William Morris, PhD, DAOM, MSEd, LAc
Resident Scholar, Department of Acupuncture, Clinic Supervisor PhD, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2009 DAOM, Traditional Oriental Medicine, Emperor’s College, 2006 MSEd, Medical Education, …
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Why do we call it “Planetary Herbology”?
Planetary Herbology is Michael and Lesley Tierra’s unique, global approach to botanical medicine. It unites a solid study of herbs, scientific research, medicine-making, and diagnostic systems from
Wendy Knoebel, EWCH
Wendy Knoebel, TCM Clinical Herbalist, RH (AHG) Blue Wingg Herbs 358 Baily Road Northfield, VT, 05663, US (802) 485-9234 “Years ago I watched both parents suffer through debilitating illnesses with few options available in Alternative Medicine. In an effort to help them, I started researching the field of Alternative Medicine and eventually found Rosemary Gladstar.…
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Wayne Lapinski, March 2022
My journey with plants began in grade school after learning about the importance of trees. As a result I planted a tree annually on Arbor Day. By the time I left home in my early 20’s, to move to Boston, we had a small orchard on our suburban plot in northern Ohio. I started college…
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W. Lloyd Williams, November 2011
In 1974 I bought a copy of the Barefoot Doctor’s Manual and it changed my life. After graduating I built an Investment Consulting Practice in Atlanta and the TCM diagnostic process became the foundati …
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Vicki Pitman, EWCH
Vicki Pitman, M.Phil., Complementary Health Studies (Exeter, UK), Master Herbalist, Iridology (School of Natural Medicine), East West Clinical Herbalist (EWCH) 18 Greenland Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts, BA15 !BL, UK My work is grounded in traditional healing wisdom and sound science. I have been practising holistic, complementary
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Trip to China
The school’s teachers and students traveled to China where we learned Traditional Chinese Medicine and professional herbalist methods first-hand. …
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Tracy Richardson, EWCH
Tracy Richardson, CMQ, MIM 415-233-3691 2630 Monticello Ave., Oakland, CA, 94619, US Tracy Richardson is a licensed acupuncturist, who uses the full scope of Chinese and Japanese Medicine techniques and modalities.
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Tobi Jane Panter, EWCH
Hummingbird Holistic Healing Tobi Jane Panter, AHG, R.Ac (604) 732-9179 , Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Thomas Schieffer, October 2013
I am a clinical herbalist and holistic health consultant and have been part of the Goldthread team for the past four years. I started as a student of William Siff’s and transitioned to Goldthread’s op …
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Thomas Avery Garran, PhD
Thomas Avery Garran, PhD, is an herbalist, author, translator, and scholar who has been studying botanical medicine for over 30 years.
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Terrie Schultz, November 2010
I grew up in Sacramento, California. I’ve always loved nature, and spent most of my childhood outside, sitting in trees and reading. I lived for many years in the Bay Area, and now live with my husba …
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Tennyson Towl, January 2022
At 50, I’m at a time of reflection with our only son having headed off to college this Fall and my husband and I starting a new life in sunny St. Petersburg, FL. Growing up, I used to travel with my mom from Louisville, KY to Boston, MA so she could get acupuncture and herbs…
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Svetlana E., January 2023
I came from a big family of many siblings, and was born in Lithuania Klaipeda (former Prussia`s Memel, by the shore of the Baltic Sea) while it was part of the Soviet Union. When Soviet Union collapsed, every one in my family took advantage of traveling opportunities and as a result, was spread in the…
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Suzanne Robertson, February 2011
I was born in Winnemucca, Nevada, to young parents. For many years I lived with my grandparents in a wonderful country home. My grandmother was a farm girl so she baked, canned, sewed, embroidered and …
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Suzana Corritori, January 2013
I am native of former Yugoslavia where herbal tradition has always been strong. Herbs were always part of my life, inseparably and tightly woven into the fabric of my family, traditions and customs. M …
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Susan Kramer, EWCH
Susan W. Kramer, Ph.D., RH-AHG), Esq. (404) 248-1784 1340 Woodland Hills Dr. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30324, US Susan W. Kramer is a Therapeutic Herbalist in private practice in Atlanta, GA. She relies upon Traditional Chinese medicine as her primary analytic tool and uses both western and Chinese herbs in her personally crafted tincture formulas. She…
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Susan Kramer, AGH, NASH, EWCH
Susan W. Kramer is a Therapeutic Herbalist in private practice in Atlanta, GA. She relies upon Traditional Chinese medicine as her primary analytic tool and uses both western and Chinese herbs in her …
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Susan Coombs, EWCH
Susan Coombs, EWCH Therapeutic Massage, Spa and Herbals 318 North Canterbury Road, Canterbury, CT, 06331, US
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Student of the Month
We honor our herb school students each month. Learn about our professional herbalist and family herbalist students.
