Friday
| Time | Activity | Details |
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| 7-7.30pm | Registration | In the main building. Please bring with you the email PayPal receipt, or at least the email address that you used to purchase your ticket so that we can register you correctly.
There will be no food available on Friday night on site, so please plan accordingly. |
| 7.30pm | Opening Circle | Conference Room in the main building |
| 8.00pm | Breakout Session 1 |
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| 10pm | Time for bed… | ..or sampling the delights of Cork city! |
Saturday
| Time | Speaker | Talk/Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| 8.30-9.30pm | Julie Bruton-Seal /Sarah Fox | Herb walk/Yoga |
| 9.30 – 10pm | Registration | In the main building |
| 10pm | Fred Gilliam |
Integrating Medicinal Mushrooms into the Herbal Practice Speaking both as a folk herbalist and joint organiser of the UK Medicinal Mushroom Conference, Fred will talk about some of the latest research into the applications of medicinal mushrooms and how simple preparations made from mushrooms have become vitally important in the community herbal practice that he runs with his partner Natascha. For more information check out Fred’s article in “The Herbalist” September 2016 edition. |
| 11.30pm | Time for a cuppa! | In the canteen and bedouin stretch tent outside the main building. Outside if the weather is nice!
There will be a selection of coffee, teas and cordials plus power snacks at break times. Don’t forget to bring something to sit on for meal times – a yoga mat, cushion or folding chair. |
| 12pm | Rosemary Gladstar |
The Art of Medicinal Herb Formulation Combing herbs into effective formulas for health and healing is both an art and a science and requires certain skills and a lot of practice. Yet it’s easy to master once one has the tools. In this workshop, rosemary will share the method she uses to teach people how to become ‘Master Formulators’ and the skills needed to create wonderfully effective medicinal herbal blends. |
| 1.30pm | Lunch | Served in the marquee outside the main building.
Again, you will need something to sit on for meal times – a yoga mat, cushion or folding chair. |
| 2.30pm | Kirsten Hale |
Complex Trauma and Our Work With Plants
Kirsten will offer a concise explanation of Complex Trauma, from both personal and cultural origins, as well as some helpful ways to think of trauma energetically in the body. Understanding the patterns of complex trauma can allow us to offer those we serve with herbal protocols and experiences less likely to re-traumatize. We will discuss long held tension patterns, anxiety and some key physiological concerns of folks with complex trauma.
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| 4pm | Another cuppa! | As before |
| 4.30pm | Ross Hennessy | Introducing HerbFeast 2018 |
| 4.45pm | Breakout session 2 |
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| 5.45pm | Break | |
| 6pm | Dinner | |
| 7pm | Lisa, Rosemary, Marie, Nikki, Gina and Julie | Panel discussion on women’s health |
| 8.30pm | Herbal Jeopardy and social Make your way to the Metropole Hotel (on MacCurtain St) for a 9pm start |
Sunday
| Time | Speaker | Talk/Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| 9-10pm | Fred Gilliam/Sarah Fox | Herb walk/Yoga |
| 10pm | Thomas Easley |
The Gut in Disharmony
Our gut houses 100 trillion cells that are not us. In fact there is more in us and on us, that’s not us, than us. The average person is not selective about the parts of the outside world they take in, which results in an exceptionally high presentation of GI disorders. This is where dysbiosis, or microbial imbalance, begins.
In this talk, we will focus in on identifying and treating a few of the most common causes of generalized gut dysbiosis, with a focus on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and small intestinal fungal overgrowth (SIFO). In addition we will cover a comprehensive strategy for treating GERD and functional dyspepsia. |
| 11.30pm | Time for a cuppa! | As per Saturday |
| 12pm | Gina McGarry |
Brighid Was A Herbalist – Weaving the Green Web A “walk” around the Medicine Wheel, discussing the 4 Elements and corresponding herbs and languages, weaving our connections to the Plant People and the path of Herbalism ever more closely. |
| 1.30pm | Lunch | Served in the marquee outside the main building.
Again, you will need something to sit on for meal times – a yoga mat, cushion or folding chair. |
| 2.30pm | Regional link-up | Herbies near you! |
| 3pm | Alex Duffy | Opening The Door to Communicating with Nature
An experiential workshop exploring the pathway and processes of plant medicine in its natural context; an exchange between beings. |
| 4.30pm | Closing ceremony | Until next year… |