Melinda grew-up surrounded by nature and watching the animals eating or rubbing up against different plants and herbs. Her curiosity grew right along with her in learning about the medicinal uses of herbs and plants. Melinda moved from Montana to Wisconsin 6yrs ago and has been making tinctures, teas and body butters to help others who are looking for natural ways of healing.

Nature provides an abundance of nourishing gifts through the plant world in the form of both food and medicine. We will explore building relationships with the plants that live in our yards, parks, and surrounding wild areas, by learning about the original knowledge from Native Americans peoples in our area, and how to integrate these plants into our daily lives. We will be introduced to local plants, their uses as both food and medicine, and how to build reciprocity in our relationships with nature by protecting and restoring it.

Crystal Brown, of Inspired North, is an ethnobotanist, bio-regional herbalist, and writer/creative, focusing on relationships with wild edible food and medicinal plants and fungi. She assists students in developing connection to nature, self, and community through creative outdoor experiences that incorporate an integrative approach to health, wellness, and personal growth. She has a background working as a psychiatric mental health nurse with children, adolescents, and adults.

Crystal teaches foraging and herbalism classes and workshops in Eastern and Northwestern Wisconsin, for the public, private, and non-profit groups and schools, as well as programming to experiential educators throughout the Midwest working with youth and adults, including connecting nature/adventure experiences with mental health and trauma-informed education.

What's old is always new again! Hippocrates (320 BC) stated that "All disease begins in the gut." A plethora of new research supports his statement; scientists have started to uncover and discover more to validate what the father of modern medicine knew all along.
Autoimmune conditions have become incredibly prominent in our society (pro-tip: allergies, autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, tic disorders, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder, depression, celiac and Crohn's diseases, alopecia, dry mouth/xerostomia, dry eyes, lupus, and more are all considered autoimmune conditions). Do you want your life back? Let's get on a path toward relief, better health, and more happiness!

Please join us as Aimee Heavey (Biologist, Herbalist, Craniosacral Therapist, nutrition fanatic) shares emerging key points about the gut connection to your health and clarifies your understanding. Most importantly, take home valuable nutrition hacks, herbs, and lifestyle changes that can heal from A-Y: arthritis and autism to xerostomia and yeast infections, and everything in between.

Kelly Keyser spent her childhood in a suburb but her nature loving parents ensured any ‘free’ moment was spent outside with the trees, birds and flowers. Ensuring a deep love of all things that live in the woods. A long illness in her early 20’s led her to a new path. Attending programs with the School of Natural Healing, the American College of Healthcare Sciences and Heart of Herbs - she has broadened her orbit to include aromatherapy, flower essences and reiki. Kelly believes lifelong health and joy is a careful, gentle and collaborative approach. When not playing with jars and plants, she is with her husband and dogs meandering the woods, camping and sitting by a fire.

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