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Stacie Satery, July 2021
My herbal journey began after the birth of my fourth child and a long episode of overlooked and undiagnosed postpartum depression. A homeschooling mama of four children, I desperately began seeking alternative health treatment so I could just make it through the day. At the time, the essential oil business was booming. I looked into…
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Sidney Barthell, April 2009
… Our Student of the Month for April 2009 is:… … Sidney Barthell … Sidney Barthell loves learning. Her strong suits are researching, writing, reading, interpreting, music, and ar …
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Shoshanna Katzman, EWCH
Shoshanna Katzman, M.S., L.Ac. Red Bank Acupuncture & Wellness Center (732) 758-1800 788 Shrewsbury Ave., Tinton Falls, NJ, 07724, US Shoshanna Katzman is Director of the Red Bank Acupuncture & Wellness Center in New Jersey, author and media personality. She received acupuncture and herbal training from Michael Tierra from 1981 to 1984. Her healing center…
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Sheri Hawn, March 2018
My name is Sheri Hawn and I am currently an Advanced Student here at East West. What a journey of learning and self-discovery this has been. I grew up in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains and spent many hours, as a child, wandering the land, picking plants and flowers and “making medicine”, which I usually fed to the dog! I come from a line of healers and nature lovers; I am grateful to my elders for helping me to see beyond what eyes can see in both people and nature. …
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Shelley Swapp, July 2015
Growing up on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, UT (yep, I’m a Mormon) my family grew and preserved much of our own food and enjoyed the great outdoors. Outside of school I studied many types of dance …
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Shelby Heinzer, December 2018
This school has been such a transformative experience. My interest in alternative medicine started with my high school boyfriend’s mom of all places. With herbs, homeopathy, and so much love she helped me tackle health problems that Western medicine seemed to only make worse. That seemingly impossible success led me on an investigation in alternative…
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Sheila M. Devitt
Essay Reviewer Sheila is a reviewer for many of the lesson essays. She is thorough and thoughtful in her comprehensive reviews due to her many years of experience in the herbal community. Sheila M. De …
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Sheila Devitt, February 2015
I’ve moved from East to West over the course of my life. I was born in Boston. My parents were involved in the home birth movement, and natural food co-ops. We followed my father’s career first to Chi …
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Shannon Hobson, April 2018
Where can I say my journey into East West began…. I wasn’t much into natural medicine growing up, but I have always loved nature. I didn’t become interested in natural medicine until I travelled to Vietnam many years later, where I, unfortunately, picked up something nasty. Upon my return to Australia (where I was living…
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Sarah Graham, July 2013
Even though I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and appreciate urban centers, I developed a deep respect for the natural world. This inspiration can be attributed mostly to spending time on m …
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Sarah Ford, January 2020
I am Sarah Ford Thompson. I began my love affair with plants and plant medicines as a young child. I spent my first few years on a self-sustaining farm in Kentucky with my family. We grew our own food and raised goats for milk. We traded goat milk and homemade goat cheese with the nearest…
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Sallie Dixon, September 2010
For my first nine years, I lived just outside Xenia, a small town in southwestern Ohio where my brother and I roamed freely through yards, pastures and weed fields with only our imaginations to entert …
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Sallie Dixon
Sallie Dixon began her career as an herbalist in 2008. She has been actively working with clients since 2010. In 2019 she graduated from the East West School of Planetary Herbology as a Professional Herbalist. Sallie maintains a thriving clinical practice at multiple locations both in-person and virtually.
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Sahni Hamilton, February 2014
My love of the natural world was instilled early by growing up in the beautiful and challenging environment of outback Australia. Being surrounded by people who were keen observers of plants, animals …
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Ryan Carnahan, April 2010
I have held a deep interest in natural healing for as long as I can recall. My grandfather was a chiropractor, and I remember receiving an adjustment from him at age 5. Perhaps that spurred the initia …
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Roy Upton, RH, Dip Ayu,
Roy Upton, RH, Dip Ayu, is the Executive Director and Editor of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of quality control standards for botanical pro …
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Roy Upton, EWCH
Roy Upton, Registered Herbalist, Executive Director, American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Vice-President, American Herbalists Guild Herbal Educational Services (800) 252-0688 Roy Upton is the Executive Director and Editor of the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of quality control standards for botanical products. The AHP monographs have been regarded by many as being…
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Rosemary Gladstar
Rosemary Gladstar has taught extensively for decades and was the herbalist to first start herbal conferences in the U.S.
