herbs with Lindsay Kolasa Thanks for listening! JOIN THE HERBRALLY FACEBOOK GROUP SIGN UP FOR THE HE...
Oct 30, 2018•30 min
It’s autumn! And that means it’s vata season. I thought it’d be fun to republish this timely episode with Amanda Stanley. This recording was episode 11 of the HerbRally podcast, so newer listeners may not have made it that far back in the archives. Amanda is an Ayurvedic herbalist, yogi and reiki practitioner. I loved gaining new insight in this system of herbalism. She has a wonderful way of weaving the philosophy of Ayurveda with practical health practices we could all stand to implement more ...
Oct 22, 2018•32 min
Today’s episode is with herbalists Sam Coffman and Katja Swift. They give us a ton of valuable info on how to create and use an herbal first aid kit. This audio is from a webinar that they hosted a few years ago. Enjoy! RESOURCES Original Webinar Commonwealth Center for Holistic Herbalism The Human Path Herbal Medics Academy The Herbal Medic by Sam Coffman Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com...
Oct 21, 2018•1 hr 37 min
On today’s episode we’ll hear from herbalist Heather Irvine. She’s going to teach us about some classic botanicals for sleep used in Western Herbalism, plus one we learn about from Ayurveda. For more from Heather visit GivingTreeBotanicals.com . Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com Breitenbush Herbal Conference www.herbalconference.net...
Oct 12, 2018•58 min
Another narrated monograph! Today’s episode Heather Irvine reads Krystal Thompson’s astragalus monograph. Thanks for listening! RESOURCES Hotel Wilderness Giving Tree Botanicals Astragalus Monograph Krystal is the woman behind Hotel Wilderness , a food and project blog focused on bringing healing herbs into the nooks and crannies of our daily lives. She is a photographer with a deep-seated love for food and plant medicine, and can usually be found happily crafting between the three. HerbRally ww...
Oct 05, 2018•22 min
Today we’ll hear Mandy Gough interview Sam Coffman as they discuss the Wilderness First Aid Program. Mandy Gough owns and operates XoM3 Botanical Solutions . XoM3 Botanical Solutions is a boutique company with an herbal practitioner's expertise, dedicated to gathering the finest organic and ethically selected, grown and foraged ingredients to formulate and handcraft exceptional small batch botanical products and workshops for real people in skin care, wellness and home. Sam Coffman has over 10 y...
Oct 04, 2018•12 min
As someone who listens to a lot of audio books, I’m really excited to publish today’s episode! Listen in as Heather Irvine narrates the first chapter to Phyllis Light’s new book, Southern Folk Medicine . It’s a great book and a great reading! Thanks to Phyllis for sharing such fantastic storytelling and information, and thanks to Heather for taking the time to read this for us. Enjoy! "Survival was more important than modality purity." "Simple practices of folk medicine develop to assist in the ...
Sep 29, 2018•58 min
Let’s go on an herb walk! Today we’ll get to listen in on herbalist Suzanne Tabert as she goes in-depth on the wonderful plant ally, Hawthorn. Suzanne is an herbalist, wildcrafter and the founder and director of the Cedar Mountain Herb School located in Bothell, WA. She’s also adjunct faculty at Bastyr University, a member of the American Herbalists Guild, and has been teaching herbalism for thirty years now. Suzanne and the Cedar Mountain Herb School offers both an intensive apprenticeship, as ...
Sep 27, 2018•15 min
In today’s episode I’m going to chat about the upcoming event, the Free Herbalism Project hosted by Mountain Rose Herbs . The event is going to be held at the beautiful Mount Pisgah Arboretum in Eugene, OR on Sunday, October 14, 2018. We’ll be hosting herbalists Tieraona Low Dog, MD and Paul Bergner. There will also be a plant walk featuring Anna Bradley, a presentation from Guisepi Spadafora, and a free yoga class! We hope to see you there! Taste of Herbs Flavor Wheel Have you ever stared at a ...
