Charles R. Garcia, Director
! Central Valley Hispanic Herbalism - 7 weeks
!! Disaster Herbalism - 4 weeks
!! Healing Foods - 1 Saturday
!! Hispanic Treatments for Depression - 1 Sunday
Keep busy and challenged enjoying our online content, which offers a free introduction to Hispanic Herbalism.
Seven Sessions. A seven week course focusing on the herb healing methods of California's Central Valley. This was a focal point for the Mexican Diaspora after the 1910 Mexican revolution. Immigrants brought herbal knowledge from the old country and adopted the use of herbs already in use by native Americans, Chinese, and established white settlers.
There will be several hands on projects from salves, poultices, teas, and foods.
Starting: January 28 Tuesday evening Times: 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Location: 2801 Lincoln Ave, Richmond, CA Duration: Seven Sessions
$250 Advance registration is required.Register via e-mail: curandero50@gmail.com
Four Sessions. A four week course focusing 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: January 30 Thursday evening Times: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: 2801 Lincoln Ave, Richmond, CA Duration: Four Sessions
$175 Advance registration is required.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.
Weekend classes in disaster preparedness, teach students how to create Go-Bags, Get Home Bags, and Stay At Home Bags. Learn how to make these life-saving items from scratch, using handy items from a spare backpack or book bag to something as small as carry cases for eye glasses. Compared to commercially available Go-Bags, students can can create their own for less and tailored to their own requirements.
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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