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The Botanical Resins and Gums Course LEARN MORE This is a one of a kind course and only available for a limited time!  If you want to learn everything you need to know to work with resins and gums in your practice, you'll definitely want to check this out!  REGISTER HERE In today's episode, I narrate Evan Sylliaasen's copal monograph. If you'd like to read it, you can find the downloadable PDF HERE.  Thank you for listening!  Mason www.herbrally.com

Today's episode is Howie Brounstein's keynote from the 2019 Breitenbush Herbal Conference.  We were lucky enough to find out a former student of Howie's was in the audience and they recorded it from their phone. Since it was recorded on a phone, the audio is a wee bit wonky.  That said, Howie did take some time to clean up the sound a bit. It's definitely listenable and there are many gems and takeaways!  I had the honor of being co-organizer of this event and was so thrilled that Howie gave the first keynote to kick off the weekend. This was right before Rising Appalachia took the stage!  Howie was my first herbal mentor (along with Steven Yeager). He is the owner and lead instructor at the Columbines School of Botanical Studies. If you're looking for an herbalism apprenticeship with a heavy focus on botany, wildcrafting, herbalism and anatomy and physiology, I can't recommend his school enough.  Learn more about the Columbines School of Botanical Studies at BotanicalStudies.net Also be sure to give Howie a follow on Instagram @howiebrounstein and @columbinesschoolofbs You can also follow Howie's work on Facebook and YouTube as well.  He's always posting great herbal content!  Thanks again to Howie for sharing this audio, and thanks to y'all for listening!  Mason www.herbrally.com

The 3rd and final lesson in the free Botanical Resins Workshop Series is now available.  If you want to learn how to tap into one of nature’s most potent and versatile plant materials and incorporate resins into your crafting, you don’t want to miss this. When you learn how to add this powerful class of botanicals to your herbal or healing skillset, you can formulate some very powerful medicines and amazing aromatic creations. JOIN THE SERIES HERE In Lesson 3 you'll learn: The ins and outs of topical healing salves and the countless ways to use them How to make your own pine resin salve from start to finished product How to prepare a resin oil extraction step-by-step and the many body products you can make with them Which carrier oils make the best salve The healing, first aid, and respiratory benefits of pine resin And more!  You'll also get a stunning workbook for making your own resin salves, along with a simple recipe you can make as is, or use as a template for experimenting with adding different ingredients if you want to branch out and use other plants you love. Sign up today to watch the third free lesson and download the workbook and recipe. Enjoy!

The Herbal Business Program brought to you by CommonWealth Holistic Herbalism LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Dreaming of launching an Herbal Business? Join the Herbal Business Program! This course has it all: GMP, marketing, taxes, insurance, even building your website and getting comfortable with the tech you'll need to run your business… They literally break down every single task you need to do for every single aspect of your business, and then provide very specific instructions about exactly how to do it, with videos, pictures, worksheets, reference guides, and more! Plus - you get lifetime access so it doesn't matter how fast or slow you go. Move at the pace that's right for you! And you can ask questions lots of ways: including live and in person twice a week, every week, if you like! You can also send questions in writing (they reply in 24 hours or less!), and there's a whole community of support too, so you can get lots of opinions! You don't have to have any previous business experience, all you need is your herbal skills and a good idea. You'll do the rest together! LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

Herbalist Reishi Strauss shares one of her most profound experiences with a plant, as well as a mushroom. She tells a story about the hemlock tree, the host species for the medicinal mushroom reishi, which is her namesake. WATCH THE VIDEO on YouTube Learn more about Reishi at EarthandSpiritBotanicals.com Today's episode is sponsored by our good friends at Mountain Rose Herbs.  Get 15% off of your order with coupon code HERBRALLY15 at checkout.  Visit MountainRoseHerbs.com for organic herbs, spices, essentail oils, bulk ingredients and more.  Thanks for listening!  HerbRally www.herbrally.com   

