Charles R. Garcia, Director
! Basic Medicine Making for Beginners ! - 1 Saturday
!! Advanced Disaster Herbalism - 5 weeks
Keep busy and challenged enjoying our online content, which offers a free introduction to Hispanic Herbalism.
One Saturday. Topics include how to make a proper medicinal tea, a traditional mustard plaster, tinctures and poultices. This class has been taught in the past and drew high praise from students. Hands on - easy to understand and easy to do.
Date: March 14th Saturday Times: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: 2801 Lincoln Ave, Richmond, CA Duration: One Session
Cost: $175 ($50 Kids under 12) Advance registration is required. Prepayment: Paypal.curandero50@gmail.com Register via e-mail: curandero50@gmail.com
Five Sessions. A five-week course continuing on the use of herbal medicine in long term disaster situations, such as earthquakes, social upheaval, wildfires, power outages, and perhaps a zombie apocalypse. (Not really.)
Heavy on practical hands on training.
Starting: March 26th Thursday evening Times: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: 2801 Lincoln Ave, Richmond, CA Duration: Five (5) Sessions
Cost: $175.25 Advance registration is required. Prepayment: Paypal.curandero50@gmail.com Register via e-mail: curandero50@gmail.com
One Session. A popular course based on Grandma Garcia's recipes for coping with illness. This will include beverages for increasing appetite, foods for diabetes, and an easy method for making fresh cheese (queso fresco). This course will begin on time.
Three students minimum.
Date: February 08 Saturday Morning Times: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Location: 2801 Lincoln Ave, Richmond, CA Duration: One Session
$150 Advance registration is required.Register via e-mail: curandero50@gmail.com
One Session. This course has not been taught for several years and has been requested by many former students. This goes beyond just the use of herbal medicines but also includes cultural aspects of depression, the use of aromas, color, prayer, and ritual.
Date: February 16 Sunday Morning Times: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: 2801 Lincoln Ave, Richmond, CA Duration: One Session
$100 Advance registration is required.Register via e-mail: curandero50@gmail.com
An experimental course focusing only on the plants used by California Natives, with less input from European herbs. This will be more hands on.
Especially for the Prepper and Survivalist Community, because you can only stock up so much medicine for so long until it goes bad! From Co-Director Lori Pino, this course will be an Intensive based on the survival techniques in Forever Faire and the sequel Return to Faire.
The California School of Hispanic Herbalism officially opened its doors in January of 1998 in the San Francisco East Bay city of Richmond, California, to teach and preserve the healing traditions of the Hispanic curanderos and curanderas (folk healers) of California. Many of these classes had been informally taught for two years prior to the creation of the school.
Primarily offering classes in herbalism, the school also stresses an understanding of Curanderismo, the healing techniques and philosophies of Native-Hispanic California. The cross-cultural influences of European and Asian herbs, along with the use of native plants, made California Curanderismo a unique and potent healing medium. These practices also include the use of intuitive diagnosis skills, psychoactive plants, ritual and magic.
e-mail: curandero50@gmail.com phone: (510) 672 7849
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