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Dear Friends,
East West Seminar 2020: Back to our Roots! 1/7/2020: EXCITING UPDATE – GUEST SPEAKER CHRISTOPHER HOBBS, Ph.D., L.Ac.
MARCH 12, 2020 UPDATE:
After careful consideration concerning the Coronavirus, and taking into account the CDC recommendations, we have made the difficult choice to cancel this year’s seminar. We are very sad to not spend a week with each of you, and our faith in herbs and herbal healing remains unwavering, yet it is in the best interest of all participants to not hold this year’s retreat onsite.
But wait! We now offer an online seminar instead!
Held in webinar format, it will take place the same days: Saturday April 25 – Friday May 1, 2020. This means you can still attend many of the great classes you were looking forward to and from the comfort and safety of your own home. The online sessions will offer the opportunity to ask questions and speak with other attendees. While we won’t all physically be together, this virtual seminar promises to provide a great learning experience and ability to engage with one another in other ways.
Once the structure of the online seminar is in place, and classes and teachers confirmed WE WILL POST DETAILS HERE AND VIA OUR EMAIL LIST.
Our 40th Anniversary…
It is with great excitement and wonder that we announce 2020 as the 40th anniversary of the East West School of Planetary Herbology! It’s hard to believe we’ve been teaching students around the world that long but it’s true. Read more about our history here: History of East West School
UPDATES: We have a very special seminar year planned with several surprises. First of all, Michael will still offer a class to everyone (all tracks), sharing his pearls from over 45 years experience! Michael will teach a class on Sunday evening featuring Treating Cancer With Herbs: An Integrative Approach. By integrative, we mean the integration with the current medical oncology. In this class we will present the “Six Methods of Treating Cancer” based on a well established model that is still followed today by TCM cancer specialists in China. It will integrate Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western herbs in keeping with the ever evolving principles of cancer treatment available from many different sources.
We will present how the principles of differential diagnosis should be applied to form a strategy for treating various cancers with food, herbs and formulas resulting in the best possible outcome for cancer patients.
We will also suggest acupuncture, moxa and other physiotherapies that can be integrated into a comprehensive treatment protocol which may or may not be used based on licensing requirements.
In a word, Cancer is serious, but there are many effective natural, non-invasive methods that can be employed, that can result in the best possible outcomes.
While Lesley’s planned class on Energetics of Herbs will not be taught this year, we are excited to announce that Christopher Hobbs will join us on Sunday, April 26th to teach two amazing classes to ALL TRACKS:
Clinical Cannabis – Clearing the Smoke and Visionary Mushrooms – Mushroom Spirit Medicine:
One of our earliest faculty, graduate Susan Kramer, will offer her popular class on homeopathy. Graduate Roy Upton will not teach in 2020 afterall, but will be back in 2021 to share his incredible wisdom. As well, we have a new Friday morning class with Michael and Lesley.
We also welcome back great teachers from years past who took breaks to start families: Raqib Katz and Bill Schoenbart. Our new Ayurvedic teacher from last year, Manish Chandra, returns plus of course our fabulous faculty: Susan Kramer, Holly Hutton, Nancy Angelini, Jerry Angelini, Jill Barnattan, Jen Grady, and Darren Huckle.
There are even changes with our chef, Ben Zappin, who has been at our seminars since at least 2002. He recently moved his family to the Sierra’s, a good five hours away, so he’ll be cooking Friday to Monday while his favorite chef from the Quaker Center will fill in the rest of the week.
Come celebrate with us – be a part of the East West forty year legacy and its future to come!
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot: Pay deposit of $250 by 2/15/2020 for the early registration discount savings – extended for two more weeks!
Or call our Friendly School Administrator to Register on the Phone:
+1 (831) 336-5010
Classes for ALL TRACKS
Foundation – Intermediate – Advanced – Medicine/Therapy
- Michael Tierra: Treating Cancer
- Lesley Tierra: Energy of Herb & Healing
- Susan Kramer: Homeopathy
- Christopher Hobbs: Mushrooms & Marijuana
2020 Herbal Seminar Tuition: Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced and Therapies Tracks
EARLY BIRD TUITION: $925 + accommodations
FULL TUITION: $1075 + accommodations
How to Get the Early Bird Discount: SAVE $150 – register with deposit by 2/15/2020 (extended!) and cost is $925 PLUS accommodations.
