Herbal Medicine: Stress Management
Britta Bloedorn
Red Willow Learning Center, Missoula, MT
Learn how botanical medicine can provide valuable support during the times of stress we all experience. Stress can make us more susceptible to illness, poor sleep and worries and can compromise our physical and emotional health.

Clinical Herbalist, Britta Bloedorn will introduce herbal approaches to promote better stress management, improved sleep and the ability to build strength and immunity during stressful times. You will learn about the therapeutic actions of selected botanical remedies and examples of adaptogens, tonics, and nerviness that can help you cope, ease, strengthen and support yourself.

Britta Bloedorn is a clinical herbalist in private practice, with 12 years experience as an herbalist and health care practitioner, medicine maker, botanist, and educator. She has been studying western herbal medicine since 1996 and is a graduate of the Pacific School of Herbal Medicine and the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. Her work is based on the constitutional model of western botanical medicine. She is dedicated to connecting people with plants and the natural world and to finding holistic approaches to health and self-care with her clients and students. She also has a background in women's health and midwifery as well as gardening, geography, and environmental conservation. Britta enjoys working with adults and children in a respectful and supportive environment.

Course schedule: Mondays, March 12 and 19, 2012, 7:00-9:00pm
Course cost: $45.00 (2-week series)
Sliding scale is available. Contact Kathy Mangan at 721-0033 for more information.