Classes & Free Talks
September 14th, 2011 by Cindy Hebbard
Class and workshop descriptions with full details are listed here:
Spring Rejuvenation
A 4-Part Full Body Cellular Cleanse and Deep Nourishment Program
4 Thurs, May 3, 10, 17, and 24
Good health depends on our ability to get nutrients into our cells as we release metabolic waste and toxins from our bodies. When we are dealing with long-term or recurring digestive disorders, poor sleep, chronic pain, brain fog, auto-immune conditions, or daily exhaustion, our bodies loose the ability to digest, absorb and assimilate the foods we eat, even when we eat a healthy diet.
If you have been experiencing compromised health for months or years, and you are ready to feel better, this is the program for you. You will learn to use many local, wholesome foods and safe, nourishing herbal remedies to restore your body’s ability to receive nutrients to the very cells, organs and body systems that have been causing your long, slow decline in health. If you have food allergies or sensitivities, diagnosed or not, you will likely find that they’ll be reduced in frequency and severity, or they may even go away altogether as you experience the benefits of a well designed cleanse program. That will depend on a variety of factors within your health history and the nature of the wellness plan you choose to commit to.
Now, this is not a fasting program! We will eat real, delicious, wholesome, nourishing food, often organic and locally grown. We will participate together in purifying away the buildup of toxins and impurities that have been accumulating in your body and mind over time. Toxins in your organs, tissues and cells, like the stuff in our arteries that can cause high blood pressure, will be released, and you’ll feel great, lighter and more agile. You’ll feel the support of the group as you practice your own personalized nourishing cleanse program. You will likely begin to feel considerably better right away!
Each of us will have an individualized plan to fit with our particular health needs and wellness goals. Using the information you receive in the classes, we will work together to create an eating plan that will optimize your health. You will have the option of using only healing foods, or you may prefer to add cleansing herbal products to increase the pace of your detoxification. You may choose to purchase your cellular full-body cleanse program from me, pick one up at your favorite co-op, or buy one online. It is absolutely up to you.
Your rejuvenative wellness program will help you increase your energy and vitality as you reduce pain and discomforts. Feel a difference with the symptoms of allergies, asthma, problem skin and scalp, arthritis, irritable bowel, PMS, menopause, blood pressure problems, bad cholesterol, and so much more.
I will provide dinner each week at class. With each session, we’ll gather at 5:30 to share a delicious meal of nourishing, organic foods that I have prepared especially for you and with a focus on foods to support the topic that we’ll discuss. And then at promptly 6:00, we will begin the talk, delving deeply into the following topics:
Session 1: Opening the Seven Channels of Elimination
Session 2: Supporting Digestion, the Foundation of Vibrant Health
Session 3: Detoxification of Candida and Parasites to Improve Vitality
Session 4: Cleansing Away Heavy Metals and Chemical Toxins for Disease Prevention
We will meet on 4 Thursdays in May, beginning on May 3rd, then again on the 10th, 17th and 24th. Dinner and social time will be available at 5:30 until 6:00; the class will begin promptly at 6:00, and run to 8:30 pm. There will be time for questions from 8:30 to 9:00. Please join us and begin your journey toward feeling better soon.
The cost of this 4-part Program is $159. If you register with a friend or loved one, and pay in advance (by 9:00 pm on Wednesday, May 2), save $40. Pay just $139 each. All previous participants pay 1/2 price ($79.50) for life! Cost includes 4 informative classes, 4 vegetarian meals, all printed materials, and the information you need for a lifetime of improved health. info@wisdomofhealing.com
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Introduction to Women’s Hormonal Health
Wed, May 9
Women go through dozens of normal hormonal fluctuations throughout life. Ideally, these would be comfortable experiences, without pain and discomfort. But too often these days, hormonal imbalances can occur. Hormonal imbalances may show up in our lives at any time from girlhood to our elder years.
The endocrine system is a series of glands that control and regulate many of our human systems and functions, from metabolism, energy levels and reproduction to mood, tissue function, growth and development. When we feel chronically ‘out of sorts’, such as with blood sugar issues, bone loss, low energy or exhaustion, it is likely that our endocrine system is out of balance.