Space is limited. To reserve your place, send a $250 non-refundable deposit online, or pay with credit card, check or money order by calling 831-336-5010 to pay the deposit.
The balance (seminar tuition plus accommodation fee, less deposit paid) is payable anytime between initial registration and arrival at the seminar.
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
Or call our Friendly School Administrator to Register on the Phone:
+1 (831) 336-5010
Foundation Track
This track is for everyone: beginning herbal students, or those who have previously studied herbal medicine. Hands-on practice and interaction is emphasized.
Required reading
For more background preparation
- Read Lessons 1-12 of the East West Herb Course and Healing with the Herbs of Life
Topics
- Traditional Chinese Medicine theory
- Traditional Ayurveda Medicine theory
- Five Element Theory
- Energy of illness and herbs
- Tongue and pulse diagnosis
- Medicine making
- Garden herb walk
- Barefoot doctor techniques
- Diagnosis and case studies
- Simple clinical remedies
- Twenty herbs to begin your pharmacy
Books You Might Need
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
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+1 (831) 336-5010
Intermediate Track
This track is for students who have completed the Foundation Track and through Lesson 24 of the East West Herb Course. Hands-on practice & interaction are emphasized.
Required reading
For more background preparation:
- Lessons 13-30 (complete as many of them as possible) of the East West Herb Course
- Know the “10 Questions” Theory, Herbs and Formulas from Chinese Traditional Herbal Medicine, Vol. I & II
- Materia Medica from Planetary Herbology, specifically pages 119-143
- Healing with the Herbs of Life, Chapter 8;
- Be familiar with creating a TCM diagnosis & treatment strategy
Topics
- Diagnosis and treatment strategies
- Advanced tongue and pulse diagnosis
- Setting up an herbal practice
- Materia medica: Western, Chinese & Ayurvedic
- Specific formulas to know (38+ commonly used ones)
- The five stagnations and abdominal diagnosis
- Wild herb walk
- Student clinic & case studies
- Korean Hand Therapy
Register for the Intermediate Track Now
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
Or call to Register on the Phone:
+1 (831) 336-5010
Register for the Advanced Track Now
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
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+1 (831) 336-5010
Medicine Making and Meridian Therapy – click HERE to find out if this track is for you.
MEDICINE MAKING & MERIDIAN THERAPY TRACK
The Therapies track is especially useful for those who have completed the Foundation or Intermediate tracks of the East West Seminar and aren’t prepared or ready to participate in their next track, or for practitioners who desire to hone or augment their current skill/tool sets, hands-on work, or practicums.
This track is best for those who have attended the Foundation Track or who already have TCM experience. Class size is limited. Come for a week at the spa! Includes:
Topics Include:
- Advanced herbal decoctions and preservations
- Dried powdered extracts
- Salves, body butters, lotions
- Therapeutic gomasio’s
- Herbal teaqills and fluid extracts
- Herbal beers and meads
- Deep decoctions (preserved decoctions)
- Fermented herbal jams and sauerkrauts
- Advanced tinctures: the percolation method
- Tincture formulation, solvents and chemical constituents
- Hand and foot reflexology
- Pao Zhi: processing herbal medicinals
- Acupuncture points to know and use
- Herbal steams, compresses and fomentations
- Channel massage and meridian pathways
- GMP regulations and compliance
- Location and detail of 12 acupuncture meridians
- Ayurvedic churna, avarasa, ksira paka, avaieha, taila, ghrta, oils & draksharishta
Pay Deposit Here.
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
Or call our Friendly School Administrator to Register on the Phone:
+1 (831) 336-5010
Practitioner Track:
This track is not offered in 2020. We expect to have it available again in 2021.
Please visit our Practitioner page for more information on our Practitioner Seminar: Not offered in 2020.