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Rosalee de la Foret, EWCH
PO Box 281, Twisp, WA 98856 Greetings, I am a clinical herbalist and herbal educator and I help people find natural solutions to their chronic health problems. I work with people all over the world via the telephone and Skype. My website, HerbalRemediesAdvice.org [5] contains lots of free information about how you can use herbs and other…
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Rosalee de la Forêt, March 2010
I began my plant kingdom journey seven years ago when I started studying primitive living skills with Earthwalk Northwest. Through the experience of exploring my relationship to the natural world arou …
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Ron Teeguarden
Ron Teeguarden is the cofounder, with his wife Yanlin, and leader of Dragon Herbs. He is widely recognized as one of the foremost herbalists in America. Ron has been a professional practitioner and te …
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Roger Martin, October 2017
First of all, being an Earth Rat (Jan. 1949) and with Indian Summer approaching, I want to thank GOD for the harvest that I’m about to receive. Whether it be herbs, vegetables or just witnessing the F …
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Robert Woolf, September 2021
I was born and raised in Toronto Ontario, Canada. After completing a BSc and DDS at the University of Toronto, I moved west to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where I practised dentistry for several years. I then returned to school at the University of Saskatchewan and completed an MD and residency after which I became a full…
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Richo Cech
Just as a horse whisperer understands the particular needs and psychology of horses, a plant whisperer is one who can receive the subtle communications from plants revealing their special needs for su …
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Rich Kamasinski-Sol, June 2010
Growing up, I remember my parents frequently using herbs and traditional, European folk remedies. When I was about 5 years old, my mother had severe pneumonia and stayed in bed for a number of days. D …
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Rebecca Wong, September 2019
Ironically, though I grew up on a dairy farm, surrounded by crops, animals, and nature, I was never exposed to natural health or healing during all that time. Farmers are not necessarily naturalists, and my parents showed little interest in herbal medicine. I never even tried whole wheat bread until I was a teenager and…
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Raven Ioneh, August 2018
I am a Northern Californian, born in Oakland, California where I currently reside. I grew up in Berkeley, California, but also in the woods of the Pacific Northwest and on the rocky beaches of California’s northern coast. As a teenager, I developed a sense that people came to me with their injuries and ailments for…
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Raine Quinn, August 2021
I live in Perth, Western Australia with a loving husband, son and daughter-in-law, two labradors, two rabbits, two ducks and many visiting birds. Our wonderful daughter also lives in Perth. Keisha and Noxy, our beautiful labradors, are mother and daughter. Noxy is due to give birth next month. I am a registered home breeder and…
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Rachel Hull, December 2010
I grew up in Perth in Western Australia, where the countryside is very dry. As a child I did not feel connected to the earth there as I didn’t relate to it and it seemed very harsh. When I moved to th …
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Rachael Witt, May 2018
Hello! My name is Rachael Witt. I am a land-steward, herbalist, and teacher of ancestral skills. I grew up amidst the Oak woodlands in the foothills of the Sierras. As I explored the world around me, studying plant ecology and ethnobotany, opportunities led me to the small town of Duvall, Washington, where I am currently…
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Rachael Witt, EWCH
Rachael is an herbal educator and clinical herbalist based in the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder of Wildness Within; an herbal business that offers consultations, hand-made formulas and products, classes, workshops and an (in-person) apprenticeship program. Rachael’s practice is rooted in seasonal living; incorporating the interconnectedness of natural cycles, energetics and the Five Elements with our health and well-being. She uses Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostics to create herbal treatment plans that include Western, Chinese, Ayurvedic and regional herbs.