It's been a minute...time for some updates!  Guessing you want to know about the giveaway first though. Here's the deets... (In order to enter to win, you must leave a comment on the actual YouTube video. CLICK HERE to watch. It's got some fun editing by Amanda, so it's more fun to watch anyway) PRIZE: Two reference books written by Bella Donna, a hat and a shirt (more details about the prize are in the video) HOW TO ENTER: Simply leave a comment on this video letting us know what your FAVORITE part about HerbRally is. Is it the podcast? Is it our YouTube channel? Is it Schoolhouse, the Art of Frugal Nutrition or our events listings? Monographs? Something else?  Simply leave a comment letting us know what part of HerbRally you use most often or is your favorite. We'd love to know!  We'll select ONE winner at random from the comments, on August 12.  If it's not HerbRally responding to you, then it's a scam. We'll let you know in the comments if you won, then we'll get your info that way so we can ship it out to you (if you're the lucky winner).  Huge thanks to Bella Donna for providing these books! Learn more about her at https://www.beehealthy.biz/apothecary  LINKS FROM THE VIDEO FREE RESINS COURSE Leave a rating in Apple Podcasts (pretty please) HerbRally Schoolhouse: http://www.herbrally.com/schoolhouse (use coupon code YOUTUBE30 at checkout for your first 30 days FREE)  The Art of Frugal Nutrition: https://www.herbrally.com/frugalnutrition  NEW MERCH: https://www.herbrally.com/store  Monographs: http://www.herbrally.com/monographs  Herbalism events: http://www.herbrally.com/events  Recommended reading: https://www.herbrally.com/recommended-reading    Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these SEVEN herbal freebies!  86 page ebook by Plant Healer 5 Herbal Events Around the World | Video with Bevin Clare 36 Page Book Excerpt from "Nourishing Foods" by Plant Healer Calendula ebook by Rosalee de la Forêt Hour long adaptogens class with Heather Irvine Exclusive 15% off discount for Mountain Rose Herbs 10% off discount for the HerbRally store CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES HERE Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRallywww.herbrally.com 

Go down memory lane with Dana as she sits down and tells us about her first childhood memory with two different plants, milky oats and plantain.  She grew up with brothers, so she was always thinking creatively on how to tease them. She came across some plants and realized you can shoot, throw, and use these plants in a playful way. WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE LEARN MORE ABOUT DANA Wild Kin Botanicals - https://www.wildkinbotanicals.com/  Follow Dana on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_wildkin/ Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these SEVEN herbal freebies!  86 page ebook by Plant Healer 5 Herbal Events Around the World | Video with Bevin Clare 36 Page Book Excerpt from "Nourishing Foods" by Plant Healer Calendula monograph by Rosalee de la Forêt Hour long adaptogens class with Heather Irvine Exclusive 15% off discount for Mountain Rose Herbs 10% off discount for the HerbRally store CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES HERE Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com 

Take a few moments to center yourself, find a place to be comfortable and listen to one of Heather Sanderson's plant spirit short books: Dreaming of Birch. She talks a little about her writing journey and process connecting with plants and trees, diving into the medicine folklore and their plant spirits. Hope you enjoy this book reading! WATCH ON YOUTUBE Learn more about her 21 plant spirit short reads as well as all of her other books: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/books/  More about Heather: https://majesticwisdompublishing.com/about/  Follow Heather on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heather.sanderson/ Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these SEVEN herbal freebies!  86 page ebook by Plant Healer 5 Herbal Events Around the World | Video with Bevin Clare 36 Page Book Excerpt from "Nourishing Foods" by Plant Healer Calendula monograph by Rosalee de la Forêt Hour long adaptogens class with Heather Irvine Exclusive 15% off discount for Mountain Rose Herbs 10% off discount for the HerbRally store CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES HERE Herbalism in your neck of the woods.  HerbRally www.herbrally.com 

Today's episode is an oldie but a goodie! This episode was originally published on August 2, 2017.  It's Nick Moya's narrated moringa monograph. To read all of our EPIC monographs CLICK HERE. There are over 70 of 'em!  Enjoy.  If you have a second, please consider leaving us a written review and a 5-star rating in Apple Podcasts.  We greatly appreciate it!  Sign up for the HerbRally newsletter and receive these SEVEN herbal freebies!  86 page ebook by Plant Healer 5 Herbal Events Around the World | Video with Bevin Clare 36 Page Book Excerpt from "Nourishing Foods" by Plant Healer Calendula ebook by Rosalee de la Forêt Hour long adaptogens class with Heather Irvine Exclusive 15% off discount for Mountain Rose Herbs CLAIM YOUR FREEBIES HERE

Learn more and register for The Botanical Resins Workshop Series Resins can be an overlooked substance when it comes to herbalism.  They’re common in aromatherapy, incense and perfumery, but what about the rest of their countless benefits? Resins can be used in balms, salves, liniments, creams, serums, massage oils, body butters and so on.  The ancient systems of medicine treasured resins so much and often referred to them as “liquid gold,” and “food of the gods”. Resins have been prized over the ages for their use in beauty products and skin care preparations, and of course, for their aromas… We’re excited to share an amazing new series – which is ALL about resins – from our friend  Evan, founder of The Northwest School of Aromatic Medicine. It’s called The Botanical Resins Workshop Series.  In this free course he’s making it a point to talk about the many different ways resins can be used.  He’ll help you see why resins are so precious and often have MORE medicine and aromatics than a lot of other botanicals you might be working with. He’s also going to walk you through how to make infused resin oils and resin-based salves that can be used for superior first aid, skin care, and much more.  Join this complimentary workshop and start watching the first lesson now.  This fun and informative series is available for a limited time so be sure to sign up today! Hope you enjoy