Girls and women of all ages can benefit from restoring the vital glands and associated organs of the endocrine system. With the volume of hormone-disrupting chemicals in our daily lives, it is not easy to remain in balance. Good news; there are a number of nourishing foods, often locally grown, and a variety of safe herbal remedies that can help girls and women, from childhood and throughout our lives, that we can turn to when we feel the need to restore the harmony and balance of our endocrine system.
In this important talk, you will learn about holistic solutions for imbalances including mood, sleep, weight, blood sugar, dry or oily skin, PMS, menopause and more. Bring your daughters. They will thank you for years to come!
The talk will take place in a private location in downtown Brattleboro, on Wednesday, May 9, beginning promptly at 6:00 pm, and will run until 7:30, with time for questions until 8:00. Space is limited, so please pre-register, write: info@wisdomofhealing.com A $10–15 fee is requested. Girls, age 6 to 13, are free with an adult.
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Introduction to Herbal Medicine- Harvest, Formulation & Product Making
Sat, May 12 (11:00 am – 2:30 pm)
Herbal medicine is a popular solution to many health concerns. It is a satisfying practice when we grow our own medicinal plants or find them in the wild, and then harvest, process and create soothing, nourishing herbal products. When you learn to make them correctly, they can support your family’s wellness for years to come. And the experience feels great for all concerned.
Herbs and medicinal foods support us in so many ways. They can keep us in good health, help us prevent becoming sick, slow the progression when we are coming down with an illness, and heal us once we’re diagnosed with a condition or disease. It is most important to know how to grow and process these valuable remedies in the proper ways.
I hope you will join us for this hands-on informative workshop where you will get to learn about growing, wildcrafting, harvesting and making a variety of herbal remedies that can support our skin, immune, cardiovascular, nervous and skeletal systems, and quite literally every cell in our bodies.
On Saturday, May 12, this experiential workshop will take place in a nearby field, and then in a private location in downtown Brattleboro where we will process what we harvest. We will begin promptly at 11:00 am, and will wrap up at 2:30 pm. Space is limited, so please pre-register. Write: info@wisdomofhealing.com A $35 admission fee is requested, along with a $10 materials fee to cover the cost of the products you will make yourself and take home with you.
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Family Health & Wellness Series:
Happy and Learning! Holistic Brain & Mood Health
Wed, May 16
Brain and mood function is important for vibrant health and emotional well-being. Nutritionally, it has been found that choosing the right foods and natural products can significantly improve a wide variety of imbalances, from learning difficulties, anxiety and the blues, to more serious conditions like bipolar disorder, mild to moderate depression, Alzheimer’s, and even autism.
Join us to learn about how you and your family can improve your brain and mood health using wholesome, nourishing foods, safe herbal remedies and other holistic strategies. Find out how you can prevent concerns and restore the vital brain and nerves, so you can enjoy a sense of emotional balance and harmony.
This free talk will take place on Wednesday, May 16, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, with time for questions until 7:30 at the Brattleboro Savings and Loan, 221 Main St, Brattleboro, in the community room. Please plan to enter through the back door. Space is limited, so please pre-register, write: info@wisdomofhealing.com
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Lyme Disease and Tick-borne Illnesses Workshop
Sat, May 19 (10 am -11:30 am)
On Saturday, May 19 from 10:00 to 11:30 am, I will present a workshop about how you can prevent Lyme Disease and the long term chronic health effects it often causes. In this informative workshop you will learn about the various illnesses that ticks can carry and transmit to humans and our pets. With a mild winter and warm spring, ticks appear to be more prevalent than ever.
Find out how to prevent ticks from finding you and embedding into your skin while you and your family enjoy the beauty of nature. Learn holistic and alternative strategies for dealing with ticks to prevent illness and disease.
Learn to identify and completely remove ticks before their various diseases can be transmitted, and what you can do when you find one that has ‘bitten’ you. We will discuss natural remedies for what has come to be known as chronic Lyme, and for the exhaustion, pain, agitation, brain-fog and other symptoms that often occur with tick-borne illnesses.
The workshop will be held in the Springfield Food Co-op community room, located at 335 River St. (Rt. 106), Springfield, VT on Saturday, May 19, from 10:00 am to 11:30, with time for your questions until 12:00 noon. Space is limited, so you must pre-register. Please email info@wisdomofhealing.com. For more information, visit www.wisdomofhealing.com. A $10–15 fee is requested.
