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The Medicine Walk: A
Nature Awareness and Wellness Experience
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Laurie Lacey
Laurie is a writer,
painter, naturalist, and medicine maker, with over 30 years' experience in
Mi'Kmaq plant and tree medicines. He is the author of Micmac
Medicines: Remedies and Recollections, Medicine Walk: Reconnecting to
Mother Earth, and Black Spirit: The Way of the Crow.
His web
sites:
http://www.wildworldofplants.com
http://www.naturalhealingtalk.com
http://www.laurielacey.com
His blog: http://thenaturewriter.blogspot.com/
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Natural Animal
Care
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Amanda Dainow
Amanda has been vegan for 10 years. She
has studied, made and used herbal medicine for seven years. She has taken
Natural First Aid for Dogs and Cats, and Herbal Medicine for Animals.
Amanda is currently completing her Clinical Herbalist degree with the
International College of Herbal Medicine. She is also completing the
Holistic Care for Companion Animals program at Clayton College of Natural
Health. She is an Animal Care Worker at the Kings County SPCA. She offers health
consultations at a student rate in Halifax
and the Annapolis Valley.
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Plant Spirit
Medicine
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Michele Haddal
Michele has been
an active medicine woman, chef and teacher on the South Shore of Nova
Scotia over the past 15 years. She brings her passion for plants to all
aspects of her life and work. She is equally at home in
field, forest or kitchen sharing wise woman wisdom with students of all
ages. Nourishment of mind, body and spirit is the central theme of her
presentations.
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Making an Herbal
First Aid
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Kelly Souva
Kelly is a lifelong learner with a
background in both traditional and alternative medicine. She is a
registered nurse, has certification in herbalism, aromatherapy, nutrition,
and is a Reiki master. She currently has a store dedicated to natural
and holistic healing products ? From Mother Nature With Love, located in
Blockhouse. www.fmnwl.com
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Contact! - An
Experiential Exploration of
Herbal Healing via the Skin |
Savayda Jarone
Savayda is a medical herbalist in
Halifax
and has been in practice for 11 years. She takes great pleasure in
helping people connect with plant medicines in her clinic and through her
educational programs. Herbs are a consistent source of daily
nourishment and inspiration for her. Her work with children reminds
her to play with the plants, and we will do so in this workshop. www.mayflowerherbs.ca
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Mi'kmaq Medicines:
Personal Reflections |
Jill Francis
Jill is a Community Health Representative
and a member of the Acadia First Nation Mi'kmaq Band.
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Dyeing with
Mushrooms |
Basma Kavanagh
Basma
is a Nova
Scotia visual artist and poet. Her drawings,
paintings, poetry and artist's books are inspired by plants, animals,
fungi, and the earth's surfaces and cycles. Walking in the woods is an
important part of Basma's art practice. http://www.basmakavanagh.blogspot.com
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Plant Walk
~Forest Gardening |
Jayme Melrose
The
Garden Doula ~ helping people birth their gardens. Jayme has studied
ecological gardening and permaculture at Linnaea Farm on Cortes Island, BC, followed by a degree in Community
Design at Dalhousie. She is currently working to develop a landscape
for the Glooscap Heritage Centre that the Mi'kmaq ancestors would
recognize and love, as well as working as a Garden Doula in Halifax.
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