Sep 25, 2018•9 min
"If in restoring ourselves we needed to eat, pray, love, in getting our fire back we need to eat, work, move." - Heather Irvine Today we’ll hear from Heather Irvine once again, as she gives a follow up to episode 82, “Yin, Feminine, Important, What, even, is it?” . Although today she delves into the yang principle. Thanks for listening! RESOURCES Visit Heather online at GivingTreeBotanicals.com . American Herbalists Guild Symposium Southern Folk Medicine by Phyllis Light The Tao of Nutrition Tha...
Sep 22, 2018•30 min
Paul Bergner discusses many "herban legends" as well as the positive and valid uses of several medicinal herbs. Today’s episode is audio that was extracted from a webinar that Paul and Sam hosted. For full slides and the original video CLICK HERE . Thanks to Paul and Sam for sharing with us! RESOURCES North American Institute of Medical Herbalism Herbal Medics The Human Path This episode is brought to you by Herbal Medics University . Herbal Medics University is a branch of The Human Path. The H...
Sep 16, 2018•1 hr 30 min
Loved the discourse in this episode! I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on community versus competition. There is tons of food for thought in this one. A huge thanks to Katja and Ryn for taking the time to record this. Let us know what you think! Today’s episode is brought to you by the CommonWealth Center for Holistic Herbalism located in Boston, MA ( as well as online ). One of their online offerings is a beginner’s bundle called Herbalism 101 . Herbalism 101 includes the complete "herbal too...
Sep 06, 2018•54 min
Today’s episode is with herbalist Julie James . She’s going to be teaching us all about Linden! This audio was taken (with permission of course) from a Facebook live video Julie made for her school’s fan page . Her school is called Green Wisdom Herbal Studies and it’s based out of Long beach, CA. If you're looking for an herbalism apprenticeship and you live in California (or beyond), definitely check out what Julie and Green Wisdom has to offer. Thanks Julie for sharing! Thanks to y'all for lis...
Sep 05, 2018•59 min
Today we'll hear from Nicole Telkes as she discusses the upcoming event: Moonflower Herb Fest . Moonflower Herb Fest November 3, 2018 Austin, TX Thanks for listening! For more from Nicole Website Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine Moonflower Herb Fest HerbRally www.herbrally.com...
Aug 30, 2018•4 min
Listen in as Heather Irvine expounds upon the principles of yin. I really enjoyed this one and hope y'all do as well! Visit Heather online at GivingTreeBotanicals.com . Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com
Aug 20, 2018•28 min
In today’s episode we’ll get to hear from Kami McBride, and she’s going to teach us all about self care through oil therapy, as well as creating your home sanctuary, setting up nourishing routines, and so much more. This content goes nicely with Kami’s course she’s currently hosting called Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils . There’s a couple of free videos , including how to make lavender oil and calendula oil. The videos are packed with useful information! Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils is only ...
Aug 20, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Today's episode we'll get to hear from frequent HerbRally contributor, Heather Irvine. She covers six of the medicinal plants she visited at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, DC. Today you'll get a primer on these plants: gotu kola, guarana, licorice, black pepper, cinnamon, and cinchona. Enjoy the episode! RESOURCES Adaptogens by David Winston and Steven Maimes SWSBM IM4US Conference US Botanic Garden Visit Heather online! Mountain Rose Herbs is a great place to purchase most of t...
Aug 13, 2018•31 min
Today we'll hear from Batty and Karla from Batty's Bath . They're going to inform us on the common mistakes that folks make when going green with your skincare routine. They cover greenwashing, reading labels, the dirty dozen, and so much more! You're sure to take away some new nuggets of information as well as inspiration. Thanks to Batty and Karla for sharing! Show them some love on the socials: Facebook Instagram RESOURCES Batty's Bath Dirty Dozen by David Suzuki Toxic Ingredient Workshop Rad...
