

HerbRally
Mason Hutchison
Welcome to the HerbRally podcast! We take a deep dive into the world of herbalism. We host some of the best teachers in the field with topics ranging from wild foods, botany, nutrition, ecology, herbal medicine and health accessibility. You'll hear class recordings from conferences, narrated plant monographs, interviews, event updates and so much more. There are hundreds of episodes on herbalism so you're bound to find what you're looking for. Thanks for tuning in!
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Dec 30, 2021 • 3min
COURSE: Stress Less with Herbs, Meditation and Yoga
Stress Less with Herbs, Meditation and Yoga ~ A Half Day At-Home Retreat Brought to you by Cedar Mountain Herb SchoolJanuary 15, 2022 - ONLINE EVENT LEARN MOREStress and anxiety are normal reactions to life transitions, covid uncertainty, scary diagnoses, financial issues, fears known and unknown, social media pressures, etc. We can get overwhelmed and unsure of how to decompress. Suzanne and Sita are here to unpack a wide variety of herbs, meditation, yoga, tricks and tips to make the journey more peaceful. Nature provides a plethora of herbs for emotional health and repair. Be a part of the discussion as Suzanne reveals herbs and life hacks to soothe and heal the nervous system. Gain relief from insomnia, anxiety, fear and their physical manifestations! Experience the calming, grounding and peaceful effects of meditation, guided visualization, affirmations and yoga postures. Sita will bring her years of meditation and yoga experience to guide you through these calming practices during the retreat. No meditation or yoga experience expected or required! Suzanne and Sita make the info easy for everyone to understand. Get ready to get grounded, relaxed and gain a better understanding of how to be more calm and centered when things and people around you are not.MORE INFO AND REGISTER

Dec 29, 2021 • 1h 9min
Holistic Health for Children with Monica Mitzel
In today's episode of the HerbRally Podcast, herbalist Monica Mitzel joins us to teach all about holistic health for children. There are so many takeaways in this one! I truly hope you enjoy it. Be sure to check out Monica and her work here: HuckleberryHealthHub.com Huckleberry Mountain Botanicals on YouTube Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge, Monica! And thanks to you for listening. Talk to you soon, Mason HerbRally www.herbrally.com

Dec 27, 2021 • 6min
COURSE: Plant Spirit Apprenticeship
Plant Spirit Apprenticeship - Winter/Spring 2022 "A Council of the Forest Guardians" LEARN MORE AND REGISTER The Winter/Spring 2022 Apprenticeship will be centered on forests. Who are the forest guardians? What might we learn about forest dwellers and the mystery of forest medicine? In this year's work, the lines between tree/plant spirit and land spirit will start to blur. The plants are calling out to us, to come to know them, to accept their friendship and unique medicine for our times. Will you come to apprentice to them? Will you sit and listen to them? This offering is BIG. It is immersive. It is for those select few that are ready. Relationships with plant spirit are those that are held dear, and have taken significant amounts of time to develop and are rarely written about in-depth. People who do this work tend to be out of the spotlight, in remote places, in deep relationship with the land. You may be able to study with them, but they cannot reveal the deep secrets of the plant. You must study with the plant for them to be revealed to you. This is initiatory work that few have done. This is an experiential knowing, that is so far beyond our human vocabulary, it cannot be communicated properly to someone who hasn't apprenticed with the plant themselves. It is a deep knowing of the energy and spirit of this plant being. Many plants demand your attention, intention and respect to reveal the deepest part of themselves and their relationships. They are really no different than we are right? We hold our deep knowings dear too. Revealed only to those we know and trust. There is an etiquette to working with plant spirit. Each plant is very different to work with and this work requires trusted guides. There will be several guides we work with in developing relationship. Why work with plant spirit? This is not the same as working with plant medicine, constituent medicine. Working with teas and tinctures for health is usually very far removed from working with plant spirit. You are using a plant, not working with a plant. When the plants know and trust you, they will do incredible things. One plant will help you to move through a place unnoticed, another helps you find your way home. One offers protection from certain difficult spirits, another plant reveals what is hidden. Plants that can open up our senses and psyche, while we are in relationship with them, can do incredible healing work. This relational work is not about ingesting plants/trees, it requires something more of us. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Thank you for listening! HerbRally

Dec 22, 2021 • 23min
Winter Solstice Meditation with Kelly Matten
In today's episode, herbalist Kelly Matten leads us in a 20 minute meditation in celebration of the winter solstice. Learn more about Kelly and her herbal offerings at Awepothecary.com. Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com

Dec 16, 2021 • 2min
Support the Duke Ethnobotanical Archives & Teaching Gardens | Susan Leopold
United Plant Savers is launching the online Duke Ethnobotanical Archives to share with this global herbal village—and they need your help! Can you help them make it accessible to all? Learn more & DONATE today: CLICK HERE They've already raised more than $21,000 towards a $50,000 goal. And a super duper anonymous donor was inspired by the community's generosity to date, and is going to match any new donations dollar-for-dollar from now until the end of the year to help fund the project. UpS' goal is to provide greater access to plants in peril, creating opportunities for the public to learn about the medicinal plants this community holds dear. Their newly opened Archives are the biggest collection of Jim Duke's prolific herbal writings, Peggy Duke's incredible botanical drawings, and the couple's notes, files, and herbarium—preserving their extensive research for the public to see in one central locale. Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com