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East West School of Planetary Herbology Terms of Service Effective and Modification Dates Our Privacy Policy was posted on April 24, 2018 and last updated on April 24, 2018. It governs the privacy terms of our Website, located at planetherbs.com. Terms By accessing the website at https://planetherbs.com, you are agreeing to be bound by these…
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Prashanti de Jager, PhD(cand), MS, EMT
Prashanti lived ten years in India where he treated hundreds of people, founded Organic India (an Ayurvedic herb company that processes local herbs by hand), the Dunagiri Foundation Trust and the Bhag …
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Peggy Carlaw, EWCH
Peggy Carlaw, RH (AHG), Registered Clinical Herbalist P.O. Box 1006, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93406, US
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Peggie Zih, December 2013
I was born and raised in Hong Kong. I went to college in Australia and lived there for eight years, earning my bachelor’s degree in computer science and an MBA. My career has been in I.T. thus far des …
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Patti Shimokawa, September 2013
I spent my early years in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. When I was 5, my family settled in State College, PA. That was a magical and formative place and time for me-we had a sandbox my dad made …
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Pat Ehlers, May 2010
I was raised in the San Francisco bay area and currently live in Grass Valley, Calif., north of Sacramento. My father was a hunter and fisherman. During my childhood, he inspired my love of animals. …
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Pascale Richalet, June 2019
Born and raised in France, I came to Boston with my family about twenty years ago to pursue a scientific education in biochemistry and biophysics. An avid Aikido student for many years, I have always been attracted to Eastern philosophies. While working my first science job, I took evening classes and earned a Zen Shiatsu…
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Panda Hershey, May 2021
I came to appreciate the power of herbs fairly late in life. After working as a postdoctoral researcher in cell biology for several years and then an institutional investor in private equity, venture capital and agriculture for nearly 2 decades, I found my calling as a healer. Through my Chinese medicine, acupressure and tui na…
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Pamela Shaw, October 2012
I grew up in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York and spent my summers outdoors (whether I was in the Adirondacks, at the pool or beach, at day camp playing in the lake or running around in the woods). …
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Pamela Gould and Linda Vaughan, May 2009
… For the month of May, we are honoring two students of the month: Pamela Gould and Linda Vaughan!… Pamela Gould Pam first became interested in alternative ways of maintaining good health w …
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The East West School of Planetary Herbology is committed to providing the best possible training for home herbalists, health professionals and clinical herbal practitioners so that they may serve the …
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Our Faculty
Our herbalist school faculty are all professional herbalists practicing in real clinical environments. …
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Our Administrator
Jill has been our friendly and efficient school administrator for 30 years. Call her whenever you need help with any school-related problem. …
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October Student of the Month, Jennifer Rich
I grew up in Campbell, < Ohio with one sister and two loving, supportive parents. I was raised in a political family, and hold the elected office of precinct committee person and serve as presiding ju ...
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Nicole MacDonald, EWCH
Nicole MacDonald, Licensed Counselor in CA and NH, Registered member of the AHG Journey to Wellness Integrative Medical Center 839 Central Ave #5, Dover, NH, 03820, US “I am both a integrative psychotherapist and a clinically trained herbalist. I specialize in helping people who have mental and emotional concerns like anxiety, as well as stress…
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Nicole MacDonald, August 2011
My connection to plants began early in life when I started work in a flower shop. I learned floral design and managed different flower shops through high school and college. I was always excited for o …
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Nicholas Schnell, EWCH
Nicholas Schnell, RD, LMNT, RH (AHG) Four Winds Natural Healing Center, LLC (402) 933-6444 316 North 115th Street, Omaha, NE, 68154, United States “At the ripe age of twelve, after having a calling to be an herbalist, my grandmother took me under her wing and showed me all her home remedies. Each day my passion…
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Nerija Hopkins, November 2022
I was born in Lithuania while it was part of the Soviet Union. We were a self sustaining family, living and surviving on the labor of our farm. My father’s work as a forester connected me with nature and I developed a great respect of earth’s bounties. Growing up, we used many of nature’s plants…
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Nathan Shannon, June Graduate of the Month
My name is Nathan Shannon. I was born in Meeker, Colorado, which is in the northwest part of the state. I moved to central Wisconsin before I started school and lived there until I was 21 at which ti …
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Nathan Shannon, EWCH
480-707-2060 My introduction into natural healing came from being exposed to herbal folk remedies, homeopathy and Chiropractic care by my mother and grandparents while growing up in rural central Wisconsin. My inherent love for nature and seeing the world around me in a way that I would later learn is called animism, piqued my interest…
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Natalie Morrissey, November 2020
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area of California and majored in Business Administration at the University of Hawaii because I felt it was a good foundation. I worked as an accountant in the construction industry for about 20 years and then in the airline industry for about 17. Sometime in 2015, I…
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Nancy T Angelini, LMT, EWCH
Nancy T Angelini, LMT, EWCH 928-925-8320 (texts are best) www.angelhealinggroup.com 4 Pond St Boxford, MA 01921 Services and Specialties: Clinical Herbalism, Therapeutic Massage, Gentle Cleansing & Detoxification Footbaths, Homeopathy, Auricular Therapy, Hyperbaric Therapy & Rejuvenation.
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Nancy Angelini, LMT, EWCH
Coming from a family of seven sisters and one brother, Nancy Angelini learned to depend on her own resources. From an early age Nancy had a wide ranging curiosity about “how things worked”. A self-des …
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Hi! My name is Morning. I have lived in various places around the U.S., as well as elsewhere in the world. I have loved and enjoyed the people I have known, < and the richness of being able to experie ...