Aug 01, 2018•28 min
Today's episode is with Arvolyn Hill and Ellenie Cruz of Oshun's Garden . This is actually episode one of their podcast which you can find on SoundCloud . Oshun's Garden is a digital Garden of holistic medicinal resources focusing primarily on flower essences as vibrational healing geared towards people of color. RESOURCES Arvolyn Hill - goldfeathershop.com Ellenie Cruz - asc3nsionart.com NOLA Herb Gathering Oshun's Garden Thanks so much to y’all for listening, and a huge thanks to Ellenie and A...
Jul 23, 2018•40 min
Today we'll get to hear from herbalist Heather Irvine as she describes her adventures through the Albuquerque Botanical Garden. She visited this plant nerd paradise immediately following attending the fabulous event, the Good Medicine Confluence in Durango, CO. Heather covers a few plants (some medicinal, some not) and gives recommendations and resources to further your study. Thanks to Heather for sharing, and thanks to y'all for listening! RESOURCES Herbalism Events Women, Hormones & the M...
Jul 16, 2018•30 min
This monograph on Meadowsweet is extracted from the Meadowsweet video in Katja & Ryn's Holistic Herbalism Materia Medica course , an online exploration of more than 85 keystone herbal allies. This course is part of the Herbalism 101 online video program , which includes not just Materia Medica, but also detailed video lessons on how to make each type of herbal remedy in the Herbal Medicine-Making course . When you enroll in the program, you get access to 40 hours of video covering more than ...
Jul 10, 2018•31 min
'Tis a historic day for HerbRally! Why's that you ask? It's the first mushroom monograph on the podcast. Listen in as Heather Irvine goes in-depth on this extremely useful fungi. Also, we'll get to hear a fun herbal song from Kyle with Tippecanoe Herbs as he sings about oh little lion's mane. Be sure to follow him on Instagram @tippecanoe_herbs Here's the lyrics to the song! Saw you lying in the arms of a hardwood my oh my got you on my brain. You're sure a prize, for the eyes Oh little lion's m...
Jul 03, 2018•41 min
Today's episode is with the one and only Sam Coffman. This is a recording of a webinar he did with the American Herbalists Guild . Thanks to Sam for sharing this audio with us, and thanks to y'all for listening! This episode is brought to you by Herbal Medics University . Herbal Medics University is a branch of The Human Path. The Human Path is a survival school that is focused around the survival of our human species. Their classes are sustainability and earth-centric, yet also very practical a...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 27 min
Adaptogens and nootropics have been claimed to do amazing things, but do you ever feel the claims made of herbs such as Ginseng and Rhodiola seem vague, too numerous and too good to be true? There is a reason for that. By definition, adaptogens have broad positive effects -- such as helping us withstand stress -- and are somewhat versatile in use. In this class we will go over some of the commonalities of adaptogens, including how they work, as well as differentiate many specific ones in terms o...
Jun 11, 2018•1 hr 37 min
How do you cultivate health in daily life? Can simple herbs and common foods, deepen and nourish health and wholeness? Yes! And more... In this dynamic hands-on workshop you will breathe herbs to life. Are you ready? You’ll follow the seasons, journey with the invisible and rediscover our herbal allies dandelion, burdock, beets and oatstraw in whole, healthy new ways. All this while you cavort with symbiosis and resonance in a living dance of transformation. This class was recorded at the 2017 N...
Jun 06, 2018•1 hr 41 min
Today’s episode is with Alex Rei. She is the co-owner of Black Locust Gardens , and also makes herbal goods, under her company name, 13 Botanicals. She is on the board for the Great Lakes Herb Faire where she is the coordinator of herbal first aid. She is also currently pursuing nursing school and hopes to open up her own apothecary and clinic, allowing equal access to good and affordable integrative health care. In today's episode she delves into the ups and downs of owning and operating an her...
May 31, 2018•28 min
