Nutritional Herbalism: Curriculum
Nutrition is the root to physical wellness, every living cell depends on it!
Nutritional Herbalism Details
Nutritional Herbalism is a course in deepening your understanding of nutritional plants and the wild edible that abound all around us. The purpose is to provide a context for exploration of the study of nutritional plants.
You will discover the full range of plant medicine, from the soil, to the plant, to the full effect on the human body. Nutritional Herbalism offers powerful tools and wisdom that will help anyone seeking to be healthier, stronger, more fluid, joyful and passionately alive. Nutritional Herbalism teaches of the connection between plants, people and planetary peace. The various processes you will learn will attune you to our inner nature so that we are able to know plants as an extension of our Self. This course goes well beyond plant chemistry and micro and macronutrients.
Nutritional Herbalism is founded on the premise that deepening our connection to living plants and the wild world of nature has the power to foster values that are personally, culturally and environmentally empowering. This plant medicine course will support you in uncovering your creative capacity in working directly with plants to make a difference.
What is Nutritional Herbalism?
Nutritional Herbalism is the oldest form of medicine on the planet. This medicine originates before the science of modern day nutritional chemistry. This course will take you from soil chemistry and understanding, to applying plants for creating health and peace for yourself and your family and friends.
Nutritional Herbalism is also a science of bringing awareness to all of our actions: how and what we grow our food and herbs, to how we eat them, how we live, what we think, how we relate intimately with the plant world and ourselves.
In a practical format we will explore the influence of vital energies of foods, spices and herbs on our well-being. Plant medicine is a compassionate journey of self-discovery, providing you with the tools to becoming your own healer. Every plant that we take into our bodies' influences who we are and what we are to become.
Through this course of study you will learn that all plants are carriers and balancers of Prana, the Vital Life Force. Every plant has its own unique qualities of vital energy and essence through which it produces a specific effect on your overall health and consciousness. We will explore these original teachings of the ancients, along with modern understanding of plant medicines. Herbal nutritional understanding is the art of conscious living with the world of plants. This practice of using the most natural wholesome and alive plant is not new for treating and preventing disease. It is the original way of living ~ the original approach to using plants according to what Mother Earth has gifted us with since the beginning of time.
During this course you will discover:
- How to Deepen Your Connection to Plants
- Methods to Optimize Your Health
- Ancient Practices to draw the Life-Force & Life-Essence from your herbs
- Learn the Lost Art of Foraging for the Superfoods of the Wild
- The Kitchen Pharmacy: Usage of Kitchen Herbs and Spices
- Rejuvenation Cleansing Regimes
- A Dietary Approach for Spiritual Health & Social Harmony
- Integrating the Full Spectrum of Nutrition
- How to Use Plants for Higher Consciousness
- Plant Antidotes
- The Art of a High-Octane Living Cuisine
We'll explore the various realities and different perceptions to using wild plant foods and integrating them into our present lifestyle. Our focus of study will include the elements of designing a balanced, wholesome lifestyle from the living soil to the living person. We will go through the why's and how's of transitioning through the various levels of becoming a healthy individual, to achieving high level wellness, to supporting the transformation occurring on the planet today.
LESSON 1. INTRODUCTION
• What is Nutritional Herbalism?
• What is Sustainable Living?
• What are the benefits of Wild Plants?
• The Key Elements of Understanding Nutrition
• Nutritional Herbalism Principles
• From Soil to Plant to Kitchen Skills
• The Main Aspects of Being A Nutritional Herbalist
LESSON 2. THE WISDOM OF NUTRITIONAL HERBS
• Wisdom of the Herbs
• Herbalism: Gaia in Action
• Plant, Food & Mineral Therapies
• Modern Practices of Using Herbs & Nutrition
• The Super Herbs for Your Medicine Chest
• Going Beyond Treatment Therapy
• Practicing True Preventative Medicine
• Discovering the Power of Living Plants
• An Exploratory Journey through the Seasons
• Ancient Wisdom from the Elders of the Past
LESSON 3. NATURE'S SUPERFOODS ~ SUPERHERBS
• What is a Superfood?