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Mojohito Richerson von Tchudi, October 2009
Congratulations to Mojohito Richerson von Tchudi, our October student of the month!… … A partially homogenous life as the son of progressive academic education philosophers, with its customa …
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Mo Horner, July 2010
I’m a city girl who was raised by a ‘health conscious’ mother and that was extent of my familiarity with alternative health care until 2003. A brush with breast cancer and some very impressive complim …
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Mo Horner, EWCH
Mo Horner, RH (AHG) 402-933-6444 316 North 115th Street, Omaha, NE, 68154, US “I never set out to make a career of herbal medicine. Until 10 years ago, it never occurred to me that my kitchen or back yard could be loaded with healthy, natural medicine.That was before a July afternoon visit to the doctor…
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Michelle Schurig, December 2014
I am not sure where my love of plants came from, but there is a familial connection. My mother was an avid gardener and I grew up in a home with hundreds of plants. My uncle is an amateur botanist. I …
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Michele Klassen, December 2015
In 1999, I graduated from California State University, Fresno, with a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Magna Cum Laude; and in 1994, from Fresno City College, CA, with a Degree of Associate …
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Michele Collins, EWCH
Michele Collins, RH (AHG), MPH 336-624-6727 2594B Reynolda Rd, Winston-Salem, NC, 27106, US Michele Collins Vergara, RH (AHG), MPH has been practicing as a clinical herbalist since 2004, using traditional Chinese medicine in combination with Chinese, western, and Ayurvedic herbs, Chinese nutritional therapy, and qi gong. Her deep love of plants combined with her desire…
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Michael’s Biography
Dr. Michael Tierra L.AC. OMD, AHG is one of the forerunners of the North American Natural Health movement and was amongst one of the first groups of acupuncturists to be licensed in the country. He be …
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Michael McEvoy, April 2015
I’ve been in the nutritional consulting field for the past 8 years. Prior to that I was a full time yoga instructor. I am the founder of www.MetabolicHealing.com, where I’ve authored around 300 resear …
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Michael Longfield, July 2014
As a kid, I loved to play in the woods adjoining my suburban neighborhood. It was the home of a grandmother oak tree, in which my best friend and I built a two-story tree house. We would fantasize abo …
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Meret Giacomini, September 2009
… Meet our September student of the month: Meret Giacomini!… I spent most of my childhood in a mimosa tree day dreaming and imagining that the pink fiber optic tutu-like flowers were twirli …
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Meret Giacomini, EWCH
Meret Giacomini, RH (AHG) 104 S. 2nd Street Fairfield, IA, 52556, US Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations and recommendations. Acupressure treatments (student of Jin Shin Do Acupressure).
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Meredith Flynn, October 2011
My path with plants began in York, PA, where as a child, I had the good fortune of being encouraged to, “go out and play” in the woods surrounding my house. I learned to love nature and had the opport …
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Melissa Fritts, November 2009
Meet our November student of the month, Melissa Fritts! As a child I spent my time in the woods and fields – ever exploring the natural world. I quickly also became fascinated with the inner worlds an …
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Melanie St. Ours, November 2012
I never planned to become an herbalist. Though I spent much of my childhood mashing up plants in my backyard (and unknowingly smearing poke on my little sister while pretending to make medicine… an …
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Meghane Hernandez, October 2022
I always loved plants, as a little girl I craved to taste the sweetness of honeysuckle and play along with the soft sleeping grass. I first began my pathway to herbalism by working at Hawaiian Moons Natural Foods, assisting customers in the supplements department. This was my first exposure to herbal medicine and I was…
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Megan Deely, September 2016
Hi! My name is Megan Deely. I am currently residing in the outskirts of good old Cleveland, Ohio. I’ve been here for ten years now and although I am only 24, I feel as if I have lived through quite a …
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Meet Our East West Clinical Herbalists
Meet our East West Clinical Herbalist graduates. Many are professional herbalists. Our Clinical Herbalist graduates are recommended by Michael and Lesley Tierra.
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Mark Shanagher, January 2019
I was lucky, though having been born in London, to have spent much time in Nature as a young boy. My mum who’s Polish also brought us up on natural foods and medicines at home and by the time I was a young student I was talking peoples ears off about natural being the best!…
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Mark Dieve, April 2011
My path towards herbalism began via a long and winding road as a small child in 1970s Ann Arbor, Michigan. This international-college-town microcosm of diversity, hope and idealism would form the root …
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