Dec 14, 2021 • 31min
Sleep, Dreams & Herbs with Amanda Stanley
Today's episode is with herbalist and yogi Amanda Stanley. She offers practical advice on how to improve your sleep hygiene. This is a must listen if you're looking to get more out of your sleep! Especially if you appreciate the Ayurvedic model. Learn more about Amanda and her work at JupitersLabyrinth.com. Thanks for listening! HerbRally Learn more about The Art of Frugal Nutrition

Dec 8, 2021 • 1h 2min
Herbs A-Z: Achillea & Acorus | Katja Swift and Ryn Midura
CommonWealth Holistic Herbalism is offering 20% off all courses with coupon code: herbrally20 Visit www.commonwealthherbs.com to see all of their courses. Offer is good through December 31st 2021, so don't miss out! Whether you're new to herbalism or you're looking to broaden and deepen your herbal skills, CommonWealth Herbs welcomes you to dig in with them! Their integrative approach includes self-paced online learning combined with live interactive sessions so that you get the best of both worlds! Even if you're short on time or energy, you can grow your knowledge of herbal medicine. All of their instructional content is delivered by video, so if you can watch TV, you can learn herbalism! Use coupon code herbrally20 at checkout to save 20% on all courses through the month of December 2021. Thanks for listening! HerbRally www.herbrally.com

Dec 7, 2021 • 9min
Bone Broth - Getting Started with Jade Alicandro Mace
Today's episode is the first lesson in Jade's bone broth module on HerbRally's first course, The Art of Frugal Nutrition - www.herbrally.com/frugalnutrition To watch all of the lessons, be sure to register! This course is sliding scale, and slides down to FREE, so anyone can have access to it. Enjoy! Also, check out: Spice Rack Medicine Winter Online Series 2022 by Milk and Honey Herbs Where kitchen medicine and herbalism meet. REGISTER BEFORE DECEMBER 14TH! https://spicerackmedicineonline.teachable.com/p/spice-rack-medicine-online-series-2022 This course covers the rich subject of Kitchen Medicine, demystifying herbalism and bringing it back into the home. Thanks for listening!HerbRally www.herbrally.com

Dec 7, 2021 • 10min
Burdock Teacher with Julie Charette Nunn
Julie Charette Nunn, Crow's Daughter is a shamanic herbalist and long time teacher. You can find her under her apple tree, amongst her large thicket of wild roses or in her wild garden conversing with the plants. She teaches listening as a way to gain access to the abundant wisdom in nature. She offers apprenticeships, shamanic mentorships and wholeness sessions as well as nourishing herbal products. Julie is creating a new online class with the working title, "A Well Nourished Life, The Teachings of the Compassionate Plants. Learn more about Julie at CrowsDaughter.com. In today's episode you'll hear Julie narrate her wonderful essay on burdock. Thank you to Julie for sharing this audio, and thanks to you for listening! Please consider leaving HerbRally a written review in iTunes, or your podcast player of choice. Also, to learn more about The Art of Frugal Nutrition, CLICK HERE. Until next time! Mason www.herbrally.com

Dec 1, 2021 • 4min
COURSE: The Art of Frugal Nutrition
The Art of Frugal Nutrition Registration is now open! Are you looking to feed you and your family nourishing food without spending a lot of money? That's our mission with the Art of Frugal Nutrition. This concept has been a dream of mine to create for years now, and it's finally here! Well, truthfully, I always thought it'd be a book. But in these modern times, courses are a lot more valuable because of the ability to follow along with the instructional videos. The other thing is, I wanted to learn from the experts themselves. While I have studied nutrition a lot over the years, and I've experimented plenty in the kitchen, the teachers we're working with on this course are the true experts! The Art of Frugal Nutrition is: SLIDING SCALE | It seemed antithetical for us to create a course based around eating on a budget and have it not be accessible to the people who need it the most. Thus there are discount codes for 50%, 75%, and 100% off. That is correct, you can get this course for free. If you do register for free, and you feel moved to you can always contribute to this project financially at a later date. We appreciate you no matter what! FULL PRICE IS $100 AN EVER-EXPANDING COURSE | You'll notice there are currently three modules available. That's fermentation, dumpster diving and bone broth. The beauty of this course is that it will always grow, meaning new modules will be added periodically. We already have three more in the pipeline. This probably goes without saying, but once you register for the course, you'll have access to all of the modules, including the new ones. A FUNDRAISER | 10% of the profits from sales of this course will be donated to World Central Kitchen, a non-profit whose mission is to use the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies in times of crisis and beyond. A COMMUNITY | When you register, you'll gain access to a private Facebook group dedicated to sharing and learning frugal nutrition concepts, recipes, ideas, and more. This group is brand new, so it's probably just me and a couple others in there! I know Facebook isn't everyone's jam, so we're looking into alternatives for creating a community space elsewhere, but this is what we got for now. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER


