Workshops 2025

Vedic Infusions Workshop: Healing and protecting the nervous system with herbal dairy products

Date: Saturday, Feb 15
Time: 1:00-5:00
Instructor: Rachel Warnok
Fee: $75 (includes a $10 material fee)
Location: Lincoln, MA

Infusing herbs in dairy products is a common practice in herbal medicine, with herbal ghees (clarified butters) providing deep healing for the nervous system, and herbal milk decoctions being the preferred way to give herbs to young children. In this 4-hour workshop you’;ll learn how to make herbal ghees and milks, and when this method of administration should be considered. We’ll be making 3 different types of ghee with Ayurvedic herbs; one recipe to enhance memory, and a 2nd recipe typically used to recover from burnout and protect the nervous system from more serious degenerative diseases. We’ll also be making a special kind of milk decoction called bhang, a milk decoction with cannabis, traditionally used to enhance meditation. We’ll cover non-cannabis milk decoctions, which are used for children and nursing mothers. You’ll learn about milk, the medicinal applications of herbal ghees, and hear some fun stories from Hindu mythology while we all cook together. 

Recommended for people who enjoy working with the nervous system, those who work with cannabis, meditation and yoga enthusiasts, and parents with young children.

Plant Journey with Tommy Priester

Date: Feb 11, March 11, April 8 2025. The Second Tuesday of each month.
Time: 6:30-9:00

Instructor: Tommy Priester
Fee: $25 per class
Location: Meet via Zoom Or Live at 168 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln

Come join in the magic of Plant communication and ceremony. Journey with your animal guide and meet the spirit of a specific healing plant as we are guided in four shamanic journeys:

1 - Meet and work with your Power Animal
2 - Meet and learn from the plant of the night
3 - Experience the energy and properties of the plant as a tincture
4 - Access the spiritual teachings and healing energies of the plant as a flower essence, as it interacts in your consciousness.

Testimonials:

"I was so surprised to be in such a deep inner state because it seemed so Imaginary, but when I came through to this plane I realized, WOW I really JOURNEYED to another Plane!" ~ Student

"We just immediately started dancing - whirling and dancing. I felt my forehead kind of being angry and I felt like we were dancing out that anger and spinning clockwise, spinning away my anger. And then after that, my heart was lifted up." ~ Student 

Register in Advance by 5pm the day of class

Tea Making for Donation Workshop

Date: POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS
We will reschedule soon!
Time: 1pm-4pm
Instructor: Tommy Priester
Location: First Parish Church, 14 Bedford Rd in Lincoln

During this opportunity attendees spend time with other herbalists learning about the properties of each herb, how these herbs work together, and what makes a successful tea. All the while knowing that they were helping those who may not have access to these beneficial herbs. No prior experience is necessary, just a desire to learn more about tea formulation and to give back in a way only herbalists can!

This class is under the guidance of herbalist Tommy Priester and focused on common challenges such as insomnia, stress, and pain.

Mushroom Propagation Workshop

Date: Saturday April 12, OR Sunday April 13, 2025
Time: 1-4pm
Instructor: Paul Lagrèze
Fee: $35 and $20 material fee
Location: Sweet Autumn Farm
180 Prospect St Carlisle, MA
Limit 20

Join Paul for some fungal fun! In this workshop you will be inoculating oak logs with shiitake spawn, waxing them and giving the mycelium time to colonize the wood to produce healthy and happy shiitake mushrooms the following summer. You will go home with the log you inoculate, find the perfect spot to place your log while the mushrooms get ready to fruit, and then harvest shiitake mushrooms two or three times a year for three or more years. There will be step by step hands on instructions to create these mushroom logs, and demonstrations of how to inoculate other types of mushrooms into wood will also be given. Sign up soon this course sells out quickly!

Palmistry Course

Dates: All Sundays: January 19th, 26th, February 2nd, & 16th, 2025
Time: 1-4:30pm
Instructor: Linda Patterson, Clinical Herbalist, Palmistry Instructor
Fee: $325 plus $25 Material fee for a total fee of $350
Location: Hingham, MA, 02043

Join Linda as she instructs you on how to utilize palmistry as a tool for analytics! Once used as a diagnostic tool for physicians, the palms and hands give us insight into physical health and emotional well-being. Learning to decipher the differences between the hands and what they reveal to us allows us to decipher a plethora of things. Determine the strengths, weaknesses, & potential blockages within an individual through their hands! Due to the fact that hands can change it is a great way to get a current reflection on who we are now and the stresses we are under. This course will offer all the necessary information to interpret the meanings of the hands, palms, and lines.

Herbs and Oils for Beauty

Date: March 1, 2025
Time: 1 -5pm
Instructor: Rachel Warnok
Fee: $70
Location: TBA

Ready to take your skin care routine to the next level and make new herbal friends?!

Join us for this 4-hour workshop learning about the best herbs for skin and your face. Learn which herbs are best for acne, which ones boost collagen production, and which ones brighten skin tone and help with age spots. Spoiler alert: licorice, echinacea, and sarsaparilla, are as good on your face as they are in your body! We will dive deep into different herbal carrier oils – sampling each of them along the way- including which ones contain vitamins E and C, and which one was used by Egyptian queens to preserve their youthful visage. You will mix your own face serum and learn how to make a silky face cream, all while deepening your knowledge of herbs from both Eastern and Western materia medica.

Recommended for beauty and cosmetic enthusiasts, those who enjoy working with herbal oils, and want to learn more uses for infused oils. It’s strongly recommended that students also take the Ayurvedic oils workshop in addition to this one, as the learning is enhanced when the two are taken together.

Ayurvedic Oils and an introduction to the 3 Doshas, the Vedic Paradigm of Herbal Medicine

Date: April 19, 2025
Time: 1- 5pm
Instructor: Rachel Warnok
Fee: $55
Location: 168 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA  

Explore the Vedic system of herbs, health, and wellness! Learn the basics of the 3 doshas (elemental body types) in Ayurveda and the Vedic method of creating an infused oil via double decoction. In this 4-hour workshop you’ll explore how the 5 elements manifest as the 3 doshas in the human body, which dosha is your primary, and what that means for creating balance in your life. You’ll gain an understanding of how the elements weave and work together in your body, and an increased ability to detect imbalance. You leave with a better understanding of your physiology, tips and tricks on creating balance for yourself, and a bottle of the oil that we make during the workshop. 

Recommended for people who enjoy working with herbal oils (and want to work with them more!), cosmetics, and those who want to better understand the role of the elements in herbal medicine.

Herbal First Aid

Date: June 22nd
Time: 1:00-3:30PM
Instructor: Tommy Priester, Clinical Herbalist
Fee: $35
Location: 168 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA 01773

In this workshop, Tommy will present information for many acute/emergency issues, from skin rash to broken bones and will cover what herbs to use for specific first aid cases. Using the tissue states, humors, and true stories from his work, Tommy will walk you through a few scenarios and how to mitigate the issues at hand. You will also walk away with a list of recommended herbs to have in your first aid kit. If time allows there will be a medicinal plant walk.