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Hello Everyone
I HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS LOVELY WEATHER
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It has been an exciting past week here at The Dancing Herbalist. We had great fun at the Pathways Natural Living Expo and we are preparing for one of the largest events we have ever attended, the yearly summit of the American College of Sports Medicine. This huge event is great for athletic professionals to attend as well as nutritionists and other health care providers.
We are now wrapping up our yearly survey and I want to hear your voice as well as to what you want to see more of from The Dancing Herbalist. Every individual who completes the survey is entered to win a variety of prizes. And be sure to leave a review for each product you have purchased from The Dancing Herbalist for a chance at 50% off your next purchase.
Our first trimester of our Home Herbalist Study Program is wrapping up now. If you want to get those classes in before we start recording trimester 2 live, now is your time. Trimester 2 includes modules 2 of our Wellness, Human Physiology, and Materia Medica classes. We also add a new class: Herbal Philosophy. Not sure what herbal philosophy is? Our article at the end of this e-mail will tell you more. Get signed up for your module 1 classes today.
Want to just hang out with the herbalists and have a chat instead of taking all the classes? This year to celebrate National Herb Day we will be hostina free class series: Interview with the Herbalist. Join me as I meet with herbalists through April and May and delve into what makes them tick, their interests, as well as where there herbal passions are. Bring your own questions and ask them what you have been dying to know.
Annabelle Shiver of the Conscious Canary on April 6th at 8pm EST
Rolake Omoregie of Knowles Apothecary on April 16th at 7pm EST
Betsy Miller of A Balanced Life Wellness on May 10th at 7pm EST
Jillian Carnrick of The Dancing Herbalist on May 24th at 7pm EST
It is exciting that this year we will be attending three Mother Earth News Fairs. Our first will be the last weekend in April in Asheville, NC. Stop by, say hi, and ask your herbal questions to us in person. I look forward to seeing you at this fabulous event.
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Rocking the Warming Salve
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Those of you who already know this product well know how it really is a wellness product, not just an herbal product.
 The cool thing about this product is that it works better the more you move after you apply it.
What?! Yes, especially for chronic joint pains like arthritis, this product helps to relieve the pain so you can get more movement. Specifically with arthritis, the only way for long term support is to get more movement in the effected joints (oo that sounds like wellness). With the pain relieving actions of the herbs in the warming salve, they give you the option to move more. More moving = less pain!
This product is not just for arthritis, it is for all kinds of chronic pains. I have had individuals use this between cortisone shots to give you an idea of how much pain it can be supportive for. If the pain has been there for more an a few days this is an excellent product to help relieve the pain, increase the circulation in the area, and offer a mild warming effect for those with poor circulation. The note I tell people is: if you haven't notice pain relief in 10-15 minutes, you didn't put enough on-that is how confident I am in this product. This is TDH's most popular product and I am sure you will love it just as much as everyone else does.
Use coupon code WS2018 for 25% off this amazing product until the end of April.
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Herbal Philosophy
THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY LEADS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
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With our Herbal Philosophy class starting in a few months I continue to get questions as to what herbal philosophy is. Really? It's true that beginner herbalists and individuals who are not in the herbal community do not understand how much thought goes into supporting individuals with their challenges. Modern herbal medicine has grown up from a variety of different philosophical traditions and they have blended together to form the herbal systems that each herbalist now uses. We are all exposed to different systems and they all play a role in how we support others.
 Before I was able to delve deeply into my herbal path I was exposed to a lot of Western medical thought; I was a biology major for my undergrad with mostly pre-med students. This is its own philosophical system. While many in the west would like to say that this is not philosophy but fact I have learned that the more you learn the more uncertain even some of the most basic physiological systems are. For instance, most of us grew up knowing the five different tastes. Of course there are only five. In Ayruveda however there are 6 and in the past 10 years new tastes have been described by Western medicine. Maybe we don't know everything.
 In general, philosophy suggests why we do what we do. Herbal philosophy is no different. Most traditional views of herbal medicine have a philosophical, or thought system, of how they work. Ayruveda follows the tri-dosha theory. Traditional Chinese Medicine, the five elements theory. Greek medicine gave us the humoral system which has continued to be used through most of Europe today. And even the Eclectic and Thompsonian physicians, herbalists of the 1800's in the United States, had their own philosophical systems that contributed to how they used herbs.
Learning the basic philosophy of an herbal system makes it much easier to work with the plants and to support yourself and others. Basic Eastern herbal philosophy these days focuses on knowing the energetics of a plant. Is it hot or cold? Moist or dry? Are you mosit or dry? Hot or cold? What do you need to bring your body back into balance? If you have been feeling cooler lately, as it has been winter, you may want to include more warming foods into your diet. Or if you are running too warm, maybe you should look at reducing the heat in your body, often through lowering inflammation.
Read more about balancing your own energetics on our Patreon. This article will be released on this coming Tuesday, April 10.
Have a great April everyone and I hope to see you at some of our classes. -Jillian
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