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Optimal Bone Health and Media Myths
Tues, May 22
You’ve probably been told by your doctor, friends, nutritionist, and the media that if you want to prevent osteoporosis and enjoy having healthy bones into your elder years, just drink lots of milk and take calcium supplements. But the real research tells a very different story. Most dairy products, and nearly all calcium supplements can contribute to worsening your bone health. That’s right! Several reliable long-term studies have shown that most calcium supplements and drinking two or more glasses of milk daily can actually aggravate and worsen osteoporosis, fractures and joint pain.
Now, everyone really can enjoy healthy, strong bones that last a lifetime. Yet many of us don’t for a variety of reasons, including endocrine imbalances, digestive problems, and a diet lacking in the right foods. Even if you have been diagnosed with osteoporosis or osteopenia, you can turn it around and restore good bone health by making the right choices, starting now.
This valuable and informative workshop will give you some real answers and dispel many myths about good bone and joint health. Learn to choose and prepare nourishing foods that will re-mineralize your bones and teeth. Find out which supplements really do work for excess inflammation of knees, hips and all your joints, and the many ways you can improve bone strength and flexibility, beginning today!
This talk is being offered in a private office in downtown Brattleboro on Tuesday, May 22. We will begin promptly at 6:00 pm, and the talk will run until 7:30, with time for questions until 8:00. Space is limited, so please pre-register today. A $10–15 fee is requested. Please write to info@wisdomofhealing.com.
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Women’s Health Series – A 3-Part Series for Balance for Every Age
3 Wednesdays, May 30, June 6 and 13
Women experience a unique set of health and wellness issues, because of the numerous hormonal changes that we go through in our lifetimes. We as women seem to be particularly vulnerable to endocrine disruptors, those toxic chemicals used throughout society that can cause hormonal conditions, sleep and mood problems, issues with fertility, and problems with our breast health.
The endocrine system is a series of glands that control and regulate many of our human systems and functions, from metabolism, energy levels and reproduction to mood, tissue function, growth and development. When we feel chronically ‘out of sorts’, such as with blood sugar issues, bone loss, low energy or exhaustion, it is likely that our endocrine system is out of balance.
This powerful 3-part workshop will address dozens of health issues, many unique to women, and help you understand the details of how to use nourishing, healing foods, safe herbal remedies, and other holistic strategies to support your vibrant health, even if you’ve been exhausted, had chronic hormonal imbalances, or felt out balance for years.
We will cover how to make the right choices to see significant results for our individual needs. We will discuss holistic strategies to increase balance and harmony for the body, mind and spirit, as we learn to restore our entire endocrine system health. Find out how to recognize the early warning signs that toxic endocrine disruptors can cause, and what you can do about them, so you won’t have to wait until disease and deeper discomforts occur. And you will have the opportunity to receive support from this powerful group of women.
Some of the issues that you can find support for include:
- Hormonal: PMS, support during pregnancy and lactation, peri-menopause, menopause, disrupted sleep patterns
Adrenals: exhaustion, agitation, cortisol issues, oversensitivity
Mood: excess stress, anxiousness, poor sleep, irritability, agitation, and the blues
Pancreas: high and low blood sugar issues
Thyroid: overactive or underactive concerns
Breast health: tenderness, pain, cancer
Other: Immune and auto-immune imbalances, including chronic pain
Please join us to see how you can begin to feel better right away – naturally!
This deeply informative workshop will take place in downtown Brattleboro on 3 Wednesdays, beginning May 30, and continuing June 6 and 13. A delicious, refreshing vegetarian meal of organic, mostly local ingredients will be served to participants at 5:30, and the talk will begin promptly at 6:00 and run until 8:15. There will be time for questions from 8:15 to 8:45.
The cost of the 3-part Program is $139. If you register and pay in advance (by 9:00 pm on Monday, May 28), save $10. Pay $129. Cost includes 3 informative classes, 3 delicious organic meals, printed materials, and the information you need for a lifetime of improved health.
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Many Paths – Meditation for Beginners
Tues, June 5
Meditation has been shown in scientific research to be one of the most valuable tools we have for improving and maintaining good health, and it’s free. Yet, I hear people say all the time that they can’t do it, or they’re not good at it, or that they just don’t have time.
In this class for beginning students and seasoned meditators alike, you will learn about the medicinal benefits of meditation, and how easy it can be for all of us to meditate with ease and joy. In each class, we will experience a variety of short, simple meditation practices that you’ll get to try out, and then find the one(s) that are best for you so you can take them back into your life and reap the benefits of this healing practice every day.
Please join us for an experience to help your body and mind with these ancient and modern breathing styles that quiet your mind to keep you on track and feeling refreshed. We will begin on time so please arrive a few minutes early to settle in, and be sure to wear something comfortable.
This workshop will take place in a private office in downtown Brattleboro on Tuesday, June 5 and will continue once each month. We will begin promptly at 6:00 pm, and we will relax and practice various meditation methods until 7:30, with time for questions until 7:45. Space is limited, so please pre-register today. A $10–15 fee is requested. Please write to info@wisdomofhealing.com.
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Herb and Wild Food Identification Walks
Thurs, May 10; Mon, May 21; Wed, June 6; Tues, June 19; times vary
Spring is a great time for finding roots, shoots, wild edibles and lots of green things for invigorating our health!
Join us for a gentle stroll into nature to identify edible and medicinal plants and talk about their usage. We won’t walk far, yet we will easily identify at least twenty or more medicinal and wild food species. You will hear about local remedies to aid your digestion, liver, hormones, exhaustion, bones, brain, and so much more. Many of these plants have been used since ancient times and we will discuss some of their restorative properties. We will also talk about recent research done on local plants. Find out how to cook, consume and apply plant products for your family’s health with optimal results.
Ideal for all ages. Bring your kids, friends and elders. There are dozens of healing plants right under our feet this time of year! I will supply a handout and herbal tea. Please bring a cup and a pen. You’re welcome to also bring a camera.
Herb and Wild Food Identification Walks will take place in Brattleboro on the following dates and times, and we will meet at these locations. If you arrive late, don’t worry; you’ll see us nearby!
Thursday, May 10, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm – meet in front of Dottie’s, 77 Flat St, Brattleboro
Monday, May 21, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm – meet in front of Brattleboro Museum, 10 Vernon St, Brattleboro
Wednesday, June 6, from 10:00 to 11:30 am – meet in front of Dottie’s, 77 Flat St, Brattleboro
Tuesday, June 19, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, – meet in from of Grafton Village Cheese, 400 Linden St, Brattleboro
The cost is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for teens, and children 12 and younger are free.
I will lead these informative walks throughout the growing season. There will be new plants for us to talk about every time, since many of them make only a brief appearance, and then they’re gone! So join us often, and learn about as many plants as you can, now and throughout the growing season, up until the autumn harvest.
If you would like me to come to your yard, neighborhood or land to help you identify your medicinal and wild edible plants, please contact me to schedule an appointment.
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Breathe Free!
Natural Solutions for Spring Allergies, Asthma, and Breathing Difficulties
Thurs, June 14
The evidence is in; this year’s allergies and breathing difficulties are increasing for many people, from children to elders. This is possibly due to the effects of a mild winter and the early warm spring weather. But that’s not all. New chemicals are being used on our commercial food crops, cotton fields and other midwestern farmland. And the air currents move that polluted air our way.
If you or your loved ones are suffering with allergies, asthma, what is now referred to as C.O.P.D., and other breathing difficulties, and you would like to learn about safe, holistic options for improving your breathing, lungs and sinus health, this talk is for you. I will help you to understand how to use delicious, nourishing, healing foods and herbal remedies to find immediate relief, and to strengthen your respiratory and immune systems. You can begin to find long term solutions so you may heal your own body. This may help you reduce your dependence on potentially harmful medications that you currently need to help you breathe.
The talk will take place in a private location in downtown Brattleboro, on Thursday, June 14, beginning promptly at 6:00 pm, and will run until 7:30, with time for questions until 8:00. Space is limited, so please pre-register, write: info@wisdomofhealing.com A $10–15 fee is requested.
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Classes, Workshops, Free Talks, Intensives & Wellness Programs-
Cindy will be at the locations, dates and times listed. Please pre-register by contacting her or writing to info@wisdomofhealing.com
The information above is subject to change in an emergency due to weather or unavoidable circumstances. I rarely need to cancel a talk or workshop. However, when you reserve your space in advance, every attempt will be made to inform you on the rare occasion that we do need to cancel or alter the logistics.