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
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+1 (831) 336-5010
Meals & Accommodations
2020 Seminar Dates: Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced and Therapies Tracks
The East West Herbal seminar begins Friday, April 24, 2020, registration from 4-6 p.m.; ends Friday, May 1, 2020 at 1 p.m. Those coming from a distance often find it best to travel to the area a day or so before the seminar starts and/or plan to stay nearby for a day or two afterwards. The nearest airport is the San Jose International airport, approximately one hour from the seminar location (directions to Quaker Center). A schedule for the seminar, including maps and directions and all pertinent information is sent upon registration.
Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
Or call our Friendly School Administrator to Register on the Phone:
+1 (831) 336-5010
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2020 Herbal Seminar Tuition: Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced and Therapies Tracks
EARLY BIRD TUITION: $925 + accommodations
FULL TUITION: $1075 + accommodations
How to Get the Early Bird Discount: SAVE $150 – register with deposit by 1/31/2020 and cost is $925 PLUS accommodations.
Space is limited. To reserve your place, send a $250 non-refundable deposit online, or pay with credit card, check or money order by calling 831-336-5010 to pay the deposit.
The balance (seminar tuition plus accommodation fee, less deposit paid) is payable anytime between initial registration and arrival at the seminar.
2020 Seminar Accommodations: Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced and Therapies Tracks
Accommodation / Facility Fee options – choose only one:
- Room and board at the Quaker Center (double occupancy, 7 days & 21 meals*): $700
- Camping and board at the Quaker Center (7 days & 21 meals*): $550
- Limited # of 8 Bed “Dorm” (women only) room and board (7 days & 21 meals*): $550
- Commuters facility use fee (not staying at the Quaker Center), 7 days & 12 meals (6 lunches & 6 dinners): $300
- Commuters facility use fee (not staying at the Quaker Center), 7 days with no meals: $150
- Inquire about Work-Trade
*Meals provided:
- April 24, 2020: Dinner
- April 25 – April 30, 2020: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- May 1, 2020: Snack
More on Accommodations:
The seminar is held at the Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, California, a beautiful and rustic retreat center among the Redwoods.
Cabin Rooms: Shared, double-occupancy. Shared bathroom among each 2-3 rooms
Dorm Room (women): 8 beds available at the camping rate
Hotel Commute: There is a hotel 1.5 miles from the center where participants who prefer a single room can stay. If staying offsite you will need a car to get to and from the seminar.
Meals are traditional Chinese with meat and herbs incorporated into many dishes, vegetarian option is also available.
Participation and a sense of community are all a part of the retreat center ambiance and the sharing of clean up after meals and the center is requested two to three times during the week.
In addition we also have work-trade positions available, if you are interested in being on the kitchen clean-up crew in trade for a tuition reduction please contact us asap. For further information or to register: 831-336-5010 or herbcourse@planetherbs.com
- Room and Board
- Dorm-Room Camping and Board
- Hotel Commute and Board
- Hotel Commute and No Board
- Work-Trade
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Space is Limited: Reserve Your Spot
Or call our Friendly School Administrator to Register on the Phone:
+1 (831) 336-5010
Seminar sponsor contributions by our friends at Mountain Rose Herbs! and Mayway!
Call for help registering: (831) 336-5010
More on Accommodations: The seminar is held at the Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, California, a beautiful and rustic retreat center among the Redwoods ( www.quakercenter.org ). The cabin rooms are shared, Double occupancy rooms, with a bathroom shared among each 2-3 rooms. There is also a dorm room option (8 beds) available at the camping rate.
There is a hotel 1.5 miles from the center where participants who prefer a single room can stay. If staying offsite you will need a car to get to and from the seminar. Meals are traditional Chinese with meat and herbs incorporated into many dishes, vegetarian option is also available. Participation and a sense of community are all a part of the retreat center ambiance and the sharing of clean up after meals and the center is requested one to two times during the week.
In addition we also have work-trade positions available, if you are interested in being on the kitchen clean-up crew in trade for a tuition reduction please contact us asap.