• Nature's Living Superfoods - Superherbs
• The Superfoods Everyone Needs
• Where have all the Enzymes Gone
• Superior Nutrition for Optimal Health
• Discovering Nutrient-Dense-Enzyme-Rich Herbs
• The Criteria of Finding Superfoods in Your Region
• Life-Force: Enhanced Health & Longevity
LESSON 4. THE NUTRIENTS THE MANY AND THE FEW
• Essential Plant Nutrients
• Identifying Nutrient Deficiencies
• Comparison of Protein Values from Seven Wild Edible Plants
• Mineral Nutrient Composition of Edible Wild Plants
• Studies on Nutritional Values of Some Wild Edible Plants
• Food Value of Common Edible Wild Seeds & Plants
• Perennial Vegetables
LESSON 4. THE SEEDS OF THE FUTURE
• Seed: The Miracle of Nature
• The Forgotten Potential of Alive Seeds
• Unlocking the Secret of Seeds
• Sprouts: A Power Food
• Swapping Seeds
• Planting the Seeds of Recovery
• Tapping into the Seeds of Tomorrow
• Seeds: Our True Hope of the Future
LESSON 5. CONVENTIONAL VS. ORGANIC VS. WILD
• Tame and Wild
• Organic vs. Conventional Grown Food
• Cultivated vs. Wild Berries and Fruit
• Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature
• Soil pH & Plant Nutrients
• Making Organic Wild
• Foraging for Optimal Health
• Short –Term Priorities
• The Future of Forest Gardening
LESSON 6. THE ORGANIC LIVING SOIL
• The Organic Path
• The Organic Exposition Trend
• Select Plants that Will Thrive
• Can Organic Farming Feed Us All
• Minerals the Spark of Life
• The Essential Trace Elements
• The Oil We Eat
• Organic Plant Chemistry
• Human Biological Chemistry
• Organic Lifestyle of Prosperity
• Towards a Sustainably Future
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LESSON 7. A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
• Tame and Wild
• Making Organic Wild
• A Forest's Last Stand
• Common Edible Plants
• Wildwood Survival
• Walking on the Wild Side
• The Resilience of Nature
• Principles of Sustainable Harvesting
• Rules for Foraging Edible Plants
• Gardening into the Wild
• Enhancing Biodiversity in Our Gardens
• Universal Edibility Test
LESSON 8. THE BIOREGIONAL WAY OF EATING
• A Taste for Conservation
• What is Bioregionalism?
• Bioregional Plant Allies
• The Bioregional Movement
• The Biodiversity Challenge
• The Value of Bioregional Eating
• Living Bioregionally
• Why go Native?
• Enhancing Local Food Security
• Community Supported Agriculture
• What Would a Bioregional Community Look Like?
• Transitional Towns
LESSON 9. PUTTING IT TOGETHER ~ The 12 KEYS
• Whole Foods
• Eaten Fresh
• Sun-Ripened
• Enzyme-Rich
• Alkalizing Alive
• Organically Vibrant
• Low-Glycemic
• Highly-Mineralized
• Well-Hydrated
• Locally-Grown
• In-Season
• Tranquil Educing
LESSON 10. BEYOND NUTRIENTS & SUPERFOODS
• Updating Definition of a Superfood
• Seeing Past the Traditional Nutrients
• Towards A Truly Wholistic Perspective
• The Great Beyond of Superfoods
• Research is Stepping Beyond the Nutrients
• The Superfood Lifestyle Solution
LESSON 11. DEEP ECOLOGY
• What is Deep Ecology?
• A Lesson in Deep Ecology
• Philosophy of Deep Ecology
• Ecology, Community & Lifestyle
• Gandhi & the Wisdom of Deep Ecology
• Earth Activism through Being Connected
• Personal. Ecological & Cultural Transformation
• The Deep Ecology Movement of Sustainability
LESSON 12. BIODIVERSITY
• Reclaiming Our Power to Choose
• Expanding Foods Choices
• The Power of the Elements
• Diversity & Ecological Balance
• Biodiversity of Sustainability
• Human Potential Connection
• Ensuring the Future of Tomorrow
• Manifestos on the Future of Foods & Seeds
• Seeing the Big Picture
LESSON 13. THE DIET OF THE NOW
• Staying Connected to What is Alive
• Ending our Food Addictions & Eating Disorders
• The Eating Clean Way of Vibrant Living
• Going Beyond A Scientific Approach of Nutrition
• The Way We Live Now
• The 100 Mile Way of Life
• A Diet for Peace: Eating for Spiritual Health & Social Harmony
• Bringing in a Way of Peace
• Making Peace with Food
• Being the Change You Want to See ~ Now
LESSON 14. THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING
• Integrating the Full Spectrum of Nutrition
• Plants, People & Planet
• Environment, Sustainability & Peace
• The Full Peace of Wholeness
• Sustainable Living Challenge
• A Manifesto for Earth Spirituality
• Practicing the Sevenfold Path of Peace
• Creating & Nourishing Healthy Communities
• Solutions for Achieving a Sustainable Tomorrow
• The Future Will Be What You Contribute To & Create Today
15. ABOUT THE AUTHOR & THE LIVING CENTRE & LIVING ARTS INSTITUTE
16. SUPPLEMENTAL
• Glossary
• Bibliography
This course is designed to provide a solid foundation in understanding Nutritional Herbalism as a natural healing art and science.
The following information will answer your questions about how to use these lessons.
"The question is not 'can you make a difference?' You already do make a difference. It's just a matter of what kind of difference you want to make, during your life on this planet. "
~ Julia Butterfly Hill
Homework
Homework is sent upon completion of each lesson and is returned to you. We ask that you keep us posted as to how you're doing with your projects and assignments and projects.
Time Completion
You may complete these lessons on your own time schedule. But in order to utilize them to their fullest, we recommend you set up a schedule time to do each lesson; one evening a week, or an afternoon on the week-ends, will keep your momentum going. The average time to complete the course is about one year. Some students have completed the material in 6 months while others may take a few years.
Questions
One of the specialties of these lessons is the personal attention available to your questions and homework. We invite your comments, favorite herbal and nutrient-dense recipes, and suggestions.
Certificate
Each student who successfully completes the lessons and ALL the homework will receive a beautiful Nutritional Herbal Certificate. The Certificate awarded states that you are acknowledged for the successful completion of a thorough in depth study of Nutritional Herbalism. The objective of this course is about integration and bringing forth-new breakthroughs needed to continue the shift towards personal and planetary transformation.
Lessons 1-16 & Beautifully Designed Course Binder
The Nutritional Herbalism Correspondence Course comes in a specially designed binder. The binder makes it easy for you to keep your lessons, homework and other course material together. The binder and books are sent out as soon as we receive your tuition. The binder makes it easy for you to keep your lessons, homework and other course material together.
To receive your lessons, binder and textbooks send a check for $1000. to:
'The Living Centre',
5871 Bells Rd.
London, ON. CANADA, N6P 1P3
Textbooks for the Course
*The Incredible Edibles Handbook, Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.
*Nutritional Herbology: A Reference Guide to Herbs, ~Mark Pederson, Wendell W. Whitman Company
* The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicine to Life on Earth, Stephen Harrod Buhner
* The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature, Stephen Harrod Buhner
* Nutritional Herbalism: Course Textbook, Shantree' Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.
* Conscious Living Manual: The Sevenfold Path of Peace Manual, Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D. & Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera, 2002 Please see our photo gallery for Herbalism and Gardening
Register for Nutritional Herbalism Correspondence
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London, Ontario
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