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Physical Examination and Clinical Skills – Herb Camp

Innisfree Farm and Botanic Garden, Courtenay, BC 3636 Trent Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 9R4, Canada, Courtenay

Join two of Canada’s most experienced natural health practitioners – medical herbalist and manual osteopath Katolen Yardley and medical herbalist Chanchal Cabrera – in-person, for a six-day deep dive into the human body and the art of wellness assessment. This 34 hour, dynamic and fast paced theoretical and practical program offers a hands-on approach to physical examinations skills and clinical interviewing. You will emerge with a comprehensive methodology for knowing your patients as well as a better understanding of the processes and presentations of disease. Successful registrants will receive a confirmation email with the event details as well as a coupon code for 20% off of the Case Studies workshop with David Winston.

$600.00

Shinrin Yoku – Forest Bathing

Innisfree Farm and Botanic Garden 3636 Trent Road Courtenay British Columbia CANADA V9N 9R4, British Columbia

Learn how to manage anxiety, depression, stress, and high blood pressure with this nature immersion practice. Shinrin Yoku comes from Japan and Korea where it is recognized as an effective treatment for many chronic conditions including dysbiosis of the gut and chronic inflammation. Slow and contemplative walking, ‘being’ in Nature, not ‘doing’, bathing in volatile chemicals emitted by trees, breathing deeply to absorb the medicine from the air, this is a sensory experience of receiving healing from Nature. Learn the art of walking mindfully in the forest, walking very slowly, contemplatively, and practicing being present. Without needing to question where you are going or when you will get there, you will be able to allow the mind to drop to a quiet place, to imbibe the aromatic molecules in the air, and receive healing from the forest. Understand the science, experience the healing. Prescribed by doctors for hypertension, depression, anxiety and more, forest walks are useful for all of us for stress management and cultivating inner peace. The lecture and forest walk will describe and explain through modern science and through experience the innate, inherent resonance and connection we feel with and in ‘Nature’. It will use science and clinical […]