Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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[6-Part Series] Creating an Herbal Toolkit for End of Life Care with Emily Ruff
February 3, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
To register: https://sagemountain.com/end-of-life/ref/naturalnurse/
The upcoming course Creating an Herbal Toolkit for End of Life Care teaches herbal remedies, nourishing recipes, and foundational holistic knowledge for death doulas, hospice workers, and end-of-life caregivers. This six week course begins February 3rd and is delivered through a series of video classes and supplemental workbooks. Led by herbalist Emily Ruff and guest instructors, this course helps students cultivate a deeper awareness and understanding of holistic tools to support caregivers, family members, and patients nearing the end of their life.
This six part course will explore the history of using herbs for death and dying, establish a foundational knowledge of how to utilize teas, essential oils, simple nourishing foods and tonics, and flower essences at the end of life, experience assessment tools to employ to navigate how, when and where to offer herbal remedies to patients and their family, and empower students to build a personalized holistic tool kit to support their work in these settings.
Enroll by January 25 and save $50
Enjoy a sample lesson from the course with instructor Emily Ruff
About Your Instructor
Emily Ruff is a community herbalist who has practiced the art and science of plant healing for over a decade. Her studies have taken her around three continents where she has studied under healers of many traditions, including an apprenticeship under renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar.Her background in gardening and botany came in childhood while wandering the wilderness and digging in the sandy soils of Florida with her grandfather, a tobacco farmer turned urban gardener, and her father, a botany and astronomy professor. His love of the cosmos was instilled on his daughter at an early age through regular nighttime rituals of watching stars transit and planets journey across the skies.
Emily’s classes have been described as “heart-filled,” “enriching,” and “empowering,” creating a bridge between the teachings of our ancestors and the technologies of our modern world.