Bear Medicine/Winter Solstice

We enter into the darkest day of of the year, The Winter Solstice, after the harvest. The end of summer and early fall represent the harvest; the fruit of our labor; the manifestation of our beliefs and emotions and thoughts. One teacher asked me at this time, "How well did you aim your arrow?" What is the fruit of your emotions? She meant did you achieve your goals of the year? What have you manifested in your life?
   
As the wheel of the year turns away from the harvest, and towards darkness, we are given the relief of Bear Medicine or Introspection. A season to evaluate how well we aimed our arrow. How can we create new goals, that better reflect our changing values.  Dream deep and long and call upon your Loving Ancestors, including Bear, to be nourished by the darkness and to find deeper levels of truth within yourself. Herbal allies for dreaming and resting are: mugwort, damiana, skullcap, rose petals, vervain, and california poppy. Blessed Be and Happy Holidays.

Milagro School Medicine Show
This year our annual Milagro Herb Medicine Show will be held on September 30th, from 10-3 pm at our new retail store location, 1500 Fifth Street, Santa Fe. The Herbal Medicine show highlights the academic achievements, new herbal skills (including products) made by students enrolled in our annual eight-month Milagro School of Herbal Medicine Certification Training which began last April. As the program winds down The Medicine Show is an opportunity for students to display the natural herbal products they have created as a result of being out in the field identifying and gathering herbs and in Milagro classrooms under the guidance of our highly qualified staff. Handmade creams, herbal teas, tinctures, herbal honey, salves, vinegars, and other unique student creations will be on display and for sale at the show. Milagro Herbs School director, Dr. Tomas Enos, will be on site creating a distillation from wild gathered pinion. Please join us for free herbal tea and an opportunity to learn about herbal medicine.

Flower Essence Information
What is a flower essence?   A flower essence is the energetic vibration of a flower  stabilized in purified water and alcohol. 
 
How are they made?  A flower is place in purified water and the flower/water combination is set in the sun for two to four hours or more.  The energy of the sun transfers the energy (or otherwise known as the medicine) of the flower into the water.  This is then preserved with alcohol (usually brandy) and bottled.
 
How do they help me?  Flowers hold a very high vibration.  They are a precious gift from Mother Earth, put here for our enjoyment and healing.  When the energy of the flower enters into our energy field we begin to transform.   The unique God/Goddess qualities of the flower emote their healing presence.  This transference has the ability to uplift, cleanse, purify, raise, and heal our own life energy.
 
How do I choose?  Intuition is very important when choosing a flower essence.  Decide which flower description is the most exciting to you?  When you hold the bottle do you feel happy or excited?  Hold in your mind a problem you would like resolved and ask your own spirit guides to direct your choice.  You can also ask me any questions.

Upcoming Herbal Medicine Classes:
Herbs in the Field: Pecos Camping Trip
Dates: (August 18 - 20, 2017)

This herbs in the field immersion camping trip will focus on:
Foundations of Plant Medicine, Plant Identification, Ethical Wild Crafting, Food as Medicine, Medicine Making and Field First Aid, Herbal Community, Yoga in Nature, and more.

Cost: Pecos Camping Trip Field Experience: $225.00 + tax
Combined Foundations of Western Herbalism Course and Pecos Camping Trip: $425.00 + tax

Herbal Medicine and First Aid in the Field
Date: (September 10, 2017) 10AM - 4PM

This course will explore how to use herbs and herbal preparations for first aid. There will be a dual focus on what herbs to carry in a kit, for a day hike or extended backcountry trip, and how to identify and use plants in the field.
The class will be held indoors and will cover: Foundations of herbal medicine, herbal approach to wound care, digestion, immune response, acute stress reaction, hydration, pain and more.

Cost: $45  (Limited to 15 participants)

Healing Way of Plants - Chihuahuan Desert Camping Experience!
New Dates: April 21-23, 2017
Join herbalist Stefan Link for an unforgettable journey to explore Spring Medicinal Plants in the Upper Chihuahuan Desert. For three days and two nights the group will caravan and camp while spending time at locations learning about: ethical wildcrafting of plants; plant identification; collection specifics; plant energetics; medicinal and edible uses; first aid; and medicine making.

Students who enroll should have a basic understanding of herbalism and be comfortable camping with minimal amenities. A What to Bring List and ride sharing will be available upon registration.  Limit 12 people (no dogs).  Field Experience Cost: $225.00

• Contact Milagro Herbs for more information at 505-820-6321 or email us at: info@milagroherbs.com

Ongoing 6 Week Seasonal Herb Classes
One of our resident herbalist instructors Stefan Link will continue to offer 6 week herb class modules and weekend field trips to a wide range of ecosystems in the Southwest.  Sign up to keep abreast...